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Crowds gather for a Pride march in New York in June 2026. New research shows that the boundaries of heterosexuality are changing for young women. Roy Rochlin/Getty Images

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Young women are identifying as less straight; young men, not so much

Staff Writer - July 7, 2026

Rapper Jay-Z poses behind his desk in the New York offices of Roc-A-Fella Records in April 1996. Nitro/Getty Images

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30 years after ‘Reasonable Doubt,’ Jay‑Z’s career embodies hip‑hop’s biggest contradictions

Taylor Swift’s filings sit at the messy intersection of copyright, publicity and trademark law, each of which addresses different aspects of AI deepfakes. Luis Gutierrez/Norte Photo via Getty Images

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Taylor Swift trademarking her voice and likeness points to a new legal frontier in combating AI deepfakes

Henry David Thoreau investigated the Sudbury River as America’s first river scientist. Robert M. Thorson

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Thoreau the scientist – how environmental research informed ‘Walden’ and later works

Sylvia Moy was a trailblazing Motown songwriter. L. Busacca/WireImage for Songwriter's Hall of Fame

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Motown’s Black women songwriters and producers were the invisible architects behind the pop music juggernaut

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Hip-hop at 50: 7 essential listens to celebrate rap’s widespread influence

Staff Writer - August 11, 2023

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‘Knowledge of self’: How a key phrase from Islam became a...

Staff Writer - August 6, 2023

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Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour is a potent reminder that the internet...

Staff Writer - August 4, 2023

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Deaf rappers who lay down rhymes in sign languages are changing...

Staff Writer - July 27, 2023

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A sculptor of wind explains how to make fiber dance far...

Staff Writer - July 20, 2023

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Children, like adults, tend to underestimate how welcome their random acts...

Staff Writer - July 18, 2023

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Why guys who post a lot on social media are seen...

Staff Writer - July 12, 2023

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3 myths about immigration in America

Staff Writer - July 2, 2023

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People are often concerned about environmental risks lurking near their homes. Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

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Research about global fishing shows value of detailed environmental data, which...

Staff Writer - July 1, 2026

Mark Axelrod, Michigan State University To help people who are affected by pollution and other environmental harms, it’s common...

Leaving the pyrotechnics to the professionals is safer and more spectacular. YinYang/iStock/Getty Images Plus

Fireworks, heat and drought make this July 4th a recipe for wildfires

June 30, 2026

Rescue workers carry a person on a stretcher in Caracas following an earthquake in Venezuela on June 24, 2026. Juan Barreto/AFP via Getty Images

Aid is on the way after Venezuela’s earthquakes, but it’s not...

June 27, 2026

A June 24, 2026, earthquake shook buildings to the ground, trapping and killing people in Caracas, Venezuela, and nearby communities. Manaure Quintero/AFP via Getty Images

Venezuela’s deadly earthquakes happened on a fault similar to the San...

June 26, 2026

Many yoga classes end with the instructor explaining ‘namaste’ as ‘the divine in me bows to the divine in you.’ Luis Alvarez/DigitalVision via Getty Images

Why it’s OK to say ‘namaste’ in yoga class

June 23, 2026