Congress still has ways to throttle back Trump’s war with Iran – and to ask questions
What power does the U.S. Congress have over the president's war in Iran?Douglas Rissing, iStock/Getty Images PlusDespite the scale of its military assault on Iran, the Trump administration’s rea...
SoRelle Wyckoff Gaynor, Assistant Professor of Public Policy and Politics, University of Virginia
Patriots and loyalists both rallied around St. Patrick’s Day during the Revolutionary War
At the end of a bitter winter at Valley Forge, George Washington ordered an extra glass of grog on St. Patrick’s Day for every man, 'and thus all made merry and were good friends.'iStock/Getty I...
Cian T. McMahon, Professor of History, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Indie coffee shops are meant to counter corporate behemoths like Starbucks – so why do they all look the same?
Many coffee shops today seem to be aesthetically divorced from time and place.stomy/iStock via Getty ImagesLike many young, urban professionals, we run on coffee. We especially enjoy frequenting indep...
Conrad Kickert, Associate Professor of Architecture, University at Buffalo
Fat cells burn energy to make heat – making them the next frontier of weight loss therapies
There is more to fat than meets the eye.Thom Leach/Science Photo Library via Getty ImagesOver the pa…
AI doesn’t ‘see’ the way that you do, and that could be a problem when it categorizes objects and sc…
An AI and a human might classify this mammal with gray, wrinkled skin as very different animals.Rich…
Oil isn’t just fuel: Iran conflict could disrupt markets for everything from plastics to fertilizers…
Disruptions to crude oil transport could affect more than fuel supply chains. AP Photo/Hasan Jamali…
US military leans into AI for attack on Iran, but the tech doesn’t lessen the need for human judgmen…
AI is helping U.S. forces find and choose targets in Iran, like this airfield.U.S. Central Command v…
Notions of ‘Christendom’ often miss the mark – medieval Europe’s ideas about faith and power were no…
A painting in Rome's San Silvestro Chapel depicts Pope Sylvester I and Constantine the Great.Wikimed…
Universities survived Trump’s 2025 funding freeze, but the money still isn’t flowing to researchers…
Columbia University, seen in June 2025, is one of the schools that made a deal with the Trump admini…