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  • New England Power Line Corridors Harbor Rare Bees & Other Wild Things

    Wild things thrive in transmission pathways that crisscross states in New England.

  • Wall Street Is Ignoring the Omens of Recession – Here’s Why

  • The Most Influential Scientist You May Never Have Heard Of

  • How TV Cameras Influence Candidates’ Debate Success

  • Guns & Mental Illness: A Psychiatrist Explains the Complexities

  • Companies Promoting Causes Can Be Accused of ‘Wokewashing’

    Today, companies often take stances on social issues. But they are sometimes accused of wokewashing. A professor of brand responsibility compares ally brands with advocates.

  • Research Shows It Is Wrong to Blame Video Games for Mass Shootings

  • Men Suffer About 70 Percent of Fireworks Injuries & Other 4th of July Facts

  • Every Dog Has Its Day, but It’s Not the Fourth of July

  • Eid 2019: What Is It & How do Muslims Celebrate It? 6 Questions Answered

  • Robert Mueller: The Role of the Facts in a Post-Truth Era

    What's the role of someone who, like Robert Mueller, speaks only facts in a tornado of partisan bombast?

  • CBD: The Next Weapon in the War Against Opioid Addiction?

  • Ramadan: 6 Questions Answered About the Muslim Month of Fasting

  • How to Avoid Accidentally Becoming a Russian Agent

  • Opioid Epidemic: The Global Crisis’ Spread Explained

  • Mueller Investigation Was a Goldmine for the ‘Political-Infotainment-Media Complex’

  • Tax Day 2019: An Easy Solution Exists to Make Filing Tax Returns Easier

  • Scientists Probably Already Found the Next Big Discovery in Astronomy & Don’t Know It

  • First Black Hole Photo Confirms Einstein’s Theory of Relativity

  • Magnetoreception: New Evidence for a Human Magnetic Sense

    Your brain's sensory talents go way beyond those traditional five senses. A team of geoscientists and neurobiologists explored how the human brain monitors and responds to magnetic fields.

  • Global Pancreatic Cancer Study Offers Insights Into Treatment & Early Detection

  • Michael Cohen’s Verbal Somersault, ‘I Lied, but I’m Not a Liar,’ Translated by a Rhetoric Expert

  • What Would Happen if Hospitals Openly Shared Their Prices?

  • Howard Thurman: The Baptist Minister Who Had a Deep Influence on MLK

  • The Real Problem With Posting About Your Kids Online

    Parents have engaged in forms of 'sharenting' for generations. The digital age has complicated things, but while critics make some valid points, they're not seeing the forest for the trees.

  • Afghanistan: The Tensions Inside the Taliban Over Recent US Peace Talks

  • People Don’t Trust Blockchain Systems – Is Regulation a Way to Help?

  • John Locke & Ralph Northam: Should We Judge People for Their Past Moral Failings?

  • People Diagnosed With Cancer Often Don’t Embrace the Term ‘Survivor’

  • Cannabidiol: Rising Star or Popular Fad?

    Cannabidiol is being touted in popular culture as a miracle cure-all. From creams to gummies and more, CBD has exploded onto the health scene. Here's what the science actually shows.