Why Trump’s call to pull 5,000 US troops from Germany will hurt America
By Michael A. Allen, Boise State University; Carla Martinez Machain, University at Buffalo, and Michael E. Flynn, Kansas State University
President Donald Trump announced on May 1, 2026, that the United States will withdraw...
Trump Is Losing a Second War
The Iran debacle is accelerating the shift away from fossil fuels
Courtesy of Paul Krugman
Last month, out of more than...
The missing link in America’s critical minerals push isn’t mining – it’s processing expertise
By Hélène Nguemgaing, University of Maryland and Alan Collins, West Virginia...
Canada is kicking its US booze habit as trade tensions persist
By Andrew Muhammad, University of Tennessee
Almost a year and a half after President Donald...
How Trump’s repeated efforts to fire Federal Reserve Chair Powell harm the economy – and make battling inflation harder
By Ana Carolina Garriga, University of...
Trump Promised Transparency in Venezuela, but Oil Secrets Linger
Trump officials and their Venezuelan allies have promised a new era of accountability to unlock Venezuela’s...
Mythos AI is a cybersecurity threat, but it doesn’t rewrite the rules of the game
By Mohammad Ahmad, West Virginia University
The cybersecurity community went on...
What’s in the price of a gallon of gas?
By Robert I. Harris, Georgia Institute of Technology
The U.S. Energy Information Administration expects nationwide retail gasoline...
The Iran War’s Ramifications Have Only Just Begun
U.S. goals haven’t been met, but the war will cause long-term disruptions.
By Nancy A. Youssef and Jonathan Lemire, The Atlantic...
OpenAI gets set to go public: can we entrust the financial markets with ChatGPT and AI?
By Frédéric Fréry, ESCP Business School
OpenAI, the creator of...
Powell to remain as Fed governor, denying Trump a key vacancy
By Courtenay Brown and Neil Irwin, Axios
Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell said on Wednesday that...
Can the nearly $1 trillion‑a‑year US military really be depleting key weapons in Iran?
By Michael A. Allen, Boise State University=
The fragile U.S.-Iran ceasefire announced...
Sam Altman and Elon Musk Sure Dislike Each Other
The trial between Elon Musk and Sam Altman makes the AI boom seem sordid and small.
By Matteo Wong,...
Could the Strait of Malacca be the next global flashpoint?
By Gokcay Balci, University of Leeds and Ebru Surucu-Balci, University of Bradford
While recent global attention...
Trump Is Losing a Second War
The Iran debacle is accelerating the shift away from fossil fuels
Courtesy of Paul Krugman
Last month, out of more than...
Health authorities work to contain cruise ship hantavirus outbreak
By Daniel Pastula, University of Colorado Anschutz
The MV Hondius, a Dutch cruise ship with a deadly...
China surpasses US in research spending – the consequences extend far beyond scientific ranking and clout
By Caroline Wagner, The Ohio State University
China’s rapid rise...
HHS rejects publication of study showing Covid-19 vaccines prevent hospitalizations, ER visits
By Brenda Goodman, CNN
Covid-19 vaccines roughly halved the chances that a US adult would...
Claude Mythos Is Everyone’s Problem
What happens when AI can hack everything?
By Matteo Wong, The Atlantic
For the past several weeks, Anthropic says it secretly possessed a...
Panicking scientists, canceled experiments – federal funding cuts turned my work as a research dean into crisis management
By Nara Parameswaran, Michigan State University
Fielding frantic...