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While a return to the Moon will allow the U.S. to collaborate with other nations interested in space, this endeavor is also…
Some of the ways that streaming has transformed the industry are jeopardizing actors’ livelihoods.
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AI can manipulate a real event or invent one from thin air to create a ‘situation deepfake.’ These deepfakes threaten…
Research has found that race-neutral policies were not enough to achieve diversity in Brazil’s higher education system.…
Some people incorrectly say the Moon landings didn’t happen. But the evidence – and logic – isn’t on their side.
While UFO videos might seem compelling, they’re rarely backed up with evidence. A sociologist explains why claims of alien…
The new museum opened at a time when the teaching of Black history is under attack by conservative politicians.
Women’s rights groups and politicians have pushed, ultimately unsuccessfully, for the Equal Rights Amendment to become…
Russian authorities have given no legitimate justification for dropping criminal cases against rebel troops – undermining…
Specific beliefs may have more to do with people’s vaccine views than their religious affiliation – but it depends on…
Barbie has long functioned as a proxy onto which cultural aspirations and anxieties about womanhood are projected.
As temperatures rise in the US, so does the incidence of heat-related deaths, including heatstroke.
As actors join screenwriters in a strike that has shut down movie productions, a labor historian looks back at union action…
American journalist Evan Gershkovich is being detained in Russia. But recent US-Russia prisoner swaps indicate his release…
At least half of surveyed US adults experienced loneliness and social isolation.
Water temperatures in the 90s off Florida in July are alarming, a NOAA coral scientist writes. Scientists in several North…