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18th- and 19th-century Americans of all races, classes and genders looked to the ancient Mediterranean for inspiration

B2culturetraveleducation

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A Discovered Trove of Bones and Teeth Yields New Clues to the Century-Old Mystery of 'Death Jars' in Laos

B2archaeologyculturehistory

A Road Trip Down Memory Lane: Mapping the Brain’s Pathways With Diffusion MRI

B2neuroscience and psychologyphysicsengineering

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A Way to Measure and Reduce the Environmental Effects of Plastics

B2environmentplastic pollutionmanufacturing

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Agriculture secretary oversees food production, rural life, and nutrition programs that help millions afford healthy diets

B2foodagriculturelaw

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AI Co-scientists Help Uncover the Secrets of Soil

C1earth sciencesbiodiversitytechnology

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America’s nonprofit sector is pushing back against an ‘authoritarian playbook’

C1societymediawork

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Americans are confused about food and unsure where to turn for answers, survey shows

B2foodagricultureculture

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Ancient Egyptian Engineering Choices Helped the Great Pyramid of Giza Survive Earthquakes, New Research Finds

B2engineeringarchaeologyancient history

Anodizing—How Metals Get Their Super Shield

B2materials sciencechemistryengineering

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Are traffic-clogged US cities ready for congestion pricing?

B2transporttravelcities

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Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare

C1engineering and technologytechnologyhealth

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Beyond Disney: A 1616 portrait of Pocahontas shows how English colonizers saw Indigenous Americans

B2historycultureeconomy

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Black Tadpoles Have a Message For Predators: Stay Away!

B2biodiversityenvironment

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Brazil Lost 80 Percent of Its National Museum Collection in One Night. Here's How It's Fighting to Rebuild

C1sciencecultureheritage

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Bullying is common in elementary school – and it’s more likely to happen in classrooms that are chaotic

B2familychildrenhousing

Climate change could enable Alaska to grow more of its own food – now is the time to plan for it

B2foodagriculturechildren

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Climate change will make rice less nutritious, putting millions of the world’s poor at risk

B2foodagriculturechildren

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Congress’s First Step Act reflects a new criminal justice consensus, but will it reduce mass incarceration?

B2crimelaweducation

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Coral reefs face an uncertain recovery from the 4th global mass bleaching event – can climate refuges help?

B2artstraveltourism

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Could new legislation lead to a Route 66 economic revival?

B2transportartstravel

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Could Some Bacteria Combat Oil in the Ocean?

B2biodiversityhealthenvironment

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Could Underwater Autonomous Robots Save Coral Reefs?

C1technologyoceanconservation

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Cracks in the Earth: Why is East Africa Losing Its Soil?

B2earth sciencesmaterialsenvironment

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Cuba needs a long-term solution to its energy crisis

Delacroix at the Met: A retrospective that evokes today’s turmoil

B2art historypaintingexhibitions

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Detroit’s Gordie Howe bridge is poised to open as truck traffic between US-Canada slows – low-income residents are deciding whether to stay or go

B2transportfoodcrime

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Detroit’s high property taxes are driving a housing affordability crisis – how can city leaders bring down costs?

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Disasters like bridge collapses put transportation agencies’ emergency plans to the test

B2transporttravelcities

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Do Cubans still dream in Russian?

B2cubasoviet unionrussia

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Does the Experience of Beauty Show Up in the Brain? With Electrodes and a Museum Collection of Artifacts, These Neuroscientists Aim to Find Out

C1neuroscienceartpsychology

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DOJ funding pipeline subsidizes questionable big data surveillance technologies

B2crimelawcities

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Driverless cars won’t be good for the environment if they lead to more auto use

B2transportfamilytravel

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Educating children in Guatemala before they decide to migrate to the US border

B2foodcrimechildren

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EPA is sidelining its independent chemical referee – and that endangers public health

B2healthscience

Families can support kids’ mental health whether they’re learning remotely or at school

B2child developmentmental healtheducation

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Fast food is comforting, but in low-income areas it crowds out fresher options

B2foodagricultureculture

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For the parents of gender-nonconforming kids, a new approach to care

B2familychildrenarts

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From Cloud to Ice: A Snowflake’s Tale

B2earth sciencesmathematicsclimate

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Fungus Among Us: The Hidden Life Beneath Our Feet

C1biodiversitymaterialshealth

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Gravitational Wave Detectors—Past, Present, and Future

