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Migraines could be treated by ramping up the brain’s cleaning system

One-third of people with migraines don’t respond to current treatments, but harnessing the brain’s cleaning system could open up...

Stoke-on-Trent monkey in ‘world first’ gene research project

Using the new information, described as a "master key", those involved in the project said they had already traced Crinkle's roots back to wild populations near Ifrane National Park and Khenifra National Park in Morocco - two strongholds for...

Hormuz closure threatens the global food supply – why grocery price hikes are coming

The global energy crisis caused by the closure of the Strait of Hormuz is only the beginning of the economic cost of the war with Iran.I study how institutions affect businesses and supply chains,...

Urban planning students engage with communities through the Freedom Summer Fellowship

For the past three summers, MIT master’s students and recently graduated planners have collaborated with cities and...

Toxic dust from California’s shrinking Salton Sea is harming children’s lung growth – our study tracked the impact in 700 kids

Southern California’s Salton Sea was once a resort playground, with sunny beaches, celebrities and people waterskiing on the vast inland lake in the 1950s and ’60s.Today, those resorts are long gone, replaced by a...

How worried should you be about an AI apocalypse?

Super-intelligent artificial intelligence rising up and wiping out humanity has been a common trope in science fiction for decades....

Bypass the Strait of Hormuz with nuclear explosives? The US studied that in Panama and Colombia in the 1960s

With the world struggling to get oil supplies moving from the Middle East, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich raised eyebrows with a social media post highlighting a radical idea: Use nuclear bombs to cut a...

Better urban design could help save Florida’s threatened Big Cypress fox squirrel

Florida is home to a host of diverse wildlife you can’t find anywhere else. Most people know of manatees and Florida panthers. But you might never have heard of the Big Cypress fox squirrel, a...

New Scientist recommends the engaging Native Nations by Kathleen DuVal

The history of North America’s Indigenous peoples is fraught with stereotypes – and often seen through a European lens....

You’re not going to be alone in national parks this summer – enjoy the company

On a summer morning a couple of years ago, we went for a hike on the fabled Bright Angel Trail, one of the most popular trails in Grand Canyon National Park.As scholars of tourism and...
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Few Republicans condemn Trump’s Iran threat as Democrats call for his removal

Washington — In the hours between President Trump threatening to eradicate a "whole civilization" unless Iran...
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