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Take this test to find out how deep your sense of belonging and relationship is with the natural world: Connectedness To Nature Scale Editorial StandardsForbes Accolades Join The Conversation Comments 0 One Community.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
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And the narrative power of this season, the thing that keeps you reading, is the lure of finding out which one of them is true.—
Jack Pitt-Brooke,
New York Times,
10 May 2025
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As the ball is nearing Thuram… … Barella moves forward to receive the pass, and Dumfries starts his third-man run down the right wing.—
Ahmed Walid,
New York Times,
1 May 2025
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The boy then ran down the left shoulder as cars and trucks raced by, the drivers not realizing what was occurring, the video showed.—
Caleb Lunetta,
Mercury News,
29 Apr. 2025
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Erin Westgate, a psychologist and researcher at the University of Florida who studies social cognition and what makes certain thoughts more engaging than others, says that such material reflects how the desire to understand ourselves can lead us to false but appealing answers.—
Miles Klee,
Rolling Stone,
4 May 2025
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In studying adolescent development for more than four decades, she’s found that boys do want intimate friendships.—
Harmeet Kaur,
CNN Money,
4 May 2025
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Myth: Exposure to cicada noise will cause hearing loss As the second-largest periodical cicada, Brood XIV can make a lot of noise when the male cicadas attempt to attract mates with their buzzing sounds.—
Janet Loehrke,
USA Today,
15 May 2025
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His frustrations are drawing all of the attention regarding the Red Sox, and one former Red Sox legend is tired of hearing about it.—
Drew VonScio,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 May 2025
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Predicting Auroras On Mars Until now, the only auroras on Mars have been detected at ultraviolet wavelengths by spacecraft orbiting the red planet.—
Jamie Carter,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2025
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The study measured how often the blood test detected amyloid plaque compared to existing PET scans or spinal fluid tests.—
Ken Alltucker,
USA Today,
16 May 2025
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Talk to a healthcare provider to determine if muscle endurance exercises are right for you.—
Sherri Gordon,
Health,
8 May 2025
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Law enforcement officials are working to determine the circumstances surrounding the shooting.—
Jordan King,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 May 2025
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Those images are instantaneously analyzed by a computer system, which ascertains the species, size and other characteristics of each animal.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
12 May 2025
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Reuters could not ascertain the owner of this wallet.—
Trump's stablecoin chosen for $2 billion Abu Dhabi investment in Binance, co-founder says Thursday,,
USA Today,
1 May 2025
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Yet amid all the business fanfare, the outlines of an emerging Trump foreign policy could be discerned.—
Howard LaFranchi,
Christian Science Monitor,
15 May 2025
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And make no mistake: staying relevant for a quarter-century among the world’s most discerning creative community is no small feat.—
Jeetendr Sehdev,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2025
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“Major (in).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/major%20%28in%29. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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