Just as the world’s zoos breed critically endangered animals in captivity to repopulate the wild, scientists are building a global effort to freeze corals for reef restoration.
A cargo ship hit the Sunshine Skyway Bridge over Florida’s Tampa Bay in 1980, collapsing one span and killing 35 people.
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Fannie Lou Hamer became one of the most respected civil rights leaders during the 1960s in part because of her resistance to racist voting laws in Mississippi.
It’s important to democracy to have difficult discussions across political lines.
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What does someone like me, who believes that the last presidential election was legitimately won by Joe Biden, say to those who think the 2020 election was stolen?
A mosaic of the Resurrection in the Basilica of St. Paul in Harissa, Lebanon.
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Ideas about resurrection had been developing for centuries before Jesus’ life, but his followers took them in new directions.
A procession at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, believed by many Christians to be the site of the crucifixion and burial place of Jesus Christ.
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A Christian Palestinian human rights scholar who grew up in Bethlehem writes about the special time of Easter, but also about the restrictions on Palestinian Christians.
Some cancer patients receive additional treatment after surgery with the goal of eliminating any remaining tumor cells.
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Horse fossils are abundant and widespread across North America. Scientists often use their long history to illustrate how species evolve in response to a changing environment.
The U.S. sports card industry is an estimated $12 billion market.
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Two ship pilots were on board the large cargo vessel that hit Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge. A veteran ship captain describes the role these pilots play in close-quarter maneuvering.
Pro-abortion rights activists rally in front of the Supreme Court on March 26, 2024, the day justices heard oral arguments about the use of mifepristone.
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Hundreds of thousands of visitors come to the Santuario de Chimayó throughout the year, but the pilgrimage during the week before the celebration of Easter is the high point.
How many college grads will frequently donate to their alma mater?
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Researchers who analyzed a decade of data detected a reduction in giving after millions of Americans stopped getting a tax break tied to charitable giving.
A worker at the National Hurricane Center tracks weather over the Gulf of Mexico.
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Years of research about the people who work in the federal government finds that most of them are devoted civil servants who are committed to civic duty without regard to partisan politics.
Can you find a matching set?
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What mathematicians call ‘disordered collections’ can help engineers explore real-world worst-case scenarios. The simple card game Set illustrates how to predict internet and electrical grid failures.
Everyone agrees kids should eat healthy foods. But parents are often left out of that message.
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Not knowing whether their children will eat the healthy food put on their plates, parents may prepare a less healthy dish for themselves to serve as backup for the kids too.
El consumo de cannabis, aunque más seguro que muchas otras drogas, no está totalmente exento de riesgos.
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By targeting specific students, removing barriers and involving families and communities, school districts can make summer learning more accessible to students who need it.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed in 1933 the law that led to the National Labor Relations Board’s emergence.
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Nearly a century after the National Labor Relations Board’s creation, big corporations are arguing that it violates the US Constitution.
Nashville is one of the fastest-growing U.S. cities and increasingly a destination for immigrants.
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The US economy relies on immigrants to fill jobs, but many of them are struggling with high rent burdens that make it harder to build productive lives and integrate into their communities.
Indianapolis hosted the National Rifle Association’s national convention in 2023.
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