Earth Sings with Mysterious Chorus Waves—And Deep Space Does, Too
Thursday, January 23, 2025
In eyeing Greenland, Trump is echoing long-held American designs on the Arctic expanse
Friday, January 17, 2025
Caitlin Clark named Time magazine Athlete of the Year
Thursday, December 12, 2024
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Earth Sings with Mysterious Chorus Waves—And Deep Space Does, Too
Thursday, January 23, 2025
In this story in Scientific American, UI professor Allison Jaynes, a space weather physicist, describes how the earth's chorus waves were discovered.
In eyeing Greenland, Trump is echoing long-held American designs on the Arctic expanse
Friday, January 17, 2025
At a news conference in early January 2025, President-elect Donald Trump rambled through a grab bag of grievances and proposals, including his disdain for wind power and low-flow showerheads and his thoughts on the possible acquisition of the Panama Canal, Canada and Greenland. On the latter, he mused, “People really don’t even know if Denmark has any legal right to it, but if they do, they should give it up, because we need it for national security.”
The negative commentary in prominent news outlets was swift. Such “vague threats” and “messianic promises” were “shocking … in their craziness,” a harbinger of a “chaotic and stream-of-consciousness presidency, a succession of opinion writers suggested. Yet, with respect to Greenland, Trump’s proposal has a long history. Here, he is guilty less of territorial ambitions than of saying the quiet part out loud.
Caitlin Clark named Time magazine Athlete of the Year
Thursday, December 12, 2024
Former Iowa women's basketball phenom Caitlin Clark was named Time magazine's Athlete of the Year, capping record-setting performances on and off the court at Iowa and with the WNBA's Indiana Fever.
Lonely adults are more likely to impulse buy this holiday season
Thursday, December 5, 2024
When you're holiday shopping, be aware of your emotions. The lonelier we feel, the more likely we'll impulse buy, according to research from Alice Wang, a marketing professor at the University of Iowa.
‘I had this animal, physical desire to be with my child’: author Rachel Yoder on writing Nightbitch
Tuesday, December 3, 2024
The novelist’s cult book about a stay-at-home mother who turns into a dog is now a film starring Amy Adams. She talks about modern parenting, breaking taboos, and how Trump’s win spurred her to write.
Trump’s next HUD secretary would have a lot to do to address the history of racist housing policy – and Trump’s own comments and history suggest that’s unlikely
Wednesday, November 27, 2024
President-elect Donald Trump has picked former football player Scott Turner to lead the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. While not much is known about Turner’s positions as he awaits confirmation by the Senate, Trump’s selection draws attention to the incoming administration’s housing policies.
What to know about fluoride in water, as RFK Jr. calls to end fluoridation
Tuesday, November 19, 2024
President-elect Donald Trump has selected Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. to lead the Department of Health and Human Services. Kennedy has called for an end to the practice of putting fluoride in water. WBUR host Scott Tong takes a closer look at the role fluoridation plays in public health with University of Iowa College of Dentistry professor Steven Levy.
US students who box, skydive and help youth and asylum seekers are among 2025’s Rhodes scholars
Tuesday, November 19, 2024
A group of 32 students from the United States have been selected to attend the University of Oxford as part of the prestigious Rhodes scholar program in the coming year among an international class representing more than 70 nations, scholarship officials announced. Iowa's Paras Bassuk is among this year's recipients.
Student-athletes find more power in the changing legal landscape of college sports
Wednesday, October 30, 2024
Ever since the NCAA permitted college athletes to get paid by companies that use their names, images and likenesses, athletes have tested the limits of their increasing power.
From epic rivalries to time-honored rituals: 10 best college sports traditions
Thursday, October 10, 2024
Sports and rituals have long gone hand in hand, and many of the country's colleges have their own unique traditions both on and off the field. To settle the score on which tradition is the best, an expert panel nominated their top college sports traditions, then readers and fans voted for their favorites. Here are the top 10 winners.
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