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How Ukraine has defended itself against cyberattacks – lessons for the US

Robert Peacock, Florida International University

Russian hackers have been attacking Ukraine for years, but with help from US government agencies, businesses and universities Ukraine's cyber defenses have grown stronger.

Har Gobind Khorana: The chemist who cracked DNA’s code and made the first artificial gene was born into poverty 100 years ago in an Indian village

Sahotra Sarkar, The University of Texas at Austin College of Liberal Arts

Khorana rose from humble beginnings in India to decipher the genetic code. But his enormous contribution to science has been largely overlooked.

Ketanji Brown Jackson and the color blind society of Martin Luther King Jr.

Bev-Freda Jackson, American University School of Public Affairs

President Joe Biden’s nominee for the US Supreme Court withstood four days of hearings and stands ready to become the first Black woman to serve on the nation’s highest court.

What are war crimes? 3 essential reads on atrocities in Ukraine and the likelihood of prosecuting Putin

Amy Lieberman, The Conversation

President Biden said that Vladimir Putin had committed war crimes, after news emerged of mass civilian murders in Bucha, Ukraine. Three stories from our archive explain what this means.

Using lies and disinformation, Putin and his team have been building the case for a Ukraine invasion for 14 years

Juris Pupcenoks, Marist College; Graig Klein, Leiden University

Putin’s rationale for invading Ukraine wasn’t built over just a few months in 2021. Putin and high-level Russia government staff have been trash-talking Ukraine for more than a decade.

Putin is staking his political future on victory in Ukraine – and has little incentive to make peace

Monica Duffy Toft, Tufts University

Sanctions take time to bite, and Putin has time on his side.

Planting mixes of flowers around farm fields helps keep bees healthy

Hamutahl Cohen, University of Florida

Huge single-crop fields attract bees in such numbers that they spread parasites to one another. Planting diverse mixes of flowers around fields helps spread out pollinators and keep them healthy.

The 1 in 10 U.S. doctors with reservations about vaccines could be undermining the fight against COVID-19

Matt Motta, Oklahoma State University; Timothy Callaghan, Texas A&M University

Many COVID-19 vaccination campaigns encourage doctors to serve as a trusted source of vaccine information. But certain vaccine-hesitant providers may stymie these efforts.

How the ‘test to treat’ initiative aims to get ahead of the next wave of COVID-19

C. Michael White, University of Connecticut; Adrian V. Hernandez, University of Connecticut

Earlier detection and treatment of COVID-19 by health care providers in pharmacies could help prevent surges in infection rates and severe illness.

People are more likely to react to a Black person’s story of injustice – even if it happened to someone who is white

Anne Hamby, Boise State University

People may be more willing to boycott a retailer over an act of injustice that takes place at the store if the source of the story was Black – even if the incident happened to a white person.

IPCC finds the world has its best chance yet to slash emissions – if it seizes the opportunity

Ukraine war: inside the complex web of Russia’s warring intelligence agencies

Nkrumah and football: how Ghana’s top players ended up in North America