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As the global population of refugees increased to a record high 37.8 million as of mid-2024, a staggering 16 percent—nearly one in six—originated from Afghanistan, where they have fled several decades of civil war, persecution, and state collapse, writes Mitra Naseh.

Historian Peter Kastor examines the legacy of Jimmy Carter, who died Dec. 29, through a pair of visits the former president made to WashU in 1975 and 1991.

Yin Cao, MD, associate professor of medicine

Charles Conway, MD, professor of psychiatry

Sketches are constantly gesturing toward internet culture — which makes sense, since the show has long been internet culture itself, writes Phillip Maciak.

Jake Rosenfeld, professor of sociology

Hopefully this drone mystery will drive lawmakers to regulate these technologies more thoughtfully, in ways that allow us to enjoy their benefits while also not sending entire states into a full-blown panic, writes Neil Richards.

Jake Rosenfeld, professor of sociology

With further development, targeting the brain-muscle axis could be a useful treatment for people suffering with long COVID and other diseases that cause brain inflammation, writes Aaron Johnson.

Erik Herzog, the Viktor Hamburger Distinguished Professor in Arts & Sciences