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Health insurance jargon can be frustrating and confusing – here’s how to navigate it
Since the Affordable Care Act subsidies expired at the end of 2025, Americans have undoubtedly been encountering a great deal…
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Global copper demand outstrips supply, threatening electrification and industrial growth
Demand for copper is surging because of demand from new technologies, but suppliers are struggling to keep up, and they…
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Pittsburgh’s air pollution estimated to claim 3,000+ lives per year − and EPA rollbacks aren’t helping
In October 1948, a thick haze rolled into Donora, Pennsylvania, a steel town in the Monongahela Valley, south of Pittsburgh.…
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Why Children Think Trees Get Sad: Understanding Human-Centered Thinking
“Does the moon feel lonely at night?” asked five-year-old Riya, looking up at the sky. Her mother smiled. “The moon…
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The First Number Trap: How Your Brain Gets Stuck on Anchors
Imagine walking into a shop to buy a watch. The first one you see has a price tag of ₹10,000.…
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Why We Fear the Unknown More Than Bad Odds: The Psychology of Ambiguity
Imagine you’re at a game stall during a school fair. The shopkeeper offers you two boxes of marbles: Box A:…
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“I Knew It All Along!” Why We Think We Predicted Things We Never Saw Coming
Your favorite cricket team just lost a crucial match. Suddenly, everyone around you becomes an expert: “I knew they would…
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Why We Forget Everything We Can Google: The Digital Memory Trap
Your grandmother probably remembers dozens of phone numbers by heart. You? You might struggle to recall even your own mother’s…
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When Your Brain Creates Memories That Never Happened: The Truth About False Memory
Close your eyes and remember your fifth birthday party. Can you see the cake? The balloons? Your friends singing? Now…
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Why We Always Think We Did More: Understanding Egocentric Bias
Have you ever worked on a group project for school and felt like you did most of the work, only…
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What we know about croc numbers in the NT after surge in floodwater sightings
Recent crocodile sightings in floodwaters in the Northern Territory have prompted widespread concern, particularly in the town of Katherine and…
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Nations will release an extra 400 million barrels of oil to the market. All we need to do now is not panic at the pump
Despite being one of the world’s top exporters of fossil fuels (coal and gas), Australia has little left of its…
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We study pandemics, and the resurgence of measles is a grim sign of what’s coming
In the three decades between 1993 and 2024, measles in the U.S. was relatively rare – a few hundred cases…
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NAPLAN is being used by some schools as an entrance exam. This isn’t what it’s designed to do
School students around Australia have begun their NAPLAN tests this week. Amid technical glitches during the writing component of the…
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New ban on dangerous rodent poisons is lifeline for our native animals
We’ve just had an epic win for our native animals, such as owls, goannas and eagles. And after years contributing…
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