Mining the seafloor for clean energy – but at what cost?

Parents in the US had alarmingly high rates of anxiety and depression during the COVID-19 pandemic – and that has a direct effect on kids

Lucy (Kathleen) McGoron, Wayne State University

One way to prevent mental health challenges in children: Recognize and treat the mental health issues of their parents.

Stopping the cancer cells that thrive on chemotherapy – research into how pancreatic tumors adapt to stress could lead to a new treatment approach

Chengsheng Wu, University of California, San Diego; David Cheresh, University of California, San Diego; Sara Weis, University of California, San Diego

Some cancers are notoriously resistant to chemotherapy and not curable with surgery. Stopping tumors from adapting to the harsh microenvironments of the body could be a potential treatment avenue.

Moderna’s experimental cancer vaccine treats but doesn’t prevent melanoma – a biochemist explains how it works

Mark R. O'Brian, University at Buffalo

Preventive and therapeutic vaccines both train the immune system to fight disease, but they are used in different ways.

New Israeli power broker seeks to rewrite history to justify violence against Palestinians

Curtis Hutt, University of Nebraska Omaha

A claim about how persecuted Jews were freed from the Soviet Union decades ago relates to how Palestinians might be treated today.

Allegations that the charity George Santos claims to have run was fake highlight how scams divert money from worthy causes

Sarah Webber, University of Dayton

When a fake charity is uncovered, headlines abound with details of the fraud, while donors are eager to make sure they weren’t one of the victims of the scheme.

50 years after Roe, many ethics questions shape the abortion debate: 4 essential reads

Molly Jackson, The Conversation

Looking at the underlying philosophical and moral questions involved in abortion debates can help explain why it’s such an intensely divisive issue.

Sex, drugs and alcohol are the top reasons that Texas teachers get in trouble, but overall, such cases are rare

Sarah Guthery, Texas A&M University-Commerce; Meredith Richards, Southern Methodist University

A new analysis finds that teacher sanctions are relatively rare. But when they do occur, it’s usually related to sex and drugs.

How immortal jellyfish turn back time

Why does Nepal’s aviation industry have safety issues? An expert explains

From a ‘deranged’ provocateur to IBM’s failed AI superproject: the controversial story of how data has transformed healthcare