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After three years of conflict, a majority of Ukrainians report being war-weary. Tetiana Dzhafarova/AFP via Getty Images.

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Are Ukrainians ready for ceasefire and concessions? Here’s what the polls say

Staff Writer - March 13, 2025

The European Space Agency’s astronaut cohort includes a parastronaut, as part of a feasability project. AP Photo/Francois Mori

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Mission possible − parastronaut programs can make space travel more inclusive and attainable for all

The Sun’s distance from Earth allows it to be habitable for life. DrPixel/Moment via Getty Images

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Evolving intelligent life took billions of years − but it may not have been as unlikely as many scientists predicted

Immigrants to the U.S. increasingly arrive like these people, seeking asylum at a formal border crossing, rather than trying to sneak across the border. Carlos Moreno/NurPhoto via Getty Images

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Who are immigrants to the US, where do they come from and where do they live?

U.S. officials say the right-wing terrorism threat is significant. Farion_O/iStock via Getty Images

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Biden targeted the online right-wing terrorism threat − now it’s up to Trump

Deportation of Jews in Bielefeld, Germany, on Dec. 13, 1941. Courtesy City Archive Bielefeld, CC BY-SA

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Newly discovered photos of Nazi deportations show Jewish victims as they...

Staff Writer - January 25, 2025

Neuroergonomics brings neuroscience into the workplace. David Crockett/Moment via Getty Images

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Brain monitoring may be the future of work – how it’s...

Staff Writer - January 7, 2025

Colorado voted in 2024 to protect abortion in the state constitution. Jason Connolly/GettyImages

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Colorado now has one of the nation’s most liberal abortion access...

Staff Writer - December 19, 2024

Emerging adult children and their parents can experience growing pains as they navigate a changing relationship. AJ_Watt/E+ via Getty Images

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Gen Z heads home: How to navigate the evolving parent-child relationship...

Staff Writer - November 25, 2024

‘I don’t even know what to say to that.’ Catherine Falls Commercial/Moment via Getty Images

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Awkwardness can hit in any social situation – here are a...

Staff Writer - November 23, 2024

Protein molecules can have complicated structures that dictate their functions. Christoph Burgstedt/Science Photo Library via Getty Images

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Machine learning cracked the protein-folding problem and won the 2024 Nobel...

Staff Writer - October 9, 2024

New York City Mayor Eric Adams leaves after appearing at the Daniel Patrick Moynihan Court House in New York on Friday, Sept. 27, 2024. AP Photo/Andres Kudacki

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NYC’s ‘Eric Adams Show’ heads for a final curtain, with echoes...

Staff Writer - September 30, 2024

Students kneel in front of a makeshift memorial on Sept. 5, 2024, in front of Apalachee High School in Winder, Ga., where two students and two teachers were shot and killed the day before. Jessica McGowan via Getty Images

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Georgia high school shooting shows how hard it can be to...

Staff Writer - September 6, 2024

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Swimmers gather at San Francisco’s Ocean Beach for a Polar Plunge to start the new year, Jan. 1, 2025. Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via Getty Images

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Supreme Court sides with San Francisco, requiring EPA to set specific...

Staff Writer - March 5, 2025

Robin Kundis Craig, University of Kansas The U.S. Supreme Court has limited how flexible the Environmental Protection Agency and...

How emotionally close you are to your pet is not necessarily a good measure of how your relationship affects your well-being. Nattalia Nuñez/Unsplash, CC BY-ND

Just having a pet doesn’t help mental health – but pet-owners...

March 1, 2025

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

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

February 26, 2025

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