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Fashion and Beauty|Lifestyle|Opinion

John Fetterman might be the first to try to bare his legs in the Senate, but shorts have been ticking people off for almost a century

As fashion norms change, what people wear in public becomes ground zero for hashing out new ideas of race, class and gender.

John Fetterman might be the first to try to bare his legs in the Senate, but shorts have been ticking people off for almost a century
Business|Lifestyle|Science|Technology

The battle over right to repair is a fight over your car's data

Today’s cars include hundreds of computer chips, and carmakers say the data produced by those chips is proprietary – and a security risk. This means you don’t own the data your car generates.

The battle over right to repair is a fight over your car's data
Arts|Celebrity|Entertainment|Lifestyle

Taylor Swift’s homage to Clara Bow

The star of the 1920s silver screen who appears on Taylor Swift’s new album abruptly left Hollywood at the height of her success – a middle finger to the men whom she had made rich and powerful.

Taylor Swift’s homage to Clara Bow
Opinion|Science

Storytelling strategies make communication about science more compelling

Whether sharing online about health topics or chatting about the weather, you communicate about science. Borrowing a tactic from antiscience advocates can help make your stories more persuasive.

Storytelling strategies make communication about science more compelling
Election|Fashion and Beauty

Kamala’s kicks, Tim’s lids, and the red ties that bind Trump and Vance – what’s behind the fashion choices of each candidate

Clothing and makeup are silent, powerful ways for candidates to tell the American public who they are – and how they’ll lead.

Kamala’s kicks, Tim’s lids, and the red ties that bind Trump and Vance – what’s behind the fashion choices of each candidate
Opinion|Political

Misspoke: The long and winding road to becoming a political weasel word

Politicians have long used the phrase ‘I misspoke’ when backpedaling for verbal inaccuracies or blunders. Now it’s used as a euphemistic recasting of lying as an inadvertent mistake.

Misspoke: The long and winding road to becoming a political weasel word
Arts|Education|Entertainment|Science

Love it or hate it, nonliteral ‘literally’ is here to stay: Here’s why English will survive

Language changes because of how it finds itself most gainfully employed by speakers through time. So it’s OK to say “The movie literally blew my mind” and not mean it … literally.

Love it or hate it, nonliteral ‘literally’ is here to stay: Here’s why English will survive
Arts|Education|Entertainment|US

Santa, maybe? Why we have different names for who ‘hurries down the chimney’ on Christmas

You may call him Santa Claus, but the bearded guy in the red suit is a man known by many names. That doesn’t make him disreputable, just a reflection of changing American culture.

Santa, maybe? Why we have different names for who ‘hurries down the chimney’ on Christmas
Environment|Science

The chickadee in the snowbank: A 'canary in the coal mine' for climate change in the Sierra Nevada mountains

These tiny songbirds have extraordinary memories for the tens of thousands of spots where they hide food. But that doesn’t help when heavy snow blocks their access.

The chickadee in the snowbank: A 'canary in the coal mine' for climate change in the Sierra Nevada mountains

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