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HealthThe BAFTA Tourette racial slur controversy, explained, by a sociologist with Tourette’s who studies social stigma
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AIWe studied chatbots and language and saw a huge problem: They mean 80% when they say ‘likely’ but humans hear 65%
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Arts & EntertainmentJesse Jackson turned down a pro baseball contract that paid 6x less than a white player. Here’s how segregation shaped him
By Gibbs Knotts, Christopher A. Cooper and The ConversationFebruary 17, 2026
CommentaryWe looked at 40 years of government data and found the U.S. at a ‘medium level’ of atrocity. Iran is ‘high level’
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Arts & EntertainmentVictorian-era ‘vinegar valentines’ show that trolling existed long before social media or the internet
By Melissa Chan and The ConversationFebruary 14, 2026
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CommentaryYou love your dog too much. Blame the broken American Dream and loss of purpose since the pandemic
By Margret Grebowicz and The ConversationFebruary 13, 2026
LawHow Trump erased the story of George Washington’s slave, Ona Judge, who fled from Philadelphia to freedom
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