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The EV transition isn’t just about cars – the broader goal should be access to clean mobility for everyone

Sita M. Syal, University of Michigan

If the EV transition focuses exclusively on drivers in privately owned cars, it won’t meet many Americans’ mobility needs, particularly in underserved communities.

The ocean twilight zone could store vast amounts of carbon captured from the atmosphere – but first we need to build a 4D system to track what’s going on down there

Peter de Menocal, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

An ocean scientist describes plans for an ‘internet of the ocean,’ with sensors and autonomous vehicles that can explore the deep sea and monitor its vital signs.

A Black history primer on African Americans’ fight for equality – five essential reads

Howard Manly, The Conversation

America’s complicated history with race can be told through the lives and times of Black Americans, a view that some GOP-controlled state legislatures want to restrict, if not outright ban.

George Santos: A democracy can’t easily penalize lies by politicians

Miguel Schor, Drake University

When candidates can get elected to Congress based on a mountain of lies they’ve told, is it time to reconsider whether such lies are protected by the First Amendment?

As charges loom over Trump, prosecutors come under fire – a criminal justice expert explains what’s at stake

Jessica S. Henry, Montclair State University

Most prosecutors are elected in uncontested races across the country. But there are signs that the posts are becoming political hotbeds, placing more pressure on the criminal justice system.

Lung cancer rates have decreased for the Marlboro Man, but have risen steeply for nonsmokers and young women – an oncologist explains why

Estelamari Rodriguez, University of Miami

While lung cancer rates have decreased by 43% in men, they have risen by 79% in women. New screening guidelines and recognizing early symptoms can help address the changing face of lung cancer.

City planners are questioning the point of parking garages

Kevin J. Krizek, University of Colorado Boulder; John Hersey, University of Colorado Boulder

As many cities grapple with the housing crisis, some places are rewriting regulations and finding creative ways to repurpose these hulking masses of concrete that suck up valuable real estate.

Last Boeing 747 rolls out of the factory: How the ‘queen of the skies’ reigned over air travel

Janet Bednarek, University of Dayton

On Sept. 30, 1968, the first Boeing 747 rolled off the assembly line, ready to hit the skies as the biggest commercial jet at the time. Some 55 years later, the last one has left its factory.

US debt default could trigger dollar’s collapse – and severely erode America’s political and economic might

‘The Whale’ is a horror film that taps into our fear of fatness

Sheriffs who see themselves as ultimate defenders of the Constitution are especially worried about gun rights