When most people hear the word uranium, they think of mushroom clouds, Cold War standoffs or the glowing green rods from science fiction. But uranium isn’t just fuel for apocalyptic fears. It’s also a surprisingly common element that plays a crucial role in modern energy, medicine and geopolitics.
Uranium reentered the global spotlight in...
People on TikTok tend to follow accounts that align with their own political beliefs, meaning the platform is creating political echo chambers among its users. These findings, from a study my collaborators, Yanlin Li[1] and Homero Gil de Zúñiga[2], and I[3] published in the academic journal New Media & Society[4], show that people mostly...
I was preparing for my early morning class back in January 2025 when I received a notice regarding an asteroid called 2024 YR4[1]. It said the probability it could hit Earth was unusually high.
As defending Earth from unexpected intruders such as asteroids is part of my expertise[2], I immediately started receiving questions from my...
Mitochondria have primarily been known as the energy-producing components[1] of cells. But scientists are increasingly discovering[2] that these small organelles do much more than just power cells. They are also involved in immune functions such as controlling inflammation[3], regulating cell death[4] and responding to infections[5].
Research from...