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Evacuation is more difficult for people with health and mobility issues. Ted Richardson/For The Washington Post via Getty Images

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Evacuating in disasters like Hurricane Milton isn’t simple – there are reasons people stay in harm’s way, and it’s not just stubbornness

Staff Writer - October 10, 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 Prize in chemistry

Nearly $11 billion is projected to be spent on political advertising in the 2024 fall election season. PM Images/DigitalVision Collection via Getty Images

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Blitz of political attack ads in Pennsylvania and other swing states may be doing candidates and voters more harm than good

Hank Greenberg hit 331 home runs with a batting average of .313 during his career. Sporting News via Getty Images

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Up against Hank Greenberg, baseball’s first Jewish superstar, antisemitism struck out

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

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How Swedish children learn English through gaming

Staff Writer - October 14, 2014

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This obsession with parenting is out of control

Staff Writer - October 14, 2014

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The main reason markets are falling? The future looks gloomier than...

Staff Writer - October 14, 2014

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Mind the gender gap: why women must still fight for equality...

Staff Writer - October 14, 2014

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The moving street art of Argentina that lets citizens look, contemplate...

Staff Writer - October 11, 2014

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We’re all to blame when American football stars turn violent off...

Staff Writer - October 11, 2014

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People and their pets look alike … and the same goes...

Staff Writer - October 11, 2014

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Why children with autism often fall victim to bullies

Staff Writer - October 11, 2014

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Biobots could one day be engineered to deliver drugs and clear up arterial plaque. Kriegman et al. 2020/PNAS, CC BY-SA

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Biobots arise from the cells of dead organisms − pushing the...

Staff Writer - September 15, 2024

Peter A Noble, University of Washington and Alex Pozhitkov, Irell & Manella Graduate School of Biological Sciences at City of Hope

In Colorado, many people run, bike and climb in mountain lion habitat. DEA/ C. Dani I. Jeske/De Agostini via Getty Images

Colorado voters weigh a ban on hunting mountain lions as attitudes...

September 14, 2024

Sunflowers use tiny movements to follow the Sun’s path throughout the day. AP Photo/Charlie Riedel

Sunflowers make small moves to maximize their Sun exposure − physicists...

September 13, 2024

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

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

September 10, 2024

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