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Why Earning Money For Teens Is Harder Than It Seems And How They Can Use Side Hustles Instead
One week, everyone is hunting for the same pair of low-rise cargos. Next, it’s the Sambas everyone suddenly swears they’ve loved forever
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Hikikomori: How Society’s Pressure To Conform Leads To Extreme Isolation
In Japanese culture, there is a famous proverb that details the weight of society’s expectations: “the nail that sticks out gets hammered
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Are Teslas, Let Alone Any Electric Car, Actually Better For The Environment Than Gas Cars?
Sleek, modern, and unmistakably chic, electric cars have taken both the internet and the roads by storm. Marketed as the future of
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How Trade Credit Helps Power Millions Of Businesses Around The World
When finance is discussed, we usually think about banks, stock markets, and interest rates. Far fewer people consider or know about a form
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Zohran Mamdani’s Joint Announcement For Implementing Universal Childcare In New York City
On January 8, less than ten days into his term as the mayor of New York City, Zohran Mamdani unveiled a plan to fulfill his pledge of
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The Monty Hall Problem: Why Your Intuition Isn’t Always Right
You are a contestant on a game show, and as the first game begins, the host shows you three doors labeled Door 1, Door 2, and Door 3
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Time Standing Still: How Cryogenics Might Make Eternal Life Possible
For millennia, humans have attempted to find the key to eternal life. Going on quests for elixirs, reciting spells, and even drinking gold
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What Caused United Airlines Flight 173 To Go Down, And How Did It Subsequently Change The Aviation Industry?
It was December 28, 1978, and United Airlines Flight 173 circled through the winter night sky above Portland, Oregon. Thousands of feet
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Calvin Coolidge’s Hands-Off Approach To Dealing With The Great Mississippi Flood Of 1927
In the spring of 1927, the raging waters of the Mississippi River surged violently over its banks and claimed thousands of farms, towns, and
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Extremophiles: Life In The Harshest Corners Of Earth
For most of human history, scientists worldwide assumed that suitable living conditions require moderate temperatures, stable environments
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Quiz — How Much Do You Know About American Geography?
The United States covers approximately 3.8 million square miles, thus making it the third-largest country in the world by land area. As part of its geography, we can find major mountain ranges such as the Rocky Mountains and Appalachian Mountains, extensive river systems like the Mississippi River, large deserts, forests, plains, and over 12,000 miles of coastline. The nation consists of multiple climate zones and six time zones, and because of this, there is significant regi
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How Are Modern Copyright Laws Dealing With Work Generated By Artificial Intelligence?
From the printing press to photography, from circular records to digital recording and uploading, copyright laws within America have always
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A Tire Company Giving Out Culinary Awards?! An Overview Of How Michelin Stars Came About
Today, whenever someone is asked to think of a fancy restaurant, one of the first things that will come to their mind is a Michelin Star
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Tsutomu Yamaguchi: The Man Who Survived Not One, But Two Atomic Bombs
In the summer of 1945, World War II finally came to an end, at the surrendering of Japan in Tokyo Bay. Out of all the stories that have come
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Is Higher Education Worth The Risk Of Taking Out Student Loans?
Higher (post-secondary) education, particularly four-year college, is an expensive investment that many people can’t afford to finance out
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The Digital Humanities: Our Future Of Humanistic Study?
A new approach to studying the human experience has been gaining popularity over the last twenty years: the digital humanities. Supported by
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A Recount Of The World’s First Successful Slave Revolt And Birth Of A Black Republic
The Haitian Revolution, lasting from 1791 to 1804, was arguably one of the most significant and transformative events in North America
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How The September 11 Attacks Reshaped American Law And Targeted Muslim Communities
Terrorism is often defined as the use of violence against civilians to achieve political or ideological goals. It emerges from political
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Elon Musk’s Two-Part Master Plan For Tesla Motors
The Tesla that we know today stems from an almost two decade plan formulated by Elon Musk. The story of Tesla Motors begins in 2006 when
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How Air Traffic Controllers Keep Millions Alive Under Crushing Psychological Pressure
Every single day, over three million passengers in America rely on their flights to take off, navigate, and land safely at the target
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The Concerning Impacts Of Male-Centric Medical Research And Healthcare Systems
A 2020 report found that only one percent of healthcare research and innovation was invested in female-specific conditions
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How Investor Psychology Shapes The Stock Market
When the average person is asked about the stock market, they think of fast and confusing charts, big numbers, and people sitting at
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The Benefits And Concerns Behind X’s New Location Feature
On November 21, 2025, Elon Musk’s social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, started rolling out a new feature that shows the true
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Why Nuclear Waste Is Not Actually Waste
For many people, the first image that pops into mind when they hear “nuclear energy” isn’t a glowing city powered by reliable, clean energy
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What Is The P/E Ratio Of A Stock, And What Does It Tell About A Company?
