Long treated as a sign of anxiety or a delaying tactic, ‘filled pauses’ are a linguistic trick to signal that what you…
A scholar of Roman Catholicism explains why Pope Francis’ visit to Mongolia, home to fewer than 1,500 Catholics, is significant.
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Social media companies’ drive to keep you on their platforms clashes with how people evolved to learn from each other.…
Astronomer Caroline Herschel’s work discovering and cataloging astronomical objects in the 18th century is still used…
The phrase ‘research data management’ might make your eyes glaze over, but it’s actually this behind-the-scenes work…
An ophthalmologist explains how important tears are to keeping your eyes feeling good and working well – whether you’re…
Forecasters are warning of a destructive storm for Mexico and the US Southwest – with El Niño, a heat dome and the mountains…
BRICS nations – Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa – compose 41% of the world population and almost a third…
Tipping seems to be more coercive and less tied to service quality these days.
Maui officials have asked relatives to provide DNA samples to help identify victims of the Lahaina wildfires. Time and exposure…
A few marine mammals in apparent revolt pushed meme-makers into overdrive. But a scholar who thinks about justice and human-animal…
Language model AIs seem smart because of how they string words together, but in reality they can’t do anything without…
Black women died during or soon after pregnancy at higher rates than any other racial group in every year from 1999 to 2019.…
US law actually bars former President Donald Trump from holding office ever again. The recent Georgia indictment of Trump…
The 120,000 residents of the disputed region are being deprived of food and medicines after a crucial link to Armenia was…
An analysis of tweets posted by the Ukrainian national government and the Kyiv city government in the early days of the…
New findings from the La Brea Tar Pits in southern California suggest human-caused wildfires in the region, along with a…
Taxing consumption that contributes to climate change hits the poor the hardest, while overlooking the huge profits tied…