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How ‘positive’ stress could improve the welfare of zoo animals
You can have too much of a good thing.
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How cash-in-hand businesses can get stuck in the informal economy
The hardest part of leaving the cash economy can be the expectations of loyal customers.
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Call My Agent! The Movie: why this much-loved French TV series fails as a film
Faithful fans are sure to enjoy this film-about-a-film romp, but those unfamiliar with the series might find it less engaging.
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Virtually trying on clothes using AI can help cut fast-fashion waste, study reveals
Virtually trying on clothes could persuade more people to experiment with renting clothes.
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Pisa results: what they tell us about reading standards in Welsh schools – and what they don’t
Pisa should be seen as a warning light, rather than a diagnosis of what is wrong with Welsh education.
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Place-name politics: Why renaming Ottawa’s Trump Avenue requires more than just outrage
Renaming Ottawa’s Trump Avenue is part of a long history of cities engaging in “toponymic diplomacy.”
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The Women’s Professional Baseball League is betting that women’s baseball has a future in the US
What will it take for the league to survive, expand and carve out its own identity in an increasingly saturated pro sports landscape?
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‘Fountain’ might make you laugh or scowl but asks important questions – a Philly art historian explains why Marcel Duchamp’s iconic 1917 sculpture still provokes
A version of ‘Fountain’ is part of the Philadelphia Museum of Art’s permanent collection and will appear in the Duchamp retrospective, which opens Oct. 10, 2026.
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A second hurricane just sideswiped Hawaii – why the islands’ usual force field seems to be down in 2026
Cooler ocean temperatures east of the islands typically keep major hurricanes away, but El Niño is helping fuel this year’s risks.
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Pennsylvania is suing TikTok over ‘addictive’ features – a policy expert explains why it’s messier than that sounds
TikTok’s lawsuit fits a pattern – from cigarettes to opioids – of courts stepping in where lawmakers won’t.
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A journalist coined ‘the Bible Belt’ 100 years ago – it’s been oversimplifying the South ever since
‘The Bible Belt’ has been used for a century to describe religion and politics in the South. But it captured just some of life in the region then – and doesn’t capture what’s going on today.
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Space weather can cause both beautiful auroras and infrastructure challenges – 5 essential reads on protecting life and technology
A massive solar flare could seriously disrupt life on Earth – but new NASA missions and others in development will help monitor the Sun.