What’s at risk for Arctic wildlife if Trump expands oil drilling in the fragile National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska

Caribou, migrating birds and many other types of wildlife rely on this expanse of wetlands and tundra. Humanity and the climate depend on a healthy Arctic, too.

Mariah Meek, Associate Professor of Integrative Biology, Michigan State University • conversation
June 30, 2025 ~11 min

What happens to your brain when you watch videos online at faster speeds than normal

Lots of younger people play audiobooks and podcasts at faster speeds. The benefits are obvious, but researchers are uncovering downsides.

Marcus Pearce, Reader in Cognitive Science, Queen Mary University of London • conversation
June 30, 2025 ~6 min


Air quality isn’t just bad in cities – here’s why and how we’re tracking pollution from upland fires

How a new monitoring system improves fire detections and captures the air pollution effects of planned peatland burns.

Maria Val Martin, UKRI Future Leaders Fellow, Atmospheric Sciences, University of Sheffield • conversation
June 30, 2025 ~8 min

Supreme Court upholds childproofing porn sites

Kids face risks online, but whether and how the law can protect them is a thorny issue. The Supreme Court weighed in to say states can try with age-gating – essentially requiring ID at the online door.

Meg Leta Jones, Associate Professor of Technology Law & Policy, Georgetown University • conversation
June 27, 2025 ~8 min

Five surprising facts about AI chatbots that can help you make better use of them

Here are some of the lesser known facts about systems like ChatGPT.

Çağatay Yıldız, Postdoctoral Researcher, Cluster of Excellence "Machine Learning", University of Tübingen • conversation
June 27, 2025 ~7 min

What a 19th-century atlas teaches me about marine ecosystems

Historical maps and records from across Europe show just how much oyster beds and other marine habitats have changed over the centuries.

Ruth H. Thurstan, Associate Professor in Marine and Historical Ecology, University of Exeter • conversation
June 27, 2025 ~8 min

Could the first images from the Vera Rubin telescope change how we view space for good?

The new observatory can take very high resolution images of distant objects in space.

Dr Phil Wiseman, Research Fellow, Astronomy, University of Southampton • conversation
June 27, 2025 ~7 min

What Danish climate migration drama, Families Like Ours, gets wrong about rising sea levels

International migration from climate change is the exception, not the norm.

Florian Steig, DPhil Student, Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford • conversation
June 27, 2025 ~6 min


Cyberattacks shake voters’ trust in elections, regardless of party

A study found that viewing news of a cyberattack lowered voter trust in election integrity – even when the voter’s candidate won and even if the attack wasn’t on voting systems.

Bruce Schneier, Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School • conversation
June 27, 2025 ~9 min

Why energy markets fluctuate during an international crisis

Fears about supply, demand, profits and supply chains all combine into a volatile mix that delivers prices that are often higher in a crisis, but also change more rapidly and by larger amounts.

Skip York, Nonresident Fellow in Energy and Global Oil, Baker Institute for Public Policy, Rice University • conversation
June 27, 2025 ~8 min

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