We're hosting our first AMA, in the r/AskScience AMA Series: It's getting hot in here! I'm a climate scientist researching El Niño and warm ocean extremes called marine heat waves, AMA!
AskScience AMA Series: It's getting hot in here! I'm a climate scientist researching El Niño and warm ocean extremes called marine heat waves, AMA!
Biden's dragging poll numbers won't matter in 2024 if enough voters loathe his opponent even more
How Trump could try to stay in power after his second term ends
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Machine learning applied to individuals' CBC blood test values over time shows that patients have stable "setpoints" for platelets, hemoglobin and other values; comparing new test results to these patient-specific values allowed for better diagnosis of diabetes and other common conditions
Adults do create new brain cells, and faster production of new neurons is linked to reduced cognitive decline, especially related to verbal learning, in a study of tissue taken from human brains during surgery to treat drug-resistant epilepsy
How right-wing media is like improv theater
How a director of national intelligence helps a president stay on top of threats from around the world
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Trump’s criminal conviction won’t stop him from getting security clearance as president
One election victory does not make a new era in American politics − here’s what history shows
How Native Americans guarded their societies against tyranny
Many wealthy members of Congress are descendants of rich slaveholders − new study demonstrates the enduring legacy of slavery
Why Pennsylvania’s election results will take time to count
The racist ‘one-drop rule’ lives on in how Trump talks about Black politicians and whiteness in America
We analyzed 9 years of Trump political speeches, and his violent rhetoric has increased dramatically
Don’t panic reading ‘electoral process porn’: There are plenty of safeguards to make sure voters’ wishes are respected
Microplastic fibers found in the exhaled breath of dolphins, according to measurements taken from the blowholes of dolphins in Sarasota Bay in Florida and Barataria Bay in Louisiana
What does Springfield, Illinois, in 1908 tell us about Springfield, Ohio, in 2024?
No country still uses an electoral college − except the US
So you don’t like Trump or Harris – here’s why it’s still best to vote for one of them
Can Montana’s ‘last rural Democrat’ survive another election?
Latino voters in Pennsylvania are primarily Puerto Rican, with a strong preference for the Democratic Party, which could play a critical role in the upcoming election.
