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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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Prendergast ran down the street to the explosion site, following a black cloud of smoke, and arrived there in a few minutes.—
Richard Winton,
Los Angeles Times,
19 May 2025
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Meanwhile, Mitchell offers a supporting run down the middle and Eze begins a sprint on the left.—
Thom Harris,
New York Times,
15 May 2025
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But the researchers’ premise—that there might be a mystical experience at the heart of a psychedelic trip—is a phenomenon that can be studied and should be studied.—
Hannah Jocelyn,
New Yorker,
19 May 2025
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Catharine Biddle, who studies rural education at the University of Maine, says families in the state frequently encounter long waitlists for private mental health services for their children.—
Jonaki Mehta,
NPR,
19 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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While the results of the analyses will help determine the truth of Fourmanoir’s claims, one other possibility remains: The portrait could be a collaborative work by both Gauguin and Ky-Dong.—
Eli Wizevich,
Smithsonian Magazine,
20 May 2025
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Through an autopsy, a coroner will identity the body and determine the person's cause and manner of death.—
Natalie Neysa Alund,
USA Today,
20 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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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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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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“Major (in).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/major%20%28in%29. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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