Trump administration invests in another US rare earth miner to loosen China's grip on supply

The U.S. is taking a minority stake in an Oklahoma rare earth miner, the latest government investment in the sector as it seeks to minimize its reliance on imports of a material used prevalently ...

Tracker: How much snow fell in Connecticut by Monday morning?

More than a foot of snow was recorded across most of Connecticut and a new daily snowfall total was set at Sikorsky Airport ...

What we get wrong about forgiveness – a counseling professor unpacks the difference between letting go and making up

Forgiveness researchers tie reconciliation to “interpersonal forgiveness,” in which the relationship is renegotiated or even healed. However, at times, reconciliation should not occur – perhaps due to ...

A more complete Latin American history, including centuries of US influence, helps students understand the complexities surrounding Nicolás Maduro’s arrest

A fuller exposure to Latin American history would include, among other things, lessons about neoliberal capitalism, which has long shaped the politics, economies and societies of Latin America. This ...
Opinion

How Trump’s Greenland threats amount to an implicit rejection of the legal principles of Nuremberg

(THE CONVERSATION) U.S. President Donald Trump has, for the moment, indicated a willingness to abandon his threat to take over Greenland through military force – saying that he prefers negotiation to ...
Opinion

US hospitality and tourism professors don’t reflect the diversity of the industry they serve

(THE CONVERSATION) White and male professors continue to dominate U.S. hospitality and tourism education programs, our new research has found, even as the industry is growing increasingly diverse.

Why too much phosphorus in America’s farmland is polluting the country’s water

If phosphorus stayed locked in the soil, farmers would have wasted money on fertilizer they didn’t need. And excess phosphorus in soil can hinder the uptake of essential plant micronutrients and alter ...

Where do seashells come from?

Most marine animals form their shells from calcium carbonate, which is a tough mineral also found in limestone. Some sponges and microorganisms use another compound silica. There is also a group of ...

Artificial metacognition: Giving an AI the ability to ‘think’ about its ‘thinking’

Inspired by neurobiology, our framework aims to give generative AI a semblance of these capabilities by using what we call a metacognitive state vector, which is essentially a quantified measure of ...

Malaria researchers are getting closer to outsmarting the world’s deadliest parasite

(THE CONVERSATION) Every year, malaria kills more than 600,000 people worldwide. Most of them are children under 5 in sub-Saharan Africa. But the disease isn’t confined to poor, rural areas – it’s a ...

Marine protected areas aren’t in the right places to safeguard dolphins and whales in the South Atlantic

The preferred areas we identified, however, are not exclusive to whales and dolphins. Southeastern Brazil is also an economically vital marine region for the country, driven by activities in the ...

Political polarization in Pittsburgh communities is rooted in economic neglect − not extremism

Now shift to the South Side, where gentrification shapes politics differently. The South Side Flats evolved from a blue-collar neighborhood into a place with many renters and younger residents. People ...