In a nation where one in four citizens do not believe in climate change, it can feel impossible for climate communicators to convince the American people of its dangers. However, they may have an unexpected tool in their arsenal: strength in numbers. In August 2024, a study from Nature Human Behavior found that more people […]
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Out of groceries, too tired to cook, or too cold to venture outside and grab dinner? Don’t worry, DoorDash has you covered. Or UberEats. Or GrubHub. The rise of delivery apps has fundamentally changed society’s relationship with food. Now, with some button presses, or even a verbal command to an Amazon Alexa, food can arrive
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Live music fosters connections between the musicians and their listeners in a powerful way, allowing the artist to spread their influence through a fun and memorable experience. However, recent concerts and music festivals have been criticized for their harmful carbon footprint and overall contribution to the climate crisis. Climate change has catastrophic global health impacts
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Picture this: you are about to enter your freshman year of college. Before you are enrolled, you must strip down to nothing so a faculty member can snap a nude photo of you to check your “posture.” Would you still want to enroll? College posture tests were commonplace in the early 20th century, beginning in
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“RED ALERT! As was promised – the keys to Heaven’s Gate are here again in Ti and Do (The UFO Two) as they were in Jesus and His Father 2000 yrs. Ago,” boldly exclaims the website of Heaven’s Gate, a Christian group specializing in ufology and millenarianism. Ufology is the study of unidentified flying objects
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The event of a solar eclipse transcends the astronomical meaning, occurring when the Moon completely blocks the Sun from Earth’s view and darkens skies across a region. Solar eclipses have been referenced throughout history as a time of change and intention-setting for spiritualists or as the source of several cultural folk stories. The impacts of
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Common sense, or the practical knowledge shared by the majority of the population regarding everyday matters, is ambiguous: It is difficult to know exactly why something is common sense even though it is intuitively clear. Many often assume that something clear to one person is also clear to another, but this may not be the
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In recent years, the production of weight loss drugs has exploded across the United States. Though these drugs have promising potential in combating the obesity epidemic in the United States, I worry these drugs will widen healthcare inequities for the very patients who need access to weight management care the most. In clinical studies, injection-based
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It is something you don’t think about until you see someone else do the opposite. Cultural influences play a large role in what seems normal, impacting even small decisions like what to do with one’s shoes. For those who lived their entire lives taking their shoes off before going inside their house, it may seem
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