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There is research showing that there are numerous benefits for a low-income child to attend a Head Start program, though these effects are less clear as the child ages.
Slasher films have notoriously played into homophobic and transphobic tropes. But queer and trans fans love them anyway, and ‘Camp Miasma’ addresses that tension head-on.
Cybercrime is getting increasingly sophisticated, and scammers target senior citizens.
A new application for a religious charter school is stirring up far-reaching questions about the constitutionality of public aid to faith-based institutions.
Human beings have always turned to oracles and divination for answers to difficult questions. Today, AI might be fulfilling that role.
A look at the night sky forecast to motivate you to dust off your telescope for the darker nights of autumn.
Preparing for an uncertain future is less about predicting which jobs will survive than developing skills that allow people to adapt as work changes.
New research looks for patterns in this sad phenomenon.
First-year students are around seven times more likely to develop meningococcal disease than peers who do not attend university.
EU leaders are scrambling to increase the bloc’s presence in the Arctic.
The countries make an interesting comparison because they both have a strong drinking culture, but their problems look slightly different.
Pretoria stopped one phase of one war. Its incomplete implementation left unresolved disputes that are now colliding.