Beyond de-extinction and dire wolves, gene editing can help today’s endangered species

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Have you been hearing about the dire wolf lately? Maybe you saw a massive white wolf on the cover of Time magazine or a photo of Game of Thrones author George R.R. Martin holding a puppy named after a character from his...

‘The Eternal Queen of Asian Pop’ sings one last encore from beyond the grave

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Several years ago, an employee at Universal Music came across a cassette tape in a Tokyo warehouse while sorting through archival materials. On it was a recording by the late Taiwanese pop star Teresa Teng that had never...

US health care is rife with high costs and deep inequities, and that’s no accident – a public health historian explains how the system was shaped to serve profit and politicians

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A few years ago, a student in my history of public health course asked why her mother couldnt afford insulin without insurance, despite having a full-time job. I told her what Ive come to believe: The U.S. health care...

Debates over presidential power to suspend habeas corpus resurface in Trump administration

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The principle of habeas corpus, a legal phrase, is a simple one: Translated from the Latin as produce the body, it provides that a judge may compel prosecutors to supply evidence to determine whether someone has been...

Was the Boulder attack terrorism or a hate crime? 2 experts unpack the complexities

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Twelve people in Boulder, Colorado, were injured by a man wielding a makeshift flamethrower and Molotov cocktails on June 1, 2025. Those burned in the attack were taking part in a peaceful, silent walk on Pearl Street, a...

Zia Yusuf turned Reform into an election winner – his angry resignation leaves Nigel Farage weakened

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Zia Yusuf, a self-made billionaire and Muslim, has resigned as chairman of Reform, breaking with Nigel Farage just weeks after delivering unprecedented success for the party in local elections. Yusuf announced his sudden...

What the UK’s ‘Nato-first’ defence approach tells us about Britain’s place in a volatile world

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Since the end of the cold war, the relevance of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (Nato) has regularly been questioned, even by its most prominent leaders. Its members, therefore, find it necessary to remind each...