AI’s growing appetite for power is putting Pennsylvania’s aging electricity grid to the test
Can the electric grid meet data center demands without increasing risks for everyone who depends on it?Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images News CollectionThe rapid growth of data centers that support arti...
Shixiang (Woody) Zhu, Assistant Professor of Data Analytics and Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon University
Why US third parties perform best in the Northeast
Hugh McTavish is running as the Independence-Alliance Party candidate for governor of Minnesota in 2026.UCG via Getty ImagesA majority of Americans say they are “frustrated” or “angr...
Bert Johnson, Professor of Political Science, Middlebury College
Abortion laws show that public policy doesn’t always line up with public opinion
Participants in the annual March for Life protests in Washington call for an end to all abortions, on Jan. 23, 2026. CQ-Roll Call/Tom Williams via Getty ImagesRepresentational government rests on a si...
Marlo Rossi, PhD Candidate in Public Affairs & Community Development, Rutgers University–Camden, Rutgers University
The cost of casting animals as heroes and villains in conservation science
When species are described as 'destructive' or 'harmful' without sufficient context, it can shape ho…
Detroit was once home to 18 Black-led hospitals – here’s how to understand their rise and fall
A view of Detroit in 1929. The city's rapid population growth led to increased health care needs. Li…
How protecting wilderness could mean purposefully tending it, not just leaving it alone
A rare prescribed fire in a wilderness area burns in the Scapegoat Wilderness in Montana in 2011.Mic…
From moral authority to risk management: How university presidents stopped speaking their minds
A growing number of colleges and universities have adopted policies in the last few years to remain …
Pittsburgh nurses are fighting for better staffing ratios — and the research backs them up
New York nurses went on strike in January 2026, protesting unsafe staffing levels while demanding be…
Making sense of a chaotic planet: How understanding weather and climate risks depends on supercomput…
Have you ever stopped to wonder how forecasters can predict the weather days in advance, or how scie…
Taboo tics like shouting curses and slurs are uncommon in Tourette syndrome − but people who have th…
Tourette's tics can include obscenities and slurs. These taboo words are emotionally charged and soc…