Decades-long environmental studies can reveal trends caused by climate change better than projects that last only a year or two.
Whales are recovering from near extinction, but industrial fishing around Antarctica competes for their sole food source
The Southern Ocean’s krill-rich waters attract multiple species of filter-feeding whales – and, increasingly, fishing boats.
Medieval theology has an old take on a new problem − AI responsibility
Autonomous AI is still designed by people − so who or what is really responsible for its actions? For centuries, theologians have posed similar questions about mankind and God.
A college course that’s a history of the future
Science fiction can be thought of as a film negative of history – a back door into what used to worry people and what gave them hope.
Wichita schools are adapting to help more English learners succeed

Ana Lopez arrived in Wichita from northern Mexico, knowing only a few English words. Unable to talk with classmates or understand her teachers, she started out at Curtis Middle School feeling shy, nervous and frightened. Then, Wichita Public Schools placed her in an intensive language class with only one other English learner. “My teacher,” Lopez […]
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DataWatch: The ups and downs of Wisconsin’s highway system

Wisconsin’s highways were ranked 40th of the 50 states in 2022.
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Promoters of clean-energy data centers in Virginia coal country unfazed by doubters

Data Center Ridge is the first phase in a sprawling, state-endorsed plan to advance test sites for solar, wind, pumped hydro, small nuclear and other clean energy innovations.
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Legionella found in Manhattan federal building
This article is a collaboration with THE CITY.Water testing at a major federal building in Lower Manhattan that houses immigration court and federal law enforcement offices has found bacteria that can cause Legionnaires’ disease in dozens of locations,…
Community Justice Center, a centerpiece of local police reform efforts, faces budget cuts in fourth year

ITHACA, N.Y. — With pressure to reduce all-around spending in the 2025 budget, Tompkins County legislators are considering restructuring the Community Justice Center (CJC), the two-person agency established by the […]
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Special education advocates file new state complaint on bus service in Chicago Public Schools
Sign up for Chalkbeat Chicago’s free daily newsletter to keep up with the latest education news.As Chicago Public Schools struggles to provide bus service to students with disabilities for the fourth year in a row, special education advocates are again…