How and where is nuclear waste stored in the US?

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Around the U.S., about 90,000 tons of nuclear waste is stored at over 100 sites in 39 states, in a range of different structures and containers. For decades, the nation has been trying to send it all to one secure...

ICE has broad power to detain and arrest noncitizens – but is still bound by constitutional limits

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News reports of noncitizens unexpectedly being detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, have dominated headlines in recent weeks. Those being detained include noncitizens who hold lawful permanent residency...

Same-sex marriage is under attack by state lawmakers, emboldened by Trump’s anti-LGBTQ+ measures and the Supreme Court’s willingness to overturn precedent

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Same-sex marriage, which the U.S. Supreme Court in 2015 legalized nationwide in the case known as Obergefell v. Hodges, is facing resurgent hostility. In the decade since the courts decision, public support for same-sex...

Are twins allergic to the same things?

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Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question youd like an expert to answer, send it to [email protected]. Allergies, whether spring sneezes due to pollen or trouble breathing...

Perceived consensus drives moral intolerance in a time of identity-driven politics and online bubbles

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To live together in social communities, people create and maintain expectations about what is normal and what is not. Sometimes things can fall outside the range of normal and people are OK with it. You might have a...

Getting AIs working toward human goals − study shows how to measure misalignment

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Ideally, artificial intelligence agents aim to help humans, but what does that mean when humans want conflicting things? My colleagues and I have come up with a way to measure the alignment of the goals of a group of...

Social Security’s trust fund could run out of money sooner than expected due to changes in taxes and benefits

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Social Security is one of the federal governments biggest programs. Roughly 67 million Americans, most of whom are 65 or older, received Social Security benefits in 2023. An estimated 183 million workers paid the Social...