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We tracked 20 years of crop cycles and protests in Kenya – unrest follows a clear seasonal rhythm
Protest activity among Kenya’s farming communities follows a clear and predictable agricultural rhythm.
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Artificial intelligence is desperately seeking its narrative
The world is grappling with the game-changing effects of AI and the storytelling around it. In the end it’s the dominant narrative that tends to influence whether or not new technology is adopted.
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Why Donald Trump keeps threatening Iran’s Pickaxe Mountain – and why it is so hard to destroy
Trump’s administration believes that Pickaxe Mountain could shelter centrifuges capable of enriching uranium.
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Tanning and homemade sunscreen trends overlook what sunlight does to your skin
What research reveals about sunscreen safety and why a tan offers little protection against sun damage.
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America’s 2-party system seems weird, but adding a 3rd party could make voter representation worse
A scholar of parties and elections explains how the ‘umbrella’ Democratic and Republican parties mask differences in political preferences – and may represent voters just as well as multiparty systems.
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What are biomarkers? A biologist explains how doctors measure your health – and how combining cells from different people can find new markers
Why are some people hit harder by certain diseases than others? Why do some patients respond better to a treatment, while others see no effect? Biomarkers can help answer these questions.
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RFK Jr. loosens access to unapproved peptides: A health law scholar explains what consumers need to know
Compounding pharmacies will now be able to sell 6 popular peptides, despite the fact they have not been proved safe and effective.
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COP31: Governments are failing to rein in emissions from their own power plants
A new study compared power plants’ carbon emissions and found government-owned plants’ emissions were much higher and less responsive to climate policies.
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When a Walmart closes, what happens to nearby stores?
A big retailer can be both a fierce competitor and a traffic-generating anchor for nearby businesses.
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US national debt keeps rising after years of tax cuts – and this will make policymaking all the more difficult
National debt now equals the size of the US economy.
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Does time really exist, or is it a persistent illusion?
Albert Einstein declared time to be an illusion. Modern cosmologists disagree.
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Peak polycrisis? Why Trump’s midterm drubbing gives us reason for cautious hope
After a decade of rage politics, voters in very different countries seem to be reaching again for competence and something closer to normal.