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Should you share that health-related Instagram post? Catherine McQueen/Moment via Getty Images

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Why we fall for fake health information – and how it spreads faster than facts

Staff Writer - May 16, 2025

Touch is not always received the way it’s intended. Olga Pankova/Moment via Getty Images

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Touch can comfort and heal, but also harm − a psychologist explains why gestures don’t always land as intended

Nature and nurture both determine how likely you are to develop a particular disease. Hiroshi Watanabe/DigitalVision via Getty Images

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How your genes interact with your environment changes your disease risk − new research counts the ways

Fitness apps make it easy to track the number of calories in a meal. d3sign/Moment via Getty Images

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Calorie counts on menus and food labels may not help consumers choose healthier foods, new research shows

Players observe a minute of silence in memory of Pope Francis before the Spanish league soccer match between Real Madrid and RC Celta de Vigo at Santiago Bernabeu Stadium in Madrid on May 4, 2025. Pierre-Philippe Marcou/AFP via Getty Images

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From pulpit to pitch: Pope Francis used sport to get his message to a wider world − that could continue with baseball-loving Leo XIV

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Gender equity in schools in Muslim countries: it can be done

Staff Writer - October 23, 2014

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How parents can prevent and deal with bullying

Staff Writer - October 23, 2014

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Silicon Valley tech giants: real innovators or spoilt rich kids?

Staff Writer - October 23, 2014

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Hard Evidence: how much did our ancestors drink – and are...

Staff Writer - October 23, 2014

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Bullying, violence, intimidation and suicide – why it’s time to rediscover...

Staff Writer - October 23, 2014

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Is Fiona Woolf’s child abuse inquiry falling apart before it has...

Staff Writer - October 23, 2014

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Colorado curriculum kerfuffle showed activism can beat vested interests

Staff Writer - October 23, 2014

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Bradlee was a bold editor who helped us understand the world

Staff Writer - October 23, 2014

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Young Montanans, including Rikki Held, center, sued their state government and won a key ruling forcing the state government to consider greenhouse gas emissions when reviewing proposed development projects. William Campbell/Getty Images

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Despite Supreme Court setback, children’s lawsuits against climate change continue

Staff Writer - May 4, 2025

Alexandra Klass, University of Michigan An ancient legal principle has become a key strategy of American children seeking to...

The Women’s Health Initiative investigated the risks and benefits of menopausal hormone therapy. Kohei Hara/DigitalVision via Getty Images

The Women’s Health Initiative has shaped women’s health for over 30...

May 3, 2025

Tatooine’s moisture farming equipment stands in the desert of Tunisia, where parts of the ‘Star Wars’ movie series were filmed. Véronique Debord-Lazaro via Flickr, CC BY-SA

Some ‘Star Wars’ stories have already become reality

May 2, 2025

Fireflies in Boulder, Colo., during the summer of 2023. Radim Schreiber/Firefly Experience, CC BY

Fleeting fireflies illuminate Colorado summer nights − and researchers are watching

May 1, 2025

A frog-eating bat approaches a túngara frog, one of its preferred foods. Grant Maslowski

Young bats learn to be discriminating when listening for their next meal

April 29, 2025