SCIENCE
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How Networked Incitement Fueled the Jan. 6 Capitol Insurrection
The shocking events of Jan. 6, 2021, signaled a major break from the nonviolent rallies that categorized most major protests…
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Adventures of a Bone Hunter
Annie Montague Alexander was an adventurer, an amateur paleontologist and founding benefactor of two venerated museums at the University of…
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How a Parasitic Worm Forces Praying Mantises to Drown Themselves
January 1, 2024 2 min read Thieving worms may manipulate their prey with stolen genes By Darren Incorvaia Horsehair worm…
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Editors’ Picks: Our Favorite Opinions of 2023
December 29, 2023 5 min read As 2023 comes to a close, we look back at a year of poignant…
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Rift over N95 Use Puts Health Workers at Risk Again
Three years after more than 3,600 health workers died of covid-19, occupational safety experts warn that those on the front lines…
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How the Moon Shaped Human History, from Religion to Climate
January 1, 2024 3 min read Lunar influences, parallel universes, taking over a dead relative’s online identity, and more books…
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How Search Engines Boost Misinformation
“Do your own research” is a popular tagline among fringe groups and ideological extremists. Noted conspiracy theorist Milton William Cooper…
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Why Do We Give Gifts? An Anthropologist Explains This Ancient Human Behavior
The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. Have you planned…
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New Evidence Discovered That Saturn’s Moon Could Support Life
Saturn’s ocean-covered moon Enceladus constantly spews water into space through fractures in its icy crust. The spacecraft Cassini determined the…
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COP28 Climate Summit Deal Called ‘Historic.’ Now Countries Must Follow Through
CLIMATEWIRE | DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Climate talks in Dubai ended with a deal to curb the use of fossil…
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