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Hulk Hogan’s international fame as a wrestling superstar began in the 1980s. This photo is from 2009. Paul Kane via Getty Images Entertainment

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As wrestling fans reel from the sudden death of Hulk Hogan, a cardiologist explains how to live long and healthy − and avoid chronic disease

Staff Writer - August 2, 2025

Donald Trump wants to restrict journalists’ ability to publish or broadcast critical stories. Mesh cube, iStock/Getty Images Plus

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The case that saved the press – and why Trump wants it gone

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Bees can learn, remember, think and make decisions – here’s a look at how they navigate the world

‘Atlases,’ Victoria Lomasko’s mural at Miami University. Used by permission of Victoria Lomasko

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An artist traces her choices under Putin’s Russia – from resistance to retreat to exile – one mural at a time

National Guard members arrive at the Guard’s headquarters at D.C. Armory on Aug. 12, 2025 in Washington. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

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4 out of 5 US troops surveyed understand the duty to disobey illegal orders

This photo, taken with permission from cemetery officials, shows Donald Trump during his visit to Arlington National Cemetery on Aug. 26, 2024. Kevin Carter/Getty Images

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Trump campaign violated rules in Arlington National Cemetery visit, cemetery legal...

Staff Writer - September 6, 2024

Punishment by tar and feather of Thomas Ditson, who purchased a gun from a British soldier in Boston in March 1775. Interim Archives/Getty Images

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Yes, this is who we are: America’s 250-year history of political violence

Staff Writer - September 15, 2025

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Female mosquitoes rely on one another to choose the best breeding...

Staff Writer - May 10, 2024

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How Florida’s home insurance market became so dysfunctional, so fast

Staff Writer - May 5, 2024

Demonstrators make graffiti reading ‘Columbus Out, Long Live the People’ on a fence protecting a statue of Christopher Columbus in Mexico City on Oct. 12, 2020. Pedro Pardo/AFP via Getty Images

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Columbus who? Decolonizing the calendar in Latin America

Staff Writer - October 14, 2024

Social media use before bedtime can be stimulating in ways that screen time alone is not. Adam Hester/Tetra Images via Getty Images

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Social media before bedtime wreaks havoc on our sleep − a...

Staff Writer - April 9, 2025

Political surveys conducted for CNN and other major media outlets can shape the nation’s perception of a presidential race. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images

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Why CNN is changing up its polling for 2024

Staff Writer - October 2, 2024

NASA’s Perseverance rover explores Mars’ Jezero Crater. NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS, CC BY-NC

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Scientists detected a potential biosignature on Mars – an astrobiologist explains...

Staff Writer - September 13, 2025

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Skiers and snowboarders walk across dry ground to reach a slope at Bear Mountain ski resort on Dec. 21, 2025, in California. Eric Thayer/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

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The western US is in a snow drought, and storms have...

Staff Writer - January 8, 2026

Alejandro N. Flores, Boise State University Much of the western U.S. has started 2026 in the midst of a...

Solar power has been expanding quickly, but natural gas is also booming. Gerard Julien/AFP via Getty Images

The battle over a global energy transition is on between petro-states...

January 6, 2026

Why did this community burn one woman’s remains in such a visible, spectacular way? Patrick Fahey

Oldest known cremation in Africa poses 9,500-year-old mystery about Stone Age...

January 3, 2026

Eaton fire survivors gather in Altadena, Calif., to talk about recovery six months after the LA fires. Sarah Reingewirtz/MediaNews Group/Los Angeles Daily News via Getty Images

LA fires showed how much neighborliness matters for wildfire safety –...

December 31, 2025

U.S. researchers are seeking the light at the end of a rough year for science. Westend61/Getty Images

‘This year nearly broke me as a scientist’ – US researchers...

December 31, 2025