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The past three years have been the hottest on record — yet by most historic indicators, 2025 should have been cooler than it was.
Why did global temperatures stay so high? A quick thread to explain, from an earth scientist: https://buff.ly/bbSqo5A
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The past three years have been the hottest on record — yet by most historic indicators, 2025 should have been cooler than it was.
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Meet “Tiger Queen” Mabel Stark:
The woman once known as America’s most famous female tiger trainer. Her life in the circus was thrilling, groundbreaking and ultimately tragic.
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Meta's own researchers flagged concerns about Instagram's effects on adolescent body image and mental health. Internal communications compared the platform's operation to pushing drugs and gambling. Now those documents are central to a product liability case that could reshape social media.
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The closure of airspace over Qatar, the UAE, Bahrain and Kuwait has created the biggest disruption to global travel since the COVID-19 pandemic, with tens of thousands of passengers stranded and critical cargo operations halted.
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Brazilian jiu-jitsu legend Andre Galvao was removed from leadership after multiple women accused him of sexual misconduct.
The swift backlash signals the sport may finally be reckoning with a culture that has long enabled abuse, explains a professor of women and gender studies.
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GLP-1 drugs may also fight addiction.
In a study of 600,000 patients, people taking the medications had:
- 50% fewer substance-related deaths
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- Lower risk of developing alcohol, opioid and nicotine addiction.
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Mar 03, 2026
Millions of Americans can’t vote because they were convicted of a felony or spent time in prison. A political scientist argues this "shadow electorate" may have already decided presidential elections – twice.
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Women known as the “Military Mapping Maidens” produced tens of thousands of topographic maps during World War II. Yet their work remained largely uncredited until recently, explains a specialist in geographic information systems. https://buff.ly/Fdv5iOH
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A majority of Americans are frustrated with both major parties, yet few vote third-party or independent candidates. The Northeast is the exception. A political scientist explains why laws in Vermont, Maine and other New England states enable outsiders to win.
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Meekness isn't about being a doormat. Historically, it meant restraining your power through reason, like a trained horse that's strong but controlled. We've lost the language for this vital character trait, explains a philosopher.
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What can Americans learn from nonviolent civil protest movements in other parts of the world?
Join us tomorrow for a timely look at the increase in civil activism across the nation through the perspective of those who have studied it globally.
The webinar features John Shattuck, former president of Central European University in Hungary and Oliver Kaplan, author of “Resisting War: How Communities Protect Themselves”
The virtual event is free, but registration required:
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A humility scholar admits: he hasn’t been humble in the past.
Chasing recognition, titles and validation left him burned out and defensive.
Only when he stopped needing to be “the big fish” did he understand humility isn’t self-erasure — it’s grounded confidence and making space for others.
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AI could help students cheat … that was the early panic.
But the bigger, long-term risk is this:
If AI does more of the hard parts — the thinking and researching and creating — students (and professors, too) stop actually learning.
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Feb 19, 2026
Today is the Day of Remembrance of the anniversary of Executive Order 9066 in 1942, which led to nearly 120,000 Japanese Americans (two-thirds of them U.S. citizens) being forced into camps.
We remember not just what happened, but what it teaches us today.
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Feb 16, 2026
History to know this #PresidentsDay:
Ona Judge escaped enslavement from George and Martha Washington in 1796, fleeing the President’s House in Philadelphia for freedom.
Now the National Park Service has removed an exhibit telling her story.
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Feb 16, 2026
Archaeologists have long relied on visual judgment to match excavated fragments with museum artifacts.
A new approach uses 3D scanning and computational shape analysis to test these connections with measurable precision, recovering histories thought irretrievably lost.
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Feb 16, 2026
Do women board members make a company more innovative or risk averse? The answer is both, according to a strategic management professor. It all depends on whether the company is doing well or not when women join the board.
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Feb 16, 2026
Special elections may be special but November election results tend to go in the same direction, although with smaller margins.
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Feb 15, 2026
This #PresidentsDay, let’s look at George Washington at his worst.
At 22, Washington’s failed 1754 mission near Fort Duquesne helped spark a global war.
A historian argues those early mistakes forged the resilient leadership he’d later bring to the American Revolution. https://theconversation.com/how-a-22-year-old-george-washington-learned-how-to-lead-from-a-series-of-mistakes-in-the-pennsylvania-wilderness-274466 #Histodons @histodons@a.gup.pe
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Feb 15, 2026
#WinterOlympic races can be won or lost in a split second. Move too early and you’re disqualified, hesitate too long and you’re left behind.
For Olympians and us regular people, hesitation is a fascinating tool. It’s our brains responding to uncertainty, helping us time action just right. https://buff.ly/wPzQ8Zy
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Feb 15, 2026
Consider it a red flag if “everybody” online seems to agree. You might be scrolling AI-generated posts by a bot swarm, coordinated to fake consensus, game the algorithm and make fringe ideas look mainstream. https://buff.ly/CjqxvIP
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Feb 15, 2026
The House has passed the SAVE America Act, requiring proof of citizenship to register and vote in federal elections, with Republicans in favor and Democrats opposed.
