For war-weary Syria, potential benefits of security pact with Israel comes with big risks
The Syrian Defense Ministry was heavily damaged after airstrikes in Damascus on July 16, 2025. AP Photo/Ghaith AlsayedOn Sept. 21, 2025, a senior U.S official boasted that an Israeli-Syrian security ...
Mireille Rebeiz, Chair of Middle East Studies, Dickinson College
A Denver MD has spent 2 decades working with hospitalized patients experiencing homelessness − here’s what she fears and what gives her hope
People experiencing homelessness are more likely to end up in the emergency room.Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post via Getty Images On a recent early fall morning, hope was in short supply. My first...
Sarah Stella, Professor of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
In 1776, Thomas Paine made the best case for fighting kings − and for being skeptical
Were these protesters in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 16, 2025, inspired by Thomas Paine?Alex Brandon/APIn one of his stand-up sets, comedian David Cross rejects all political commentary that tries to an...
Matthew Redmond, Lecturer, Université de Lille
Refinery fires, other chemical disasters may no longer get safety investigations
A Chevron refinery in El Segundo, Calif., burns on Oct. 3, 2025.Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times v…
Gaza peace plan risks borrowing more from Tony Blair’s failures in the Middle East than his success …
As negotiators meet in Egypt to discuss a Trump-backed peace proposal, displaced Gazans make a daily…
Metal-organic frameworks: Nobel-winning tiny ‘sponge crystals’ with an astonishing amount of inner s…
Three chemists will share the Nobel Prize for their work on metal-organic frameworks. Jonathan Nacks…
Nobel Prize in physics awarded for ultracold electronics research that launched a quantum technology
The quantum behavior of superconducting circuits like the small white square above was a major disco…
For Trump’s perceived enemies, the process may be the punishment
The costs – in time and money – may be incredibly significant for those targeted by the …
James Comey’s indictment is a trademark tactic of authoritarians
Former FBI Director James Comey speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington on Dec. 7, 2018.AP…
Why higher ed’s AI rush could put corporate interests over public service and independence
A new AI research center opening in North Carolina: Colleges and universities are embracing AI techn…