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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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I studied buttons for 7 years and learned these 5 lessons...

Staff Writer - January 26, 2019

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Not so long ago, cities were starved for trees

Staff Writer - January 24, 2019

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Razor burned: Why Gillette’s campaign against toxic masculinity missed the mark

Staff Writer - January 18, 2019

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Want better tips? Go for gold

Staff Writer - January 17, 2019

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The Prohibition-era origins of the modern craft cocktail movement

Staff Writer - January 15, 2019

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The forgotten legacy of gay photographer George Platt Lynes

Staff Writer - January 11, 2019

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With foreign bureaus slashed, freelancers are filling the void – at...

Staff Writer - January 10, 2019

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What’s behind our appetite for self-destruction?

Staff Writer - January 8, 2019

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Mifepristone is one of two drugs typically used in medication abortions. Carl Lokko/iStock via Getty Images Plus

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Supreme Court preserves access to mifepristone via telehealth – at least...

Staff Writer - May 17, 2026

Sonia Suter, George Washington University and Naomi Cahn, University of Virginia The U.S. Supreme Court has decided that patients...

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

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

May 16, 2026

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