
Trump’s ‘God Squad’ pits energy vs. endangered species, but it’s a false choice – protecting wildlife can be good for business
Boat strikes can harm or kill whales and are one concern about the oil industry's environmental impact.Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty ImagesThere’s a well-worn debate in U.S. politics that goes someth...
Dan Salas, Director of the Sustainable Landscapes Program, University of Illinois Chicago

COVID-19 variant BA.3.2 is spreading quickly across US – a doctor explains what you need to know
The BA.3.2 variant of SARS-COV-2, nicknamed Cicada, is gaining ground across the U.S. and globally. Grafissimo/iStock via Getty Images PlusA variant of COVID-19 called BA.3.2, which has circulated und...
Kyle B. Enfield, Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Virginia

Ultralightweight sonar plus AI lets tiny drones navigate like bats
This small drone is using sonar, similar to bats' echolocation, to navigate through a grove of trees.Nitin SanketTo help small aerial robots navigate in the dark and other low-visibility environments...
Nitin Sanket, Assistant Professor of Robotics Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

What Americans can learn from other civil activism movements against authoritarian regimes
The United States, alongside other countries, has a growing pro-democracy and nonviolent civil movem…

War on Iran during nuclear negotiations undermines the US’s ability to talk peace around the world −…
On Feb. 7, 2026, Iranian newspapers featured headlines on the resumption of nuclear talks between Ir…

From ‘Project Hail Mary’ to Artemis II, spaceflight captures audiences when it centers on people bec…
The Artemis II crew poses during a ground systems test ahead of launch. NASA/Frank MichauxThe centra…

New study measures titanium in Apollo rock to uncover Moon’s early chemistry
The Camelot crater in the Moon's Taurus-Littrow Valley is where the sample containing trivalent tita…

How a diplomatic snub evokes the complicated US-Brazil relationship in the second Trump era
U.S. President Donald Trump holds a bilateral meeting with Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lul…

American politicians talk about persecuted Christians abroad – but here’s what happens when those Ch…
Coptic Easter liturgy, East Brunswick, N.J., April 2017.Candace Lukasik, CC BY-SATwo months ago, Ter…

