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Stressing over authenticity isn’t unique to the social media age. Qi Yang/Moment via Getty Images

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Today’s obsession with authenticity isn’t new – being true to yourself has troubled philosophers for centuries

Staff Writer - March 6, 2026

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

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

Javon Jackson, center, was able to register to vote following passage of a 2019 Nevada law that restored voting rights to formerly incarcerated individuals. AP Photo/John Locher

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The nation is missing millions of voters due to lack of rights for former felons

Anti-trans bills effectively restrict transgender people’s ability to participate fully in society. AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson

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Kansas revoked transgender people’s IDs overnight – researchers anticipate cascading health and social consequences

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126,000 reasons why the Emma Watson hoax isn’t all bad news

Staff Writer - October 15, 2014

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Opinions harden on what it means to be ‘truly British’

Staff Writer - October 15, 2014

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Rejuvinating stem cells could repair muscle in diseases like muscular dystrophyRejuvinating...

Staff Writer - October 15, 2014

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United Nations under pressure to protect ‘traditional families’ over individual rights

Staff Writer - October 15, 2014

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It’s not fair! How the human equality condition can hold some...

Staff Writer - October 15, 2014

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Banning ‘hooligans’ from travel won’t stop disorder at matches

Staff Writer - October 15, 2014

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Lad culture of conquest targeted by new Oxbridge sexual consent workshops

Staff Writer - October 14, 2014

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South African prisons: the trials of Oscar Pistorius may not be...

Staff Writer - October 14, 2014

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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