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LA fires showed how much neighborliness matters for wildfire safety -- Elizabeth A. Logan, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences and William Deverell, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences

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What loving-kindness meditation is and how to practice it in the new year -- Jeremy David Engels, Penn State

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West Coast levee failures show growing risks from America's aging flood defenses -- Farshid Vahedifard, Tufts University

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Has the Fed fixed the economy yet? And other burning economic questions for 2026 -- D. Brian Blank, Mississippi State University and Brandy Hadley, Appalachian State University

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Who thinks Republicans will suffer in the 2026 midterms? Republican members of Congress -- Charlie Hunt, Boise State University

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Donald Trump's first step to becoming a would-be autocrat – hijacking a party -- Justin Bergman, The Conversation

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How the 'slayer rule' might play a role in determining who will inherit wealth from Rob Reiner and his wife -- Naomi Cahn, University of Virginia and Reid Kress Weisbord, Rutgers University - Newark

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Midlife weight gain can start long before menopause – but you can take steps early on to help your body weather the hormonal shift -- Vinaya Gogineni, Vanderbilt University and Anna Barton Bradley, Vanderbilt University

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Brigitte Bardot defined the modern woman and defied social norms -- Ben McCann, University of Adelaide

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As DOJ begins to release Epstein files, his many victims deserve more attention than the powerful men in his 'client list' -- Stephanie A. (Sam) Martin, Boise State University

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The celibate, dancing Shakers were once seen as a threat to society – 250 years later, they're part of the sound of America -- Christian Goodwillie, Hamilton College

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West Antarctica's history of rapid melting foretells sudden shifts in continent's 'catastrophic' geology -- Christine Siddoway, Colorado College; Anna Ruth (Ruthie) Halberstadt, The University of Texas at Austin, and Keiji Horikawa, University of Toyama

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Deepfakes leveled up in 2025 – here's what's coming next -- Siwei Lyu, University at Buffalo

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From truce in the trenches to cocktails at the consulate: How Christmas diplomacy seeks to exploit seasonal goodwill -- Andrew Latham, Macalester College

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Sudan's civil war: A visual guide to the brutal conflict -- Christopher Tounsel, University of Washington

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New materials, old physics – the science behind how your winter jacket keeps you warm -- Longji Cui, University of Colorado Boulder and Wan Xiong, University of Colorado Boulder

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As millions of Americans face a steep rise in health insurance costs, lawmakers continue a century-long battle over who should pay for health care -- Robert Applebaum, Miami University

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Karoline Leavitt's White House briefing doublethink is straight out of Orwell's '1984' -- Laura Beers, American University

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Trump's second term is reshaping US science with unprecedented cuts and destabilizing policy changes -- Kenneth M. Evans, Rice University

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What's at stake in Trump's executive order aiming to curb state-level AI regulation -- Anjana Susarla, Michigan State University

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Trump administration replaces America 250 quarters honoring abolition and women's suffrage with Mayflower and Gettysburg designs -- Seth T. Kannarr, University of Tennessee

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Germany's plan to deport Syrian refugees echoes 1980s effort to repatriate Turkish guest workers -- Michelle Lynn Kahn, University of Richmond

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Australia's social media ban is now in force. Other countries are closely watching what happens -- Lisa M. Given, RMIT University

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New US national security strategy adds to Ukraine's woes and exacerbates Europe's dilemmas -- Stefan Wolff, University of Birmingham and Tetyana Malyarenko, National University Odesa Law Academy

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How crime in Brazil drags down the economy and heaps economic pain on the nation's poor -- Robert Muggah, Instituto Igarapé; Princeton University

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Benin's failed coup: three factors behind the takeover attempt -- John Joseph Chin, Carnegie Mellon University

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Where the wild things thrive: Finding and protecting nature's climate change safe havens -- Toni Lyn Morelli, UMass Amherst; U.S. Geological Survey and Diana Stralberg, University of Alberta

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Exposure to neighborhood violence leads some Denver teens to use tobacco and alcohol earlier, new study shows -- Anna Maria Santiago, Michigan State University and Iris Margetis, Michigan State University

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Newly discovered link between traumatic brain injury in children and epigenetic changes could help personalize treatment for recovering kids -- Lacey W. Heinsberg, University of Pittsburgh and Amery Treble-Barna, University of Pittsburgh

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PFAS in pregnant women's drinking water puts their babies at higher risk, study finds -- Derek Lemoine, University of Arizona; Ashley Langer, University of Arizona, and Bo Guo, University of Arizona

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AI's errors may be impossible to eliminate – what that means for its use in health care -- Carlos Gershenson, Binghamton University, State University of New York

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AI-generated political videos are more about memes and money than persuading and deceiving -- Lisa Fazio, Vanderbilt University

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More than half of new articles on the internet are being written by AI – is human writing headed for extinction? -- Francesco Agnellini, Binghamton University, State University of New York

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The ChatGPT effect: In 3 years the AI chatbot has changed the way people look things up -- Deborah Lee, Mississippi State University

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Rain on wildfire burn scars can trigger dangerous mudflows − a geologist explains how -- Jen Pierce, Boise State University

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What is an atmospheric river? A hydrologist explains the good and bad of these storms and how they're changing -- Qian Cao, University of California, San Diego

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Understanding climate change in America: Skepticism, dogmatism and personal experience -- Gary W. Yohe, Wesleyan University

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From record warming to rusting rivers, 2025 Arctic Report Card shows a region transforming faster than expected -- Matthew L. Druckenmiller, University of Colorado Boulder; Rick Thoman, University of Alaska Fairbanks, and Twila A. Moon, University of Colorado Boulder

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2025's extreme weather brought intense flash flooding, but no hurricane landfalls in the US – the jet stream is a big reason why -- Shuang-Ye Wu, University of Dayton

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There's little evidence tech is much help stopping school shootings -- Emily Greene-Colozzi, UMass Lowell

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Large trunks discovered in a basement offer a window into the lives and struggles of early Filipino migrants -- Sam Vong, Smithsonian Institution

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The #iwasfifteen hashtag and ongoing Epstein coverage show how traffickers exploit the vulnerabilities of teens and tweens -- Anne P. DePrince, University of Denver

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Rest is essential during the holidays, but it may mean getting active, not crashing on the couch -- Stacy Shaw, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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Christmas trees are more expensive than ever in Colorado — what gives? -- Ali Besharat, University of Denver

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Medieval peasants probably enjoyed their holiday festivities more than you do -- Bobbi Sutherland, University of Dayton

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No time to recover: Hurricane Melissa and the Caribbean's compounding disaster trap as the storms keep coming -- Farah Nibbs, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

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