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The United States is one of just two countries where drugmakers can advertise directly to patients. BrianAJackson/iStock via Getty Images

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Drug company ads are easy to blame for misleading patients and raising costs, but research shows they do help patients get needed treatment

Staff Writer - February 27, 2026

AI is making it hard for the music industry to embrace innovation while keeping it real. elenabs/iStock via Getty Images

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Grammys’ AI rules aim to keep music human, but large gray area leaves questions about authenticity and authorship

The artists and crew behind the ‘The Muppet Show,’ including Muppet creator Jim Henson, third from right in the front row, gather for the camera. Nancy Moran/Sygma via Getty Images

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It’s easy making green: Muppets continue to make a profit 50 years into their run

Warner Bros. was one of five studios that joined forces with Wall Street investors to gobble up independent theaters and movie producers in the 1920s. Nextrecord Archives/Getty Images

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Whether Netflix or Paramount buys Warner Bros., entertainment oligopolies are back – bigger and more anticompetitive than ever

Netflix’s Hollywood studio offices at Sunset Bronson Studios in Los Angeles. Patrick T. Fallon / AFP via Getty Images

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Netflix-Warner deal would drive streaming market further down the road of ‘Big 3’ domination

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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What is behind the magic of Sesame Street?

Staff Writer - July 16, 2015

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The guilty pleasure of watching trashy TV

Staff Writer - May 21, 2015

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Why has TV storytelling become so complex?

Staff Writer - March 29, 2015

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Backcountry skiing can be risky, particularly after heavy, wet snow. AscentXmedia/E+ via Getty Images

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Tahoe avalanche: What causes snow slopes to collapse? A physicist and...

Staff Writer - February 19, 2026

Nathalie Vriend, University of Colorado Boulder A deadly avalanche buried a group of backcountry skiers and their guides near...

Warmer winters in normally snowy places can interfere with the important activities of microbes in the soil. Seogi/500px via Getty Images

Warming winters are disrupting the hidden world of fungi – the...

February 17, 2026

Coffee farming is critical to the economies of several African countries. Wang Guansen/Xinhua via Getty Images

Coffee crops are dying from a fungus with species-jumping genes –...

February 17, 2026

Rising global temperatures are increasing the risk of heat stroke on hot days, among many other human harms. Ronda Churchill/AFP via Getty Images

Trump’s EPA decides climate change doesn’t endanger public health – the...

February 12, 2026

Portland cement, widely used for concrete, is responsible for about 8% of global greenhouse gas emissions. Photovs/iStock/Getty Images Plus

Polymers from earth can make cement more climate-friendly

February 12, 2026