‘Cajun Navy’ volunteers who participate in search-and-rescue operations after hurricanes are forming long-lasting organizations
Volunteers with Savage Freedoms Relief Operation coordinates aid in Swannanoa, on Oct. 7, 2024, after Hurricane Helene severely damaged the North Carolina town.Allison Joyce/AFP via Getty ImagesThe vo...
Kyle Breen, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Texas A&M International University
Machine learning cracked the protein-folding problem and won the 2024 Nobel Prize in chemistry
Protein molecules can have complicated structures that dictate their functions.Christoph Burgstedt/Science Photo Library via Getty ImagesThe 2024 Nobel Prize in chemistry recognized Demis Hassabis, Jo...
Marc Zimmer, Professor of Chemistry, Connecticut College
Columbus who? Decolonizing the calendar in Latin America
Demonstrators make graffiti reading 'Columbus Out, Long Live the People' on a fence protecting a sta…
Blitz of political attack ads in Pennsylvania and other swing states may be doing candidates and vot…
Nearly $11 billion is projected to be spent on political advertising in the 2024 fall election seaso…
How a subfield of physics led to breakthroughs in AI – and from there to this year’s Nobel Prize
Neural networks have their roots in statistical mechanics. BlackJack3D/iStock via Getty Images PlusJ…
Misspoke: The long and winding road to becoming a political weasel word
Democratic candidate Tim Walz, during the vice presidential debate in which he said he ‘misspo…