If Justice Alito resigns before the midterms, a Trump nominee to the Supreme Court is likely to sail through confirmation
Supreme Court Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas share a laugh at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 20, 2025.Chip Somodevilla/Getty ImagesWashington is buzzing with the possibility that President Donald...
Paul M. Collins Jr., Professor of Legal Studies and Political Science, UMass Amherst
Extreme rain on snow is testing aging dams across Michigan and Wisconsin – this is the future in a warming world
In the upper Midwest, aging infrastructure, from dams to city drains, was overwhelmed by floodwater in April 2026. Jonathan Aguilar/Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service/CatchLight via Getty ImagesMichi...
Richard B. (Ricky) Rood, Professor Emeritus of Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering, University of Michigan
Sorry, Tampa Bay, mixed-use districts don’t reverse the dismal economics of sports venues
The plan for a new Rays stadium looks promising. But will it deliver for Tampa taxpayers?Tampa Bay RaysWhen the Atlanta Braves opened Truist Park in 2017, Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfre...
J.C. Bradbury, Professor of Economics, Kennesaw State University
Chernobyl at 40: Secret Stasi files reveal extent of Soviet misinformation campaign over nuclear dis…
A German security guard checks for radiation after the Chernobyl accident in April 1986.Patrick Piel…
What a Muslim folk trickster can teach us about the danger of holding a single worldview
A man wearing a Nasreddin Hoja costume poses with children during Eid al-Fitr at Sunnyside Gardens P…
Is Trump heading to a Pyrrhic victory in Iran?
President Donald Trump speaks to the press before departing the White House on April 16, 2026.Celal …
Rotavirus cases in children are rising – but a highly effective vaccine has slashed hospitalizations…
One of rotavirus infection's main symptoms is diarrhea, which can lead to severe dehydration that ne…
High school yearbooks focus on the fun students had, obscuring the pain people also experienced
The Salinas High School (Calif.) girls volleyball team from 1924, as seen in the school's yearbook, …
HEPA air purifiers may boost brain power in adults over 40 – new research
Air pollution can negatively affect the brain.Jomkwan/iStock via Getty Images PlusUsing an in-home H…