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Why Do Cats Knead with Their Paws?

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June 14, 2021

Have you heard some cat lovers talk about their feline friends “making biscuits” or “kneading do ...

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Fake News: A Simple Nudge Isn't Enough to Tackle It

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June 11, 2021

One high-profile theory of why people share fake news says that they aren’t paying sufficient at ...

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Why It's Difficult for Children to Understand Sarcasm

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June 9, 2021

For most children, learning to understand sarcasm is challenging.

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Anne Boleyn: In Defense of Historical Inaccuracy

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June 8, 2021

Historically inaccurate portrayals of Anne Boleyn aren't new, and artistic license is vital to t ...

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UFOs

UFOs: How to Calculate the Odds That an Alien Spaceship Has Been Spotted

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June 8, 2021

A one in a billion estimate is based on arguments that could be wrong and are debatable.

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Study Shows AI-Generated Fake Reports Fool Experts

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June 7, 2021

AIs can generate fake reports that are convincing enough to trick cybersecurity experts.

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How Virus Detectives Trace the Origins of an Outbreak

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June 7, 2021

In order to predict and prevent future pandemics like COVID-19, researchers need to find the ori ...

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7 States Still Have Bans on Atheists Holding Office

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June 4, 2021

Tennessee’s Constitution includes a provision that bars three groups from holding office: atheis ...

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Sick of Dangerous City Traffic? Remove Left Turns

Written by: The Conversation

June 2, 2021

Some cities have already started limiting left turns to improve safety and traffic flow.

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COVID-19: Why the Lab Leak Theory Should Be Formally Investigated

Written by: The Conversation

June 2, 2021

We don’t know how the virus arrived in Wuhan, how its sequence evolved to allow human infection, ...

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Why Do Women Still Get Judged So Harshly for Having Casual Sex?

Written by: The Conversation

May 27, 2021

Both men and women assume that a woman who has casual sex must have low self-esteem. But that p ...

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Supermoon! Red Blood Lunar Eclipse!

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May 22, 2021

May 26 will see a supermoon, a lunar eclipse, and a red blood moon all at once.

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The History of Sneakers: From Commodity to Cultural Icon

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May 18, 2021

Sneakers, once the symbol of athleticism, have transcended their primary function to become comm ...

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New State-Of-The Art Laboratory Gets To Work On AIDS Vaccine

HIV/AIDS Vaccine: Why Don't We Have One After 37 Years?

Written by: The Conversation

May 17, 2021

The biological properties that HIV has evolved make development of a successful vaccine very, ve ...

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The big wildcard for sea level rise is Antarctica

Antarctica Is Headed for a Climate Tipping Point by 2060

Written by: The Conversation

May 17, 2021

Scientists have long known that the Antarctic ice sheet has physical tipping points, beyond whic ...

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Alyssa Funari filming Derek Chauvin pressing his knee on George Floyd's neck

The 'Bystander Effect' Is Real -- But Differently Among Larger Groups

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April 30, 2021

A witness to a troubling situation who is in a group may feel a lesser sense of personal respons ...

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UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson

'Strategic Lies': Deliberate Untruths Used as a Political Tactic

Written by: The Conversation

April 27, 2021

“Strategic lying” is a technique in which a politician tells a deliberate lie with the purpose o ...

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Supermoon: How an Illusion Makes the Full Moon Appear Bigger Than It Really Is

Written by: The Conversation

April 26, 2021

A 'Supermoon' doesn’t actually look that much bigger in the sky compared to a normal full moon - ...

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Conspiracy theorist QAnon demonstrators protest during a rally

QAnon Hasn't Gone Away – It's Alive and Kicking

Written by: The Conversation

April 26, 2021

Perhaps the greatest success of the conspiracy is its ability to create a shared alternate reality.

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Misinformation, Disinformation and Hoaxes: What's the Difference?

Written by: The Conversation

April 21, 2021

In the 21st century, new technology makes manipulation and fabrication of information simple.

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