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Why collect asteroid samples? 4 essential reads on what these tiny bits of space rock can tell scientists	Paul K. Byrne, Washington University in St. Louis; Valerie Payré, University of Iowa;   Brian Elbing, Oklahoma State University;   Elizabeth A. Silber, Sandia National Laboratories; Timothy J McCoy, Smithsonian Institution; Sara Russell, Natural History Museum	5/13/2025
Pandas and politics − from World War II to the Cold War, zoos have always been ideological	John Kinder	5/1/2025
Are animals smart? From dolphin language to toolmaking crows, lots of species have obvious intelligence	Leticia Fanucchi	2/10/2025
How AI can help in the creative design process	Tilanka Chandrasekera	2/7/2025
An eye for an eye: People agree about the values of body parts across cultures and eras	Yunsuh Nike Wee, Oklahoma State University; Daniel Sznycer, Oklahoma State University; and Jaimie Arona Krems, University of California - Los Angeles	1/10/2025
US food insecurity rate rose to 13.5% in 2023 as government benefits declined and food prices soared	Michael Long and Lara Gonçalves	9/5/2024
NASA’s asteroid sample mission gave scientists around the world the rare opportunity to study an artificial meteor	Brian Elbring, Oklahoma State University; Elizabeth Silber, Sandia National Laboratories	6/10/2024
The biblical character who goes ‘down the rabbit hole’ into an alternate reality − just like Alice in Wonderland	Ryan Armstrong	5/1/2024
Electric air taxis are on the way – quiet eVTOLs may be flying passengers as early as 2025	Jamey Jacob	5/1/2024
'The Amazon of Sports' has already cornered baseball's apparel market – and is now on the verge of subsuming baseball cards, too	Nathaniel Grow, Indiana University; John Holden, Oklahoma State University; and Marc Edelman, Baruch College, CUNY	3/27/2024
Texas fires: Cattle ranchers face struggles ahead to find and feed their herds while burned grasslands recover	Karen Hickman	3/1/2024
Deepfakes and disinformation swirl ahead of Indonesian election – podcast	Author: Gemma Ware, The Conversation; Interviewed: F.X. Lilik Dwi Mardjianto, Universitas Multimedia Nusantara and Nuurrianti Jalli, Oklahoma State University	2/12/2024
A newly identified ‘Hell chicken’ species suggests dinosaurs weren’t sliding toward extinction before the fateful asteroid hit	Kyle Atkins-Weltman and Eric Snively	1/24/2024
Navigating algorithmic bias amid rapid AI development in Southeast Asia	Nuurrianti Jalli	1/23/2024
Sandra Day O’Connor saw civics education as key to the future of democracy	Joshua Jansa and Eve Ringsmuth	12/15/2023
Every state is about to dole out federal funding for broadband internet – not every state is ready for the task	Brian Whitacre	11/20/2023
Gettysburg tells the story of more than a battle − the military park shows what national ‘reconciliation’ looked like for decades after the Civil War	Katrina Stack, University of Tennessee; Rebecca Sheehan, Oklahoma State University	11/17/2023
We asked 1,000 Zimbabweans what they think of China's influence on their country − only 37% viewed it favorably	William Hatungimana and Haruka Nagao	9/28/2023
Your genetic code has lots of ‘words’ for the same thing – information theory may help explain the redundancies	Subhash Kak	7/27/2023
Supreme Court has not committed to a major innovation in transparency it started during the pandemic	Eve Ringsmuth, Oklahoma State University; Rachael Houston, Texas Christian University; Timothy Johnson, University of Minnesota	6/26/2023
Easter bunnies, cacao beans and pollinating bugs: A basket of 6 essential reads about chocolate	Kelley Fanto Deetz, University of California, Berkeley; DeWayne Shoemaker, University of Tennessee; Caitlin Clark, Colorado State University; Robert C. Ulin, Rochester Institute of Technology; Leticia Fanucchi, Oklahoma State University; Sheryl Barringer, The Ohio State University	4/5/2023
