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Unit: The Conversation

‘Space Tornadoes’ Could Cause Geomagnetic Storms – But These Phenomena, Spun off Ejections from the Sun, Aren’t Easy to Study

Government Shutdown Hasn’t Left Consumers Glum About the Economy – For Now, at Least

Refinery Fires, Other Chemical Disasters May No Longer Get Safety Investigations

Why Chromium Is Considered an Essential Nutrient, Despite Having No Proven Health Benefits

Detroit’s Gordie Howe Bridge Is Poised to Open as Truck Traffic Between US-Canada Slows

A Great Lakes Oil Pipeline Faces 3 Controversies with No Speedy Resolutions

Nuclear in Your Backyard? Tiny Reactors Could One Day Power Towns and Campuses – But Community Input Will Be Key

US Women Narrowed the Pay Gap with Men by Having Fewer Kids

Alaska Summit and Its Afterlife Provides a Glimpse Into What Peace Looks Like to Putin and Trump

Data That Taxpayers Have Paid for and Rely on Is Disappearing

RFK Jr.’s Plans to Overhaul ‘Vaccine Court’ System Would Face Legal and Scientific Challenges

Older Americans Are Using AI − Study Shows How and What They Think of It

Transgender, Nonbinary and Disabled People More Likely to View AI Negatively, Study Shows

Idi Amin Made Himself Out to Be the ‘Liberator’ of an Oppressed Majority – A Demagogic Trick That Endures Today

Rethinking the MBA: Character as the Educational Foundation for Future Business Leaders

Weird Space Weather Seems To Have Influenced Human Behavior on Earth 41,000 Years Ago – Our Unusual Scientific Collaboration Explores How

2026 FIFA World Cup Expansion Will Have a Big Climate Footprint, With Matches From Mexico to Canada – Here’s What Fans Can Do

School Smartphone Bans Reflect Growing Concern over Youth Mental Health and Academic Performance