NASA’s Pandora telescope will study stars in detail to learn about the exoplanets orbiting them
A new NASA mission will study exoplanets around distant stars. European Space Agency, CC BY-SAOn Jan. 11, 2026, I watched anxiously at the tightly controlled Vandenberg Space Force Base in California ...
Daniel Apai, Associate Dean for Research and Professor of Astronomy and Planetary Sciences, University of Arizona
Damn the torpedoes! Trump ditches a crucial climate treaty as he moves to dismantle America’s climate protections
Severe storms triggered flooding across the central and eastern U.S. in April 2025, including in Kentucky's capital, Frankfort.Leandro Lozada/AFP via Getty ImagesOn Jan. 7, 2026, President Donald Trum...
Gary W. Yohe, Professor of Economics and Environmental Studies, Wesleyan University
George Washington’s foreign policy was built on respect for other nations and patient consideration of future burdens
George Washington believed restraint was the truest measure of American national interest.Elizabeth Fernandez/Getty ImagesForeign policy is usually discussed as a matter of national interests – ...
Maurizio Valsania, Professor of American History, Università di Torino
Why the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’s closure exposes a growing threat to democracy
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette announced it will shut down on May 3.AP Photo/Gene J. PuskarThe Pittsbur…
The 6-7 craze offered a brief window into the hidden world of children
There's a long history of children revising, adapting and remixing language and games.Bert Hardy/Pic…
Meth inflames and stimulates your brain through similar pathways – new research offers potential ave…
Meth, also known as ice, is as addictive as it is damaging.FlashMovie/iStock via Getty Images PlusMe…
Live healthier in 2026 by breathing cleaner air at home
It's not hard to breathe easy at home.Milan Markovic/E+ via Getty ImagesI have a health goal for the…
‘Shared decision-making’ for childhood vaccines sounds empowering – but it may mean less access for …
Pediatricians often spend at least 10 minutes of an already-short visit discussing vaccines. Heathe…
Americans have had their mail-in ballots counted after Election Day for generations − a Supreme Cour…
An active service member used this election war ballot cover to mail in a vote in the 1944 president…
The 17th-century Pueblo leader who fought for independence from colonial rule – long before the Amer…
Po'pay's statue in the U.S. Capitol, representing the state of New Mexico, was dedicated in 2005.Chr…