This Might Be the Best Sport for a Longer LifeResearch consistently shows that physical activity is linked to healthy aging. But do some sports confer more longevity benefits than others? Simar Bajaj, a reporting fellow for Well, explains. By Simar Bajaj and Theodore TaeJanuary 14, 2026
Iran’s massive oil industryIran produces about 3.2 million barrels of oil per day, on average, according to OPEC, accounting for roughly 4% of global crude production. Like Venezuela, China is by far Iran’s biggest customer: It bought 97% of Iran’s oil in 2024, according to the US Energy Information Administration. The similarities don’t end there: Iran also nationalized the country’s energy infrastructure after expropriating foreign oil companies’ assets in past decades. The price of oil has already risen sharply because of the threat of disruption to Iran’s oil. Iran also has a leg up on Venezuela, whose authoritarian regime allowed the country’s oil infrastructure to crumble over the past couple decades.
Hindering Climate ScienceAs the Trump administration hindered clean energy projects and boosted fossil fuels, it also targeted climate science. NOAA, once identified as “one of the main drivers of the climate change alarm industry,” has come under intense scrutiny. Framework Convention on Climate Change, a 1992 treaty that set the legal framework for international negotiations on climate change. Climate, Climate Working Group, Washington, D.C., www.energy.gov/topics/climate. —Eos (@eos.org)Citation: AGU (2026), The state of the science 1 year on: Climate change and energy, Eos, 107, https://doi.org/10.1029/2026EO260002.
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“He has just fallen off a cliff when it comes to Generation Z,” Enten said. This, as I said, is a very swingy group and it has swung very much away from Donald John Trump,” Enten said. More Gen Z’ers have also identified with the Democratic Party (or leaned toward it) since 2024, Enten noted, citing recent Gallup polling. Advertisement“That was, in fact, the largest shift – considerably more so than any other group,” Enten said. But, look, that ball can easily go back into the other court,” he said of Gen Z.
US suspending visa processing from 75 countries Immigration attorney weighs in on the Trump administration ramping up its immigration crackdown.
Fast-Tracking PermitsThe Trump administration has reduced or eliminated many existing procedures meant to limit the environmental harm of development projects. Gelles, D. (2025), Trump’s environmental claims ignore decades of climate science, New York Times, 29 Oct., www.nytimes.com/2024/10/29/climate/donald-trump-climate-change-claims.html. (2025), New tools show how Trump EPA funding cuts harms communities, Natural Resources Defense Council, 16 Sept., www.nrdc.org/press-releases/new-tools-show-how-trump-epa-funding-cuts-harms-communities. van Deelen, G. (2025), EPA to abandon stricter PM2.5 air pollution limits, Eos, 26 Nov., eos.org/research-and-developments/epa-to-abandon-stricter-pm2-5-air-pollution-limits. —Eos (@eos.org)Citation: AGU (2026), The state of the science 1 year on: Environment, Eos, 107, https://doi.org/10.1029/2026EO260006.
Unsurprisingly, the administration’s actions are having ripple effects for higher education, business (among companies who supply scientific products, for instance), and public health. At NOAA, these upheavals included the proposal to eliminate the agency’s primary research arm (the Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research) as well as funding for climate research facilities and grants. It reshaped department advisory boards, for example, such as those focused on education science and the accreditation of higher education institutions. House and Senate versions of the budget include substantially higher funding for science than was included in Trump’s budget request, but specific allocations remain unknown. —Eos (@eos.org)Citation: AGU (2026), The state of the science 1 year on: Academia, Eos, 107, https://doi.org/10.1029/2026EO260005.
Moscow has revoked the accreditation of a British diplomat at the U.K. Embassy and ordered the individual to leave the Russian Federation within 14 days, announcing that a counterintelligence operation by the Federal Security Service (FSB) found him to be an undeclared officer of British intelligence. The Russian Foreign Ministry summoned the United Kingdom’s senior on‑site diplomat in Moscow to lodge a formal protest and warned that further escalation by London could draw a reciprocal response. The British Foreign Office dismissed the espionage allegation as malicious and baseless and said it was carefully considering how to respond. The FSB announcement and Foreign Ministry statements provided the identification and accusation but did not publish supporting evidence, and no independent public documentation has been released to substantiate the espionage claim. Reporting also varied on precise name spelling and the exact diplomatic title of the U.K. official summoned.
The hearing, convened Jan. 14 and continuing into Jan. 15, combined technical questioning about investigative timelines with broader Republican arguments that seek to reshape public understanding of the Jan. 6 riot. The session drew high-profile supporters of Jan. 6 defendants; militant Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes was reported to have sat in the front row. The new hearings come after House Republicans, having retaken the majority, reconstituted an investigative subcommittee to reexamine Jan. 6, and follow legal developments that have reshaped enforcement outcomes. That backdrop gives the GOP effort both legal and political salience as it seeks to question prior findings and to influence public impressions. The committee has signaled it will hold a series of public hearings over roughly the next three weeks, including sessions scheduled for primetime to maximize reach.
A view from above Simi Valley to the Santa Susanna Pass, San Fernando Valley and beyond toward downtown Los Angeles. Now, million-dollar homes are flung farther north into the Valley, farther south into the South Bay, and farther east into the foothills of the Verdugo and San Gabriel mountains. Here are 12 of the newest million-dollar neighborhoods around L.A., in alphabetical order. Granada Hills2021 value: $894,4282025 value: $1.02 millionAnother suburban staple of the San Fernando Valley, Granada Hills became a million-dollar neighborhood in 2024. While values linger in the $800,000 range in Van Nuys to the west and North Hollywood to the east, Valley Glen became a million-dollar neighborhood in 2023.
The Wall Street giant’s profit increased 12% to $4.62 billion in the quarter. Morgan Stanley, meanwhile, reported better-than-expected profit and revenue in the fourth quarter and a 47% jump in investment banking revenue. Its wealth-management revenue, which accounts for roughly half of its revenue, rose 13%. At Morgan Stanley, revenue from fixed-income underwriting surged 93% in the fourth quarter, leading the segments that contributed to the firm’s jump in investment-banking fees. At Goldman, investment-banking revenue rose 25% in the fourth quarter from a year ago, driven by advisory fees and debt underwriting.
Guest Commentary written by Joshua Hernandez Joshua Hernandez is an English teacher and academic decathlon coach at St. John Bosco High School in Bellflower. On a recent trip to the Inglewood Park Cemetery to visit my best friend Mike, I noticed that his tombstone was dirty. St. John Chrysostom was less than two miles from Beulah Payne but it felt like another universe, one where I was convinced I wouldn’t fit in. The summer of seventh grade, Mike left St. John and joined a gang—and I made the painful decision to distance myself from him. The last time I saw Mike was at the St. John fall carnival in 2019.
It was a reflection of a larger, well-documented problem: Black children are routinely perceived as older than they actually are. This phenomenon has a name: adultification bias. The expectation that Black children should shoulder adult responsibilities — and be held to adult standards their white peers are not — is deeply rooted and widely normalized. When Black children are viewed as older, their behavior is more likely to be criminalized rather than corrected. She is also a Public Voices fellow of The OpEd Project in partnership with the National Black Child Development Institute and the proud mother of an 11-year-old son.
