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How Octavia E. Butler mined her boundless curiosity to forge a new vision for humanity

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U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla of California is pushed out of the room after he interrupted Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem during a news conference in Los Angeles on June 12, 2025. David Crane/MediaNews Group/Los Angeles Daily News via Getty Images

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Forcible removal of US Sen. Alex Padilla signals a dangerous shift in American democracy

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What’s effective altruism? A philosopher explains

Not all news sources are created equal. Noah Berger/AP Images

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Exhausted by the news? Here are 6 strategies to stay informed without getting overwhelmed − or misled by misinformation

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From rebel to retail − inside Bob Marley’s posthumous musical and merchandising empire

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Music inspires powerful emotions on screen, just like in real life

Staff Writer - November 3, 2022

There’s a conflict brewing over the rights of the arrested and detained; it’s not a new conflict. busra İspir, iStock/Getty Images Plus

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Debates over presidential power to suspend habeas corpus resurface in Trump...

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Disney’s Black mermaid is no breakthrough – just look at the...

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Never made, destroyed, in a locked safe for 100 years: with...

Staff Writer - August 15, 2022

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Even before Hiroshima, people knew the atomic bomb

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How gay men justify their racism on Grindr

Staff Writer - August 12, 2021

Collard greens − a staple of diets across the African diaspora. Bronwen Powell/Abderrahim Ouarghidi, CC BY

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How an unexpected observation, a 10th-century recipe and an explorer’s encounter...

Staff Writer - March 13, 2025

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How some people can end up living at airports for months...

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Is this visitor to Antarctica going crazy or having a good time? Tim Bieber/Photodisc via Getty Images

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At Antarctica’s midwinter, a look back at the frozen continent’s long...

Staff Writer - June 22, 2025

Daniella McCahey, Texas Tech University As Midwinter Day approaches in Antarctica – the longest and darkest day of the...

Hurricane Helene caused extensive damage to homes in North Carolina in 2024. AP Photo/Kathy Kmonicek

Low-income homeowners hit by disasters may get less help from the...

June 20, 2025

Plants use light to make energy – and a team of scientists is using the same principle to power chemical reactions. fhm/Moment via Getty Images

Light-powered reactions could make the chemical manufacturing industry more energy-efficient

June 19, 2025

The shark in ‘Jaws’ became a terrifying icon. Universal Pictures via Getty Images

50 years after ‘Jaws,’ researchers have retired the man-eater myth and...

June 19, 2025

Being excluded isn’t easy, but it does teach you about other people. Alistair Berg/DigitalVision via Getty Images

Your brain learns from rejection − here’s how it becomes your...

June 9, 2025