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The Researcher Who Spent Years Studying Grass for the World Cup

John Sorochan runs the turfgrass science and management program at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville. In recent months, his work has gained national recognition for its contributions to the World Cup pitches.

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Female Academics ‘Increasingly Delay Motherhood’ Until Age 35

“Pronounced penalties” for those early-career staff with children may explain why Ph.D.s postpone becoming parents, a recent study finds.

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Opinion

The Big Impact of Small Telescopes

In an era of big data and big telescopes, college observatories remain essential.

The Key Podcast: Historians and American Exceptionalism

Historians are finding it hard to carry out research. Museum exhibits have shuttered, presidential records have been discarded and public...

Ep. 202: How to Think About Our Shared History When the Facts Are Contested, with the AHA’s Sarah Weicksel

The executive director of the American Historical Association on advocacy, evidence-based research and the hidden stories in “stuff.”

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Inspector General Details ED Cuts From Early Days of Trump’s Second Term

The Education Department didn’t provide all the requested information, which the watchdog said limited its review.

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a man with gray hair and extremely ruddy skin, wearing a blue suit and tie.

RFK Jr. Asks Journal Editor Why Vaccine Article Was Removed

The Health and Human Services secretary is asking a medical journal for more information on why it removed a published...
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Opinion

The Question Haunting That Humanities Report

A new report criticizes a turn toward politicized scholarship in the humanities. But could it be that a more diverse academy is asking different questions?