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Counter-drone technologies are evolving – but there’s no surefire way to defend against drone attacksJamey Jacob2/12/2026
Iran’s president calls for moving its drought-stricken capital amid a worsening water crisis – how Tehran got into water bankruptcyAli Mirchi, Oklahoma State University; Amir AghaKouchak, University of California, Irvine; Kaveh Madani, United Nations University; Mojtaba Sadegh, Boise State University and United Nations University12/1/2025
How pecans went from ignored trees to a holiday staple – the 8,000-year history of America’s only native major nutShelley Mitchell11/18/2025
Turning motion into medicine: How AI, motion capture and wearables can improve your healthAzarang Asadi, Collin Bowerstock, Matthew Bird11/10/2025
Symbolism of cemetery plants: How flowers, trees and other botanical motifs honor those buried beneathShelley Mitchell10/31/2025
Pumpkins’ journey from ancient food staple to spicy fall obsession spans thousands of yearsShelley Mitchell10/24/2025
From anime to activism: How the ‘One Piece’ pirate flag became the global emblem of Gen Z resistanceNuurrianti Jalli
9/24/2025
Moose have lived in Colorado for centuries – unpacking the evidence from history, archaeology and oral traditionsWilliam Taylor, University of Colorado Boulder; John Wendt, Oklahoma State University; Joshua Miller, University of Cincinnati8/11/2025
Why collect asteroid samples? 4 essential reads on what these tiny bits of space rock can tell scientistsPaul 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 ideologicalJohn Kinder5/1/2025
Are animals smart? From dolphin language to toolmaking crows, lots of species have obvious intelligenceLeticia Fanucchi2/10/2025
How AI can help in the creative design processTilanka Chandrasekera2/7/2025
An eye for an eye: People agree about the values of body parts across cultures and erasYunsuh Nike Wee, Oklahoma State University; Daniel Sznycer, Oklahoma State University; and Jaimie Arona Krems, University of California - Los Angeles1/10/2025
US food insecurity rate rose to 13.5% in 2023 as government benefits declined and food prices soaredMichael Long and Lara Gonçalves9/5/2024
NASA’s asteroid sample mission gave scientists around the world the rare opportunity to study an artificial meteorBrian Elbring, Oklahoma State University; Elizabeth Silber, Sandia National Laboratories6/10/2024
The biblical character who goes ‘down the rabbit hole’ into an alternate reality − just like Alice in WonderlandRyan Armstrong
5/1/2024
Electric air taxis are on the way – quiet eVTOLs may be flying passengers as early as 2025Jamey 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, tooNathaniel 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 recoverKaren Hickman
3/1/2024
Deepfakes and disinformation swirl ahead of Indonesian election – podcastAuthor: 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 hitKyle Atkins-Weltman and Eric Snively1/24/2024
Navigating algorithmic bias amid rapid AI development in Southeast AsiaNuurrianti Jalli1/23/2024
Sandra Day O’Connor saw civics education as key to the future of democracyJoshua Jansa and Eve Ringsmuth12/15/2023
Every state is about to dole out federal funding for broadband internet – not every state is ready for the taskBrian 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 WarKatrina Stack, University of Tennessee; Rebecca Sheehan, Oklahoma State University11/17/2023
We asked 1,000 Zimbabweans what they think of China's influence on their country − only 37% viewed it favorablyWilliam Hatungimana and Haruka Nagao9/28/2023
Your genetic code has lots of ‘words’ for the same thing – information theory may help explain the redundanciesSubhash Kak7/27/2023
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 chocolateKelley 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 University4/5/2023
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 weightsJamie Krems and Devanshi Patel1/26/2023
A librarian recommends 5 fun fiction books for kids and teens featuring disabled charactersRebecca Weber1/18/2023
Holiday foods can be toxic to pets – a veterinarian explains which, and what to do if Rover or Kitty eats themLeticia Fanucchi12/16/2022
Intuitions about justice are a consistent part of human nature across cultures and millenniaDaniel 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 politicsEve Ringsmuth8/1/2022
Monarch butterflies join the Red List of endangered species, thanks to habitat loss, climate change and pesticidesKristen Baum7/26/2022
What really drives anti-abortion beliefs? Research suggests it’s a matter of sexual strategiesJaimie Arona Krems and Martie Haselton7/19/2022
2/3 of US colleges and universities lack student groups for Muslims, Jews, Hindus or BuddhistsJonathan S. Coley, Dhruba Das and Gary John Adler Jr.6/6/2022
Is intermittent fasting the diet for you? Here’s what the science saysMcKale Montgomery5/19/2022
Leaking a Supreme Court draft opinion on abortion or other hot topics is unprecedented – 4 things to know about how the high court worksEve Ringsmuth5/18/2022
How a poet and professor promotes racial understanding with lessons from historyQuraysh Ali Lansana4/6/2022
The 1 in 10 U.S. doctors with reservations about vaccines could be undermining the fight against COVID-19Matt Motta and Timothy Callaghan4/5/2022
Medieval illustrated manuscripts reveal how upper-class women managed healthy households – overseeing everything from purging, leeching and cupping to picking the right wet nurseJennifer Borland4/1/2022
1 in 10 Americans say they don’t eat meat – a growing share of the populationBailey Norwood and Courtney Bir3/1/2022
How to build wildfire-resistant communities on the wildland fringeJeanne Homer2/1/2022
Sports card explosion holds promise for keeping kids engaged in mathJohn Holden12/22/2021
Mistletoe - famous for stolen holiday kisses - is a parasite that steals water and nutrients from other plantsDavid Hillock12/16/2021
Why do couples use baby talk with one another?Ramesh Kaipa12/3/2021
Is your state ready to handle the influx of federal funds for expanding broadband?Brian Whitacre, Christina Biedny12/2/2021
The pandemic is changing the way young people eat and how they feel about their bodies: 4 essential readsAmanda Harrist, Christia Spears Brown, Elizabeth Budd, Julia F. Taylor, Laura Hubbs-Tait, Nichole Kelly, Nicole Giuliani, Sara Groff Stephens11/29/2021
Climate change denial 2.0 was on full display at COP26, but there was also pushbackDavid Tindall, Mark CJ Stoddart, Riley E Dunlap11/18/2021
Kids with obesity need acceptance from family and friends, not just better diet tips, to succeed at managing their weightAmanda Harrist, Laura Hubbs-Tait10/25/2021
Avoiding water bankruptcy in the drought-troubled Southwest: What the US and Iran can learn from each otherMojtaba Sadegh, Ali Mirchi, Amir AghaKouchak, Kaveh Madani9/29/2021
Colleges must choose whether to let athletes wear school gear for paid promotionsJohn Holden9/23/2021
Do star athletes who want to play for the NBA really need college? What LaMelo Ball got right - and wrong - about why they don'tJohn Holden8/26/2021
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 hesitancyMatt Motta, Dominik Stecula8/25/2021