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Be it due to their race or ethnicity, immigration history or religion, gender identity or sexual orientation, disability or neurodivergence, there is no way to fully shelter your child from encountering hate.
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Many children are seeing aspects of their identity portrayed as problematic. Having regular conversations about identity can armor them against future harm.
Age changes the way languages are learned, but adults remain capable of learning new languages throughout life.
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Karen Stollznow, University of Colorado Boulder; Griffith University; University of New England
Learning another language is not a miracle cure for aging, and it cannot guarantee protection against Alzheimer’s disease. But it does have various other benefits.
As more and more people live alone, solo travel is becoming increasingly popular.
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A massive solar flare could seriously disrupt life on Earth – but new NASA missions and others in development will help monitor the Sun.
Kabut asap karhutla menyelimuti sejumlah wilayah di Indonesia pada Agustus 2026, menyebabkan kualitas udara memburuk.
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Ketika menghirup asap karhutla, partikel berbahaya dapat menyebar ke seluruh tubuh dan mengganggu kesehatan. Lakukan sejumlah cara ini untuk melindungi dirimu.
The walls of a tube help keep worms moving forward on a straight path.
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Nearly all county jails across Colorado’s Front Range allow prisoners to visit with their loved ones only virtually.
Protesters appear in front of Starbucks Korea headquarters in Seoul after the company launched its ‘Tank Day’ campaign, which sparked widespread backlash.
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Karen Stollznow, University of Colorado Boulder; Griffith University
Translation is only part of the challenge for multinational companies. Words, slogans and symbols can take on entirely different meanings across cultures.
Protestors denounce President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s decision to dismiss Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov at a rally in Kyiv on July 17, 2026,
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The defense minister’s firing was the catalyst, but polling suggests Ukrainians are rallying around a broader fight for freedoms and against corruption.
Heavy wildfire smoke from Canada’s forests turn skies orange in Toronto and across parts of the U.S. in July 2026.
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When you breathe in wildfire smoke, harmful particles can travel deep into your body.
NFL wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. competes during Nickelodeon’s ‘Double Dare Takes the Gridiron’ at Super Bowl LIII in Atlanta in 2019.
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Karen Stollznow, University of Colorado Boulder; Griffith University
Spoonerisms can be silly and make you laugh. But linguists see something more: a rare glimpse of how the mind plans speech before we even open our mouths.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy talks with U.S. President Donald Trump at the NATO summit on July 8, 2026.
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Permanently installing a heat pump system in a building is expensive. But new window units can deliver many of the benefits with far less cost and go with renters when they move.
Tibetans walk through a solar farm in Tibet, while animals graze in the distance.
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China’s national government policies on energy and economic development are changing pastoral life on the Tibetan Plateau.
A whitebark pine seedling grows in soil and deteriorating wood blackened by fire in Glacier National Park, Montana, in 2019.
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