.splash {
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: space-between;
  margin-bottom: calc(var(--line-height-em) * 5);
}

.splash__left {
  width: 50%;
}

.splash__right {
  background-color: var(--almost-black);
  position: relative;
  width: 50%;
}

.splash__image {
  display: block;
  margin: 0 auto;
}

@media screen and (max-width:1304px) {
  .splash__image {
    max-height: 400px;
  }
}

.splash__text-over-image {
  font-size: 1.75em;
  position: absolute;
  left: 0;
  top: calc(var(--line-height-em)*1);
  background: rgba(0, 0, 0, .7);
  padding: .5em;
  color: var(--white);
}

.splash__text-over-image p {
  line-height: 1.3;
  color: var(--white);
  font-family: 'GT Sectra Bold';
  margin-bottom: 0;
}

.splash__text-over-image em {
  color: var(--white);
  font-family: 'GT Sectra Italic';
}

.splash__text-under-image {
  padding: var(--line-height-em) calc(var(--line-height-em)*2);
  background: var(--burnt-orange);
}

.splash__text-under-image h2 {
  color: var(--white);
  line-height: 1.3
}

.splash__description, .splash__description p {
  font-weight: 300;
  font-size: var(--fs-large);

  color: var(--white);
}


.splash__emphasis {
  font-weight: 600;
  color: var(--white);
}

.splash__video-link {
  color: var(--background-white);
}

/* --- crosscutting --  */

.crosscutting {
  display: flex;
}

.crosscutting__orange-bar {
  top: calc(var(--line-height-em) * 5 + 4em + 1em);
}

.crosscutting__title-wrapper {
  margin-top: calc(var(--line-height-em) * 5);
  margin-left: var(--line-height-em);
  margin-right: 3em;
  width: 35%;
}

.crosscutting__title__cross {
  font-size: 4em;
}

.crosscutting__title__cutting {
  font-size: 3.4em;
}

.crosscutting__title__research-areas {
  font-size: 1.8em;
}

@media screen and (max-width:1304px) {
  .splash {
    display: block;
  }

  .splash__left {
    margin-top: var(--line-height-em);
    width: 100%;
  }

  .splash__right {
    width: 100%;
  }

  .crosscutting__title-wrapper {
    margin-top: calc(var(--line-height-em) * 2);
  }

  .crosscutting__orange-bar {
    top: calc(var(--line-height-em) * 5);
  }

}


@media screen and (max-width:689px) {
  .crosscutting__title {
    font-size: .7em;
  }

  .crosscutting__orange-bar {
    font-size: .7em;
  }
}

@media screen and (max-width:489px) {
  .crosscutting {
    display: block;
  }

  .crosscutting__title-wrapper {
    width: 100%;
  }

  .crosscutting__orange-bar {
    top: calc(var(--line-height-em) * 3);
  }
}

/* -------  */

.emphasis {
  display: inline-block;
  border-bottom: 5px solid rgba(191, 87, 0, .5);
  line-height: .5;
}

/* ---- exposition  ------ */

.with-overlapping-element {
  margin-bottom: calc(var(--line-height-em)*2);
}

.overlapping-element {
  margin: auto;
}

.overlapping-element__text {
  width: 65em;
}

.overlapping-element__text::before {
  width: 200px;
  left: calc(-.75 * 200px);        /* 75% of width */
}

.centers-groups .overlapping-element__text {
  width: 50em;
}


/* --- news items -- */

.news-item-section {
  padding: calc(var(--line-height-em)*3) 0;
  background: var(--almost-black);
  margin-bottom: var(--line-height-em);
}

.news-item-section h2 {
  color: var(--background-white);
}

.news-items {
  column-count: 3;
  column-gap: calc(var(--line-height-em)*1 );
}

.news-item {
  margin-top: 5px;
  -webkit-column-break-inside: avoid;
            page-break-inside: avoid;
                 break-inside: avoid;
  display: block;
  font-size: var(--fs-small);
  margin-bottom: var(--line-height-em);
  text-decoration: none;
}

.news-item__summary-bullets-wrapper > ul {
  padding-left: 0;
}

.news-item__picture {
  width: 100%;
  max-height: 200px;
  object-fit: cover;
}


.news-item__info {
  background: var(--white);
  padding: var(--line-height-em) var(--line-height-em) calc(var(--line-height-em)/2) var(--line-height-em);
}


@media screen and (max-width:769px) {
  .news-items {
    column-count: 2;
  }
}

@media screen and (max-width:400px) {
  .news-items {
    column-count: 1;
  }

  .news-item__picture {
    width: 100%;
    max-height: 150px;
    object-fit: cover;
  }
}

/* ---  */

.research-area .stacked-image {
  max-height: 180px;
  margin-bottom: calc(var(--line-height-em)/2);
}





/* --- PDS specific --  */
.challenges__icon {
  max-width: 60px;
  display: block;
  margin: 0 auto var(--line-height-em) auto;
}

.convergence-image {
  display: block;
  margin: var(--line-height-em) auto;
  width: 600px;
  max-width: 100%;
}

section.unreasonable {
  padding-bottom: var(--line-height-em);
}

.cse-example {
  font-size: .875em;
  padding: var(--line-height-em);
  margin-bottom: 0;
  line-height: var(--line-height-em);
}

.cse-example__eyebrow {
  font-weight: 300;
  color: var(--teal-blue);
}

.cse-example.shadow {
  position: relative;
  z-index: 1;
  border-radius: 2px;
  background: var(--background-white);
  box-shadow: 0 0 1px 2px rgba(0, 0, 0, .2);
}

.cse-example.dark-green {
  background: var(--grass-green);
}

.cse-example.navy {
  background: var(--navy-blue);
}

.cse-example.orange {
  background: var(--bright-orange);
}

.cse-example.lime {
  background: var(--lime);
}

.cse-example.tan {
  background: var(--tan);
}

.cse-example.gray {
  background: var(--gray);
}

.big-text {
  line-height: 1;
  font-size: 2.375em;
  color: var(--burnt-orange);
  font-family: 'BentonSans Condensed';
  font-weight: 700;
  margin-bottom: 0;
}

.big-text__lead {
  color: var(--muted);
  font-family: 'BentonSans Condensed';
  font-weight: 300;
  font-size: 1.75em;
  margin-bottom: 0;
  border-left: 5px solid var(--burnt-orange);
  padding-left: 1em;
}

.need-statements {
  border-left: 5px solid var(--burnt-orange);
  padding: calc(var(--line-height-em)*2) 1em;
}

.need-statement__dash {
  font-weight: 600;
  color: var(--burnt-orange);
  position: relative;
}

.need-statement__dash::before {
  content: '\02014';
  margin-right: .2em;
}

/* opt, uq */

.uq.splash__text-over-image {
  top: calc(var(--line-height-em)*3.5);
}

@media screen and (max-width:1304px) {
  .uq.splash__text-over-image {
    width: 15em;
    top: calc(var(--line-height-em)*3);
  }
}

@media screen and (max-width:1024px) {
  .uq.splash__text-over-image {
    font-size: var(--fs-large);
    width: 100%;
    top: calc(var(--line-height-em)*5);
  }
}

@media screen and (max-width:410px) {
  .uq.splash__text-over-image {
    top: calc(var(--line-height-em)*4);
  }
}