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White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks during the daily press briefing on Nov. 4, 2025. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images

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Karoline Leavitt’s White House briefing doublethink is straight out of Orwell’s ‘1984’

Staff Writer - January 1, 2026

Laura Beers, American University During a press conference on Dec. 11, 2025, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt announced...

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Warmer temperatures can supercharge storms. Joe Raedle/Getty Images

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Understanding climate change in America: Skepticism, dogmatism and personal experience

Staff Writer - December 24, 2025

Gary W. Yohe, Wesleyan University Scientists are trained to be professional skeptics: to always judge the validity of a...

The ice that now covers West Antarctica was not there 3.6 million years ago, after a massive collapse of the ice sheet during a warming period. Anna Ruth Halberstadt, CC BY-NC-ND

West Antarctica’s history of rapid melting foretells sudden shifts in continent’s...

December 23, 2025

’Tis the season … for gift-buying stress. Photo by Ryan Miller/Invision/AP

How to reduce gift-giving stress with your kids – a child...

December 23, 2025

Protesters run as Cameroonian security forces use water cannons to disperse them during the country’s latest election, whose integrity was widely challenged. AP Photo/Welba Yamo Pascal

Autocracies in transition: In 2025, Cameroon and Tanzania rulers clung to...

December 19, 2025

Colorado was the first state to pass a law requiring warning labels on gas stoves. mapodile/GettyImages

What are gas stove manufacturers trying to hide? Warning labels

December 18, 2025