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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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Why we love big, blood-curdling screams

Staff Writer - October 28, 2019

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Which cheek and how many? In France and beyond, a kiss...

Staff Writer - October 25, 2019

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3 questions about vodka, answered

Staff Writer - October 23, 2019

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If you’re using ‘millennial’ as a meaningful measurement, you should probably...

Staff Writer - October 22, 2019

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Your political views can predict how you pronounce certain words

Staff Writer - October 21, 2019

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How gambling built baseball – and then almost destroyed it

Staff Writer - October 16, 2019

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Why more places are abandoning Columbus Day in favor of Indigenous...

Staff Writer - October 14, 2019

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Why more places are abandoning Columbus Day in favor of Indigenous...

Staff Writer - October 10, 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