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Les punaises de lit, un fléau en recrudescence partout sur la planète… Akos Nagy / Shutterstock

Punaises de lit : apprendre à les détecter pour éviter les piqûres

Les punaises de lit sont universellement détestées. Insidieuses, difficiles à chasser, elles provoquent nombre de désagréments, physiques comme moraux… Le point sur ces dégâts et comment les éviter.
Common hazel dispersing pollen in early spring. Arterra/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Achoo! 5 essential reads for pollen season

Pollen brings seasonal misery to millions of Americans, but it serves a critical purpose: fertilizing many kinds of plants, including food crops.
Barcelona’s Aitana Bonmati (L) celebrates with teammates during the UEFA Women’s Champions League quarter final. EPA-EFE/Alejandro Garcia

How fans fall in love with women’s football

Watching big events, like the Olympics, on television was a key route into fandom.
A culture of honor is more likely to develop in areas where law enforcement is inconsistent or nonexistent. 20th Century Fox/Hulton Archive/Getty Images

Will Smith’s slap shows ‘honor culture’ is alive and well

While you’ll often hear people say that violence is never the answer, in some communities violence is viewed as a perfectly reasonable response to personal slights.
Physical therapy – which can include small jumps, stretches, massage, heat therapy and even water exercises – can help manage arthritis in dogs. Manu Vega/Monument via Getty Images

For dogs with arthritis, daily activities don’t have to be painful

Since canine arthritis can’t be cured, the goal of treatment in dogs is to reduce inflammation to increase comfort and improve a dog’s quality of life.
Abortion rights activists carry cutouts of Supreme Court justice members outside of the court during a protest on Dec. 1, 2021. Matt McClain/The Washington Post via Getty Images

Don’t pay too much attention to guesses about how US Supreme Court will vote on abortion rights – experts are often wrong

The Supreme Court is expected to hand down a number of major decisions this year. Expert predictions will abound – but statistical models are more likely to be accurate.
Most candy is basically just a heap of sugar. Atlantide Phototravel/Corbis Documentary via Getty Images

How much candy do Americans eat in a whole year?

A healthy diet can include some candy. But if you eat too much, it can interfere with your appetite for the stuff your body actually needs.
Nearly 50,000 Americans kill themselves every year, leaving behind millions of family members and friends. svetikd/E+ via Getty Images

How to help those who have lost loved ones to suicide cope with grief during the holidays

Nearly all suicide-loss survivors experience guilt, wondering what they could have done to prevent it. But despite decades of research, experts struggle to identify risk factors and predict suicide.
Pada 2017, biro kredit Equifax mengumumkan bahwa informasi pribadi 143 juta orang Amerika Serikat – sekitar tiga perempat dari semua orang dewasa – bocor dalam suatu insiden pembobolan data. AP Photo/Mike Stewart

Ransomware, pembobolan data, serangan siber: apa kaitannya dengan informasi pribadimu, dan seberapa besar risikonya?

Bayangkan organisasi yang menyipan data Anda diretas. Bagaimana cara menilai risiko ancamannya, dan apa yang harus dilakukan untuk melindungi diri Anda sendiri?
Chances are some of your data has already been stolen, but that doesn’t mean you should shrug data breaches off. WhataWin/iStock via Getty Images

How vulnerable is your personal information? 4 essential reads

Data breaches have become a fact of life. Here are articles from The Conversation that detail the threat, why it happens and what you can do to protect yourself.
Creativity can be used in countless ways – with positive or negative consequences. Dusan Stankovic/E+ Collection via Getty Images

How parents can foster ‘positive creativity’ in kids to make the world a better place

Parents often want their kids to be creative. But while creativity has many benefits, it can also be used for harm. Here’s how to teach kids to harness their imagination for the common good.

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