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Ancient forests took 100,000 years to recover from past global warming – Wyoming fossils reveal what happened - Regan E. Dunn, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences

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Controlling wild pigs can work if it's a group effort -- Chris Boyer, University of Tennessee; Aaron Smith, University of Tennessee, and Eunchun Park, University of Arkansas

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How American society shields perpetrators of child sexual abuse -- Sarah K Lischer, Wake Forest University

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Trump's 'forever' tariffs are kicking in for the long haul – and US consumers are footing the bill -- Kent Jones, Babson College

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Teens are turning to AI chatbots for emotional support – here's how to keep kids safe -- Phoebe S. Moore, UMass Chan Medical School; Megan Kelly, UMass Chan Medical School, and Yael Dvir, UMass Chan Medical School

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The false and the furious: We aren't just bothered by different beliefs – we're bothered when we think others are wrong -- Andras Molnar, University of Michigan and George Loewenstein, Carnegie Mellon University

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'Hello, just circling back!' Not responding to emails is common across higher education but bad for morale -- Austin Sarat, Amherst College

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Exploring the Moon will require rovers that can think for themselves – an upcoming NASA mission will test whether they can -- Wanjiku Chebet Kanjumba, University of Florida

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An AI agent spent your money – can anyone prove you authorized it? -- Aashis Luitel, University of the Cumberlands

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Wildfire-damaged historic buildings may not be as ruined as they appear, but saving them means acting fast -- Rebecca Napolitano, Penn State; Giorgia Giardina, Delft University of Technology, and Tiago Miguel Ferreira, Universidade de Lisboa

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As oil profits skyrocket, calls for windfall taxes rise -- Tibor Besedeš, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Executive order on vaccines bypasses an evidence-based process that has kept kids safe -- Jake Scott, Stanford University

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'Starwashing': How space companies use the greenwashing playbook while engaging in environmentally damaging practices -- Marissa E. Yingling, University of Louisville

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Michigan progressive Abdul El-Sayed won a combative Democratic nomination for US Senate – he'll face new attacks this fall -- Michael Traugott, University of Michigan

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Don't trust the name on the PAC -- Brian Sheppard, Seton Hall University and Andrew Moshirnia, Monash University

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For refugees to the US, discrimination can make healthcare harder to get -- Hyojin Im, Virginia Commonwealth University

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A little-remembered Gilded Age millionaire helped make milk safe for American kids through his 'retail giving' -- Leslie Lenkowsky, Indiana University

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Concierges, adjunct professors, potato chip tasters: US employers are relying more and more on 'disposable' workers -- Paul Osterman, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

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How state constitutions became the battleground for American rights and liberties – on both the left and right -- Quinn Yeargain, Michigan State University

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A new Houthi front and expanded Iranian attacks risk sinking Gulf nations' choke-point workaround and widening shipping risks -- Kristian Coates Ulrichsen, Rice University

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Amid grinding war, protesting Ukrainians still want their voices and values heard at home -- Sarah Wilson Sokhey, University of Colorado Boulder; Gerard Toal, Virginia Tech, and John O'Loughlin, University of Colorado Boulder

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The danger of US-Iran ceasefire agreement is what it leaves out -- Monica Duffy Toft, Tufts University

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Trump's US-Iran ceasefire deal is a costly return to prewar conditions – and resolving nuclear questions will run into the 'indivisibility problem' -- Farah N. Jan, University of Pennsylvania

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How are Saudis viewing the US-Iran war? Our polling suggests Gulf kingdom is split on key issues -- Robert Kubinec, University of South Carolina and Alexis Montambault-Trudelle, Université Laval

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After 1776, the founders designed a government that accounts for 'a degree of depravity in mankind' -- Donovan Fifield, University of South Carolina

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How did it feel to be an American colonist in 1776? Probably itchy, achy and slightly nauseated -- Katherine Ott, Smithsonian Institution

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As the US turns 250, a forgotten founding influence helps explain its current unease -- Robert A. Ballingall, University of Maine

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How a tiny Caribbean island made American independence possible -- R. Grant Gilmore III, College of Charleston

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Muslims were part of America's story long before the republic began -- Iqbal Akhtar, Florida International University

