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A five-story replica of a stamp of Superman in 1998 in Cleveland, home of the superhero’s creators, Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster. AP Photo/Tony Dejak, File

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See you in the funny papers: How superhero comics tell the story of Jewish America

Staff Writer - March 14, 2025

Daniel Craig played James Bond in five films from 2006 to 2021. Greg Williams/Eon Productions via Getty Images

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What Amazon MGM’s creative control over the James Bond film franchise means for the future of 007

The creative process involves choices that lead artists to places they couldn’t have imagined. Eoneren/E+ via Getty Images

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Generative AI is most useful for the things we care about the least

Directors Basel Adra, left, and Yuval Abraham on stage at the 62nd New York Film Festival on Sept. 29, 2024. Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images

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A Palestinian film is an Oscars favorite − so why is it so hard to see?

Asking how discarding an item fits with a person’s goals can help them decide whether to keep it. MoMo Productions via Getty Images`

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Decluttering can be stressful − a clinical psychologist explains how personal values can make it easier

Made you look. Zhen Li via Getty Images

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Color complexity in social media posts leads to more engagement, new...

Staff Writer - October 15, 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

Attendees dance as a band plays during the last day of the 2024 Republican National Convention in Milwaukee. Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images

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Taylor Swift’s endorsement of Kamala Harris shows how big a role...

Staff Writer - September 12, 2024

Carlo Acutis souvenirs displayed in a shop window in Assisi in June 2024. Michael Di Giovine, CC BY

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Italian teenager Carlo Acutis’ upcoming canonization reflects the Vatican’s desire to...

Staff Writer - August 22, 2024

Viewers in Chicago await a screening of the film ‘Medium Cool,’ focused on the 1968 Democratic convention in Chicago. Heather Hendershot, CC BY

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Chicagoans watch films of the violent 1968 convention protests to get...

Staff Writer - August 15, 2024

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For graffiti artists, abandoned skyscrapers in Miami and Los Angeles become...

Staff Writer - August 7, 2024

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Why some people talk very fast and others … take …...

Staff Writer - June 23, 2024

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For over a century, baseball’s scouts have been the backbone of...

Staff Writer - June 5, 2024

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EXPLORING NATURE

Parts of the North Fork of the Kentucky River flooded in July 2022, and again in February 2025. Arden S. Barnes/For The Washington Post via Getty Images

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Why people rebuild in Appalachia’s flood-ravaged areas despite the risks

Staff Writer - February 26, 2025

Kristina P. Brant, Penn State On Valentine’s Day 2025, heavy rains started to fall in parts of rural Appalachia....

In the toxic male technique, genetically engineered male insects would implant semen containing toxic venom into the female insects during mating. Madugrero/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA

Making sex deadly for insects could control pests that carry disease...

February 23, 2025

Tech entrepreneur Bryan Johnson has made it his life’s mission to delay aging and death. Netflix

The quest to extend human life is both fascinating and fraught...

February 23, 2025

Greenland has large deposits of rare earth minerals along its coasts, but these are also geologically hazardous regions. Alex Hibbert/The Image Bank via Getty Images

Greenland’s rapidly melting ice and landslide-prone fjords make the oil and...

February 19, 2025

National Institutes of Health indirect costs, which are under the knife, go toward managing laboratories and facilities. Fei Yang/Moment via Getty Images

Cutting funding for science can have consequences for the economy, US...

February 17, 2025