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Congress still has ways to throttle back Trump’s war with Iran – and to ask questions [18d]
Patriots and loyalists both rallied around St. Patrick’s Day during the Revolutionary War [19d]
Indie coffee shops are meant to counter corporate behemoths like Starbucks – so why do they all look the same? [19d]
Fat cells burn energy to make heat – making them the next frontier of weight loss therapies [19d]
AI doesn’t ‘see’ the way that you do, and that could be a problem when it categorizes objects and scenes [19d]
Oil isn’t just fuel: Iran conflict could disrupt markets for everything from plastics to fertilizers [19d]
US military leans into AI for attack on Iran, but the tech doesn’t lessen the need for human judgment in war [19d]
Notions of ‘Christendom’ often miss the mark – medieval Europe’s ideas about faith and power were not so simple [19d]
Universities survived Trump’s 2025 funding freeze, but the money still isn’t flowing to researchers [19d]
Generative AI can play a role uplifting family and community in early childhood education [19d]
Bird losses are accelerating across North America, particularly in farming regions where agriculture is most intensive [19d]