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The University of Wisconsin–Madison is a public, land-grant institution that offers a complete spectrum of studies through 13 schools and colleges. With more than 49,000 students from every U.S. state and 116 countries, UW–Madison is the flagship campus of Wisconsin’s state university system. UW–Madison is a formidable research engine, ranking eighth among U.S. universities as measured by dollars spent on research. Faculty, staff, and students are motivated by a tradition known as the Wisconsin Idea that the boundaries of the university are the boundaries of the state and beyond.

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Religious schools may participate in Colorado’s Universal Preschool Program if they follow its requirements, including antidiscrimination rules. FatCamera/E+ via Getty Images

Religious preschools want public funding, but exemptions from nondiscrimination rules – the Supreme Court will decide if that’s constitutional

St. Mary Catholic Parish v. Roy is one of many cases in which religious schools have challenged the wall between church and state.
Will the Trump administration send armed federal officials to the polls on Election Day? Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images

What the law says about armed officers at polling places

What does the law say about armed officials at the polls? That’s one of four questions that a legal scholar answers as Trump administration threats have piled up about voting in the midterms.
La nicotine est la principale substance responsable de la dépendance aux cigarettes, aux cigarettes électroniques et à la plupart des autres produits du tabac vendus dans le commerce. Natalia Bohren/Shutterstock (no reuse)

Quand la nicotine est promue comme produit bien‑être sur les réseaux, alors qu’elle reste une substance addictive

Les produits contenant de la nicotine, comme les sachets et les patchs, sont présentés comme des moyens d’améliorer les capacités cognitives sans que ces promesses reposent sur des preuves scientifiques solides.
Movimento tem como foco a ideia do uso “limpo” da nicotina, como em sachês, com alegações de melhorias no desempenho cognitivo, físico e redução do estresse, mas supostos benefícios carecem de evidências científicas. MoleQL/iStock via Getty Images Plus

Como o movimento pró‑nicotina do “bem‑estar” tenta reformular a imagem de uma droga viciante

Produtos com nicotina, como sachês e adesivos, estão sendo promovidos para melhorar funções cognitivas, reduzir estresse e aumentar o desempenho atlético, mas com poucas evidências científicas
The movement is focused on the idea of ‘clean’ nicotine use, such as pouches, which don’t contain tobacco. MoleQL/iStock via Getty Images Plus

How the pro‑nicotine ‘wellness’ movement rebranded an addictive drug

Nicotine products like pouches and patches are being promoted for cognitive enhancement, stress reduction, improved athletic performance and much more – with little scientific evidence.
A woman touches a QAnon patch on her outfit during a Christian prayer gathering in Washington on May 17, 2026. AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson

The long afterlife of QAnon conspiracy theories haunting American politics

Ideas from QAnon’s conspiracy theory have appeared on government social media sites during Trump’s second term and continue to divide America amid social and economic crises.
Fêmea de orangotango de Tapanuli em Batang Toru, Indonésia: estudo sobre fatores por trás da perda florestal na região revela que projetos de infraestrutura podem desencadear mudanças abruptas, enquanto expansão agrícola e exploração madeireira exercem uma pressão mais lenta, porém contínua. Andrew Walmsley/SOS

As múltiplas ameaças ao orangotango de Tapanuli, o grande primata mais raro do mundo

Várias pressões atuam simultaneamente ameaçando o orangotango de Tapanuli, de indústrias extrativas à exploração madeireira, além da expansão agrícola e, cada vez mais, desastres climáticos
Female Tapanuli and Baby Batang Toru Male Tapanuli Orangutan. Credit Andrew Walmsley for SOS

Multiple threats endanger the world’s rarest great ape, a new study on the Tapanuli orangutan reveals

Multiple pressures are acting simultaneously in threatening Tapanuli orangutan — from extractive industries to logging to agricultural expansion and, increasingly, climate-related disasters.
Alan Montag, a third-generation Iowa farmer, and his son Aden load soybean seed into a planter on May 6, 2026. Scott Olson/Getty Images

How everyone pays the cost for patents on seeds, and private companies get rich from keeping them secret

When huge companies assert their patents, smaller businesses and public plant breeders are dissuaded from conducting research that might not be illegal at all.
Feux, danses et couronnes de fleurs : aujourd’hui encore, l’Europe fête le solstice d’été avec ferveur. Iryna Varanovich/Pexels

Comment célèbre‑t‑on en Europe le jour le plus long de l’année ?

Pourquoi allume-t-on de grands feux à la Saint-Jean ? Pourquoi danse-t-on autour d’un mât décoré de fleurs ? Derrière ces traditions festives se cache un héritage complexe où se croisent croyances ancestrales, folklore et identité culturelle.

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