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/ 11 months agoYour mental dictionary is part of what makes you unique − here’s how your brain stores and retrieves words
Most people can draw from tens of thousands of words in their memory within milliseconds. Studying this process can improve language...
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/ 11 months agoSam Bankman-Fried was convicted of fraud following the collapse of the cryptocurrency exchange FTX. Here’s what investors need to know
The downfall of the onetime multibillionaire holds lessons for investors and regulators alike.
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/ 11 months agoLetting low-income Americans buy groceries online in 2020 with SNAP benefits decreased the share of people without enough food – new research
The share of low-income US families who sometimes or often didn’t have enough food to eat fell from 24.5% to 22.5%...
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/ 11 months agoBoth Israel and Palestinian supporters accuse the other side of genocide – here’s what the term actually means
People talk about genocide in a few different ways, ranging from technical to colloquial – but a war of words does...
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/ 11 months agoGenerative AI like ChatGPT could help boost democracy – if it overcomes key hurdles
Political scientists have begun to investigate ways AI can help people understand politics better and get more voices into the public...
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/ 11 months agoYoung men in violent parts of Philadelphia, Chicago die from guns at a higher rate than US troops in the heat of battle
Mass shootings account for only about 3% of gun homicides in the U.S.
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/ 11 months agoAcapulco was built to withstand earthquakes, but not Hurricane Otis’ destructive winds – how building codes failed this resort city
The best science is not always the best engineering when it comes to building codes. It’s also a problem across the...
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/ 11 months agoSupreme Court justices consider whether to uphold law that keeps guns out of the hands of domestic abusers
An important tool in the fight against domestic violence is under scrutiny in a major US Supreme Court case.
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/ 11 months agoWhat’s your chronotype? Knowing whether you’re a night owl or an early bird could help you do better on tests and avoid scams
Synchronizing your daily activities to your circadian rhythm could help you improve your performance on a variety of cognitive tasks −...
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/ 11 months agoWhy are US politicians so old? And why do they want to stay in office?
Many years beyond the average American retirement age, politicians vie for power and influence. Their constituents tend to prefer they step...
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/ 11 months agoAs Ohio and other states decide on abortion, anti-abortion activists look to rebrand themselves as not religious
An analysis of anti-abortion rights groups in the US shows that while some specifically turn to Christianity to explain their positions,...
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/ 11 months agoClimate change hits indebted businesses hardest, new research suggests
Global warming plus leverage equals a big mess for companies.
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/ 11 months agoHow global warming shakes the Earth: Seismic data show ocean waves gaining strength as the planet warms
The same instruments used to measure earthquakes pick up vibrations as ocean waves put pressure on the sea floor. Four decades...
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/ 11 months agoWhy do our noses get snotty when we are sick? A school nurse explains the powers of mucus
Slimy snot is an important part of how your immune system wards off germs and fights back from infection.
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/ 11 months agoHigher education can be elusive for asylum-seekers and immigrants
Migrants to the US say they need a map to help them navigate the world of higher education.
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/ 11 months agoSearching for the right angle – students in this course shoot pool to learn about journalism
A journalism professor discovers that some of the best lessons for future journalists can be taught on a pool table.
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/ 11 months agoIt’s not just about facts: Democrats and Republicans have sharply different attitudes about removing misinformation from social media
One person’s content moderation is another’s censorship when it comes to Democrats’ and Republicans’ views on handling misinformation.
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/ 11 months ago4 razones por las que los adolescentes participan en retos en las redes sociales
La presión del grupo, la diversión y el deseo de llamar la atención ayudan a explicar por qué los jóvenes participan...
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/ 11 months agoEl ejercicio aeróbico y el entrenamiento de fuerza combinados pueden ser un elixir para mejorar la salud cerebral a los 80 y 90 años, según un nuevo estudio
Nuevas investigaciones apuntan a la importancia del tipo de ejercicio para favorecer la salud cognitiva en las últimas décadas de la...
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/ 11 months agoIsrael-Hamas war puts China’s strategy of ‘balanced diplomacy’ in the Middle East at risk
Beijing’s tone on the Middle East crisis has shifted since Hamas’s initial attack, becoming increasingly pro-Palestinian.