Rejection can be emotionally painful, but it can also teach us something. A social psychology researcher shows how rejection can serve as a learning signal – shaping how people navigate relationships and decide whom to attempt to connect with in the future. https://buff.ly/vNxlUWd

NCAA settlement allows schools to pay athletes up to $20.5M in 2025-26. But Title IX concerns and international student visa issues remain unresolved. A scholar who studies the intersection of sports, business, and law explains: https://buff.ly/XNmL4NI

"Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past." A history professor explains how Orwell's warnings about historical revisionism are all–too-relevant today: https://buff.ly/VD8VFRO #1984

As local newspapers vanish, partisan online local news sites are filling the gap. This shift is changing how people view their communities and local politics. A media scholar explains: https://buff.ly/8aF2V7v By @jenniferhoewe.bsky.social, Purdue University

School voucher programs, originally designed to help Black children access better schools, have evolved into subsidies for middle-class families to attend mostly-white private and parochial schools. A scholar who specializes in education policy explains: https://buff.ly/azsjn80 Kendall Deas @sc.edu

1 in 4 children suffers from chronic pain − school nurses could be key to helping them manage it

The Trump administration seeks to eliminate AmeriCorps, the $1.2 billion national service agency that generates $11.80 in societal benefits for every dollar spent. By Pamela Paxton, UT Austin, who has studied the effectiveness of the program: https://buff.ly/SoHok2T

A mathematics professor shares 4 creative ways to engage children in #STEM over the summer, along with tips to foster curiosity and problem-solving at home: https://buff.ly/ZIK5TkV

19th century maps of #Mars varied widely as astronomers struggled to see surface details, and made stuff up. Camille Flammarion reviewed 572 Mars drawings for his 1892 book "The Planet Mars," but wisely concluded none could be taken literally. A space historian explains: https://buff.ly/Fwzr0Hb

President Donald Trump’s idea of a “Golden Dome” missile defense system carries a range of potential strategic dangers for the United States. Among them: Russia and China will adopt far cheaper countermeasures to evade the shield. A Harvard Kennedy School national security professor explains:

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Golden Dome dangers: An arms control expert explains how Trump’s missile defense threatens to make the US less safe

Missile defense systems are nothing new. History shows that even if they work as advertised – a big if – they’re a bad idea if your aim is to...