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The Next IdeaIf the first Industrial Revolution was characterized by centralization of our water, energy, food and organizational infrastructures, then…

Trump U. was not a "university." The goal was to sell potential "buyers" on escalating packages, up to $35,000. Seminars included showing buyers how to capitalize on the housing crisis.

U.S. taxpayers pay $30 billion a year to fund biomedical research aimed at finding better treatments. But competition for scarce funding and tenure may be prompting some scientists to cut corners.

For the first time, researchers show how much patients with private insurance actually pay for hospital stays. Out-of-pocket costs are high and rising…

Young YouTube stars work hard to look authentic and accessible, and they can make millions of dollars doing it. But the pressure to appear perfect while living online can sometimes be too much.

A panel of public-radio DJs recommends music for the end of your 2016 — including songs from Third Root, Regina Spektor and Sylvan Esso.

In a moment some have looked forward to for more than 50 years, the presidents of the U.S. and Cuba met at the annual Summit of the Americas.

In part two of Michigan Radio's documentary, Not Safe to Drink, we’ll hear how Lee Anne Walters contacts the EPA, and red flags start to go up. Mike Glasgow’s fear about corrosion turns out to be well founded.

A University of Michigan engineering professor may have solved the mystery of the so-called Cuban sonic attacks of 2016 and 2017. Over a period of about…

A year or so ago, one of my students saw me talking with Kathleen Straus, a longtime member of the state board of education.Later, he asked me who she…