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A banner reading, ‘Regrettably, Putin did not die today. We are waiting …’ hangs in the City Garden of Odesa, Ukraine, on April 1, 2023. Viacheslav Onyshchenko/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images News

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Front lines of humor: Dark humor voices Ukrainians’ hopes for victory

Staff Writer - March 4, 2026

Mabel Stark tamed tigers – and even wrestled with them. Circus and Allied Arts Collection, Illinois State University's Special Collections, Milner Library

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The inspiring and tragic story of Mabel Stark, America’s most famous female tiger trainer

From a young age, Michelangelo prized drawing and sculpture above painting. Ian Nicholson/PA via Getty Images

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Michelangelo hated painting the Sistine Chapel – and never aspired to be a painter to begin with

Interpreting someone’s thoughts or actions can mean balancing their agency against the good. Kateryna Kovarzh/iStock via Getty Images

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I’m a philosopher who tries to see the best in others – but I know there are limits

Michelangelo’s 16th-century fresco ‘The Last Judgment.’ Sistine Chapel collection via Wikimedia Commons

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Why Michelangelo’s ‘Last Judgment’ endures

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As marijuana goes mainstream, what’s happening to the way we talk...

Staff Writer - May 6, 2018

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Touch forms the foundation of the powerful human-horse relationship

Staff Writer - May 5, 2018

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From the Middle East to the Kentucky Derby, the mint julep...

Staff Writer - May 3, 2018

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Superman at 80: How two high school friends concocted the original...

Staff Writer - April 20, 2018

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The deaths of 76 Branch Davidians in April 1993 could have...

Staff Writer - April 14, 2018

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Local media struggle to hold Sinclair accountable

Staff Writer - April 9, 2018

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Why is it so stressful to talk politics with the other...

Staff Writer - April 7, 2018

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Why are fewer and fewer Americans fixing their noses?

Staff Writer - April 5, 2018

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EXPLORING NATURE

The National Center for Atmospheric Research, or NCAR, hosts a supercomputer that scientists rely on for weather and climate research. National Science Foundation

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Making sense of a chaotic planet: How understanding weather and climate...

Staff Writer - February 25, 2026

Antonios Mamalakis, University of Virginia Have you ever stopped to wonder how forecasters can predict the weather days in...

Backcountry skiing can be risky, particularly after heavy, wet snow. AscentXmedia/E+ via Getty Images

Tahoe avalanche: What causes snow slopes to collapse? A physicist and...

February 19, 2026

Warmer winters in normally snowy places can interfere with the important activities of microbes in the soil. Seogi/500px via Getty Images

Warming winters are disrupting the hidden world of fungi – the...

February 17, 2026

Coffee farming is critical to the economies of several African countries. Wang Guansen/Xinhua via Getty Images

Coffee crops are dying from a fungus with species-jumping genes –...

February 17, 2026

Rising global temperatures are increasing the risk of heat stroke on hot days, among many other human harms. Ronda Churchill/AFP via Getty Images

Trump’s EPA decides climate change doesn’t endanger public health – the...

February 12, 2026