Globetrotting Black nutritionist Flemmie P. Kittrell revolutionized early childhood education and illuminated ‘hidden hunger’	Brandy Thomas Wells	1/22/2023
People blame and judge parents for children's heavier weights	Jamie Krems and Devanshi Patel	1/26/2023
A librarian recommends 5 fun fiction books for kids and teens featuring disabled characters	Rebecca Weber	1/18/2023
Holiday foods can be toxic to pets – a veterinarian explains which, and what to do if Rover or Kitty eats them	Leticia Fanucchi	12/16/2022
Intuitions about justice are a consistent part of human nature across cultures and millennia	Daniel Sznycer and Carlton Patrick	10/21/2022
Confidence in the Supreme Court is declining – but there is no easy way to oversee justices and their politics	Eve Ringsmuth	8/1/2022
Monarch butterflies join the Red List of endangered species, thanks to habitat loss, climate change and pesticides	Kristen Baum	7/26/2022
What really drives anti-abortion beliefs? Research suggests it’s a matter of sexual strategies	Jaimie Arona Krems and Martie Haselton	7/19/2022
2/3 of US colleges and universities lack student groups for Muslims, Jews, Hindus or Buddhists	Jonathan S. Coley, Dhruba Das and Gary John Adler Jr.	6/6/2022
Is intermittent fasting the diet for you? Here’s what the science says	McKale Montgomery	5/19/2022
Leaking a Supreme Court draft opinion on abortion or other hot topics is unprecedented – 4 things to know about how the high court works	Eve Ringsmuth	5/18/2022
How a poet and professor promotes racial understanding with lessons from history	Quraysh Ali Lansana	4/6/2022
The 1 in 10 U.S. doctors with reservations about vaccines could be undermining the fight against COVID-19	Matt Motta and Timothy Callaghan	4/5/2022
Medieval illustrated manuscripts reveal how upper-class women managed healthy households – overseeing everything from purging, leeching and cupping to picking the right wet nurse	Jennifer Borland	4/1/2022
1 in 10 Americans say they don’t eat meat – a growing share of the population	Bailey Norwood and Courtney Bir	3/1/2022
How to build wildfire-resistant communities on the wildland fringe	Jeanne Homer	2/1/2022
Sports card explosion holds promise for keeping kids engaged in math	John Holden	12/22/2021
Mistletoe - famous for stolen holiday kisses - is a parasite that steals water and nutrients from other plants	David Hillock	12/16/2021
Why do couples use baby talk with one another?	Ramesh Kaipa	12/3/2021
Is your state ready to handle the influx of federal funds for expanding broadband?	Brian Whitacre, Christina Biedny	12/2/2021
The pandemic is changing the way young people eat and how they feel about their bodies: 4 essential reads	Amanda Harrist, Christia Spears Brown, Elizabeth Budd, Julia F. Taylor, Laura Hubbs-Tait, Nichole Kelly, Nicole Giuliani, Sara Groff Stephens	11/29/2021
Climate change denial 2.0 was on full display at COP26, but there was also pushback	David Tindall, Mark CJ Stoddart, Riley E Dunlap	11/18/2021
Kids with obesity need acceptance from family and friends, not just better diet tips, to succeed at managing their weight	Amanda Harrist, Laura Hubbs-Tait	10/25/2021
Avoiding water bankruptcy in the drought-troubled Southwest: What the US and Iran can learn from each other	Mojtaba Sadegh, Ali Mirchi, Amir AghaKouchak, Kaveh Madani	9/29/2021
Colleges must choose whether to let athletes wear school gear for paid promotions	John Holden	9/23/2021
Do star athletes who want to play for the NBA really need college? What LaMelo Ball got right - and wrong - about why they don't	John Holden	8/26/2021
Unverified reports of vaccine side effects in VAERS aren't the smoking guns portrayed by right-wing media outlets - they can offer insight into vaccine hesitancy	Matt Motta, Dominik Stecula	8/25/2021