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Italy’s sporting fortunes transformed by immigration, sparking wider debate about identity
For some, Italianness is still defined by being white.
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Climate doom may discourage climate action, but there’s a way to counter it
One way to guard against misinformation is to empower people to identify climate doom in the first place.
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The global race to make a practical quantum computer just took a big leap forward
The new machine works in a different way to many other quantum devices.
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Jeremy Clarkson says men have lost the right to prostate cancer testing – the truth is a bit more nuanced than that
PSA testing hasn’t been banned – but the row over prostate cancer screening reveals a genuine scientific and ethical dilemma.
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A Hindu soldier and a Muslim poet show how religious identities overlapped in 19th-century India
A scholar of India explores how two 19th-century memoirs portray a land where different religious identities coexist.
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Elite sports are laboratories of health and performance innovation, but not every experiment belongs in your routine
Products designed for professional athletes with specific goals may not do much for people with more recreational exercise goals.
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Florida lost 450,000 ACA enrollees in 2026 as premiums rose an average of 37% nationally, new data shows
ACA enrollments in Florida dropped in 2026, but the decrease was smaller than anticipated.
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Many youth athletes quietly struggle with eating disorders – Colorado mandates new training that could turn things around
A recent study found that 77.7% of youth athletes were at risk of developing an eating disorder.
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They’re content creators with thousands of adoring fans – so why do they feel so terrible?
Recent research finds that becoming too psychologically entangled with your followers can make success feel like a trap.
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What happens when your hospital is also your insurance company? We’re starting to see the effects
Hospitals are tasked with making patients better, but when the hospital that provides care also owns the insurance company that pays for that care, the incentives get more complicated.
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Severe flooding raises deadly overdose risk in rural Appalachia, study finds – and the harm lasts for years
Disasters weaken support systems that take years to rebuild, at the same time people caught in them are under extraordinary financial and psychological stress.
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Babies born under sugar rationing grew into adults with lower cancer risk
Britain’s postwar sugar rationing was an accidental experiment. Decades on, it’s revealing how early diet shapes cancer risk, ageing and eating habits for life.