C1astronomy and physicsastronomyphysics

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Groundbreaking DNA Analysis Identifies 1.3 Million Living Relatives of Colonial Maryland's Earliest Settlers

C1geneticshistorymigration

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Homeless vets with families: An untold part of veterans’ struggles

B2veteranshomelessnessfamilies

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How a Tiny Filter Can Make Chemistry Greener

C1chemistry and materialschemistrymaterials

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How an art history class became more engaging with Twitter

B2cultureeducationarts

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How community groups, activists and local media turned Camden into a model of police reform

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How does your body lose weight? An obesity doctor explains why one size doesn’t fit all in weight loss

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How Lung Transplantation Helps Sick Kids Breathe Again

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How the graphic novel got its misleading moniker

B2artliteraturehistory

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Inside the Operating Room: Humans, Robots, and AI

C1engineering and technologyengineeringtechnology

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Interactions Between Moving Water and Flexible Plants at the Coast

B2earth sciencesclimate

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Is one of the largest real estate deals in American history a requiem for middle-class New York?

B2housinghealthcities

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Is your neighborhood raising your COVID risk? Redlining decades ago set communities up for greater danger

B2transportfoodfamily

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Learning From Spiders: How Spider Silk Inspires Sustainable Clothing

C1engineering and technologymaterialshealth

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Life in Pink: Discovering the Many Uses of a Pink Pigment

C1human healthhealthscience

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Long COVID will cost the US an estimated $8 billion over just 3 years due to healthcare burden, managing symptoms and loss to the workforce

B2aihealthsociety

Looksmaxxing isn’t just a TikTok trend – it often reflects severe body image issues in teen boys and young men

C1historyculturehealth

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Magical Liquid Unveiled! Electric and Magnetic Fields Freeze it Instantly

B2materials sciencephysicschemistry

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Making eye contact and small talk with strangers is more than just being polite − the social benefits of psychological generosity

B2transportsocietyhealth

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Melbourne Airport outpacing Sydney in aviation’s Asian century

B2familytraveltourism

Melting Mountain Ice Is Bringing Ancient Secrets to the Surface. Archaeologists Are Racing to Find the Artifacts Before They're Lost to Time

C1climatearchaeologyhistory

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Meniere’s Disease and Migraine: “Siblings” That Affect Each Other in Mysterious Ways

B2human healthbiology

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Monuments ‘expire’ – but offensive monuments can become powerful history lessons

B2crimechildreneducation

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More Than Science! the Social Part of Research Cruises

B2earth sciencestechnologyhealth

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NASA’s Galactic Cosmic Ray Simulator - Studying the Effects of Space Radiation on Earth

C1astronomy and physicshealthenvironment

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New York gets serious about traffic with the first citywide US congestion pricing plan

B2transporttravelcities

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Nonprofit fraud: Amid high-profile prosecutions, an accountant explains what’s really going on

B2educationsciencemedia

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Not a Monster, Just a Teratoma!

B2human healthhealthscience

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Pandemic-stricken mass transit would get $85 billion in Biden stimulus plan – a down payment on reviving American cities

B2transporttravelcities

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Parents don’t need to try harder – to ease parenting stress, forget self-reliance and look for ways to share the care

B2parentingstressfamily

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Progressive prosecutors scored big wins in 2020 elections, boosting a nationwide trend

B2crimelawcities

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Quantum sensors use atoms, electrons and light as ultra-steady rulers – detecting faint motion, magnetism and gravity for navigation, medicine and science

B2technologysciencework

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Reduced health insurance payments for hospital births had a bigger impact on sterilization rates than correcting an injustice

B2historyhealthenvironment

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Reducing Young Adults’ Alcohol Use Using a Smartphone App

B2human healthtechnologyhealth

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Removing the Excess of Fluoride From Water Through Electricity: Safe Water to Share With the Kittens

B2chemistry and materialsmaterialstechnology

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Reviving the war on drugs will further harm police-community relations

B2crimelawhealth

Rice feeds billions of people – but its role in fueling climate change is growing

B2aienvironmentclimate

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Rural America matters to all Americans

B2transportfoodagriculture

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Salts Helping Scientists to Potentially Find Life on Mars

B2astronomy and physicschemistryhealth

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Seizure of Sally Mann’s photographs in Texas revives old debates about obscenity and freedom of expression

B2artphotographycensorship

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Soaring ticket prices could help FIFA pull in $15B this World Cup cycle — where does the money come from, where does it go?

