Battleground state with few combatants – why Pennsylvania’s primaries lack competition
Pennsylvania is only 1 of 13 American states that holds closed primary elections.REBECCA DROKE/AFP Collection via Getty ImagesAt a time when hard-fought primary elections in Georgia, Kentucky and Indi...
Kristin Kanthak, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Pittsburgh
Hurricane forecasts have improved dramatically, saving lives, but federal cuts threaten to stretch NOAA to the breaking point
One of NOAA's WP-3D Orion hurricane hunters, dubbed Miss Piggy, flies over Tropical Storm Idalia on Aug. 28, 2023.Nick Underwood/NOAAThe 2026 Atlantic hurricane season starts June 1, and while a devel...
Brian Tang, Professor of Atmospheric Science, University at Albany, State University of New York
Antonia Bembo fled Venice to escape her abusive husband – over three centuries later, her opera finally takes the stage
After fleeing Venice, Antonia Bembo lived near the newly constructed Porte Saint-Denis, a triumphal arch in Paris that's depicted in this 19th-century painting by Jean Francois Lebelle.Heritage Art/He...
Claire Fontijn, Professor of Music, Wellesley College
Dark patterns on the web are designed to manipulate you – why aren’t they all illegal?
Website designs that try to change your behavior cross a line when they outright deceive.Fizkes/iSto…
What are those orange balls on some power lines?
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert…
Uncovering coded antisemitism online takes both human expertise and AI automation
The volume of social media posts makes content moderation challenging – especially when it com…
Flavored vapes led to a major shake-up at the FDA – 3 health policy analysts explain the science beh…
There are currently 45 approved vaping products in the U.S. Most are tobacco- or menthol-flavored; o…
A newly rediscovered moth species in Florida may already be at risk
For decades, the Florida sack-bearer moth was hiding in plain sight among collections of other sack-…
Trump’s Cabinet dramatically changed American foreign policy while the president made noise – a scho…
President Trump often stops to speak off the cuff with the press.Celal Gunes/Anadolu via Getty Image…