A librarian got the city of Philadelphia to listen about problems with public transit, in 1967. But the win was short-lived: https://buff.ly/Dwwm624

#SCOTUS starts a new term on Monday, and it has it all: race, gender, money and power. Cases on voting rights, transgender sports, conversion therapy and campaign finance will test how far the court’s originalist “course correction” will go.

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Supreme Court opens with cases on voting rights, tariffs, gender identity and campaign finance to test the limits of a constitutional revolution

With partisan advantage, clashing perceptions of reality and revolutionary readings of the Constitution all in play, the Supreme Court’s cases th...

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Her parents discovered radioactivity. She made it useful. Irène Joliot-Curie’s breakthrough in artificial radioactivity laid the foundation for cancer therapies and nuclear medicine used around the world today.

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Meet Irene Curie, the Nobel-winning atomic physicist who changed the course of modern cancer treatment

Marie Curie’s daughter Irene continued her family’s Nobel legacy by discovering artificial radioactivity.

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After the killing of Charlie Kirk, an anthropologist who studies fear warns: Moral panics — when societies become consumed by exaggerated threats — can drive division and political violence.

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Moral panics intensify social divisions and can lead to political violence

From the Salem witch trials to McCarthyism and Charlie Kirk’s killing, an exaggerated fear of a particular group has resulted in repression from ...

Breastfeeding, whether directly or through expressed milk, provides major benefits for both parent and baby. The biggest factor in success? Support from others! 📢

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Breastfeeding is ideal for child and parent health but challenging for most families – a pediatrician explains how to find support

Without support from the community, workplace, government and society as a whole, even doctors have trouble breastfeeding – a challenge commercia...

If George Washington heard Pete Hegseth’s “warrior ethos” speech, he’d probably raise an eyebrow, according to an American history professor. For Washington, real strength came from self-control and being morally grounded.

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Where George Washington would disagree with Pete Hegseth about fitness for command and what makes a warrior

Washington’s ‘warrior ethos’ was grounded in decency, temperance and the capacity to act with courage without surrendering to rage. That idea...

An OB-GYN who took acetaminophen during her own labor said the president’s remarks about Tylenol won’t stop her from prescribing it when necessary, but will confuse patients and increase health care providers’ fears of potential lawsuits. https://buff.ly/gT25Qjx

MLB’s return to Tokyo was quite lucrative as much as it was nostalgic. The 2025 Tokyo Series pulled in $75M+ in sales and proved that decades of investment in Japan’s baseball market are paying off ⚾

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Why Major League Baseball keeps coming back to Japan

From Babe Ruth’s barnstorming tours to Shohei Ohtani’s star power, baseball’s century-long ties to Japan have grown into one of Major League ...

Researchers are exploring how VR and AI can teach empathy, helping children recognize emotions, regulate feelings and build deeper connections.

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How VR and AI could help the next generation grow kinder and more connected

Virtual reality might seem like an unlikely way to help kids develop empathy, but the right VR environment can do just that.

The Trump administration is ending the nation’s most comprehensive measure of hunger, making it harder to know how many Americans struggle to get enough food.

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Trump scraps the nation’s most comprehensive food insecurity report − making it harder to know how many Americans struggle to get enough food

There are few, if any, alternative sources of food insecurity data that don’t rely on the survey the government is ending.