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Why “New” Slang Words Have Actually Existed for Decades: The Recency Illusion
Mrs. Kapoor, an English teacher with twenty-five years of experience, was correcting essays when she came across a student using…
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Why Good Ideas Suddenly Seem Bad When They Come From People We Don’t Like
During the Class 10 student council elections at Delhi Public School, two candidates—Aditya and Rohan—were competing for class president. They’d…
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Why Being Told “Don’t Do That” Makes You Want to Do It Even More: Understanding Reactance
Fifteen-year-old Priya had never cared much about her older brother’s room. For years, she’d walked past it without a second…
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Why We Play It Safe With Gains But Gamble to Avoid Losses: The Pseudocertainty Effect
Seventeen-year-old Rahul faced two scholarship offers for his college education. The first scholarship was guaranteed: ₹2 lakh per year, confirmed…
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Two verdicts in two days: How American courts are rewriting the rules for Big Tech and children
Within 48 hours, the legal landscape governing social media and children shifted in ways that will take years to fully…
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Cyclone Narelle is now larger and ‘more severe’ as it crosses the Western Australian coast
Severe Tropical Cyclone Narelle continues to amaze us with its long journey across northern Australia. This cyclone began life near…
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New study measures titanium in Apollo rock to uncover Moon’s early chemistry
The Earth and the Moon may look very different today, but they formed under similar conditions in space. In fact,…
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War in the Middle East made the case for renewables – what’s happening in each country tells a harder story
The oil-dependent world is in crisis. Ship traffic in the Strait of Hormuz – through which more than a quarter…
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From ‘Project Hail Mary’ to Artemis II, spaceflight captures audiences when it centers on people because human space travel is hazardous
The central premise of the blockbuster film “Project Hail Mary” is a long-shot mission with a familiar goal: Save humanity…
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Ultralightweight sonar plus AI lets tiny drones navigate like bats
To help small aerial robots navigate in the dark and other low-visibility environments, my colleagues and I developed an ultrasound-based…
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COVID‑19 variant BA.3.2 is spreading quickly across US – a doctor explains what you need to know
A variant of COVID-19 called BA.3.2, which has circulated under the radar since late 2024, is now spreading quickly across…
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Trump’s ‘God Squad’ pits energy vs. endangered species, but it’s a false choice – protecting wildlife can be good for business
There’s a well-worn debate in U.S. politics that goes something like this: Would you rather have abundant and affordable energy…
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We surveyed more than 8,000 principals – they face violence, threats and stress in their schools
Almost half of surveyed Australia’s school principals face physical violence in their jobs. Almost 90% say they encounter offensive behaviour…
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Australia’s rooftop solar boom left apartment residents behind. Here’s how to fix it
Most Australians now understand the basic promise of rooftop solar: lower power bills, cleaner electricity and, for some households, the…
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NASA wants to build a base on the Moon by the 2030s – how and why it plans to build up to a long‑term lunar presence
The next U.S. trip to the Moon isn’t about planting a flag. It’s about learning how to live and work…
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