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Most people can draw from tens of thousands of words in their memory within milliseconds. Studying this process can improve language disorder treatment and appreciation of the gift of communication.
The share of low-income US families who sometimes or often didn’t have enough food to eat fell from 24.5% to 22.5% between late April and late July of 2020, a research team found.
People talk about genocide in a few different ways, ranging from technical to colloquial – but a war of words does not replace a path to peace, a genocide scholar writes.
Political scientists have begun to investigate ways AI can help people understand politics better and get more voices into the public sphere.
Mass shootings account for only about 3% of gun homicides in the U.S.
The best science is not always the best engineering when it comes to building codes. It’s also a problem across the US, as an engineer who works on disaster resilience explains.
An important tool in the fight against domestic violence is under scrutiny in a major US Supreme Court case.
Synchronizing your daily activities to your circadian rhythm could help you improve your performance on a variety of cognitive tasks − and even influence diagnosis of cognitive disorders.
Many years beyond the average American retirement age, politicians vie for power and influence. Their constituents tend to prefer they step back and pass the torch to younger people.
An analysis of anti-abortion rights groups in the US shows that while some specifically turn to Christianity to explain their positions, others are looking at broader, human rights arguments.
Global warming plus leverage equals a big mess for companies.
The same instruments used to measure earthquakes pick up vibrations as ocean waves put pressure on the sea floor. Four decades of data tell a story about ocean storms.
Slimy snot is an important part of how your immune system wards off germs and fights back from infection.
Migrants to the US say they need a map to help them navigate the world of higher education.
A journalism professor discovers that some of the best lessons for future journalists can be taught on a pool table.
One person’s content moderation is another’s censorship when it comes to Democrats’ and Republicans’ views on handling misinformation.
La presión del grupo, la diversión y el deseo de llamar la atención ayudan a explicar por qué los jóvenes participan en retos arriesgados en las redes sociales.
Nuevas investigaciones apuntan a la importancia del tipo de ejercicio para favorecer la salud cognitiva en las últimas décadas de la vida.
Beijing’s tone on the Middle East crisis has shifted since Hamas’s initial attack, becoming increasingly pro-Palestinian.
The natural gas industry has spent years trying to undermine scientific findings about gas stoves and health. If this sounds familiar, that’s no accident.
Researchers discovered a satellite virus latching onto the neck of another virus called MindFlayer. Studying the viral arms race between similar viruses could lead to new ways to fight infections.
If safety is the heart of the Biden administration’s executive order on AI, then civil rights is its soul.
A scholar of the Mideast at a large public university says that caring and a commitment to free speech have been central to his campus’s response to students upset and angry over the Israel-Hamas war.
How will Earth’s vast boreal forests look in a warmer world? Combining satellite-based research with fieldwork shows that the planet’s largest wilderness may be changing in unexpected ways.