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/ 1 hour agoHow pollsters have adapted to changing technology and voters who don’t answer the phone
Modern survey research does face challenges from changes in technology and in how people live their increasingly busy lives.
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/ 1 hour agoNebraska Democrats hope Omaha will be a ‘blue dot’ on the state’s red electoral map − and their lawn sign is a vibe
Blue dot signs are going up across Omaha to show support for Kamala Harris. Heavily Republican Nebraska splits its electoral votes,...
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/ 1 hour agoDon’t panic reading ‘electoral process porn’: There are plenty of safeguards to make sure voters’ wishes are respected
Those depressing articles that say ‘This one secret, magic thing will overturn the election results and your vote won’t count’? An...
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/ 1 hour agoOn Ukraine, candidate Trump touts his role as dealmaker while Harris sticks with unwavering support
Trump has stressed his personal relationships with Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelenskyy; Harris is looking to build an international coalition.
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/ 1 hour agoCivilian support for military coups isn’t a bug – it’s a feature
In the popular imagination, coups d'etat are strictly military-led, palace conspiracies. In reality, a majority of them have required civilian participation.
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/ 1 hour agoVictorian ghost photographs amused viewers with spooky thrills
In the mid-19th century, photographs with ghostlike figures became collectible amusements thanks to the invention of the stereoscope – a device...
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/ 1 hour agoThe whip-poor-will has been an omen of death for centuries − what happened to this iconic bird of American horror?
A new film adaptation of Stephen King’s ‘Salem’s Lot’ swaps in an owl for the book’s haunting whip-poor-wills, showing how species...
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/ 1 day agoElection officials are hard at work to deliver fair, secure and accurate elections – despite a constant flow of attacks
The people who run US elections are, according to a scholar who studies them, politically neutral professionals who uphold the law...
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/ 1 day agoAurora and Springfield aren’t the first cities to become flash points in US immigration debate − here’s what happened in other places used as political soapboxes
A scholar of emerging immigrant destinations says that when anti-immigrant politicians bring their hateful rhetoric to those towns, locals tend to...
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/ 1 day agoPresidential election could help decide fate of the 70,000 Afghans living temporarily in the US
While the US admitted about 70,000 Afghans into the country on an emergency basis in 2021, the measure is temporary, and...
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/ 1 day agoTim Walz’s candidacy for vice president underscores the political power of teachers
Throughout the world, teachers and their unions have played a crucial role in politics and democracy. This election, they can play...
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/ 1 day ago‘Childless cat ladies’ have long contributed to the welfare of American children − and the nation
Criticisms of women without biological children define motherhood too narrowly, as history reveals the many forms of motherhood.
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/ 1 day agoTracking vampire worms with machine learning − using AI to diagnose schistosomiasis before the parasites causing it hatch in your blood
Schistosomiasis is a neglected tropical disease that triggers specific immune responses in the body. Identifying those hidden immune signatures can help...
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/ 1 day agoMore kids than ever need special education, but burnout has caused a teacher shortage
Burnout, behavioral issues and a lack of support are 3 reasons why special education teachers are leaving the profession.
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/ 1 day agoWild animals can experience trauma and adversity too − as ecologists, we came up with an index to track how it affects them
New research finds that marmots who experience adversity early in life have a lesser chance of survival.
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/ 1 day agoCould fungi actually cause a zombie apocalypse?
Be very afraid – if you’re an insect.
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/ 4 days agoSome people love to scare themselves in an already scary world − here’s the psychology of why
Scary movies and haunted houses can actually be a coping mechanism that helps you survive.
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/ 4 days agoDuring the American Revolution, Brits weren’t just facing off against white Protestant Christians − US patriots are diverse and have been since Day 1
The soldiers and patriots who made the American Revolution a success included people whose faiths faced discrimination, including Jews and Catholics.
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/ 4 days agoWhat the history of blasphemy laws in the US and the fight for religious freedom can teach us today
The US has a long history of blasphemy laws, which reflect the complex fight for freedom of religion and speech.
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/ 4 days agoHemingway, after the hurricane
In 1935, a hurricane devastated the Florida Keys, killing over 400 people, many of them World War I veterans. Ernest Hemingway...