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/ 5 months 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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/ 5 months 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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/ 5 months 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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/ 5 months 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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/ 5 months 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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/ 5 months 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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/ 5 months 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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/ 5 months 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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/ 5 months 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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/ 5 months agoCould fungi actually cause a zombie apocalypse?
Be very afraid – if you’re an insect.