On any brokerage app, like Robinhood, you’ve probably seen something called a price-to-earnings ratio, or P/E ratio, listed under a stock’s
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The Lavender Scare And The Costs of Cold War Hysteria
During the Cold War, the United States was shaped by the goal of containing communism. The Red Scare is well known because of its focus on
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How The Wright Brothers Achieved The First Powered Flight In 1903
On the morning of December 17, 1903, in a very remote area in North Carolina, two seemingly normal brothers changed the world of aviation
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The Hidden Architects Of American Feminism
When we think of the quintessential feminist thought leaders, a select few trailblazing women often come to mind: Susan B. Anthony, Gloria
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Are Our Phones Secretly Listening To Us?
Most people have probably had an experience that goes something like this: you mention to a friend how you want to go on a vacation and a
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El Niño and La Niña: How Are They Different, And What Effects Do They Have On The U.S. Climate?
As winter approaches, El Niño and La Niña are terms that weather channels often throw around, but what exactly is the difference between the
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What Are Private Military Companies (PMCs), And Why Are They Controversial?
Modern warfare in the 21st century has changed to something far beyond the simple battlefields and strategies of the past. Although state
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The Role African Americans Played During The American Civil War
African Americans, both free and enslaved, played a key role in the American Civil War. By reframing the war as a moral struggle against
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The Impact of Ranked-Choice Voting On Elections In The United States
As politics in the U.S. becomes more polarized, reformers and voters have started to look for alternative electoral systems that have a
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What Is The Ozma Problem, And Why Does It Matter?
If I asked you to explain the difference between right and left to a friend, you would probably show them your hands and say which is which
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How Financialization Has Turned Ordinary People Into Investors And Risk Bearers
In recent decades, finance has spread far beyond its traditional roots of Wall Street and corporate treasuries. Citizens increasingly face a
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Aaron Swartz: The Man Who Freed The Internet
Aaron Swartz was born in 1986 in Highland Park, Illinois. From an early age, he displayed an almost uncanny facility with computers, ideas
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The Fatal Free Fall Of Air France Flight 447 And Our Takeaways From It
Air France Flight 447 was a scheduled passenger flight from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to Paris, France. On June 1, 2009, the Airbus A330
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The Shadow Banking System Explained
Most people are familiar with traditional banks; they are the institutions that take deposits, offer loans, and provide checking accounts
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Knowing Nothing, Doing Plenty: How One Party Influenced America In The 1850s
In the nineteenth century, the United States saw a dramatic influx of immigrants. Millions of individuals were fleeing Europe due to famine
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What Was The Worst Year In Human History?
What was the worst year in human history? That is a very contested and subjective question asked among historians. Some point to 1918, when
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The Rise Of Residential REITs In The United States
The housing market in the United States has long been shaped by a combination of unregulated private enterprise and strict public regulation
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The Story Of Amelia Earhart, The First Woman To Fly Solo Across The Atlantic Ocean
Amelia Earhart is one of the most iconic figures in aviation history, celebrated for her courage, discipline, and curiosity. In this article
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The Future of 5G Technology: How It Goes Beyond Just Faster Phones
Oftentimes, when the majority of people hear 5G, their brains directly think of faster internet on smartphones. While this is not wrong, as
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Sugar’s Impact On The Health Of Victorian Era Citizens
The time period from the Napoleonic Wars to the beginning of World War I, most commonly known as the Victorian era, was one of vast economic
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The Evolutionary Reasons For Why Women Live Longer Than Men
You may have noticed how women often outlive men by a considerable margin. In fact, according to the Centers For Disease Control and
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Fake It Till You Make It: The Science Behind Smiling
First, a hug from a close friend. Then, a good grade returned. Later, a funny joke cracked. Your brain processes these events, and chemicals
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How Women Pilots Broke Into The Aviation Industry
If the average person going on vacation were to be asked to think of who the captain of their flight is, the first image that comes to mind
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Why Taking On Debt Isn’t Always Bad
People usually think of debt as something to avoid due to the notion that it’s inherently bad. However, this is not always true because
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How Does 3D Printing Homes Work, And Why Should We Even Consider It?
Throughout history, manual labor has always been used for constructing houses and other infrastructure. However, this may at least partially
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The Nazi Censorship Of Jewish Literature
Organized groups of university students in Germany burned over 25,000 books on May 10, 1933. This mass desecration of literary works
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