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Wildfires can contaminate nearby homes and water systems – here's what Spokane's returning residents need to know -- Andrew J. Whelton, Purdue University

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Glacial lake flood hits Juneau, Alaska, reflecting a growing global risk as mountain glaciers melt -- Alton C. Byers, University of Colorado Boulder and Suzanne OConnell, Wesleyan University

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Just weeks before devastating wildfires hit, Spokane practiced a mass evacuation – the drill paid off -- Ashley Bosa, Boise State University

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Chronic pain is missing from America's heat warnings -- Feinuo Sun, University of Texas at Arlington

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Why the Spokane wildfires became so catastrophic -- Mojtaba Sadegh, Boise State University; United Nations University and John Abatzoglou, University of California, Merced

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Emerging anti-immigration sentiment in Japan obscures a surprising history of strategic engagement with Islam -- Mimi Hanaoka, University of Richmond

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Criminal gangs have diversified across Latin America, making them more resilient – but not untouchable -- Robert Muggah, Instituto Igarapé; Princeton University

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Lightning strikes kill thousands globally each year, but for those who survive, the storm is far from over -- Daile Zhang, University of North Dakota

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Russia is trying to force Ukrainian children to become Russian, with reeducation, forcible transfers and camps -- Thom Reilly, Arizona State University

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Gaza's 'road map' is driven by Trump, but reluctant passengers and serious potholes could derail pathway to peace -- Mkhaimar Abusada, Northwestern University

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White House plan for a 'golden age' of science ignores the structures that made the US a scientific superpower -- H. Christopher Frey, North Carolina State University

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A lot of casual friends, or only a few you're really close with? New research questions that trade-off -- Jessica D. Ayers, Boise State University and Diego Guevara Beltran, University of Arizona

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When expressive humanoid robots are awkward, people become wary – new brain study -- Hasan Ayaz, Drexel University; Ewart J. de Visser, United States Air Force Academy; Frank Krueger, George Mason University, and Yigit Topoglu, United States Air Force Academy

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Philadelphia's failing air quality hits hardest in neighborhoods near industry and highways, where asthma rates soar -- Qian He, Rowan University; Mahbubur Meenar, Rowan University, and Sean Olcese, Rowan University

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Flawed studies linking hormone therapy to breast cancer made doctors reluctant to prescribe it for menopause relief – especially for breast cancer survivors -- Versha Pleasant, University of Michigan

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Layoffs tied to AI hurt worker productivity – and the reason may surprise managers -- Mark Ma, University of Pittsburgh

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China is shaping the future of open-source technology – including AI -- Christopher K. Tong, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

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Employers everywhere are using AI – but business schools aren't preparing students for the shift -- Murugan Anandarajan, Drexel University and Stacy Kline, Drexel University

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Got money questions? How to get chatbots to give you accurate answers -- Pawan Jain, University of Michigan Flint

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What video review controversies in sports reveal about AI and human decision-making -- Pooya Tabesh, California State University, Los Angeles

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Class, let's watch a short video – more than 75% of teachers say they use YouTube in the classroom -- Cody Pritchard, University of Tennessee; Jeff Carpenter, Elon University, and Joshua Rosenberg, University of Tennessee

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Cyclospora spreads through human waste – so how did it get on food? -- Joan Rose, Michigan State University

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Parents putting screens in front of their kids is more about their own stress than other factors -- Enid A. Moreira, Florida International University; Daniel M. Bagner, Florida International University, and Shayl Griffith, Florida International University

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Why Gen Z turns everything – even murder – into a joke -- Evan Clarkson, Utah Valley University

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What is emotional regulation? A child psychologist explains -- Jessica Griffin, UMass Chan Medical School

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Taxi drivers rarely die of Alzheimer's – how complex mental maps and spatial reasoning protect your brain -- Hatim Sharif, The University of Texas at San Antonio

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New tech adds phone tracking to license plate readers, associating devices with identifiable cars -- Nicole M. Bennett, Indiana University

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Trump's slapdash Reflecting Pool renovations stand in stark contrast to years of deliberation and engineering ingenuity that went into its creation -- Jennifer Tucker, Wesleyan University

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The typical gig worker is changing – and struggling more than ever to make ends meet -- Jacob Lederman, University of Michigan Flint

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