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Senators, governors, representatives and past presidents have to weigh multiple factors before declaring their 2024 run for president. Campaign financing is one of them.
In a world of increasingly convincing AI-generated text, photos and videos, it’s more important than ever to be able to distinguish authentic media from fakes and imitations. The challenge is how.
Even fake guns can be dangerous if they are mistaken for real ones by the police or other armed adults.
Expanding SNAP helped shield low-income children from some of the harm caused by economic upheaval when the COVID-19 pandemic began.
Israel’s leader, Benjamin Netanyahu, has fired the country’s defense minister. That deepened the country’s crisis over proposed judicial reforms that even military reservists have protested.
Polarization among the public and politicians threatens to undermine educational progress made over the past few decades.
A memorial to Coretta Scott and Martin Luther King Jr. has received stinging criticisms, but time will tell whether ‘The Embrace’ will endure as a cherished work of public art.
Organ models that more accurately capture finer details could reduce surgical error and lead to personalized implants.
Superconductors are materials that can transmit electricity without any resistance. Researchers are getting closer to creating superconducting materials that can function in everyday life.
The local news crisis is more than a problem of shuttered newsrooms and laid-off journalists. It’s a democracy crisis. And public radio can help fix it. But it needs more money and staff to do that.
The Fed’s decision to raise rates is likely to put more pressure on regional banks, which will make it harder to avoid a recession.
A US-led coalition and China are both planning to establish bases on the Moon. How the two nations will navigate actions on the Moon and how other countries will be involved is still unclear.
Many families in the US encountered empty shelves when they went in search of infant formula during COVID-19.
Machine learning may not seem to have much connection with wildlife, but it’s starting to play a central role in bird conservation.
The National Rifle Association is spending heavily on legal fees and slashing programs for its members.
Do the show’s fans secretly identify with the characters’ pursuit of power and pleasure?
Mindfulness is everywhere in pop culture today, but that doesn’t mean people agree on what it means.
What data privacy risk does TikTok pose, and what could the Chinese government do with data it collects? And is it even possible to ban an app?
The Fed raised rates by a quarter-point – less aggressive than had been expected before the current banking crisis, but signaling inflation is still its focus.
Researchers have developed a method for producing strong plastic materials by tweaking the chemical structure of superglue.
The House of Representatives is breaking norms and establishing a new way for the body to do business.
The setting was grand, so too was the plan. But behind the peace plan put forward by China and welcomed by Russia, is the question, what do both nations seek?
Just like the rest of us, celebrities take different approaches to deciding who gets the engagement ring when they get engaged but never tie the knot.
Discussing some key topics before – or even after – they move in together can help couples successfully navigate this step.