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Why many older Americans are losing ground even with an 80-year-old president
Federal policy changes are likely to make life harder for many Americans of modest means as they age.
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Longtime Exxon CEO Lee Raymond’s legacy of climate denial and misinformation lives on – a psychologist offers ways to counter it
At the heart of combating misinformation is critical thinking and recognizing when you’re being spun for corporate profit.
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Should you swim in Pittsburgh’s rivers? A water researcher breaks down the answer
A newly drafted Pittsburgh Steelers player asked whether the city’s rivers are safe for swimming. A water researcher explains what ‘swimmable’ really means regarding the three rivers.
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Why do baseball players put a black mark under their eyes?
As one piece of more than a century of baseball traditions, eye black is part science experiment, part routine and part uniform.
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The oldest evidence of mourning rituals reveals Palaeolithic communities grieved like we do
Prehistoric humans were emotionally and socially sophisticated in how they handled death, and the archaelogical evidence at Arene Candide proves it.
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When climate pressures deepen, the fight against violence becomes harder
With added climate pressures, ending the abusive practice of female genital mutilation becomes more challenging.
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Keir Starmer resigns: can anyone survive as prime minister in today’s Britain?
In the end, the pressure on him to go was just to great.
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Ten years after the referendum, how Brexit could have been done differently
An economist weighs up some of the options that were left on the table.
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The Caspian Sea has lost an area nearly the size of Sicily: human activities are a major reason why
The Caspian Sea is becoming warmer and shallower, with damaging economic and environmental effects.
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World Cup technology: from ref cams to AI analysts, cutting-edge research is changing the game
The football technology being showcased at the 2026 World Cup often has its origins in university research.