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We study aging family business incumbents who refuse to let go − here’s why the 2024 race felt familiar

We study aging family business incumbents who refuse to let go...

Rents rise faster after disasters, but a federal program can help restrain excesses

Rents rise faster after disasters, but a federal program can help...

The Wanamaker organ has been a treasured piece of Philly history for over 100 years − a historian explains its illustrious past and uncertain future after Macy’s closes

The Wanamaker organ has been a treasured piece of Philly history...

Lightning strikes make collecting a parasitic fungus prized in traditional Chinese medicine a deadly pursuit

Lightning strikes make collecting a parasitic fungus prized in traditional Chinese...

Why does a rocket have to go 25,000 mph to escape Earth?

Why does a rocket have to go 25,000 mph to escape...

Trump’s canal canard obscures a truth: Panama just wants to run its shipping passage without interference from China or the US

Trump’s canal canard obscures a truth: Panama just wants to run...

From Myanmar to Gaza, Ukraine to Sudan – 2024 was another grim year, according to our mass atrocity index

From Myanmar to Gaza, Ukraine to Sudan – 2024 was another...

Mass deportations don’t keep out ‘bad genes’ − they use scientific racism to justify biased immigration policies

Mass deportations don’t keep out ‘bad genes’ − they use scientific...

Rethinking screen time: A better understanding of what people do on their devices is key to digital well-being

Rethinking screen time: A better understanding of what people do on...

What would it mean if President-elect Trump dismantled the US Department...

When presidents would send handwritten lists of their nominees to the Senate, things were a lot different

When presidents would send handwritten lists of their nominees to the...

US secretary of state has an expansive job that could make or break peace deals and key foreign alliances

US secretary of state has an expansive job that could make...

Firefighting planes are dumping ocean water on the Los Angeles fires − why using saltwater is typically a last resort

Firefighting planes are dumping ocean water on the Los Angeles fires...

LA fires: Why fast wildfires and those started by human activities are more destructive and harder to contain

LA fires: Why fast wildfires and those started by human activities...

Is capitalism falling out of favor? We analyzed 400,000 news stories to find out

Is capitalism falling out of favor? We analyzed 400,000 news stories...

One way Trump could help revive rural America’s economies

One way Trump could help revive rural America’s economies

Will TikTok Disappear? Inside the Battle for Your Favorite App

Students go to hell and back in this course that looks at depictions of the damned throughout the ages

Students go to hell and back in this course that looks...

Noam Chomsky at 96: The linguist, educator, philosopher and public thinker has had a massive intellectual and moral influence

Noam Chomsky at 96: The linguist, educator, philosopher and public thinker...

From watts to warheads: Secretary of energy oversees big science research and the US nuclear arsenal

From watts to warheads: Secretary of energy oversees big science research...

How Christian nationalism played a role in incorporating the phrase ‘so help me God’ in the presidential oath of office

How Christian nationalism played a role in incorporating the phrase ‘so...

Technology is supposed to decrease teacher burnout – but we found it can sometimes make it worse

Technology is supposed to decrease teacher burnout – but we found...

Gender balance in computer science and engineering is improving at elite universities but getting worse elsewhere

Gender balance in computer science and engineering is improving at elite...

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