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/ 2 months agoI’m a neuroscientist who taught rats to drive − their joy suggests how anticipating fun can enrich human life
Equipped with a rodent version of a Cybertruck, these driving rats reveal that positive experiences may sculpt the brain just as...
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/ 2 months agoWhy does everything look flat even though the Earth is round?
It’s all about perspective: The higher you go, the more you can see the curve.
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/ 2 months agoHow the Taliban are seeking to reshape Afghanistan’s schools to push their ideology
The Taliban are increasing religious education and removing lessons about the arts, culture and human rights – moves that will shape...
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/ 2 months agoHow updated Vatican rules on validating supernatural appearances of Mary will affect the famed pilgrimage site of Medjugorje
The Vatican has said that the pilgrimage to Medjugorje, a small town in Bosnia-Herzegovina, can yield ‘spiritual benefits’ but refrained from...
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/ 2 months agoCompanies are buying up cheap carbon offsets − data suggest it may be more about greenwashing than helping the climate
A deep dive into 866 public companies and 1,413 carbon projects reveals some twists in who relies on cheap offsets and...
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/ 2 months ago‘Inflation is radioactive’: Trump’s victory is part of a global populist wave of voters throwing out incumbents
Inflation is politically radioactive, and voters have a very long memory for it, as Democrats found when Donald Trump won and...
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/ 2 months agoVoters in Arab-American strongholds likely tipped Michigan in Trump’s favor
The votes for Trump added up in Dearborn, Dearborn Heights and Hamtramck.
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/ 2 months agoPennsylvania will keep its divided legislature thanks to split-ticket voters
Despite the country’s stark political divide, some Pennsylvania voters in deep-red counties still genuinely vote for the representative and not the...
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/ 2 months agoBoeing workers secure big gains after strike, but the future for organized labor under Trump is uncertain
Restoring the defined-benefit pension plan the workers gave up in 2013 was a rallying cry. But the union didn’t get it...
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/ 2 months agoWhat should journalists do when the facts don’t matter?
Historical examples abound of American news consumers being presented with verified facts about controversial figures or events, only to have the...
