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What makes muscles contract? A physiologist explains how muscles move
It takes an entire team of electricity, calcium, energy and proteins all working together to move your muscles.
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It’s getting hotter in classrooms and on playgrounds – schools aren’t ready to handle extreme temperatures
A rising number of school districts across the country are beginning their new academic years in July or August, raising the likelihood that kids and educators will encounter scorching days.
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How vaccine skeptics use storytelling effectively to create powerful but medically inaccurate messaging
Recognizing the stories behind people’s concerns with vaccines can help public health advocates build a more inclusive approach to healthcare.
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Severe storms battered Pittsburgh twice as often as usual this spring – a meteorologist explains why
Pennsylvania logged 852 severe weather reports from March through June – more than double the 30-year average. A meteorologist explains what keeps the storms coming.
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Flocking together – how a birding hobby may boost your mental health and build community
With social media communities and naturalist apps, birding is easier to get into than ever. A psychologist explains why it may also be just what the doctor ordered.
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Bird droppings were a foundation of modern agriculture and American empire
Long before synthetic fertilizers, the global guano trade reshaped farming, fueled American expansion and exposed the hidden human costs of feeding the modern world.
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What is Falun Gong and why does the Chinese Communist Party want to suppress it?
An anthropologist who conducted fieldwork among Falun Gong practitioners explains the movement’s beliefs and why its followers continue to resist the Chinese government.
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My grandfather kept his rejected degree for 50 years. Decades later, Canada still deskills immigrants
As Canada continues to welcome newcomers, we should remember that behind every immigration policy are people whose knowledge, experiences and contributions deserve to be recognized.
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How storytelling can help articulate emotions that evolve as the climate changes
Creative works can represent emotions emerging so fast that our brains can’t quite catch up with them.
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Since Gisèle Pelicot, more global networks of drug-facilitated rape have been revealed – here’s what that tells us
These online networks expose and reinforce a culture in which women’s consent, autonomy and bodily integrity are devalued.
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Cracking the code: can AI help us decipher ancient languages?
AI can help move analysis forward, but human ingenuity is still essential in this field.
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The case for having an imperfect memory – a psychologist explains
What if today’s ‘total recall’ technology is creating a memory system we do not need or benefit from?