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The hidden ways insects support animal life – from habitat to health – go way beyond being food
Friday, November 6, 2026 1:11 PM
As insect biodiversity declines, people and all the other species on Earth stand to lose the beneficial ‘ecosystem services’ bugs provide.
Read MoreBoo! How to pick scary books for kids that thrill but won’t haunt for life
Friday, October 23, 2026 11:59 PM
A children’s literature author explains how some of her favorite Halloween-themed children’s books can help children prepare for the holiday ahead.
Read MoreHuman rights could improve – or worsen – based on how nations use the UN treaty against cybercrime
Wednesday, October 21, 2026 12:47 PM
If the treaty enters into force, responsible nations will have to carefully monitor how other countries use it.
Read MoreAmericans are stressed about grocery prices, so why do they toss or overlook so much ‘misfit’ food?
Tuesday, October 13, 2026 12:20 PM
Quality, rather than discounts or environmental benefits, is what’s needed to encourage shoppers to consider odd-shaped produce.
Read MoreAI is changing pilgrims’ journeys, but sacred journeys have always adapted to new technology
Thursday, October 8, 2026 12:11 PM
From the printing press to smartphone apps, technology has continually transformed the experience of sacred journeys. A scholar of trails and walking explains the history.
Read MoreWhy does your brain mix up memories? A new study examines how memories are misplaced in your brain’s filing cabinets
Monday, September 14, 2026 7:24 PM
Rather than simply forgetting a memory, your brain has likely misplaced it. Aging can make memory confusion worse.
Read MoreCaterpillar twitches in an ultraquiet chamber are helping biologists understand how these insects hear without ears
Wednesday, September 2, 2026 12:03 PM
Scientists give caterpillars haircuts and put them in a room isolated from sound to figure out how they’re able to hear without ears.
Read MoreFederal stimulus money bought new technology for Philly students, but many schools lost track of where items went
Monday, August 31, 2026 12:04 PM
A significant amount of Philadelphia public schools’ technology and other equipment goes missing each year due to poor inventory and tracking.
Read MoreStaying hopeful and true to oneself is a lesson these 5 kids books offer to kindergartners and other children
Friday, August 14, 2026 12:39 PM
A children’s writer explains how ‘Where the Wild Things Are,’ ‘The Rabbit Listened’ and other stories can help prepare kindergarten students for this next phase of life.
Read MoreWhy Christopher Nolan turned Circe into a vindictive witch
Thursday, August 6, 2026 12:36 PM
Some critics have bemoaned the flattening of a complex character. But Nolan’s film echoes a literary tradition of reimagining Circe as a survivor, a truth-teller and a figure of female empowerment.
Read MoreSpaceflight could change how astronauts swallow, eat and drink in subtle ways
Monday, August 3, 2026 12:29 PM
A speech-language pathologist on how complex swallowing is – and how small changes from gravity can complicate the process.
Read MoreCyclosporiasis sickens some people worse – why your diarrhea could be more explosive than others
Tuesday, July 28, 2026 12:13 PM
Explosive diarrhea has been spreading across the US, and the parasite that causes the disease has already sickened thousands – and counting.
Read MoreHow to avoid tick bites in your yard or while hiking in the woods, and what to do if one starts feasting on you
Thursday, July 16, 2026 12:21 PM
A tick disease researcher explains the risks and how she avoids bringing home ticks from both work and walking her dog in the woods. Lint rollers, tick checks and some types of chemicals play a role.
Read MoreYoung women are identifying as less straight; young men, not so much
Tuesday, July 7, 2026 12:20 PM
The boundaries of heterosexuality are bending for women but not for men, who appear to have less room to explore and are bound to a more rigid, traditional concept of masculinity.
Read More250 ans après, les griefs de la Déclaration d’indépendance des États-Unis restent étonnamment actuels
Wednesday, July 1, 2026 10:35 AM
Au-delà de ses grandes formules sur la liberté et l’égalité, la Déclaration d’indépendance est un acte d’accusation contre le pouvoir britannique. Ses 27 doléances éclairent les origines concrètes de la révolution américaine.
Read MoreFor Haitian women in Florida, the loss of TPS is more than an immigration law issue
Friday, June 26, 2026 12:55 PM
The uncertainty of Haitian TPS status in the US is a significant source of stress for Haitian migrants, particularly women.
Read MoreI study the Declaration of Independence, and here’s why the colonists’ grievances are surprisingly relevant, 250 years later
Wednesday, June 24, 2026 12:31 PM
A partisan judiciary, arbitrary power, officials beyond the reach of the people – these are the grievances that drove a revolution.
Read MoreEveryone experiences loss and grief – but that doesn’t make it any easier to talk with kids about it
Tuesday, June 23, 2026 12:28 PM
Parents and educators sometimes avoid having conversations about grief with children because they don’t know what to say. Here are some tips for how to approach it.
Read MoreChildhood experiences of LGBTQ+ stigma can harm romantic relationships decades later – psychologists explain how to reconnect with yourself and your partner
Monday, June 22, 2026 12:35 PM
Guilt and shame from being rejected, discriminated against or bullied as a child can carry into adulthood. But making meaning from these experiences can help with healing.
Read MoreFirst new US sunscreen ingredient since 1999 approved by FDA – a skin scientist explains how bemotrizinol works
Thursday, June 18, 2026 12:34 PM
Consumers in Europe and Asia have used sunscreen containing bemotrizinol for decades, and many say its approval in the US is long overdue.
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