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Solar activity follows an 11-year cycle – here’s how it controls eruptions and solar flares

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SpaceX is poised to go public and test the latest version of its massive Starship rocket amidst criticism about its environmental impact

B2historyenvironmentclimate

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Syrian refugees ‘detrimental’ to Americans? The numbers tell a different story

B2familyculturetravel

The Arctic Ocean is Becoming Less Salty

B2arctic oceanclimate changeoceanography

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The Awe-Inspiring Power of Quantum Computers

C1astronomy and physicsphysicstechnology

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The Biden administration can eliminate food insecurity in the United States

B2foodhealthagriculture

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The hidden harms of the US foster-care system

B2child welfarefoster caresocial services

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The Hidden Potential of What We Flush

C1engineering and technologymaterialstechnology

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The Pupils Tell All: How Our Eyes Reveal How Well We Can Imagine

B2neuroscience and psychologyenvironment

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The sacred cloth at the center of the Hajj pilgrimage

B1historypolitics

The Secret Life of Mangrove Fungi: Tiny Guardians of the Swamp

B2biodiversityenvironmentclimate

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The US Constitution and laws do not protect oil companies from being sued over the harm they cause to the climate

B2historyhealthclimate

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The Wonders of Peatland Biodiversity

B2biodiversityhealthenvironment

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This Jewish Community in the Caribbean Smuggled Gunpowder to the Patriots During the Revolution. A British Admiral Condemned the Island as a 'Nest of Vipers'

C1historypoliticssociety

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This Stockholm Neighborhood Was Built on Ambitious Sustainability Goals. When It Came Up Short, It Doubled Down and Became a Blueprint for Others

C1citiessustainabilityenvironment

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To Adapt to a Changing Environment 400,000 Years Ago, Early Humans Developed New Tools and Behaviors

C1archaeologyenvironmenthistory

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Today’s bans on DIY repairs of everything from cell phones to tractors grew out of Hollywood’s fear of videotaping

B2culturetechnologysociety

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Towards SDG 4: What if Every Student Had Their own Tutor?

B2engineering and technologytechnologyhealth

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Towards SDG 8: Using Math to Help Understand the Jobs of Tomorrow

C1mathematics and economicstechnologyeconomics

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Tracking Nemo: How Divers Find Marine Life in the Wild

B2biodiversityenvironmentclimate

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Transforming a Daily Waste Product Into a Mineral for Repairing Teeth and Bones

B2chemistry and materialschemistryhealth

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Turning CO2 Into Useful Products: The Role of Catalysts in Protecting Our Planet.

B2climate changegreenhouse gasescarbon dioxide

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Two extremes – how the rich and poor spend Chinese New Year

B2transportfamilychildren

Tyre Nichols’ death prompts calls for federal legislation to promote police reform – but Congress can’t do much about fixing local police

B2lawfamilyculture

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Uncovering the Secrets of the Sun’s Magnetic Field

C1astronomy and physicstechnologymathematics

2,090 wordsRead

US states are finally starting to put in place protections for the kids of family vloggers

B2social mediachild welfarelaw

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Venice had its own ‘Airbnb problem’ during the Renaissance – here’s how it coped

B2culturetraveltourism

Whalers Didn’t Just Sing Sea Shanties and Seek Adventure. Proof of Laborers' Grueling Work Is in Their Skeletons, Buried in the Arctic

B2archaeologylaborclimate

What Do Bouncing Balls Tell us About Order and Chaos?

C1mathematics and economicsphysicsmathematics

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What policing during the pandemic can tell us about crime rates and arrests

B2crimelawcities

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What’s missing in the teaching of Islam

B2islameducationhistory

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Why are buttons and zippers on different sides of men’s and women’s clothes?

B1historyculturework

Why Corpus Christi faces a looming water shortage, and what might help

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Why Do Older People Tend to Have Low Back Pain?

B2human healthengineering

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Why Light Going Backward Can Help us go Forward

B2astronomy and physicsmaterialstechnology

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Why the humble city bus is the key to improving US public transit

B2transportlawfamily

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Why the US military usually punishes misconduct but police often close ranks

B2crimelawchildren

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Why voters rejected plans to replace the Minneapolis Police Department – and what’s next for policing reform

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You’ve been trying to get around Amazon – but it’s not that easy

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