The Federal Reserve is expected to cut interest rates by a quarter-point during its September meeting.
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Learning is understanding, requires challenge and takes time, a science education scholar explains.
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A protein historian and evolutionary biochemist found that a protein sequence present across all known life didn’t form…
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Increasing awareness can help close the gap on the number of people signed up for emergency alerts, but that won’t happen…
As social media platforms make it easier for millions of people near and far to witness public violence, the harmful effects…
The Moon influences ocean tides – and ocean tides, in some ways, influence the Moon back.
The Health To Go machines in Pennsylvania are in a YMCA in Reading and outside an emergency department in Harrisburg.
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China’s carefully staged display of unity with Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong Un at a parade marking China’s victory over…
Redefining sports eligibility around gender identity risks erasing the protections that have helped women’s college sports…
The world puts a lot of unnecessary microplastics into the environment − such as glitter in makeup. Even better filters…
Indigenous forest management practices can help control wildfires’ frequency and severity, while also restoring people’s…