As police fanned out Thursday in pursuit of the gunman who killed 18 people in Lewiston, Maine—the deadliest U.S. mass shooting of the year—the nation once again confronted its epidemic of firearms violence. Every year ...
Social Sciences
Oct 27, 2023
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Why would someone decide to give their money to help a stranger bring a creative project to life? Recent research in the Journal of Consumer Research has found that backers of crowdfunding projects participate, in part, because ...
Social Sciences
Oct 24, 2023
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Late last month, Tom Hanks warned fans that a video in which he appeared to shill for dental care was in fact an AI-generated fake.
Political science
Oct 13, 2023
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The visuals accompanying climate change are hard to ignore: communities engulfed in flames, neighborhoods submerged by floods, habitats like coral reefs—once teeming with life and vibrance—now bleached, brittle and barren.
Environment
Sep 6, 2023
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"Every journalist who is not too stupid or too full of himself to notice what is going on knows that what he does is morally indefensible. He is a kind of confidence man, preying on people's vanity, ignorance, or loneliness, ...
Social Sciences
Mar 2, 2023
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A little over a year ago, thousands of people descended on Ottawa protesting COVID-19 pandemic countermeasures as part of a "freedom convoy."
Social Sciences
Feb 21, 2023
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When you imagine life for ordinary people in ancient Britain, you'd be forgiven for picturing quaint villages where everyone looked and spoke the same way. But a recent study could change the way historians think about early ...
Archaeology
Nov 4, 2022
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The Supreme Court's historically low public standing has prompted a national conversation about the court's legitimacy. It's even drawn rare public comment from three sitting Supreme Court justices. What's referred to by ...
Social Sciences
Nov 1, 2022
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The United Nations recently declared that access to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment is a universal human right.
Environment
Oct 17, 2022
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A combined team of researchers from Princeton University and the University of Montpellier analyzed the COVID-19 infection risk for singers and musicians performing at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City. The paper ...
