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Vaccine shot

Whether by infection or vaccine, 96.4% of Americans had COVID antibodies in their blood last September, massive survey finds

By Matt Hitchings, Derek Cummings, and others

Emergency room doctor

We’re still learning just how badly America handled the pandemic—’excess deaths’ jumped nearly 85% in 3 years, study finds

By Patrick Heuveline and The Conversation

David Herskowitz

Blood residue on caveman weapons over 13,000 years old reveals how humans hunted mammoths, giant sloths and other megafauna during the Ice Age

By Christopher R. Moore and The Conversation

TOKYO, JAPAN – JUNE 12: OpenAI Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman speaks during an event at Keio University on June 12, 2023 in Tokyo, Japan. Altman discussed with students at the event hosted by one of Japan’s leading private universities as he expressed his intentions to open an office and broaden services in the country. (Photo by Tomohiro Ohsumi/Getty Images)

Popular A.I. services for creating images are legal minefields for artists seeking payment for their work

By Robert Mahari, Robert Mahari, and others

Jerome Powell

The Fed’s summertime pause on interest rates could easily turn into a permanent vacation

By Ryan Herzog and The Conversation

Stressed office worker

Workplace stress could be easily fixed but help only comes after problems emerge, according to hundreds of findings on the topic

By Emily Rosado-Solomon, Jaclyn Koopmann, and others

Andy Jassy

The dark side of Amazon returns: Boxes getting sent back has metastasized to an $816 billion yearly problem

By Simone Peinkofer and The Conversation

Glass blower

Glass isn’t a liquid or a solid, and scientists are still discovering new aspects of the millennia-old material

By John Mauro, Katelyn Kirchner, and others

woman at laptop

Forget the ChatGPT ‘doom-hype cycle.’ Evidence shows humans are just as unoriginal when it comes to language.

By Brendan H. O'Connor and The Conversation

Francis Suarez

Miami has so many Spanish speakers it’s creating a new English-language dialect: ‘Get down from the car’

By Phillip M. Carter and The Conversation

GRIMES, IOWA – JUNE 01: Former President Donald Trump greets supporters at a Team Trump volunteer leadership training event held at the Grimes Community Complex on June 01, 2023 in Grimes, Iowa. Trump delivered an unscripted speech to the crowd at the event before taking several questions from his supporters. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Donald Trump’s unsealed indictment shows ‘striking’ personal involvement in hiding classified documents, criminal law scholar says

By Gabriel J. Chin and The Conversation

Cristiano Ronaldo

Messi aside, Saudi Arabia is ripping the American playbook with its mega play for soccer

By Stefan Szymanski and The Conversation

NEW YORK, NEW YORK – JUNE 7: Traffic goes over the Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge as smoke from Canadian wildfires casts a haze over the area on June 7, 2023 in New York City. Air pollution alerts were issued across the United States due to smoke from wildfires that have been burning in Canada for weeks. (Photo by Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/Getty Images)

A toxicologist breaks down exactly how wildfire smoke hurts your lungs and what people from New York to Detroit should be doing to stay safe

By Christopher T. Migliaccio and The Conversation

Hailee Steinfeld

The new ‘Spider-Verse’ movie doesn’t have only one Latino Spider-Man. Oscar Isaac’s voice is bringing Miguel O’Hara to life.

By Regina Marie Mills and The Conversation

Photo of a person’s hand holding a model of a tiny house

The housing market is so broken that many 40- and 30-something millennials have no choice but to build homes in their parents’ backyards

By Jeff Kruth, Murali Paranandi, and others