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Only 5% of people with substance use disorder seek formal treatment. Researchers are now turning to Reddit, TikTok and YouTube to understand how the other 95% navigate addiction and recovery in online communities.
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Reddit and TikTok - with the help of AI - are reshaping how researchers understand substance use
Chatter in social media communities sheds light on a hidden population of substance users.
The Denver Broncos announced their new stadium will be privately financed, but across the 5 major sports leagues, only 20% of facilities are actually privately owned. A scholar of sports finance explains what "private" really means (it often uses tax dollars):
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Broncos say their new stadium will be ‘privately financed,’ but ‘private’ often still means hundreds of millions in public resources
Rarely are sports stadiums financed entirely with private funds.
Some methods being tried to counter #climatechange shift the ocean’s biology or chemistry. Others would deflect solar radiation. All have consequences for marine life, explain climate researchers:
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Climate engineering would alter the oceans, reshaping marine life – our new study examines each method’s risks
Some methods being tried to counter climate change shift the ocean’s biology or chemistry. Others would deflect solar radiation. All have consequ...
College graduates earn $1.2 million more over their lifetime than high school graduates, and unemployment rates are half as high. But as skepticism about college grows, universities need to weave creativity and invention into undergraduate education to prove their value.
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Financial case for college remains strong, but universities need to add creative thinking to their curriculum
The cost of college is on the rise – but college grads still earn more than those without a degree.
Academia loves to celebrate interdisciplinary research, but its career system quietly pushes many interdisciplinary scholars out.
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Research institutions tout the value of scholarship that crosses disciplines – but academia pushes interdisciplinary researchers out
Researchers who focus on one specialty are more likely to rise through the academic ranks, even though wicked societal problems require crosscuttin...
An ER doc says this year’s flu season it’s one of the worst in decades. This year’s “super flu” is more contagious, more severe, and sending both healthy patients and high-risk adults to overcrowded emergency rooms.
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Colorado ranks among the highest states in the country for flu – an emergency room physician describes why the 2025-26 flu season is hitting hard
The 2025-26 ‘super’ flu can come with vomiting and diarrhea, alongside the more typical aches and pains of flu.
Trump's latest push to acquire Greenland follows a century-long pattern of American military and economic ventures on the Arctic island that often ended in failure due to the island’s harsh climate and dynamic ice sheet, explains an environmental science scholar.
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US military has a long history in Greenland, from mining during WWII to a nuclear-powered Army base built into the ice
History also shows that many of the fanciful engineering ideas for Greenland failed because they misjudged the island’s harsh climate and dynamic...
MLK was talking about universal basic income before it was trendy. He believed it could be a cause to unite poor people of all races. And even people with racial biases are more likely to support universal basic income when they’re struggling financially.
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Martin Luther King Jr. was ahead of his time in pushing for universal basic income
The policy of providing guaranteed cash incomes has gained momentum in recent years. This tool to tackle inequality has the potential to address ra...
Older adults whose diets consisted of only 15% ultraprocessed foods – rather than the usual 50% – had lower weight, insulin and cholesterol levels. A nutrition researcher explains her recent study:
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Eating less ultraprocessed food supports healthier aging, new research shows
Older adults whose diets consisted of only 15% ultraprocessed foods – rather than the usual 50% – had lower weight, insulin and cholesterol.