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American womanhood is not what it used to be − understanding the backlash to Dobbs v. Jackson

Linda J. Nicholson, Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis

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Microrobots made of algae carry chemo directly to lung tumors, improving cancer treatment

Zhengxing Li, University of California, San Diego

Food has a climate problem: Nitrous oxide emissions are accelerating with growing demand for fertilizer and meat – but there are solutions

Hanqin Tian, Boston College; Eric Davidson, University of Maryland, Baltimore; Pep Canadell, CSIRO, and Rona Louise Thompson, Norwegian Institute for Air Research

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Columbia Law Review article critical of Israel sparks battle between student editors and their board − highlighting fragility of academic freedom

Neal H. Hutchens, University of Kentucky

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Politics is still both local and personal – but only for independents, not for Democrats or Republicans

Shanna Pearson-Merkowitz, University of Maryland and Joshua J. Dyck, UMass Lowell

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There’s a strange history of white journalists trying to better understand the Black experience by ‘becoming’ Black

Alisha Gaines, Florida State University

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Paris 2024 Olympics to debut high-level breakdancing – and physics in action

Amy Pope, Clemson University

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‘Fiddler on the Roof’ may be many Americans’ image of Judaism – but American Jews’ heritage is stunningly diverse

Samira Mehta, University of Colorado Boulder

Wastewater surveillance reveals pathogens in Detroit’s population, helping monitor and predict disease outbreaks since 2017

Irene Xagoraraki, Michigan State University

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How often do you lie? Deception researchers investigate how the recipient and the medium affect telling the truth

Christian B. Miller, Wake Forest University

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Mickey Pardo, Colorado State University

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Can the US give cricket a lasting embrace – or will it always be dogged by comparisons with baseball?

Richard Thomas, Swansea University

Summertime can be germy: A microbiologist explains how to avoid getting sick at the barbecue, in the pool or on the trail

Bill Sullivan, Indiana University

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A brief history of tragic presidential relatives, from Alice Roosevelt to Hunter Biden

Shannon Bow O'Brien, The University of Texas at Austin

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Independent voters are few in number, influential in close elections – and hard for campaigns to reach

Julio Borquez, University of Michigan-Dearborn

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Community broadband provides a local solution for a global problem

Michael Lithgow, Athabasca University; Esther Jang, University of Washington, and Katherine Gillieson, Emily Carr University

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Fathers need to care for themselves as well as their kids – but often don’t

Fathers need to care for themselves as well as their kids – but often don’t

Derek M. Griffith, Georgetown University and Elizabeth C. Stewart, Vanderbilt University

What Greek epics taught me about the special relationship between fathers and sons

Joel Christensen, Brandeis University

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From ‘dada’ to Darth Vader – why the way we name fathers reminds us we spring from the same well

Valerie M. Fridland, University of Nevada, Reno

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Fatherhood changes men’s brains, according to before-and-after MRI scans

Darby Saxbe, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences and Magdalena Martínez García, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Gregorio Marañón IiSGM

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Brain study identifies a cost of caregiving for new fathers

Darby Saxbe, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences

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War in Gaza

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Most Israelis dislike Netanyahu, but support the war in Gaza – an Israeli scholar explains what’s driving public opinion

Arie Perliger, UMass Lowell

How the Gaza humanitarian aid pier traces its origins to discarded cigar boxes before World War II

Frank A. Blazich Jr., Smithsonian Institution

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Benjamin Netanyahu and Israel are becoming increasingly isolated internationally – they need to listen to their friends

Julie M Norman, UCL

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Palestinian writers have long explored the horrors of amputation

Graham Liddell, Hope College

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A look inside the cyberwar between Israel and Hamas reveals the civilian toll

Ryan Shandler, Georgia Institute of Technology; Daphna Canetti, University of Haifa, and Tal Mimran, Zefat Academic College

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A man towering over another who is kneeling on a pedestal which has the word 'Emancipation' engraved on it.

What the statue of a kneeling enslaved man in the Emancipation Memorial of 1876 tells us about its history − an art historian explains

Virginia Raguin, College of the Holy Cross

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Engineering cells to broadcast their behavior can help scientists study their inner workings

Scott Coyle, University of Wisconsin-Madison

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Elections around the world

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Indian election was awash in deepfakes – but AI was a net positive for democracy

Vandinika Shukla, Harvard Kennedy School and Bruce Schneier, Harvard Kennedy School

UK and US elections: 2 very different systems united by a common political language

Garret Martin, American University School of International Service

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2020’s ‘fake elector’ schemes will be harder to try in 2024 – but not impossible

Derek T. Muller, University of Notre Dame

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Mexico elects first female president − but will that improve the lot of country’s women?

Xavier Medina Vidal, University of Texas at Arlington and Christopher Chambers-Ju, University of Texas at Arlington

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Why is it so hard to know how many independent voters there are?

Thom Reilly, Arizona State University

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Losing winter ice is changing the Great Lakes food web – here’s how light is shaping life underwater

Steven Wilhelm, University of Tennessee; Brittany Zepernick, University of Tennessee, and Robert Michael McKay, University of Windsor

Menopause treatments can help with hot flashes and other symptoms – but many people aren’t aware of the latest advances

Naomi Cahn, University of Virginia; Bridget J. Crawford, Pace University , and Emily Gold Waldman, Pace University

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Scientists and Indigenous leaders team up to conserve seals and an ancestral way of life at Yakutat, Alaska

Aron L. Crowell, Smithsonian Institution and Judith Dax̱ootsú Ramos, University of Alaska Southeast

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New database features 250 AI tools that can enhance social science research

Megan Stubbs-Richardson, Mississippi State University; Devon Brenner, Mississippi State University; Lauren Etheredge, Mississippi State University, and MacKenzie Paul, Baylor University

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Records of Pompeii’s survivors have been found – and archaeologists are starting to understand how they rebuilt their lives

Steven L. Tuck, Miami University

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