Constitutional scholars say Congress doesn’t have the power to set voter qualifications: https://buff.ly/MyIg2vF
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Feb 15, 2026
Exiled Iranians and Venezuelans may well support regime change – but diasporas don’t always reflect the politics back home. A scholar of migration and security in Latin America explains: https://buff.ly/Mw5iSC0
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Feb 15, 2026
Even with Trump’s support, coal power remains expensive – and dangerous. President Trump has ordered the military to buy more electricity generated by coal, but professors of law and environmental economics explain the limits to his power to bring coal back. https://theconversation.com/even-with-trumps-support-coal-power-remains-expensive-and-dangerous-269668
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Feb 15, 2026
When ICE was created after 9/11, it was part of a framework that treated immigration crimes not as civil violations, but as potential threats to be evaluated for national security risks. That counterterrorism stance has shaped the agency. https://buff.ly/UsJUBp1
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Feb 15, 2026
An EV researcher says the Trump administration’s retreat from regulating car emissions “will not stop the public and commercial transition to electric vehicles, but it will make that shift harder, slower and more expensive for everyone.” https://theconversation.com/epa-removal-of-vehicle-emissions-limits-wont-stop-the-shift-to-electric-vehicles-but-will-make-it-harder-slower-and-more-expensive-262384
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Feb 14, 2026
Could the Trump Administration use the FBI to sow distrust about the midterm elections?
1970’s Roudebush v. Hartke decision sets a clear legal precedent that the federal government has no place interfering with how states deal with challenges to election integrity. https://buff.ly/l7r4y36
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Feb 14, 2026
Federal officials used a military laser weapon on what turned out to be a party balloon near El Paso, shutting down the airport. The incident reveals how vulnerable U.S. airports and infrastructure remain to actual drone threats. https://buff.ly/e53L1SW
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Feb 14, 2026
Blood in the stool, abdominal pain and changes in bowel habits are early warning signs of colorectal cancer that shouldn't be ignored. When detected early, survival rates can reach 80% to 90%. https://buff.ly/SQD2Qkn
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Feb 14, 2026
OpenAI removed "safely" from its mission statement as it transformed into a for-profit company.
The change coincided with giving 74% of its stock to investors, raising questions about whether the AI company will put benefits to society ahead of profits. https://buff.ly/Wh11qSZ
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Feb 14, 2026
45% of female athletes experience disordered eating behaviors compared with 9-10% of the general population. The traits that drive elite performance, especially in a sport like #figureskating, can also fuel eating disorders. https://buff.ly/D1QAIIv
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Feb 14, 2026
Archaeologists have long relied on visual judgment to match excavated fragments with museum artifacts.
A new approach uses 3D scanning and computational shape analysis to test these connections with measurable precision, recovering histories thought irretrievably lost. https://buff.ly/kcjyuAI
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Feb 14, 2026
A Democrat just won 62% of the vote in a Louisiana House district that gave Trump a 13-point victory in 2024. A week earlier, Democrats seized a Texas Senate district that also favored Trump. Special election results are raising alarms in Republican circles. https://buff.ly/Ea35U4L
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Feb 14, 2026
Hate isn't love's opposite, according to a religious ethicist, but rather a reaction to threats against what we love. Reframing love as a virtue instead of just a feeling could transform how we respond to hatred. https://buff.ly/zwxPPmI
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Feb 13, 2026
Consider it a red flag if “everybody” online seems to agree. You might be scrolling AI-generated posts by a bot swarm, coordinated to fake consensus, game the algorithm and make fringe ideas look mainstream. https://theconversation.com/swarms-of-ai-bots-can-sway-peoples-beliefs-threatening-democracy-274778
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Feb 11, 2026
The Trump administration says it will rescind the science-based finding from 2009 that greenhouse gas emissions endanger human health, a decision that is considered the legal foundation of U.S. climate policy.
The rollback would face immediate legal challenges, especially as courts question the EPA’s new review of the science.
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Feb 01, 2026
Hansen’s disease (leprosy) is treatable today in large part because of the work of Alice Ball, a 23-year-old chemist whose breakthrough turned a toxic folk remedy into the world’s first effective treatment.
Her science saved lives — but her legacy was nearly erased.
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Jan 30, 2026
Early warnings. Safety in numbers. Cameras everywhere.
Anti-ICE protests in the U.S. mirror the nonviolent survival strategies civilians use in war zones around the world.
https://theconversation.com/anti-ice-protesters-are-following-same-nonviolent-playbook-used-by-people-in-war-zones-across-the-world-to-fight-threats-to-their-communities-274498
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Jan 28, 2026
In a study of Gen Z's personal goals, "to be safe" ranked as the top priority, outweighing traditional teenage desires like popularity and fun.
What this says about growing up in an era of constant crisis:
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May 14, 2025
May was first recognized as #AAPIHeritageMonth in 1990. Today, the term “Asian American” is more complex than ever – celebrated, contested and constantly evolving.
What began as a movement for solidarity now asks ‘who gets to belong’?
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