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Closely examining the claims companies make about a product can help you separate hype from reality. Flavio Coelho/Moment via Getty Images

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New technologies like AI come with big claims – borrowing the scientific concept of validity can help cut through the hype

Staff Writer - November 12, 2025

Bari Weiss speaks on stage on Nov. 19, 2024, in New York City. Photo by Noam Galai/Getty Images for The Free Press

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A Bari Weiss-led CBS News would likely look different, but how the public feels about it might not change

A crowd protests in Hollywood, Calif., on Sept. 18, 2025, after the suspension of the ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ taping earlier in the day. David Pashaee / Middle East Images via AFP, Getty Images

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Why Jimmy Kimmel’s First Amendment rights weren’t violated – but ABC’s would be protected if it stood up to the FCC and Trump

Hulu’s comedy-drama series ‘Ramy,’ created by actor-comedian Ramy Youssef, follows a young Egyptian-American Muslim navigating life’s challenges. Youssef, center, appears at a press conference in 2019. Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images

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Muslim men have often been portrayed as ‘terrorists’ or ‘fanatics’ on TV shows, but Muslim-led storytelling is trying to change that narrative

‘South Park’ creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker appear at Comic-Con 2025 in San Diego on July 24, 2025. Amy Sussman/Getty Images

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How ‘South Park’ could help Democrats win back the young voters the party lost to Trump

A new rule set to go into effect in 2025 will make canceling subscriptions much easier. violetkaipa/iStock via Getty Images Plus

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US government tries to rein in an out-of-control subscription economy

Staff Writer - November 1, 2024

Black Myth: Wukong has enthralled gamers around the world with its rich visuals and vigorous fight sequences. Courtesy Game Science

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Black Myth: Wukong – how China’s gaming revolution is fueling its...

Staff Writer - October 16, 2024

Nearly 60% of respondents to one medical school survey said they received no nutritional education at all. Peter Dazeley/The Image Bank via Getty Images

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Diet-related diseases are the No. 1 cause of death in the...

Staff Writer - September 25, 2024

TV shows get resuscitated, too. Warner Bros. International/Hulton Archive via Getty Images

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Creative life after death − or yes, you can control spinoffs...

Staff Writer - September 13, 2024

There have been Black presidents and female presidents in movies, but no presidents with Kamala Harris’ background. Klaus Hackenberg/The Image Bank/Getty Images

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Even fictional presidents don’t look like Kamala Harris − although Black...

Staff Writer - August 13, 2024

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Netflix’s big bet on foreign content and international viewers could upend...

Staff Writer - April 8, 2021

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From ‘Sex and The City’ to ‘Game of Thrones’ to ‘Girls,’...

Viva Bianca - August 18, 2016

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Can public service announcements take a bite out of Shark Week?

Staff Writer - July 16, 2015

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A technician walks through a solar farm in Goma, Congo, in 2025. AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa

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Renewable energy is cheaper and healthier – so why isn’t it...

Staff Writer - November 17, 2025

Jay Gulledge, University of Notre Dame; University of Tennessee You might not know it from the headlines, but there...

A fisherman looks at the Suralaya coal-fired power plant in Cilegon, Indonesia, in 2023. Ronald Siagian/AFP via Getty Images

Can the world quit coal?

November 16, 2025

Wheat infected by Fusarium, a toxic fungus, has kernels that appear white with orange at the base. Klaus-Dietmar Gabbert/picture alliance via Getty Images

What is Fusarium graminearum, the fungus a Chinese scientist pleaded guilty...

November 13, 2025

What counts as success in species recovery? U.S. Forest Service via AP

Wildlife recovery means more than just survival of a species

October 31, 2025

The popularity of rural cemeteries spurred the development of the first city parks. Heritage Art/Heritage Images via Getty Images

Symbolism of cemetery plants: How flowers, trees and other botanical motifs...

October 31, 2025