Cuts to school lunch and food bank funding mean less fresh produce for children and families

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The U.S. government recently cut more than US$1 billion in funding to two long-running programs that helped schools and food banks feed children and families in need. The U.S. Department of Agriculture says the reductions...

Reproducibility may be the key idea students need to balance trust in evidence with healthy skepticism

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Many people have been there. The dinner party is going well until someone decides to introduce a controversial topic. In todays world, that could be anything from vaccines to government budget cuts to immigration policy....

100 years ago, the Supreme Court made a landmark ruling on parents’ rights in education – today, another case raises new questions

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A century ago, the Supreme Court handed down one of its most important cases about education. On June 1, 1925, the court struck down an Oregon statute requiring all students to attend public school a law critics argued...

Ukraine’s Operation Spider Web destroyed more than aircraft – it tore apart the old idea that bases far behind the front lines are safe

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A series of blasts at airbases deep inside Russia on June 1, 2025, came as a rude awakening to Moscows military strategists. The Ukrainian strike at the heart Russias strategic bombing capability could also upend the...

Detroit voters have an opportunity to pick a mayor who will ease zoning, improve transit and protect long-term residents

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Five of the nine candidates in Detroits mayoral contest debated on May 29, 2025, during the annual Mackinac Policy Conference. When asked about outgoing Mayor Mike Duggans 11-year tenure, many of the candidates praised him...

Game theory explains why reasonable parents make vaccine choices that fuel outbreaks

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When outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases such as measles occur despite highly effective vaccines being available, its easy to conclude that parents who dont vaccinate their children are misguided, selfish or have...

A new observatory is assembling the most complete time-lapse record of the night sky ever

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On 23 June 2025, the world will get a look at the first images from one of the most powerful telescopes ever built: the Vera C. Rubin Observatory. Perched high in the Chilean Andes, the observatory will take hundreds of...