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### Protein powders and shakes contain high amounts of lead, new report says – a pharmacologist explains the data

C. Michael White, University of Connecticut

### How new foreign worker visa fees might worsen doctor shortages in rural America

Patrick Aguilar, Washington University in St. Louis

##### Antioxidants help stave off a host of health problems – but figuring out how much you’re getting can be tricky

Nathaniel Johnson, University of North Dakota

##### Baseball returns to a Japanese American detention camp after a historic ball field was restored

Susan H. Kamei, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences

##### Trump administration’s layoffs would gut department overseeing special education, eliminating parents’ last resort

Joshua Cowen, Michigan State University

##### AI-generated lesson plans fall short on inspiring students and promoting critical thinking

Torrey Trust, UMass Amherst and Robert Maloy, University of Massachusetts

##### The hidden sources of forever chemicals leaking into rivers – and what to do about them

Gemma Ware, The Conversation

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##### New Pentagon policy is an unprecedented attempt to undermine press freedom

Amy Kristin Sanders, Penn State

##### FEMA buyouts vs. risky real estate: New maps reveal post-flood migration patterns across the US

James R. Elliott, Rice University and Debolina Banerjee, Rice University

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### Denver study shows removing parking requirements results in more affordable housing being built

Susan D. Daggett, University of Denver and Stefan Chavez-Norgaard, University of Denver

##### Banning abortion is a hallmark of authoritarian regimes

Seda Saluk, University of Michigan

##### Madagascar’s military power grab shows Africa’s coup problem isn’t restricted to the Sahel region

John Joseph Chin, Carnegie Mellon University

##### Why countries struggle to quit fossil fuels, despite higher costs and 30 years of climate talks and treaties

Kate Hua-Ke Chi, Tufts University

##### The real reason conservatives are furious about Bad Bunny’s forthcoming Super Bowl performance

Ediberto Román, Florida International University and Ernesto Sagás, Colorado State University

##### 2025 US Open Squash Championships returns to Philly, considered the birthplace of squash in America

Eric Zillmer, Drexel University

##### HIV rates are highest in the American South, despite effective treatments – a clash between culture and public health

Brandon Nabors, University of Mississippi

##### Why and how does personality emerge? Studying the evolution of individuality using thousands of fruit flies

Shraddha Lall, Harvard University

##### Zombies, jiangshi, draugrs, revenants − monster lore is filled with metaphors for public health

Tom Duszynski, Indiana University

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## Nobel Prizes

##### How pollution and the microbiome interact with Tregs, the immune system regulators whose discovery was honored with the Nobel Prize

Prakash Nagarkatti, University of South Carolina and Mitzi Nagarkatti, University of South Carolina

##### María Corina Machado’s peace prize follows Nobel tradition of awarding recipients for complex reasons

David Smilde, Tulane University

##### László Krasznahorkai wins Nobel prize for literature – the Hungarian novelist’s grand tales of alienation speak to our times

Bran Nicol, University of Surrey

##### Nobel laureate Shimon Sakaguchi on his immune system breakthrough – and the treatments he hopes it will unlock

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## Government shutdown

### When government websites become campaign tools: Blaming the shutdown on Democrats has legal and political risks

Stephanie A. (Sam) Martin, Boise State University

##### How the government shutdown is making the air traffic controller shortage worse and leading to flight delays

Brian Strzempkowski, The Ohio State University and Melanie Dickman, The Ohio State University

##### Government shutdown hasn’t left US consumers glum about the economy – for now, at least

Joanne Hsu, University of Michigan

##### Federal shutdown deals blow to already hobbled cybersecurity agency

Richard Forno, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

##### US economy is already on the edge – a prolonged government shutdown could send it tumbling over

John W. Diamond, Rice University

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## Trump administration

### Supreme Court redistricting ruling could upend decades of voting rights law – and tilt the balance of power in Washington

