Dozens of evacuation orders were in place Friday as a powerful atmospheric river, known as a "Pineapple express," surged into an already-sodden California, sparking warnings of widespread flash flooding.
Environment
Mar 11, 2023
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Online communities play an important role in creating a sense of connection between strangers. But what happens when the people moderating our favorite online communities quit?
Social Sciences
Mar 8, 2023
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Three out of four teenagers have seen online pornography—often before they even became a teenager. That's according to a new report from Common Sense Media that examines the role pornography plays in the lives of today's ...
Social Sciences
Mar 6, 2023
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In the months leading up to his 2012 attack that killed 26 people in Newtown, Connecticut, a 20-year-old man exhibited a cascade of concerning behaviors. He experienced worsening anorexia, depression and obsessive-compulsive ...
Social Sciences
Mar 3, 2023
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Ideology has always been a critical element in understanding how we view the world, form opinions and make political decisions.
Social Sciences
Feb 27, 2023
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On Feb. 15, 2023, a judge informed Payton Gendron—a white 19-year-old who killed 10 Black people at a Buffalo Tops market in 2022—that "You will never see the light of day as a free man ever again."
Social Sciences
Feb 23, 2023
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Last week, it was reported that 700 sheep with an estimated value of $140,000, including nearly 200 valuable merino ewes, were stolen from a Victorian property in a highly sophisticated rural crime operation. Such large-scale ...
Agriculture
Feb 22, 2023
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The name crops up all over the place, but many people have no real understanding of what QAnon is, or why an estimated 22% of Americans accept one of its core beliefs: that some kind of political "storm" is coming and that ...
Social Sciences
Feb 7, 2023
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A 2022 survey by the Australian Institute of Criminology found three in four app users surveyed had experienced online abuse or harassment when using dating apps. This included image-based abuse and abusive and threatening ...
Social Sciences
Jan 30, 2023
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Mandatory voting laws are known to increase voter turnout, but how significant are their effects?
Political science
Jan 24, 2023
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