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/ 3 hours agoWhy some people receiving federal benefits don’t consider themselves poor − even though poverty rates have increased since the COVID-19 pandemic
Eliminating poverty has not been a major campaign issue during the 2024 presidential campaign.
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/ 3 hours agoCommencement isn’t just about awarding degrees – and cancellations leave students disconnected and disillusioned
Rites of passage are important. They do not merely celebrate the transition to a new state – they actively create this...
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/ 3 hours agoI interviewed moms with 5 or more kids − here’s what I learned about the women who are quietly going against the grain
Low birth rates aren’t just a potential economic crisis. They can tell a deeply personal story about women failing to reach...
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/ 3 hours agoBrain study identifies a cost of caregiving for new fathers
One of the first longitudinal studies of male brain changes across the transition to first-time parenthood finds that becoming a dad...
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/ 3 hours agoSection 702 foreign surveillance law lives on, but privacy fight continues
Privacy advocates lost out when Congress reauthorized Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act without major reforms. But the renewal...
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/ 3 hours agoLittle seed, big problem – keep an eye out for foxtail seed pods that can harm your pet this summer
Foxtails can hook onto your pet’s skin and may cause redness, swelling and infection.
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/ 3 hours ago5 books to help you better understand today’s campus protests
These books shine light on a rich history of campus protests in the US that goes back to the 1960s.
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/ 1 day agoPlaying with the kids is important work for chimpanzee mothers
When resources are tight, mothers bear the costs of playing with their offspring even as they avoid socializing with others.
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/ 1 day agoArizona’s now-repealed abortion ban serves as a cautionary tale for reproductive health care across the US
The implications of restrictive laws or near-total bans go well beyond abortions, reducing overall access to prenatal care, birthing services, routine...
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/ 1 day agoWhat early 2024 polls are revealing about voters of color and the GOP − and it’s not all about Donald Trump
Former President Donald Trump has made some inroads with voters of color by appealing to law and order, conservative social values...
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/ 1 day agoJustice Sotomayor’s health isn’t the real problem for Democrats − winning elections is
When it comes to the Supreme Court, progressives are now in the position where conservatives found themselves for many years. They’re...
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/ 1 day agoEveryday life and its variability influenced human evolution at least as much as rare activities like big-game hunting
Some anthropologists question how much rare activities like big-game hunting could have affected how our species evolved. Instead they’re looking at...
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/ 1 day agoExoplanet WASP-69b has a cometlike tail – this unique feature is helping scientists like me learn more about how planets evolve
Research on one exoplanet that’s rapidly losing its atmosphere is hinting to scientists why exoplanets tend to look a certain way.
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/ 1 day agoUS drone warfare faces questions of legitimacy, study of military chaplains shows
The use of drone strikes raises a host of ethical issues. US military chaplains − the armed forces’ moral conscience −...
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/ 1 day agoHow 19th-century Spiritualists ‘canceled’ the idea of hell to address social and political concerns
Spiritualists believed that after shedding the body in death, the spirit would continue on a celestial journey and help those on...
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/ 1 day agoWhat America’s first board game can teach us about the aspirations of a young nation
Few copies remain of the earliest known board game produced in the US.
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/ 1 day agoFlorida’s school safety dashboard helps parents and teachers address root causes of bullying, fighting and other misbehavior
Florida’s school safety data dashboard is one of the most comprehensive in the US. A school safety researcher explains how schools...
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/ 2 days agoCould Biden stop Netanyahu’s plans? A national security expert looks at Israel’s attack on Rafah
The US put a pause on an arms shipment to Israel as it launched a Rafah offensive. This is not the...
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/ 2 days agoWar games risk stirring up troubled waters as Philippines − emboldened by US − squares up to Beijing at sea
US Marines and Philippine forces are taking part in joint military exercises just 100 miles off the southern tip of Taiwan.
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/ 2 days agoAs climate change amplifies urban flooding, here’s how communities can become ‘sponge cities’
US cities are doing green infrastructure, but in bits and pieces. Today’s climate-driven floods require a much broader approach to create...