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Online romance scams: Research reveals scammers’ tactics – and how to defend against them
Fangzhou Wang, University of Texas at Arlington
In the Netflix...
‘Knowledge of self’: How a key phrase from Islam became a pillar of hip-hop
The popular phrase ‘knowledge of self’ – invoked by numerous rappers who adhere to Islam – is nearly a millennium old. Paul Hawthorne for Getty Images
Caitlin Clark, Christine Brennan and how racial stereotypes persist in the media’s WNBA coverage
Molly Yanity, University of Rhode Island
The “Caitlin Clark effect,”...
Southern California is extremely dry, and that’s fueling fires − maps show just how dry
Ming Pan, University of California, San Diego
Dry conditions across...
Trump gets an ‘unconditional discharge’ in hush money conviction − a constitutional law expert explains what that means
Wayne Unger, Quinnipiac University
Donald Trump is now a convicted...
NASA’s LEXI: Capturing Earth’s Magnetic Shield from the Moon
A groundbreaking NASA X-ray imaging instrument, the Lunar Environment...
Crossing the Uncanny Valley: Breakthrough in technology for lifelike facial expressions in androids
A research group led by Osaka University has developed...
Climate of fear is driving local officials to quit – new study from California finds threats, abuse rampant
Rachel Locke, University of San Diego
Threats and harassment are...
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DEI programs are designed to help white people too – here’s how
While diversity, equity and inclusion may on the surface...
The US has pardoned insurrectionists twice before – and both times, years of violent racism followed
Joseph Patrick Kelly, College of Charleston and David Cason,...
The world’s largest gathering: how India plans to keep 400 million pilgrims safe at the Maha Kumbh Mela festival
The world’s largest gathering: how India plans to keep...
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The 2025 Australian Grand Prix, held at Melbourne's Albert...
Why was it hard for the GOP – which controls Congress – to pass its spending bill?
U.S. Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania was one of 10 Democrats who voted to break the filibuster on the GOP funding bill. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images
Daylight saving time and early school start times cost billions in lost productivity and health care expenses
Joanna Fong-Isariyawongse, University of Pittsburgh
Investigations into the 1986 Space...
DEI programs are designed to help white people too – here’s how
While diversity, equity and inclusion may on the surface...
The US has pardoned insurrectionists twice before – and both times, years of violent racism followed
Joseph Patrick Kelly, College of Charleston and David Cason,...
The world’s largest gathering: how India plans to keep 400 million pilgrims safe at the Maha Kumbh Mela festival
The world’s largest gathering: how India plans to keep...
When medals matter most: high-performance sport funding risks a return to the ‘win at all costs’ model
Holly Thorpe, University of Waikato
On the face of it,...
Birkin handbags, Walmart’s ‘Wirkin’ and the meme-ification of class warfare
Aarushi Bhandari, Davidson College
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