Golden Dome dangers: An arms control expert explains how Trump’s missile defense threatens to make the US less safe

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President Donald Trumps idea of a Golden Dome missile defense system carries a range of potential strategic dangers for the United States. Golden Dome is meant to protect the U.S. from ballistic, cruise and hypersonic...

Beyond de-extinction and dire wolves, gene editing can help today’s endangered species

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Have you been hearing about the dire wolf lately? Maybe you saw a massive white wolf on the cover of Time magazine or a photo of Game of Thrones author George R.R. Martin holding a puppy named after a character from his...

‘The Eternal Queen of Asian Pop’ sings one last encore from beyond the grave

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Several years ago, an employee at Universal Music came across a cassette tape in a Tokyo warehouse while sorting through archival materials. On it was a recording by the late Taiwanese pop star Teresa Teng that had never...

US health care is rife with high costs and deep inequities, and that’s no accident – a public health historian explains how the system was shaped to serve profit and politicians

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A few years ago, a student in my history of public health course asked why her mother couldnt afford insulin without insurance, despite having a full-time job. I told her what Ive come to believe: The U.S. health care...

Debates over presidential power to suspend habeas corpus resurface in Trump administration

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The principle of habeas corpus, a legal phrase, is a simple one: Translated from the Latin as produce the body, it provides that a judge may compel prosecutors to supply evidence to determine whether someone has been...

Was the Boulder attack terrorism or a hate crime? 2 experts unpack the complexities

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Twelve people in Boulder, Colorado, were injured by a man wielding a makeshift flamethrower and Molotov cocktails on June 1, 2025. Those burned in the attack were taking part in a peaceful, silent walk on Pearl Street, a...

Zia Yusuf turned Reform into an election winner – his angry resignation leaves Nigel Farage weakened

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Zia Yusuf, a self-made billionaire and Muslim, has resigned as chairman of Reform, breaking with Nigel Farage just weeks after delivering unprecedented success for the party in local elections. Yusuf announced his sudden...