What if working fewer days actually works better? 4-day workweek trials show lower burnout, better work-life balance and no productivity loss.
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Resolve to stop punching the clock: Why you might be able to change when and how long you work
Thinking about what makes work worth doing and what you would do with your time if you weren’t spending it at work are useful questions to pose t...
The US government has started modifying a childhood vaccine schedule built on decades of rigorous testing. Vaccinations have succeeded in making the targeted diseases so rare that many parents have never seen them, explains an infectious disease physician.
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RFK Jr. wants to scrutinize the vaccine schedule – but its safety record is already decades long
Federal officials are questioning the safety of the vaccine series children receive. Here’s the story of how the childhood vaccine schedule came ...
A former Air Force judge explains why a court martial of Sen. Mark Kelly would strip him of key constitutional protections, and why military justice operates under very different rules than civilian courts.
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If tried by court-martial, senator accused of ‘seditious behavior’ would be deprived of several constitutional rights
US Sen. Mark Kelly correctly articulated military law when he said service members have a duty to not obey unlawful orders, according to a military...
More than half of people with schizophrenia in a recent study linked their delusions to modern technology, with hacked phone and social media algorithms replacing worries about spies and radio waves.
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Hacked phones and Wi-Fi surveillance have replaced Cold War spies and radio waves in the delusions of people with schizophrenia
The delusions of people with thought disorders have had consistent themes of persecution for decades. But new technology provides fresh material fo...
The #iwasfifteen hashtag and ongoing Epstein coverage show how traffickers exploit the vulnerabilities of teens and tweens. A clinical psychologist who studies intimate violence and child exploitation explains:
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The #iwasfifteen hashtag and ongoing Epstein coverage show how traffickers exploit the vulnerabilities of teens and tweens
The conversation around #iwasfifteen sheds light on the dynamics of abusive relationships and the experiences of trafficking victims.
Trump is far from the first president to be deeply skeptical of the academic research community. But his actions this year went far beyond the precedent.
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Trump’s second term is reshaping US science with unprecedented cuts and destabilizing policy changes
The Trump administration is rewriting the 80-year-old American social contract for science research.
Nearly all school shooters are current or former students already familiar with the building. So locking doors may actually trap potential victims with the attacker. A criminal justice scholar explains why schools need to focus on noticing warning signs instead.
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School shootings dropped in 2025 - but schools are still focusing too much on safety technology instead of prevention
Prevention methods like lockdown drills do not account for many scenarios, including the likely case that a school shooter is a former or current s...
U.S. electricity prices rose 7.4% in just one year, and energy policy analysts expect them to keep climbing faster than inflation in 2026. Meanwhile, data centers powering AI could nearly triple their energy use by 2030.
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Rising electricity prices and an aging grid challenge the nation as data centers demand more power
Energy projects are expensive and take a long time to build. Where to build them is often also a difficult, even controversial, question.
Tucker Carlson’s interview with white nationalist Nick Fuentes split the conservative movement. A communications scholar examines when interviewing someone with extreme views helps illuminate their beliefs — and when it normalizes them.
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Shaping the conversation means offering context to extreme ideas, not just a platform
Should all points of view be heard from? Defending certain values and ideas makes it a bit more complicated than simply listening to all sides.
Over 2,500 crisis pregnancy centers operate across the U.S., often designed to look like medical offices. OB-GYN researchers found 91% of their websites misleadingly imply they provide medical services and 80% include false claims about abortion.
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Supreme Court case about ‘crisis pregnancy centers’ highlights debate over truthful advertising standards
There are some 2,500 of these centers across the United States. Many are located within a mile of an abortion provider.