Hezbollah − degraded, weakened but not yet disarmed − destabilizes Lebanon once again
Black smoke billows from an Israeli airstrike in southern Beirut on March 4, 2026.Marwan Naamani/picture alliance via Getty ImagesThe fragile peace in Lebanon was already showing serious strains in th...
Mireille Rebeiz, Chair of Middle East Studies, Dickinson College
Housing First helps people find permanent homes in Detroit − but HUD plans to divert funds to short-term solutions
Detroit area homelessness providers worry the federal funding shift could affect thousands of individuals and families across the region. Charles Ommanney/Getty ImagesJoshua Lott/Getty Images A bureau...
Deyanira Nevárez Martínez, Assistant Professor of Urban and Regional Planning, Michigan State University
Congress once fought to limit a president’s war powers − more than 50 years later, its successors are less willing to assert their authority
Rubble from a police station damaged in airstrikes on March 3, 2026 in Tehran, Iran. Majid Saeedi/Getty ImagesArticle 1 of the U.S. Constitution gives Congress the power to declare war, not the pres...
Sarah Burns, Associate Professor of Political Science, Rochester Institute of Technology; Institute for Humane Studies
Trauma patients recover faster when medical teams know each other well, new study finds
When someone is badly hurt, their potential for survival often depends on what happens in the first …
When unpaid cooking, cleaning and child care get a dollar value, income inequality in the US shrinks…
Keeping up with chores takes a lot of time and is worth money.jubaphoto/E+ via Getty ImagesWhen econ…
I study why zebrafish larva prefer to circle left or right, to understand how and why human brains e…
Having a hand preference speaks to more than just your preferred way to write.Domingo/iStock via Get…
With Artemis II facing delays, NASA announces big structural changes to the lunar program
Top NASA officials give an update on major changes to the Artemis program on Feb. 27, 2026. Miguel J…
AI and 3D printing help researchers create heat- and pressure-resistant materials for aerospace and …
Hypersonic aircraft, like NASA's X-43A shown here, are exposed to extreme heat and pressure. Jim Ro…
Far from random, China’s global port network is clustering near the world’s riskiest trade routes…
The silhouettes of the container cranes in the Port of Balboa in Panama City on Feb. 24, 2026.Martin…