American democracy runs on trust, and that trust is cracking.
Nearly half of Americans, both Democrats and Republicans, question whether elections are conducted fairly[1]. Some voters accept election results only when their side wins[2]. The problem isn’t just political polarization – it’s a creeping erosion of trust[3] in the machinery of...
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When most people hear the word uranium, they think of mushroom clouds, Cold War standoffs or the glowing green rods from science fiction. But uranium isn’t just fuel for apocalyptic fears. It’s also a surprisingly common element that plays a crucial role in modern energy, medicine and geopolitics.
Uranium reentered the global spotlight in...
People on TikTok tend to follow accounts that align with their own political beliefs, meaning the platform is creating political echo chambers among its users. These findings, from a study my collaborators, Yanlin Li[1] and Homero Gil de Zúñiga[2], and I[3] published in the academic journal New Media & Society[4], show that people mostly...
I was preparing for my early morning class back in January 2025 when I received a notice regarding an asteroid called 2024 YR4[1]. It said the probability it could hit Earth was unusually high.
As defending Earth from unexpected intruders such as asteroids is part of my expertise[2], I immediately started receiving questions from my...