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Should I worry about mold growing in my home?

Nicholas Money, Miami University

Mold growth happens in damp indoor areas and is difficult to prevent. It can be an annoyance but usually isn’t harmful to your health.

Transplanting insulin-making cells to treat Type 1 diabetes is challenging − but stem cells offer a potential improvement

Vinny Negi, University of Pittsburgh

Type 1 diabetes develops when the body destroys its own insulin-producing cells. Using stem cells to replace them could be a way to get around donor shortages and transplant complications.

Trump’s agenda will face hurdles in Congress, despite the Republican ‘trifecta’ of winning the House, Senate and White House

Charlie Hunt, Boise State University

Gridlock can still happen under unified government, and for reasons that are likely to be on full display in the 119th Congress, where the GOP controls both houses under a Republican president.

3 strategies to help Americans bridge the deepening partisan divide

Alex Hinton, Rutgers University - Newark

People acknowledging and inspecting their own political biases is one way that they can begin to reduce polarization.

Companies are still committing to net-zero emissions, even if it’s a bumpy road – here’s what the data show

L. Beril Toktay, Georgia Institute of Technology; Abhinav Shubham, Georgia Institute of Technology; Donghyun (Daniel) Choi, Georgia Institute of Technology; Manpreet S. Hora, Georgia Institute of Technology

Microsoft, Walmart and a few other high-profile companies made news for scaling back their public climate commitments. However, a closer look at the numbers shows commitments are still booming.

‘For the very first time I really enjoyed sex!’ − how lesbian escort agencies became a form of self-care in Japan

Marta Fanasca, Università di Bologna

Since many Japanese women still find it difficult to explore and discuss their sexual desires with their partners, the services have become popular among all women, not just lesbians.

Blurry, morphing and surreal – a new AI aesthetic is emerging in film

Holly Willis, University of Southern California

In a world where algorithms increasingly shape everyday life, many works of art are beginning to reflect how intertwined we’ve become with computational systems.

75 years ago, Maria Tallchief made the ballet world reimagine itself and find a place for a Native American prima ballerina

Shannon Toll, University of Dayton

Despite assumptions to the contrary, Tallchief showed that Indigenous people could not just exceed the standards of Western arts but also set new ones, writes a scholar of Indigenous cultures.

Legal complications await if OpenAI tries to shake off control by the nonprofit that owns the rapidly growing tech company

Jill Horwitz, University of California, Los Angeles; Ellen P. Aprill, Loyola Law School Los Angeles; Rose Chan Loui, University of California, Los Angeles

When for-profit companies are spun out of nonprofits, there is no easy way out of the legal consequences.

Why do I feel better when I wake myself up instead of relying on an alarm? A neurologist explains the science of a restful night’s sleep

I’m a neuroscientist who taught rats to drive − their joy suggests how anticipating fun can enrich human life

Trump’s criminal conviction won’t stop him from getting security clearance as president