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Better tracking systems can help ensure students have the equipment they need. FatCamera/E+ Collection via Getty Images

Federal stimulus money bought new technology for Philly students, but many schools lost track of where items went

A significant amount of Philadelphia public schools’ technology and other equipment goes missing each year due to poor inventory and tracking.
At their best, prediction markets aggregate collective intelligence to weigh the likelihood of future events. Fairfax Media/Getty Images

How polling failures, gambling legalization and political gridlock paved the way for the explosive rise of prediction markets

While media outlets are signing deals with Polymarket and Kalshi for their insights into the wisdom of crowds, gamblers are pouncing on opportunities to wager on geopolitics and celebrity weddings.
A new pilot brings some automated treatment decisions from Medicare Advantage to traditional Medicare. Doomu/iStock via Getty Images

Medicare is experimenting with having AI review claims – a cost‑saving measure that could risk denying needed care

The pilot, launched in January 2026 in 6 states, could reduce wasteful spending, but increases provider paperwork and risks patient access to necessary care.
As the latest EU non-financial reporting (NFR) regulations come into force, they are being applied to companies’ full value chains. This photograph of the Eramine lithium extraction plant, which is linked to the French mining group Eramet, was taken in Salta province, Argentina on July 4, 2024. Luis Robayo/AFP

EU efforts to measure companies’ environmental impacts have global effects. Here’s how to make them more just

Regulations on sustainability reporting must be crafted with stakeholders across value chains to minimise harm to vulnerable communities.
Amazon partnered with Dominion Energy to build solar farms in Virginia to power its cloud-computing service. Drew Angerer/Getty Images

Companies will still face pressure to manage for climate change, even as government rolls back US climate policy

Corporate decisions made in boardrooms and through initiatives with nonprofits have created an important kind of private climate governance.
A worker removes letters from the U.S. Agency for International Development building. Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images

Trump administration sets out to create an America its people have never experienced − one without a meaningful government

The US economy has always been a mix of government regulation and market forces. The balance between those has shifted over time, but never has one side or the other been substantively removed.
Certain amounts and types of food processing can diminish the nutritional value of the original ingredients. Deanna Kelly/Moment via Getty Images

What if you could rank food by ‘healthiness’ as you shopped? Nutrient profiling systems use algorithms to simplify picking healthy groceries

Nutrition Facts labels provide useful information about how nutritious a food is, but can be overwhelming. A single score could help make healthy grocery shopping more approachable.
The Supreme Court’s decision on the power of federal agencies versus courts will have various ripple effects on abortion policy in the country. Celal Gunes/Anadolu via Getty Images

Supreme Court’s blow to federal agencies’ power will likely weaken abortion rights – 3 issues to watch

The Supreme Court’s recent ruling means that judges will have more power than scientific experts in determining whether people should be able to get an emergency abortion, for example.

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