Saving species by changing their behavior

US, Chinese warships’ near miss in Taiwan Strait hints at ongoing troubled diplomatic waters, despite chatter about talks

Meredith Oyen, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

What was behind the latest encounter between US and Chinese military vessels in contested waters?

Political compromises – like the debt-limit deal – have never been substitutes for lasting solutions

Maurizio Valsania, Università di Torino

Compromises, no matter how horrible, have long been used to solve seemingly intractable political problems – but at a cost.

Supreme Court is poised to dismantle an integral part of LBJ’s Great Society – affirmative action

Travis Knoll, University of North Carolina – Charlotte

President Lyndon Johnson’s commencement address at Howard University in 1965 offered a compelling argument on the need for affirmative action. His policies have been challenged ever since.

Scientists’ political donations reflect polarization in academia – with implications for the public’s trust in science

Alexander Kaurov, Harvard University

Public data about individual donors’ political contributions supports the perception that American academia leans left.

Blockchain is a key technology – a computer scientist explains why the post-crypto-crash future is bright

Yu Chen, Binghamton University, State University of New York

There are many uses for digital systems that are not centrally controlled and that allow large numbers of people to participate securely, even if they don’t all know and trust each other.

Several Down syndrome features may be linked to a hyperactive antiviral immune response – new research

Joaquin Espinosa, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

People with Down syndrome have an extra chromosome 21. Understanding the effects of those triplicated genes could help improve the health of those with Down syndrome and other medical conditions.

Historians are learning more about how the Nazis targeted trans people

Laurie Marhoefer, University of Washington

Only in the past few years have the stories and experiences of trans people in Nazi Germany come to light.

A community can gentrify without losing its identity – examples from Pittsburgh, Boston and Newark of what works

Anthony Alvarez, Rutgers University - Newark

Art can help anchor places even as they are reshaped.

Protecting the ocean: 5 essential reads on invasive species, overfishing and other threats to sea life

Jennifer Weeks, The Conversation

Humans rely on the ocean for food, jobs and other resources, but these systems are being stressed to the brink.

3 ways to use ChatGPT to help students learn – and not cheat

Kui Xie, The Ohio State University; Eric M. Anderman, The Ohio State University

Schools are blocking access to ChatGPT on their computers to try to prevent students from cheating. Two experts on academic cheating offer a very different strategy.

Ethiopia’s musicians fled the country after the 1974 revolution - how their culture lives on

Mr. Associated Press: How 20th-century journalism titan Kent Cooper transformed the news industry

‘Blue balls’: There’s no evidence they’re harmful, and they shouldn’t be used to pressure partners into sex