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FBI’s Mar-a-Lago search warrant affidavit reveals how Trump may have compromised national security – a legal expert answers 5 key questions

Clark D. Cunningham, Georgia State University

A search warrant expert breaks down the affidavit the FBI used to search Mar-a-Lago, and the national security concerns it presents.

Workhorses, not show horses: Five ways to promote effective lawmaking in Congress

Craig Volden, University of Virginia; Alan E. Wiseman, Vanderbilt University

What makes an effective lawmaker? Two scholars have studied 50 years of congressional legislating, and they’ve got a scorecard and a plan.

Students perceive themselves as a ‘math person’ or a ‘reading person’ early on – and this can impact the choices they make throughout their lives

Sirui Wan, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Students are less likely to think they can be good at both math and reading as they get closer to high school.

Heat waves + air pollution can be a deadly combination: The health risk together is worse than either alone

Erika Garcia, University of Southern California; Md Mostafijur Rahman, University of Southern California; Rob Scot McConnell, University of Southern California

The worst effects are during high nighttime temperatures, something happening more often with climate change.

NASA’s Artemis 1 mission to the Moon sets the stage for routine space exploration beyond Earth’s orbit – here’s what to expect and why it’s important

Jack Burns, University of Colorado Boulder

Today's Artemis launch was cancelled because of an issue with one of the rocket's engines. Once it goes, its mission will be to orbit the Moon with no one on board and set the stage for bringing humans back to Earth's dusty satellite.

Slime is all around and inside you – new research on its origins offers insight into genetic evolution

Omer Gokcumen, University at Buffalo

A vast array of species, including people, use slime for a variety of essential bodily functions. Studying the genetic ancestry of slime surprisingly showcases the role of repetitive DNA in evolution.

Do humans really need other species?

Tom Langen, Clarkson University

People wouldn’t last long without the countless other species we depend on for survival.

Does turning the air conditioning off when you’re not home actually save energy? Three engineers run the numbers

Diet can influence mood, behavior and more – a neuroscientist explains

Salman Rushdie wasn’t the first novelist to suffer an assassination attempt by someone who hadn’t read their book