Legal scholar explains the theories driving Trump indictments

Annual numbers of excess deaths in the US relative to other developed countries are growing at an alarming rate

Patrick Heuveline, University of California, Los Angeles

New research shows that preventable deaths are increasing in the US at the same time that life expectancy keeps dropping.

Silvio Berlusconi had a complex relationship with US presidents: Friend to one, shunned by another

Jason Davidson, University of Mary Washington

The former Italian prime minister died on June 12, 2023, at the age of 86. Throughout his terms in office he cultivated closer ties with the US – with mixed results.

A jury of ex-presidents? No, but Trump’s fate will be decided by 12 citizen peers, in a hallowed tradition of US democracy

Stefanie Lindquist, Arizona State University

Like all criminal defendants, Trump will enjoy the protection that a jury will offer from abuse by government prosecutors.

The overlooked story of the incarceration of Japanese Americans from Hawaii during World War II

Olivia Tasevski, The University of Melbourne

When US President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, he paved the way for the incarceration of Japanese Americans on the mainland and Hawaii

How Pat Robertson changed Christian media and made it politically influential

Jason C. Bivins, North Carolina State University

A scholar of religion and politics explains how Robertson led the way in blending religion with political commentary and paved the way for a wider influence of Christian media on American culture.

Glass: Neither a solid nor a liquid, this common yet complicated material is still surprising scientists

John Mauro, Penn State; Katelyn Kirchner, Penn State

Two glass researchers explain how glass is made, the unique properties of glass and how those properties have allowed it to be a useful material to humans for thousands of years.

Colonialism has shaped scientific plant collections around the world – here’s why that matters

Daniel Park, Purdue University

The colonial era profoundly shaped natural history museums and collections. Herbaria, which are scientists’ main source of plant specimens from around the world, are no exception.

After ‘Rapper’s Delight,’ hip-hop went global – its impact has been massive; so too efforts to keep it real

Eric Charry, Wesleyan University

Hip-hop traveled far after being birthed by Black Americans in US cities. The journey hasn’t always been smooth.

How TV shows have grappled with a post-Dobbs America

Stephanie Herold, University of California, San Francisco

Though abortion is appearing in more plot lines, many programs still aren’t accurately depicting what the reality of abortion access looks like in America today.

The ‘good fire’: Prescribed burning can prevent catastrophic wildfires in the future

The materials used by humans now weigh more than all life on Earth – here’s four graphs that reveal our staggering impact on the planet

Succession on the Tibetan plateau: what’s at stake in the battle over the Dalai Lama’s reincarnation?