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Support for scientific funding doesn’t have to be partisan—but scientists must make the case, says new study

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When federal science agencies became the focus of sweeping budget cuts earlier this year, the national debate quickly took on a familiar shape: Conservatives approved of the budget cuts while liberals opposed them.This post was […]

Earth Sciences

Satellite data reveals new insights into sustainable groundwater usage in the Hollywood Basin

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Groundwater is a critical resource in Southern California, where long-term drought and climate change place increasing pressure on local aquifers. Some regions, like the Hollywood Basin (a small region in and around the West Hollywood […]

Earth Sciences

Rate of US coastal sea level rise doubled in the past century, study finds

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A July 2025 report from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) claims that U.S. tide gauge measurements “in aggregate show no obvious acceleration in sea level rise beyond the historical average rate.” However, a new […]

Lifestyle

US congressmembers’ responses on X to mass shooting events differ along party lines

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Democratic congressmembers are significantly more likely to post on social media following a mass shooting event in the US compared to Republican congressmembers, according to a study published in PLOS Global Public Health by Dmytro […]

Economy

Four engagement drivers determine whether Spotify users stay or leave

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The way in which well-known music streaming platform Spotify can hold on to users depends less on headline-grabbing technical expansion than on how effectively its various features satisfy its listeners, according to a study in […]

Lifestyle

Why is time going so fast and how do I slow it down?

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How is it December already? What happened to 2025? And how did we suddenly jump from eating Easter eggs to putting up Christmas trees?This post was originally published on this site

Lifestyle

Listen to grandma—life’s not a zero-sum game

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Some situations in life are zero-sum. On Super Bowl Sunday, two teams take the field but only one will emerge victorious, Vince Lombardi Trophy in hand. In a presidential election, only one candidate can win […]

Economy

Billionaires with $1 salaries, and other legal tax dodges the ultrawealthy use to keep their riches

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Ray Madoff, a Boston College law professor, has written a new book: “The Second Estate: How the Tax Code Made an American Aristocracy.” She recently spoke to Kara Miller, host of the podcast “It Turns […]

Lifestyle

Digital detox: How to switch off without paying the price: New research

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Switching off can be surprisingly expensive. Much like the smoking cessation boom of the 1990s, the digital detox business—spanning hardware, apps, telecoms, workplace wellness providers, digital “well-being suites” and tourism—is now a global industry in […]

Education

New analytics show US schools can adopt later start times without raising costs

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For decades, school districts have struggled to adopt later high school start times, despite overwhelming medical evidence that early bells harm teen health. A new study in the journal Management Science demonstrates that advanced analytics […]

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Top Stories

  • ‘Weights of gold in bullion’: How the ancients invested in precious metals

    “All I want is an income of 20,000 sesterces from secure investments,” proclaims a character in a poem by Juvenal (1st–2nd century CE), the Roman poet.This post was originally published on this site
  • Treasure the emotional connections to the clothes you have and style could be a whole lot more sustainable

    With January sales around the corner, another flood of unwanted clothes risks drowning our wardrobes and the planet.This post was originally published on this site
  • Can you ‘live long and prosper’ by learning economics from Star Trek? Or is that ‘highly illogical?’

    It might seem worlds away from the Earth we know. But can “Star Trek” teach us anything about the economics of our own society?This post was originally published on this site

Highlights

  • Why central bankers look to the ‘stars’ when setting interest rates
  • AI model uses social media posts to predict unemployment rates ahead of official data
  • ‘Weights of gold in bullion’: How the ancients invested in precious metals
WHAT’S NEW
  • Why shoppers buy fast fashion even if they disagree with it
  • The ‘pawprint economy’ is booming—and it offers huge opportunities for tourism
  • ‘Lifting and shifting’ workers is not always the best answer
  • Early motherhood carries wage penalty, while delaying pays off
WHAT’S INTERESTING
  • Citizens have greater trust in parliaments with higher female representation, new research finds
  • There’s little evidence tech is much help stopping school shootings
  • Hidden bias gives ‘swing state’ voters more influence over US trade policy
  • Report challenges climate change as sole trigger of Syrian Civil War, exposing governance failures in drought response
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  • Archaeologists use AI to create prehistoric video game
  • New analytics show US schools can adopt later start times without raising costs

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