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Animals understand death too - In 2018, field researchers in Uganda came across an unusual sight: a female chimpanzee carrying an infant she had recently given birth to that was affected by albinism, an extremely uncommon condition in this species that gives their fur a striking white color.

In 2018, field researchers in Uganda came across an unusual sight: a female chimpanzee carrying an infant she had recently given birth to that was affected by albinism, an extremely uncommon condition in this species that gives their fur a striking white color.

The Petro State - Colombia's first leftist leader wants to end oil

Last year, Colombian president Gustavo Petro watched in dismay as a political and economic crisis unfolded on the other side of his country’s eastern border. Global powers had imposed sanctions on Venezuela’s oil exports after the country’s autocratic leader, Nicolás Maduro, allegedly A his re-election. As hyperinflation fueled turmoil, millions of refugees poured into Colombia to escape.

Fortress Democracy - Despite efforts at home and abroad to undermine faith in U.S. elections, this year's vote is set to be the most secure and reliable ever. Thank new laws, fail-safes, and courageous election officials

Despite efforts at home and abroad to undermine faith in U.S. elections, this year’s vote is set to be the most secure and reliable ever. Thank new laws, fail-safes, and courageous election officials

The Beauty of Being Alone - There's a lot of fear around spending time alone. Alone time can make people itchy with boredom.

Recent articles and studies warn us about the dangers of loneliness—one 2017 study by Julianne Holt- Lunstad at BYU’s Social Connection and Health Lab claims loneliness is as bad as smoking 15 cigarettes a day. In 2023, U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy published an advisory all about the epidemic of loneliness in America. It details the genuine risks of chronic loneliness, such as increased rates of anxiety and depression, as well as dementia in older adults

What is 'American Malaria' and Are You at Risk? - Few things will leave you feeling quite so icky as returning from a jaunt outside and finding a tick clinging to your skin

Babesiosis, is causing particular concern. The disease is colloquially known as “American malaria,” partly because of its widening spread and partly because of its clinical profile. Like malaria, it can lead to headache, fever, chills, nausea, vomiting, altered mental state, anemia, low blood pressure, respiratory distress, and more.

A strip-club fairy tale with a generous heart

THERE ARE FEW FILMMAKERS AS OPENHEARTED, as stone-soup inventive, as Sean Baker.

Fanfare for the gentle man

IN WE LIVE IN TIME, THE ROMANTIC drama whose slow October rollout has swept up moviegoers in a tidal wave of tears, Andrew Garfield plays a divorced man who finds love in a hopeless place.

On fathers, and the limits of forgiveness

IN 2016, TITUS KAPHAR MADE THE Jerome Project, a short documentary in which he confronts how his father’s abuse and drug use harmed his childhood.

RECONSIDERING MARTHA

Anew Netflix documentary assays how Martha Stewart has made us feel across a five-decade career

MEL ROBBINS WILL MAKE YOU DO IT

HOW THE PODCASTER AND AUTHOR ROSE TO THE TOP BY STATING THE OBVIOUS

IT'S TIME TO SET BOUNDARIES

Here’s the thing: kids have always pushed limits and asked for things that aren’t good for them; in fact, this is part of kids doing their job, as they're meant to explore the world and figure out the edges” or limits. And while kids continue to do their job, parents are really struggling to do theirs—and as a result, the family system is off-balance and mental health is suffering.

Larry Hogan's ethics issue

ON JAN. 27, 2021, THEN GOVERNOR Larry Hogan had good news for affordable housing in Maryland: nearly $40 million in competitive awards to spur construction of 18 low-income housing projects.

A filmmaker's quest to unmask Bitcoin's creator

WHO IS BITCOIN’S FOUNDER, SATOSHI NAKAMOTO? THE question has perplexed and excited cryptocurrency fans ever since Bitcoin was created by someone with that username in 2009.

Unmasking prediabetes

TYPE 2 DIABETES DOESN’T ALWAYS arrive with a bang. It can develop slowly but eventually result in marked side effects like extreme thirst and hunger, frequent urination, blurry vision, tingling sensations, and fatigue.

AFTER SINWAR

The architect of Oct. 7 put the Palestinian cause back on the global agenda, but written in blood

NEXT GENERATION LEADERS

11 trailblazers who are challenging the status quo, leading with empathy, and forging solutions for a brighter future

Young Americans get a taste of China

Rich and vibrant culture is what has deeply impressed a delegation of high school students from the United States who completed on Sept. 24 a 10-day trip to China that took them to Guizhou, Sichuan and Shandong provinces.

INTO THE HEART OF DARKNESS

Jeremy Strong tackles another morally complex character, playing the power broker behind Donald Trump's rise

The nostalgic comforts of a goth-girl autumn

AUTUMN MAY BE THE MOST ATMOSPHERIC SEASON, tantalizing the senses with soft sweaters and warm beverages and the crunch of colorful leaves underfoot.

The Chosen One

ELECTED PRESIDENT WITH MORE VOTES THAN ANYONE ELSE IN HISTORY, PRABOWO SUBIANTO AIMS TO KEEP INDONESIA ON A TIGHTROPE BETWEEN WORLD POWERS

THE HARRIS PLAN

WHAT KIND OF PRESIDENT WOULD SHE BE?

I quit teaching because of ChatGPT

THIS FALL IS THE FIRST IN NEARLY 20 YEARS THAT I AM not returning to the classroom.

The D.C. Brief

KAMALA HARRIS MAY BE LEADING in many national polls, but a deeper look tells a less rosy story for her party.

CO₂ Leadership Brief

Hurricane Helene was a significant human tragedy, with more than 200 deaths reported as of Oct. 9 and thousands more left homeless; Hurricane Milton, close on its heels, brought more devastation.

Sharing power is working in South Africa

SOUTH AFRICA HAS had a hard time of it lately.

LET REFUGEES HELP REFUGEES

At the annual gathering of the U.N. General Assembly last month, when the subject was briefly Sudan, the U.S. ambassador spoke of \"compassion collapse,\" defined as the human tendency to turn away from mass suffering. The suffering in Sudan is certainly on a mass scale. Eleven million people have fled their homes, pursued by men with guns and followed by famine.

A sky-high solution for congested cities

AS CITIES AROUND THE WORLD GRAPPLE WITH CONGEStion and seek to lower emissions, one New Zealand-based startup is looking upward for solutions.

Oct. 7 families, one year later

THE HAMAS ATTACK OF OCT. 7 marked the start of the bloodiest war in the history of the IsraeliPalestinian conflict-and was also the day hundreds of families learned the devastating news that their loved ones were either killed or missing.

REMAKING THE MIDDLE EAST

A year after Oct. 7, Israel's list of targets had extended to Lebanon. Where experts see the region going next

The New Apprentice - J.D. Vance's juggling act

J.D. Vance looks annoyed. it's a tuesday afternoon in August, and we're sitting near the front of his campaign plane, flying from a rally in Michigan to a fundraiser in Tennessee. Across the aisle is his mother Bev, whose role in Vance's traumatic and disruptive childhood he chronicled in his best-selling memoir, Hillbilly Elegy. As flight attendants serve Chick-fil-A, Vance gripes about the ongoing controversy over his three-year-old comments complaining that the U.S.is being run by Democrats, corporate oligarchs, and childless cat ladies who don't really have a direct stake in the country's future. As with his boss, Vance's instincts are to punch back. I think it's a ridiculous thing to focus on, he says, instead of the underlying argument I was trying to make.