What’s at risk for Arctic wildlife if Trump expands oil drilling in the fragile National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska

Mariah Meek, Michigan State University

Caribou, migrating birds and many other types of wildlife rely on this expanse of wetlands and tundra. Humanity and the climate depend on a healthy Arctic, too.

Supreme Court upholds childproofing porn sites

Meg Leta Jones, Georgetown University

Kids face risks online, but whether and how the law can protect them is a thorny issue. The Supreme Court weighed in to say states can try with age-gating – essentially requiring ID at the online door.

Here’s a way to save lives, curb traffic jams and make commutes faster and easier − ban left turns at intersections

Vikash V. Gayah, Penn State

Even though research supports the change, most cities have been slow to ban left turns at even the most congested intersections.

How can the James Webb Space Telescope see so far?

Adi Foord, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

The James Webb Space Telescope has 2 powerful instruments that see light the human eye can’t.

Iran emerged weakened and vulnerable after war with Israel − and that could mean trouble for country’s ethnic minorities

Shukriya Bradost, Virginia Tech

The Islamic Republic has a history of targeting minority ethnic groups, especially the Kurds, when it feels threatened.

1 in 3 Florida third graders have untreated cavities – how parents can protect their children’s teeth

Olga Ensz, University of Florida

Florida is one of the worst states in the US when it comes to access to affordable dental care – and children are suffering as a result.

What the Supreme Court ruling against ‘universal injunctions’ means for court challenges to presidential actions

Cassandra Burke Robertson, Case Western Reserve University

The Supreme Court just made it harder for judges to block presidential policies nationwide, but lawmakers hold the key to changing that.

Trump’s attack on long-standing principle of birthright citizenship stands, as Supreme Court sidesteps constitutional issue − for now

Carol Nackenoff, Swarthmore College; Julie Novkov, University at Albany, State University of New York

Since the earliest days of the nation, any person born on US soil is a US citizen. A new Supreme Court ruling limits judges’ ability to block Trump’s order.

Universities in every state care for congressional papers that document US political history − federal cuts put their work at risk

Katherine Gregory, Mississippi State University

Libraries and archives at universities across the nation catalog and steward the donated papers of members of Congress. But that historically significant work is now in jeopardy.

From the marriage contract to breaking the glass under the chuppah, many Jewish couples adapt their weddings to celebrate gender equality

Samira Mehta, University of Colorado Boulder

Traditional Jewish ceremonies, like Christian ones, marked a woman’s transition from daughter to wife − going from her parents to her husband. But there are creative ways to reflect gender equality while honoring tradition.

Israel bombed an Iraqi nuclear reactor in 1981 − it pushed program underground and spurred Saddam Hussein’s desire for nukes

I’m a physician who has looked at hundreds of studies of vaccine safety, and here’s some of what RFK Jr. gets wrong

A new book of Edward Gorey’s drawings shows what’s lost when the artist’s sexuality is glossed over