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Kamala Harris to Oversee Trump's Victory in Electoral Count

January 6, 2025

On January 6, Vice President Kamala Harris will face a tough job. She'll preside over the counting of the Electoral College votes that show Donald Trump as the winner, even though she was on the losing side. This task, required by the Constitution, has been done by many vice presidents before. It's

crime

Cracking the Forensic Funding Code: Lessons from Around the Globe

January 6, 2025

Forensic experts in Ukraine face a tough challenge—they're like detectives working with incomplete clues, and the crucial missing piece is funding. What if we could learn from other countries to fill in these gaps? One crucial step is to give each government agency its own budget for forensic work.

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Life Changes and Migration: How Adversity Drives Us Home

January 6, 2025

Ever wondered how big life changes like divorce or job loss affect where we live? It turns out, they can push us to move, especially back to familiar places or towards family. This isn't just a one-time thing; these moves can happen right after the event or even years later. Researchers in the US lo

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Love Scams: A Bill to Protect Online Daters

January 6, 2025

Online dating has become a big part of many people's lives, but it's also a playground for scammers. Last year, over 64, 000 Americans were tricked into giving away over $1 billion in romance scams. That's double the amount from just four years ago! A 66-year-old woman named Sue was one of these vic

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Runners' Foot Strike Patterns: How Coordination and Variability Differ

January 6, 2025

Ever wondered how the way you strike the ground while running affects your foot, shank, and rearfoot coordination? A study set out to find just that. They looked at two groups of runners, those who hit the ground with their heels (rearfoot strikers or RFS) and those who hit with their forefoot or mi

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Sneaky Tricks: How Some NYC Drivers Might Dodge Congestion Pricing

January 5, 2025

In New York City, drivers have always found creative ways to avoid paying tolls. Now, with the introduction of congestion pricing, some folks are already plotting how to bypass these new fees. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) relies on tolls to fund its operations, including subways,

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The Hidden Danger in Combat Sports: Performance Enhancers

January 5, 2025

Ever stopped to think if taking shortcuts is common in the world of fighting sports? Scientists are digging deeper into this, and shockingly, it's more widespread than expected. Athletes sometimes use performance-enhancing drugs to jump ahead of the competition, but at what cost? These substances ca

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What Keeps Healthy Habits Going in Preschools?

January 5, 2025

You might think that once a good program to keep kids active and eating well is started in preschools, it would continue easily. But that's not always the case. Researchers wanted to figure out what makes these healthy habits stick in early childhood education and care (ECEC) settings. They found th

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Movie Mashup: Mufasa Tops Weekend Box Office with $24M

January 4, 2025

The first weekend of 2025 kicked off with a bang, raking in $105M in total ticket sales, a 22% increase from last year's $85. 9M. The top movie was Mufasa, which earned $24. 5M in its third week. Sonic the Hedgehog 3 followed closely with $20. 7M. Despite the strong start, these numbers are still fa

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Ariana Grande's Age Joke: Hit or Miss?

January 4, 2025

Ariana Grande's appearance at the 36th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival Award was nothing short of spectacular. She wore a stunning silver metallic ballgown that stole the show. But it wasn't just her fashion that grabbed everyone's attention. When she accepted the Rising Star Award,