White House wants to vet powerful AI models for risks − a computer scientist explains why AI safety is so difficult
Is it possible to keep AI from causing harm?J Studios/DigitalVision via Getty ImagesThe Trump administration is looking to develop a process that would have the federal government review the safety of...
Ahmed Hamza, Associate Teaching Professor of Computer Science, University of Colorado Boulder
Muslim women-led nonprofits are engaging in advocacy despite facing a surge in Islamophobia
Two police officers wear American flag head scarfs at a World Hijab Day event on Feb. 1, 2017, in New York City.Spencer Platt/Getty ImagesNonprofits led by Muslim women remain extensively engaged in a...
Nausheena Hussain, Doctoral Candidate in Philanthropic Leadership, Indiana University
The lasting appeal of homeschooling: What motivated families to continue after schools reopened post-pandemic
A mother leads her 7- and 9-year-old sons in a morning lesson during homeschool in Buffalo, Minn., in September 2023. Nicole Neri for The Washington Post via Getty ImagesWhen schools abruptly closed t...
Mark E. Wildmon, Assistant Professor of School Psychology, Mississippi State University
AI is showing up in court cases – but only a human jury can grapple with the moral weight of assessi…
Human jurors need to wrestle with doubt – and that struggle gives trials their moral legitimac…
Galaxies of life are collecting dust in museums – digitizing microscope slides can uncover billions …
This screenshot juxtaposes a fossil of stem from the plant _Archaeopitys eastmanii_ (bottom) and a c…
Foreign aid’s hidden benefit: Recipients are more likely to pay the generosity forward
South Korean soldiers oversee the arrival of a batch of Johnson & Johnson’s Janssen COVID-…
Financial strain, lockdowns and fear of infection during disease outbreaks magnify violence against …
Multiple factors during an outbreak interact to raise the risk of exploitation and violence. Clover…
In rural Appalachia, abortion pill offers reproductive choice and privacy − but police may see a cri…
A 35-year-old Kentucky woman was arrested in late 2025, accused of taking abortion pills that she or…
How workplace stress hijacks the nervous system to cause headaches − and a neurologist’s guide to ma…
Ongoing stress can send the nervous system into a state of heightened sensitivity.Sean Gladwell/Mome…