What are the exceptions to state abortion bans?

What UAW backing means for Biden − and why the union’s endorsement took so long

Marick Masters, Wayne State University

In close races, support from the United Auto Workers and the rest of organized labor could prove decisive.

In the market for a car? Soon you’ll be able to buy a Hyundai on Amazon − and only a Hyundai

Vivek Astvansh, McGill University

The ‘everything store’ doesn’t offer every type of car, at least not yet. But a pilot program could still be a step toward online auto sales.

Treatment can do more harm than good for prostate cancer − why active surveillance may be a better option for some

Jinping Xu, Wayne State University

People with low-risk prostate cancer are more likely to die from something else. Overdiagnosis and overtreatment can lead to life-changing complications.

Our sense of taste helps pace our eating – understanding how may lead to new avenues for weight loss

Zachary Knight, University of California, San Francisco

The first-ever imaging and recording of a brainstem structure critical for feeling full could help reveal exactly how weight loss drugs like Ozempic work, and how to make them more effective.

France’s biggest Muslim school went from accolades to defunding – showing a key paradox in how the country treats Islam

Carol Ferrara, Emerson College; Françoise Lorcerie, Aix-Marseille Université (AMU); Vincent Geisser, Aix-Marseille Université (AMU)

Some of the measures the French government has taken to fight radicalization can do the opposite, three social scientists argue.

Prison sentence for Trump adviser Navarro gives new teeth to Congress as watchdog over the White House

Elise J. Bean, Wayne State University

The conviction and incarceration of 2 former Trump aides who refused to comply with the House Jan. 6 committee’s information requests could revive a potent tool for accountability.

How to read a Supreme Court case: 10 tips for nonlawyers

Ilisabeth S. Bornstein, Bryant University

In a year when the Supreme Court deals with many high-profile cases, a professor who teaches law to undergraduates describes how to read the court’s opinions.

Why are so many robots white?

Mark Paterson, University of Pittsburgh

Humanoid robots tend to be white or resemble white people. Here’s why this is a problem and what social scientists, designers and engineers can do about it.

A newly identified ‘Hell chicken’ species suggests dinosaurs weren’t sliding toward extinction before the fateful asteroid hit

‘Strife in the courtroom’ − a former federal judge discusses Trump’s second trial for defaming E. Jean Carroll

Domestic woes put Kim Jong Un on the defensive – and the offensive – in the Korean Peninsula