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From flames to haze, wildfire smoke transforms as it travels, and it can harm your health in different ways
To understand what’s in the smoke you might be breathing, you have to look at where it’s been.
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Shifting the cleanup cost of packaging waste to companies could encourage greener packaging – but only if states are aligned
Extended producer responsibility policies are gaining steam in the US, but what they entail can differ widely from state to state.
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‘Male’ and ‘female’ plugs and connectors – gendered language for the ends of garden hoses, electrical cords and pipe fittings sparks debate
Terms that are direct analogs to sexual intercourse are widely used to describe connector ends, but the language is evolving away from those problematic words.
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The long afterlife of QAnon conspiracy theories haunting American politics
Ideas from QAnon’s conspiracy theory have appeared on government social media sites during Trump’s second term and continue to divide America amid social and economic crises.
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The United States’ human rights practices are taking a nosedive
New data from a global rights-tracking project shows the country had large declines in 2025 on 8 of the 9 civil and political rights it measures.
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Why poetry is a powerful form of climate communication
In poetry, speculation might help us make sense of what it means to live with an uncertain climate future.
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Lactose intolerance is actually the human norm – but racism, the US government and business interests have made it into a condition
The vast majority of people around the world are lactose intolerant. But American propaganda and scientific biases have made milk and dairy products a staple in global diets.
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Britain’s quarter century: crime falls, sea-levels rise and education yet to recover from COVID
How big policy areas like crime, education, transport and energy have changed.
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What children worry about when they start secondary school – and how to support them
Feeling prepared helped children with their worries.
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A ‘super El Niño’ could make India’s monsoon drier yet more dangerous
El Niño summers can mean less rain overall, but more extreme daily rainfall.
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Latest sanctions on Iran risk strengthening Tehran and undermining US credibility
Washington has promised to unleash “economic D-Day” on Tehran and its allies. But Iran has lived through US sanctions for nearly 50 years.
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How much sleep do I need? Why you can forget the eight-hour sleep rule
Eight hours isn’t necessarily the magic number for sleep. Your age, body clock and individual needs all matter.