
Vaccine death and side effects database relies on unverified reports – and Trump officials and right-wing media are applying it out of context
Government approval of COVID-19 vaccines determines their availability to populations vulnerable to infection, such as children.Spencer Platt/Getty ImagesTrump officials intend to link 25 child deaths...
Matt Motta, Assistant Professor of Health Law, Policy and Management, Boston University

Right-wing extremist violence is more frequent and more deadly than left-wing violence − what the data shows
President Donald Trump is targeting left-wing organizations he incorrectly says promote political violence.Celal Gunes/Anadolu via Getty ImagesAfter the Sept. 10, 2025, assassination of conservative p...
Art Jipson, Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Dayton

Can violent extremists be deradicalized? I spoke with 24 former terrorists in Indonesia to find out
Alleged members of Jemaah Islamiyah behind bars at the South Jakarta court detention house on April 7, 2009.Bay Ismoyo/AFP via Getty ImagesTerrorism remains a persistent threat to nations around the w...
Bernard Loesi, PhD Candidate in International Studies, University of Washington
Mars rovers serve as scientists’ eyes and ears from millions of miles away – here are the tools Pers…
Scientists absorb data on monitors in mission control for NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover.NASA/…
Federal judge overturns part of Florida’s book ban law, drawing on nearly 100 years of precedent pro…
Some school librarians in Florida have found themselves in the midst of controversy over complaints …
Would you eat a grasshopper? In Oaxaca, it’s been a tasty tradition for thousands of years
Billions of people regularly eat insects. In the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca, chapulines &ndash…
Muslim men have often been portrayed as ‘terrorists’ or ‘fanatics’ on TV shows, but Muslim-led story…
Hulu’s comedy-drama series 'Ramy,' created by actor-comedian Ramy Youssef, follows a young Egy…
Your immune system attacks drugs like it does viruses – paradoxically offering a way to improve canc…
Researchers are studying the potential of gold nanoparticles (yellow dots) to deliver drugs into the…
Why do big oil companies invest in green energy?
A flare burns natural gas at an oil well on Aug. 26, 2021, in Watford City, N.D.AP Photo/Matthew Bro…
Harvard, like all Americans, can’t be punished by the government for speaking freely – and a federal…
The Trump administration's actions against Harvard threaten a foundational American value – fr…