A bias toward pessimism among US political scientists often leads to inaccurate predictions about threats to democracy, researchers report.

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Urban trees may bolster education outcomes and their loss could disproportionately affect students from low-income families.

A new study challenges existing assumptions about how audiences form connections with characters in stories.

"We were surprised that an activity as popular, fun, and healthy as hula hooping wasn't understood even at a basic physics level."

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