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When people spread lies online, they may know they’re sharing falsehoods. Timucin Taka/500 px via Getty Images

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Some online conspiracy-spreaders don’t even believe the lies they’re spewing

Staff Writer - October 4, 2024

Police officers watch a homeless man follow their order to break down his tent in Venice, Calif., in July 2024. Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

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Cities are clearing encampments, but this won’t solve homelessness − here’s a better way forward

Political surveys conducted for CNN and other major media outlets can shape the nation’s perception of a presidential race. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images

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Why CNN is changing up its polling for 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 of another New Yorker more focused on style than policy

There’s a lot of information out there to sort through, so be prepared. Richard Drury/DigitalVision via Getty Images

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Prepare your social media for the election − 3 tips to stay sane and connected without being overwhelmed

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Tony Blair is wrong: teaching children to respect religion isn’t the...

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Hector and the Search for Colour

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Head of Flawed Effort to ID Missing Soldiers Loses Job

Staff Writer - October 17, 2014

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Our First Dive Into the New Open Payments System

Staff Writer - October 17, 2014

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Sexist student chant raises wider concern about appraisals of female lecturers

Staff Writer - October 16, 2014

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Australian writer Richard Flanagan wins the Man Booker prize

Staff Writer - October 16, 2014

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Brain scans show who’s likely to trust strangers – something...

Staff Writer - October 16, 2014

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Europe needs gas and Russia needs cash, so expect an energy-fuelled...

Staff Writer - October 16, 2014

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EXPLORING NATURE

A white-shouldered bumblebee, Bombus appositus visits the flowers of a goldenbanner. Julian Resasco, CC BY-ND

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I’ve visited the same Rocky Mountain subalpine meadow weekly for a...

Staff Writer - September 10, 2024

Julian Resasco, University of Colorado Boulder Imagine a bee crawling into a bright yellow flower. This...

The Subansiri Lower Hydroelectric Project, under construction, will be one of India’s largest hydropower dams. Nayan J. Nath, CC BY

India’s new mega-dam will roil lives downstream with wild swings in...

September 4, 2024

Horses supported travel, communication, agriculture and warfare across much of the ancient world. Wolfgang Kaehler/LightRocket via Getty Images

Domesticating horses had a huge impact on human society − new...

September 3, 2024

People enjoy spending time in nature but don’t always feel they have the ability to protect it. John Greim/LightRocket via Getty Image

Americans love nature but don’t feel empowered to protect it, new...

August 28, 2024

Fusarium oxysporum spores can remain hardy in soil for decades. Andrii Volosheniuk/iStock via Getty Images Plus

Banana apocalypse, part 2 – a genomicist explains the tricky genetics...

August 18, 2024