
Enzymes are the engines of life − machine learning tools could help scientists design new ones to tackle disease and climate change
Enzymes have complicated molecular structures that are hard to replicate.Design Cells/iStock via Getty Images PlusEnzymes are molecular machines that carry out the chemical reactions that sustain all ...
Sam Pellock, Postdoctoral Scholar in Biochemistry, University of Washington

60 years of progress in expanding rights is being rolled back by Trump − a pattern that’s all too familiar in US history
There's a long history in the U.S. of denying the rights, liberties and benefits of democracy to some Americans.rob dobi/Getty ImagesFor many Americans, Donald Trump’s head-spinning array of exe...
Philip Klinkner, James S. Sherman Professor of Government, Hamilton College
Syria’s mass graves: Accounting for the dead and disappeared is crucial for the nation to heal
Shortly after the fall of Bashar Assad in Syria in December 2024, reports emerged of mass graves being uncovered in liberated areas.Grim as such discoveries are, they should come as little surprise. T...
Stefan Schmitt, Project Lead for International Technical Forensic Services Global Forensic Justice Center, Florida International University
Trump and Maduro refresh a complex relationship governed by self-interest and tainted by Venezuela e…
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro with Richard Grenell, President Donald Trump's special envoy, in…
From Jewish summer camp to gospel to Chabad, Bob Dylan’s faith doesn’t fit in a box − but he’s long …
Bob Dylan gives his first concert in Israel in 1987 in Tel Aviv, playing with Tom Petty and the Hear…
Inflation is heating up again, putting pressure on Trump to cool it on tariffs
Inflation is building again; but the housing industry may find it harder to do so as a result of Tru…
Why federal courts are unlikely to save democracy from Trump’s and Musk’s attacks
Many people may look to federal courts as a bulwark of the U.S. Constitution.Jose Luis Pelaez/Stone …
How Valentine’s Day was transformed by the Industrial Revolution and ‘manufactured intimacy’
A popular Victorian-era Valentine Day's card.Valentine Card by Jonathan King,1860-1880, London Museu…
How much does scientific progress cost? Without government dollars for research infrastructure, brea…
America may not maintain its position as a global leader in biomedical research without federal supp…
Repatriation to Indigenous groups is more than law, it’s human rights − an archaeologist describes t…
Leola One Feather of the Oglala Sioux Tribe observes as Native American artifacts are photographed a…