US military to restrict free speech among personnel

What’s dynamic pricing? An operations management scholar explains

Ovunc Yilmaz, University of Colorado Boulder

Many kinds of vendors use this strategy to charge the highest prices the market will bear at a particular moment for time-sensitive goods and services.

How primary care is poised to support reproductive health and abortion in the post-Roe era

Emily M. Godfrey, University of Washington; Adelaide H. McClintock, University of Washington

Primary care doctors have long played an important role in providing birth control. Now, with the fall of Roe, they could help fill a critical need for comprehensive family planning services.

Russia’s threats to shut down Jewish Agency raise alarm bells for those who remember the past

Shaul Kelner, Vanderbilt University

During the Cold War, Russia’s refusal to allow Jews to leave the country reflected its political aims. The same is likely true today, a Jewish studies scholar explains.

At 75, Pakistan has moved far from the secular and democratic vision of its founder, Mohammad Ali Jinnah

Farah N. Jan, University of Pennsylvania

Jinnah insisted on secular education, gender equality and equal rights for minorities – all of which remain unrealized dreams in Pakistan.

Politicians seek to control classroom discussions about slavery in the US

Raphael E. Rogers, Clark University

Lawmakers are seeking to downplay the role that slavery played in the development of the United States, but history tells a different story.

Cognitive biases and brain biology help explain why facts don’t change minds

Keith M. Bellizzi, University of Connecticut

Here are some reasons for the natural human tendency to avoid or reject new information that runs counter to what you already know – and some tips on how to do better.

Farmers can save water with wireless technologies, but there are challenges – like transmitting data through mud

Abdul Salam, Purdue University

The Agricultural Internet of Things is making farming more efficient. An information technology expert describes some of the challenges of working with sensors and antennas underground.

There’s reason for people on opposing sides of abortion to talk, even if they disagree – it helps build respect, understanding and can lead to policy change

Kate W. Isaacs, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

When ideological enemies talk across their great divides, something good can happen – it reduces stereotypes and inflammatory language directed at people who don’t agree on the abortion rights issue.

Why searching an ex-president’s estate is not easily done – 4 important things to know about the FBI’s search of Mar-a-Lago

Monkeypox vaccines: A virologist answers 6 questions about how they work, who can get them and how well they prevent infection

When was talking invented? A language scientist explains how this unique feature of human beings may have evolved