Sam D. Hayes, Simmons University

##### Trump is cutting funding to universities with large Hispanic student populations – here’s what to know

Joseph Morales, California State University, Chico

##### For Trump’s perceived enemies, the process may be the punishment

Paul M. Collins Jr., UMass Amherst

##### Supreme Court opens with cases on voting rights, tariffs, gender identity and campaign finance to test the limits of a constitutional revolution

Morgan Marietta, University of Tennessee

##### Where George Washington would disagree with Pete Hegseth about fitness for command and what makes a warrior

Maurizio Valsania, Università di Torino

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## International

### Jean-Jacques Dessalines: Reassessing the Haitian revolutionary leader’s legacy

Julia Gaffield, William & Mary

##### For war-weary Syria, potential benefits of security pact with Israel comes with big risks

Mireille Rebeiz, Dickinson College

##### Hamas has run out of options – survival now rests on accepting Trump’s plan and political reform

Mkhaimar Abusada, Northwestern University

##### France’s latest prime minister has resigned after less than a month – what will Emmanuel Macron do now?

David Lees, University of Warwick

##### Venezuela and US edge toward war footing − but domestic concerns, international risks may hold Washington back

Robert Muggah, Instituto Igarapé

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## New research in health and science

### Winning with misinformation: New research identifies link between endorsing easily disproven claims and prioritizing symbolic strength

Randy Stein, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona and Abraham Rutchick, California State University, Northridge

##### Focused sound energy holds promise for treating cancer, Alzheimer’s and other diseases

Richard J. Price, University of Virginia

##### Yes, ADHD diagnoses are rising, but that doesn’t mean it’s overdiagnosed

Carol Mathews, University of Florida and Stephen V. Faraone, SUNY Upstate Medical University

##### Erie Canal’s 200th anniversary: How a technological marvel for trade changed the environment forever

Christine Keiner, Rochester Institute of Technology

##### Our team of physicists inadvertently generated the shortest X-ray pulses ever observed

Uwe Bergmann, University of Wisconsin-Madison and Thomas Linker, Stanford University

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## Artificial intelligence

##### Stethoscope, meet AI – helping doctors hear hidden sounds to better diagnose disease

Valentina Dargam, Florida International University and Joshua Hutcheson, Florida International University

##### Concerns about AI-written police reports spur states to regulate the emerging practice

Andrew Guthrie Ferguson, George Washington University

##### What past education technology failures can teach us about the future of AI in schools

Justin Reich, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

##### What is AI slop? A technologist explains this new and largely unwelcome form of online content

Adam Nemeroff, Quinnipiac University

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## Extreme weather and natural disasters

### Typhoon leaves flooded Alaska villages facing a storm recovery far tougher than most Americans will ever experience

Rick Thoman, University of Alaska Fairbanks

##### Flood-prone Houston faces hard choices for handling too much water

Ivis García, Texas A&M University; James M. Kaihatu, Texas A&M University, and Shannon Van Zandt, Texas A&M University

##### Natural World Heritage sites under growing threat, but bright spots remain

Jessica Beaudette, Arizona State University

##### What are climate tipping points? They sound scary, especially for ice sheets and oceans, but there’s still room for optimism

Alexandra A Phillips, University of California, Santa Barbara

##### Flamingos are making a home in Florida again after 100 years – an ecologist explains why they may be returning for good

Jerome Lorenz, Florida International University

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##### Detroit parents face fines if their children break curfew − research shows the policy could do more harm than good

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##### The limits of free speech protections in American broadcasting

Michael J. Socolow, University of Maine

##### Industrial facilities owned by profitable companies release more of their toxic waste into the environment

Mahelet G Fikru, Missouri University of Science and Technology and Jennifer Brodmann, California State University, Dominguez Hills

##### A white poet and a Sioux doctor fell in love after Wounded Knee – racism and sexism would drive them apart

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##### More Americans meet criteria for high blood pressure under new guidelines

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##### How the government shutdown is making the air traffic controller shortage worse and leading to flight delays

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