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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

Staff Writer - May 10, 2026

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

A mother leads her 7- and 9-year-old sons in a morning lesson during homeschool in Buffalo, Minn., in September 2023. Nicole Neri for The Washington Post via Getty Images

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The lasting appeal of homeschooling: What motivated families to continue after schools reopened post‑pandemic

People tend to be offended when they get a personal note written by AI – if they know. Ekaterina Buravleva/iStock via Getty Images

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Most people do not realize when a personal message they receive was written by AI, study finds

Hampshire College’s campus entrance on April 16, 2026, a few days after the school announced it is closing. Jessica Rinaldi/The Boston Globe via Getty Images

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Hampshire College’s demise is yet another blow to creative, outside‑the‑box options in higher education

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3 internet language trends from 2019, explained

Staff Writer - December 24, 2019

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How Crisco toppled lard – and made Americans believers in industrial...

Staff Writer - December 18, 2019

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Like ‘Little Women,’ books by Zitkála-Šá and Taha Hussein are classics

Staff Writer - December 11, 2019

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From their balloons, the first aeronauts transformed our view of the...

Staff Writer - December 6, 2019

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Spinster, old maid or self-partnered – why words for single women...

Staff Writer - December 5, 2019

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‘The Wall’ cemented Pink Floyd’s fame – but destroyed the band

Staff Writer - November 27, 2019

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What to do with those Thanksgiving leftovers? Look to the French

Staff Writer - November 26, 2019

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Was that joke funny or offensive? Who’s telling it matters

Staff Writer - November 20, 2019

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You can make AI chatbots spout information that’s not true. Nicoletaionescu/iStock via Getty Images

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You can persuade AI models to accept falsehoods as truth, study shows

Staff Writer - May 16, 2026

Ashique KhudaBukhsh, Rochester Institute of Technology When you ask a large language model a question, the reply may include...

Emphasizing the sounds of certain words to young children can help them retain language, not confuse them about speaking properly. MoMo Productions/DigitalVision via Getty Images

Is baby talk bad? Why ‘parentese’ actually helps babies learn language

May 16, 2026

Colorado’s peach industry is threatened by a fungal disease. Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post via Getty Images

A fungal disease, along with climate change, threatens Colorado’s prized peaches

May 15, 2026

Earth draws closer to passing behind the Moon in this image captured by the Artemis II crew during their lunar flyby. NASA

Will future missions to the Moon be sustainable? It may depend...

May 14, 2026

Tarot readings can encourage self-reflection. But what happens when you turn to AI to interpret the cards? Ilya S. Savenok/Getty Images for Sally Hansen

How tarot readers are using AI – and what it says...

May 13, 2026