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German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has had an uncertain start to his tenure. John MacDougall/AFP via Getty Images

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New chancellor, old constraints: Germany’s Friedrich Merz will have a hard...

Staff Writer - May 17, 2025

Mark I. Vail, Wake Forest University Friedrich Merz received a rude shock on the morning of May 6, 2025,...

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How do kids figure out how to sort things by order? Celeste Kidd

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Children can be systematic problem-solvers at younger ages than psychologists had...

Staff Writer - October 5, 2025

Celeste Kidd, University of California, Berkeley I’m in a coffee shop when a young child dumps out his mother’s...

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As an OB-GYN, I see firsthand how misleading statements on acetaminophen...

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Flood-prone Houston faces hard choices for handling too much water

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A billion-dollar drug was found in Easter Island soil – what...

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Do the seemingly endless doorways represent a woman trapped in domesticity or infinite ways out? Philadelphia Museum of Art

How Dorothea Tanning’s ‘Birthday’ painting challenged male-dominated surrealism

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