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25 years after 9/11, what disasters reveal about Americans’ ability to reconnect
Decades of disaster research show how catastrophes strain communities – and reveal the connections that help people endure.
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Is there a ‘right’ way for a company to justify a price hike?
Shoppers are increasingly hunting for value, which puts the onus on businesses to tread carefully when justifying price hikes.
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Satellite images show how penguins’ diets are changing in response to Antarctic climate change
When penguin colonies are surrounded by sea ice, the penguins tend to eat more fish, rather than krill. And colonies that eat more fish…
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Indigenous plants offer Ghanaians an alternative to costly Western medicine
About 60 to 70 percent of the Ghanaian population depends on the traditional medicine market for their medical care, according to a 2023 study…
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Yosemite, again in corporate crosshairs, embodies the long war over US national park privatization
Debate over turning public national park land into private profit dates back more than a century.
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Decades after 9/11, toxic dust and PTSD may be accelerating brain aging among first responders
From intense psychological trauma to exposure to neurotoxic dust, first responders at ground zero continue to confront significant physical and mental health risks.
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Caterpillar twitches in an ultraquiet chamber are helping biologists understand how these insects hear without ears
Scientists give caterpillars haircuts and put them in a room isolated from sound to figure out how they’re able to hear without ears.
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Trump is proposing a US Space Academy – if created, it could blur the lines between NASA and the military
No, the US Space Academy wouldn’t be a real-life Starfleet Academy. But what it would be is still a little unclear.
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Labor votes: Discontent will accompany blue‑collar voters to the polls in the midterms
In closely contested House and Senate races, even a small shift in union votes could influence the outcome.