Go with the flow: do you need to filter US tap water? Experts share best practices for considering water filters – whether you’re drinking municipally treated water or relying on a well The Guardian - US · Sep 15
Inside Foundry School: Washington's Blueprint to Train the 3.8 Million Manufacturing Workers America Will Need The Trump administration launched Foundry School on September 3 to train the 3.8 million manufacturing workers U.S. factories will need by 2033. Latin Times · Sep 8
A Cancer Vaccine Worked in Mice Missing the Immune Cell Everyone Thought It Needed, and That Points Somewhere Specific mRNA cancer vaccines worked in mice without cDC1 cells. That may matter most for tumors that shut those cells out, where checkpoint drugs fail. Medical Daily · Aug 13
How Ambedkar's Reading and Annotation Method Can Transform Your Competitive Exam Preparation The man who owned 50,000 books and read every one of themB. R. Ambedkar's personal library at his Delhi residence, now preserved as a memorial, held approximately 50,000 volumes. He did not collect them for display. Visitors who examined his books after his death found them dense with marginal notes,… Times Life · Aug 8
Why Daydreaming Is the Missing Tool in Your Productivity and Creativity Toolkit Chanakya Knew the Idle Mind Had Work to DoChanakya wrote in the Arthashastra that a minister who never rests will exhaust his judgment before he exhausts his enemies. The principle was about statecraft, but the neuroscience behind it took another 2,300 years to arrive. In 2001, neurologist Marcus Raichle at… Times Life · Jul 19
Scientists Discovered a Hidden Immune Backup System That Could Make mRNA Cancer Vaccines Far More Powerful Washington University researchers found mRNA cancer vaccines activate an unexpected backup immune pathway. The Nature study could help improve vaccines for melanoma, lung cancer, and more. Medical Daily · Jul 10
The Sweetener Marketed to Diabetics May Be Silently Harming Their Livers. New Research from WashU Explains How. Washington University Medicine study in Science Signaling: sorbitol converts to fructose in the liver when gut bacteria are overwhelmed, triggering fatty liver disease. Medical Daily · Jun 19
Minnesota raises unprecedented constitutional issues in its lawsuit against Trump administration anti-immigrant deployment A federal judge heard arguments on Jan. 26, 2026, as the state of Minnesota sought a temporary restraining order to stop the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement operation in the state. The administration has sent some 3,000 immigration agents to Minnesota, and attorneys for the state have argued, in part, that… The Conversation · Jan 26
Don't Waste Your Money on Bad Gifts. Try This Instead. These strategies, backed by behavioral finance, can help you find presents that your loved ones will truly enjoy. Kiplinger · Nov 23, 2025
Researchers embed digital 'fingerprints' into 3D printed parts — tech may make future ghost guns more traceable Washington University researchers have developed a way to embed traceable fingerprints into 3D printed objects, which could make it easier to track ghost guns in the future. Tom’s Hardware · Sep 16, 2025
Doctors are joining unions in a bid to improve working conditions and raise wages in a stressful health care system The share of doctors who belong to unions is rising quickly at a time when organized labor is losing ground with other professions. The Conversation U.S. asked Patrick Aguilar, a Washington University in St. Louis pulmonologist and management professor, to explain why the number of physicians joining unions is growing… The Conversation · Sep 10, 2025
Smashing up a 3D printed ghost gun won't be enough to prevent CSIs from retrieving data for forensic analysis - here's why Fingerprinting in 3D printing could curb ghost guns, yet raises debates over privacy, regulation, and enforcement on personal printing machines. TechRadar · Aug 25, 2025
Roman Space Telescope will use a century-old idea from Einstein to probe the nature of mysterious dark matter Get ready for a new Roman Empire: A NASA space telescope will detect a staggering wealth of intricate gravitational lenses that could help unlock the mysteries of dark matter. Space · Jun 17, 2025
50 years later, Apollo 17’s moon samples are still revealing secrets about lunar volcanoes The beads are over 3.3 billion years old, and date from the formation of the "Man in the Moon." Space · Jun 17, 2025
The Independent UK · Jun 16, 2025 How Nest turned a $24,000 idea into a global movement supporting women artisans In 2005, Rebecca van Bergen was a graduate student in social work at Washington University when she won $24,000 in a school innovation contest
The Conversation · May 21, 2025 Trump treats laws as obstacles, not limits − and the only real check on his rule-breaking can come from political pressure Lately, the headlines have been clear: President Donald Trump is headed for a showdown with the courts. If he ignores their rulings, the courts have few tools and limited power to make him comply.
Fortune · May 15, 2025 Simone Biles reveals the mantra she repeats to herself when she's overwhelmed—it gets the Olympic gold medalist through moments when she doubts herself Other power players like Sundar Pichai and Melinda French-Gates have their own methods to cope with the pressure: not taking things so seriously.
Space · Apr 4, 2025 Scientists may have just found the driving force behind Venus' volcanos Convection processes beneath Venus' scorched surface may help explain the planet's many volcanoes, a new study reports.
Newslaundry · Mar 25, 2025 Public money, private patents? Unravelling India’s opacity over its Covid vaccines Public money, private patents: Unravelling India’s opacity over its Covid vaccines
The Independent UK · Mar 19, 2025 Researchers find a hint at how to delay Alzheimer's symptoms. Now they have to prove it An experimental treatment appears to postpone Alzheimer's symptoms in some people genetically destined to get the disease at a young age
Digital Camera World · Jan 12, 2025 Is this the world's smallest AI camera? It can end arguments with Siri and Alexa! Hate dealing with chatty smart home assistants? You're not alone –and an AI camera small enough to wear on a ring might solve that
The Guardian - UK · Jan 10, 2025 ‘To confront the anti-gay law is to trouble waters’: the young Nigerian novelist refusing to go by the book Chukwuebuka Ibeh’s first novel, Blessings, about love in a hostile climate, was written after a life-changing encounter with Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
The Conversation · Jan 3, 2025 Is the American Dream achievable? These students are examining its promises and pitfalls Uncommon Courses is an occasional series from The Conversation U.S. highlighting unconventional approaches to teaching.
Al Jazeera · Jan 1, 2025 Mitch McConnell’s legacy: A ‘grim reaper’ for US bipartisanship? McConnell is set to step down as the longest-serving Senate leader. Experts say he made the chamber into a battlefield.
The Independent UK · Nov 3, 2024 His family pleaded for police to take his gun away. Days later he shot up his school Orlando Harris did not live in a state with a red-flag law