How John Fetterman Came Out of the Darkness

When he looks back on the past year—a year in which he nearly died, became a U.S. Senator, and nearly died again—it is the debate that John Fetterman identifies as the ­breaking point.

“The debate lit the mitch,” he says, then shakes his head in frustration and tries again. The right word is there in his brain, but he struggles to get it out. “Excuse me, …

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July Likely To Be The Hottest Month Ever

July isn’t even over yet and a group of scientists are saying it’s “extremely likely,” it will be the hottest month ever recorded. That’s according to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the E.U.-funded Copernicus Climate Change Service.

Already, the first three weeks of this month have been the warmest three-week stretch globally on record. Comparing that stretch of ti…

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Loneliness Is a Public Health Emergency. Here’s What Helps

When the pandemic first began, many experts feared that even people who managed to avoid the virus would suffer from unprecedented levels of loneliness. What would happen when millions of people were told to stay at home and distance themselves from friends and loved ones?

Two years of research later, experts have found that the pandemic did make Americans slightly more lonely—but …

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Israel’s COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout Slows at Critical Moment

Now that nearly 60% of Israel’s roughly 9 million residents have gotten at least one shot of a COVID-19 vaccine, the New Jersey-sized Middle Eastern country is offering the rest of the world an enviable glimpse of a future where most people are inoculated against the coronavirus. While it’s still too early to tell the full extent to which vaccination is having an effect there, Israe…

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How to Actually Change Someone’s Mind

Raise your hand if you’ve recently engaged in an insult-slinging argument that started as an attempt at a civil discussion about some hot-button issue. Many of us have, and with high-stakes elections looming, the already fiery discourse will likely only intensify.

Though it might feel satisfying in the moment, calling someone a bleeping—insert your favorite derogatory term her…

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The Story Behind Team USA Women’s Gymnasts’ Leotards

There was probably little doubt that when the U.Sคำพูดจาก สล็อตเว็บตรง. women’s gymnastics team walked into the arena at the Tokyo Olympics for the team event, their leotards would embody some red, white and blue theme. And the women did not disappoint.

Striding on to t…

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The Unsettled—and Unsettling—Science of Lawn Chemicals

For people with yards, keeping grass lush can often feel like a full-time job: planting, treating, mowing, bug-killing, watering—and repeating. Because of the many products and services this entails, the lawn and garden care industry raked in $16.8 billion globally in 2020, according to analytics firm Allied Market Research.

But the roots of lawn care are more sinister than a bright…

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Researchers Discover What Became of a Lost Continent, Now Hidden Under the Adriatic Sea

Researchers with Utrecht University in the Netherlands have uncovered what became of a lost continent that broke off from Africa and wedged itself under Europe, creating mountain ranges that span across 30 different countries from Spain to Iran.

“What we have studied is the very complex history of the geology of the Mediterranean region,” Utrecht professor Douwe van Hinsbergen…

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How to Keep America Safe

Foreign aid is often in the hot seat, but today the heat is cranked up especially high. The U.S. government, one of the world’s most influential donors, is considering dramatic cuts to health and development programs around the world. I understand why some Americans watch their tax dollars going overseas and wonder why we’re not spending them at home. Here’s my answer: These p…

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Tuning in to Your Most-Ignored Sense Can Make You Happier

Somewhere along the long, winding road of evolution, a bunch of genes got together in a conference room and decided it would probably be most optimal for human survival if we were forced to take in every sound all around us at all times. Thus, the ear was born. Unlike their neighbors the eyes, the ears came with no on/off option. This is a great safety feature if you’re living in a cave s…

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