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/ 5 months agoHeat index warnings can save lives on dangerously hot days − if people understand what they mean
A risk expert explains how to read the heat index and interpret extreme heat warnings, and how to stay safe.
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/ 5 months agoWith a record-breaking 2024 Atlantic hurricane forecast, here’s how scientists are helping Caribbean communities adapt to a warming world
Hardening electric transmission systems and monitoring ocean temperatures are two key priorities.
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/ 5 months ago500 years ago, Machiavelli warned the public not to get complacent in the face of self-interested charismatic figures
Renaissance philosopher Niccolò Machiavelli dissected the threats authoritarian figures pose to representative government.
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/ 5 months agoYour favorite drink can cause breast cancer – but most women in the US aren’t aware of alcohol’s health risks
Drinking alcohol is normalized in American society. But the ubiquity of alcohol consumption hides its serious health risks, including cancer.
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/ 5 months agoCould Elvis’ Graceland hold a key to bridging America’s cultural divide?
The singer’s home reflects the rags-to-riches trajectory that epitomizes the American Dream. Yet Presley and his estate were seen as not...
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/ 5 months agoModi’s narrow win suggests Indian voters saw through religious rhetoric, opting instead to curtail his political power
The ruling BJP failed to see that those who had not benefited from the country’s rapid economic growth were deeply unhappy.
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/ 5 months agoLife on the US-Mexico border is chaotic. An immigration scholar explains why − and it’s not for the reasons that some GOP lawmakers claim
When a COVID-19-era policy was set to expire in May 2023, Republican officials predicted that the US-Mexico border would be overrun...
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/ 5 months agoRotting sargassum is choking the Caribbean’s white sand beaches, fueling an economic and public health crisis
A leading driver of this seaweed invasion is pollution, carried down rivers and into the Atlantic Ocean from the continents.
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/ 5 months agoTrump’s rhetoric after his felony conviction is designed to distract, stoke fear and ease the way for an anti-democratic strongman
Donald Trump’s reaction to his conviction provides a textbook case of demagoguery – which erodes democratic institutions and can prime an...
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/ 5 months agoWisconsin is a key swing state this year – and has a history of being unpredictable
Wisconsin voters elected conservative and liberal politicians in almost equal numbers from 2008 to 2022 − in this election, issues such...
