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Cognitive flexibility is essential to navigating a changing world – new research in mice shows how your brain learns new rules

Vikaas Sohal, University of California, San Francisco; Kathleen Cho, Inserm

Learning new rules requires the suppression of old ones. A better understanding of the brain circuits involved in behavioral adaptation could lead to new ways to treat schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.

‘Got polio?’ messaging underscores a vaccine campaign’s success but creates false sense of security as memories of the disease fade in US

Katherine A. Foss, Middle Tennessee State University

Polio vaccines have been a massive public health victory in the US. But purely celebratory messaging overlooks the ongoing threat if vaccination rates fall.

Why Kurt Vonnegut’s advice to college graduates still matters today

Susan Farrell, College of Charleston

A strain of sorrow and pessimism underlies all of Vonnegut’s fiction, as well as his graduation speeches. But he also insisted that young people cherish those fleeting moments of joy.

Historic flooding in Fort Lauderdale was a sign of things to come – a look at who is most at risk and how to prepare

Smitha Rao, The Ohio State University

Nationally, 57% of the population says they’re not prepared for a flood disaster. Surveys and disasters show that those most at risk are least prepared.

Latino youth struggle with sense of belonging in school

Sophia Rodriguez, University of Maryland

Latino youths often feel more at home in after-school programs and in the community than they do in school. A sociologist explores why.

US-South Korea nuclear weapons deal – what you need to know

Sung-Yoon Lee, Tufts University

The 'Washington Declaration' unveiled during the state visit by South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol gives Seoul a greater role in coordinating a nuclear response strategy.

Saving broadcasting’s past for the future – archivists are working to capture not just tapes of TV and radio but the experience of tuning in together

Michael J. Socolow, University of Maine

Scholars, preservationists, archivists, museum educators and curators, fans and the public are meeting in late April in the nation’s capital to figure out how to preserve broadcasting’s history.

AI is exciting – and an ethical minefield: 4 essential reads on the risks and concerns about this technology

Molly Jackson, The Conversation

AI is poised to reshape parts of US culture and society. Have tech developments raced ahead of our ability to understand the consequences?

Sudan’s conflict has its roots in three decades of elites fighting over oil and energy

Harry Verhoeven, Columbia University

The Sudanese crisis is the culmination of three decades of contentious energy politics among rival elites.

80 is different in 2023 than in 1776 – but even back then, a grizzled Franklin led alongside a young Hamilton

Tucker Carlson’s departure and Fox News’ expensive legal woes show the problem with faking ‘authenticity’

White power movements in US history have often relied on veterans – and not on lone wolves