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Three Philly restaurants were awarded a Michelin star, and the chefs given a custom-designed chef’s jacket. Lando Hass/picture alliance via Getty Images

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A culinary educator and local dining expert breaks down Michelin’s debut Philly list − and gives zero stars to the inspectors

Staff Writer - December 5, 2025

Scientists used drones to produce this 3D model of Rano Raraku, the volcanic crater where 95% of Rapa Nui’s giant statues were carved. Lipo et al., 2025, PLOS One, CC BY

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Drones, physics and rats: Studies show how the people of Rapa Nui made and moved the giant statues – and what caused the island’s...

Smoke rises following an Israeli airstrike in the village of Teir Debba in southern Lebanon on Nov. 6, 2025. AP Photo/Mohammad Zaatar

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A year on, the Israeli-Lebanese ceasefire looks increasingly fragile − could a return to cyclical violence come next?

For many American men, the draw of the international dating industry is the idea of ‘more traditional’ women. Kurgenc/iStock via Getty Images Plus

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From ‘mail-order brides’ to ‘passport bros,’ the international dating industry often sells traditional gender roles

Hollywood screenwriter Samuel Ornitz speaks before the House Un-American Activities Committee in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 29, 1947. UPI/Bettmann Archive via Getty Images

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First Amendment in flux: When free speech protections came up against the Red Scare

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

Will local Republican Parties again serve as megaphones for election disinformation, as they did in 2020? AP Photo/Wong Maye-E, File

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Swing-state GOP leaders amplified election denial in 2020 − and may...

Staff Writer - October 11, 2024

Evacuation is more difficult for people with health and mobility issues. Ted Richardson/For The Washington Post via Getty Images

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Evacuating in disasters like Hurricane Milton isn’t simple – there are...

Staff Writer - October 10, 2024

Nearly $11 billion is projected to be spent on political advertising in the 2024 fall election season. PM Images/DigitalVision Collection via Getty Images

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Blitz of political attack ads in Pennsylvania and other swing states...

Staff Writer - October 9, 2024

Hank Greenberg hit 331 home runs with a batting average of .313 during his career. Sporting News via Getty Images

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Up against Hank Greenberg, baseball’s first Jewish superstar, antisemitism struck out

Staff Writer - October 6, 2024

When people spread lies online, they may know they’re sharing falsehoods. Timucin Taka/500 px via Getty Images

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Some online conspiracy-spreaders don’t even believe the lies they’re spewing

Staff Writer - October 4, 2024

Smoke rises after shelling near a seaport in Berdyansk, Ukraine, after the reported sinking of a Russian navy ship. AP Photo

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Bottled up in the Black Sea: Russia is having a dreadful...

Staff Writer - October 3, 2024

Microbes can influence the connection between the gut and the brain. JDawnInk/DigitalVision Vectors via Getty Images

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Gut microbe imbalances could predict a child’s risk for autism, ADHD...

Staff Writer - October 2, 2024

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Sea-level rise changes coastlines, putting homes at risk, as Summer Haven, Fla., has seen. Aerial Views/E+/Getty Images

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Sea level doesn’t rise at the same rate everywhere – we...

Staff Writer - November 25, 2025

Shaina Sadai, Five College Consortium and Ambarish Karmalkar, University of Rhode Island When polar ice sheets melt, the effects...

Pennsylvania is home to a diverse range of wild mushrooms, both edible and poisonous. Vaivirga/iStock/Getty Images Plus

Mid-Atlantic mushroom foragers collect 160 species for food, medicine, art and science

November 24, 2025

Climate finance is meant to help low-income countries adapt to climate change and recover from disasters like Hurricane Melissa. Yamil Lage/AFP via Getty Images

How climate finance to help poor countries became a global shell...

November 19, 2025

Pecan pie is a popular holiday treat in the United States. Julie Deshaies/iStock via Getty Images

How pecans went from ignored trees to a holiday staple –...

November 19, 2025

These faces are fake – generated by artificial intelligence – but useful for training other AI systems about human faces. David Beniaguev

When fake data is a good thing – how synthetic data...

November 18, 2025