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The recent act of racist terrorism in Buffalo has raised the stakes on how science is communicated and sold.

Groups have voiced opposition to suicide prevention programs, mental health coordinators and social emotional learning, claiming they are being used to indoctrinate students.

The technique can predict a person’s ancestry and physical traits without the need for a match with an existing sample in a database.

By enacting simple laws that make guns safer and harder to get, we can prevent killings like the ones in Uvalde and Buffalo

For some patients, getting a BBL isn't about keeping up with the latest trend. But, as others realized after their procedures, shelling out for a curvier silhouette can be complicated.

Originally designed to correct mismatched length in legs, limb-lengthening surgery has become more popular for men looking to permanently increase their height.

Jin Goh unearths people’s perceptions of sexual harassment victims—and the consequences of those mental images

The research could have policy implications as President Biden pushes to revive his proposal to expand the child tax credit.

Inside the self-reinforcing ecosystem of people who advise, train and defend officers. Many accuse them of slanting science and perpetuating aggressive tactics.

Is there a part of ourselves that we don't acknowledge, that we don't even have access to and that might make us ashamed if we encountered it? We begin with a woman whose left hand takes instructions from a different part of her brain. It hits her, and knocks cigarettes out of her hand and makes her wonder: who is issuing the orders? Is there some other "me"in there I don't know about? We then ask this question about one of the central problems of our time: racism. Scientific research has shown that even well meaning people operate with implicit bias - stereotypes and attitudes we are not fully aware of that nonetheless shape our behavior towards people of color. We examine the Implicit Association Test, a widely available psychological test that popularized the notion of implicit bias. And we talk to people who are tackling the question, critical to so much of our behavior: what does it take to change these deeply embedded concepts? Can it even be done?

Adverse early experiences can make young minds inflexible, while a carefree childhood has clear cognitive benefits.

It has the trappings of popular social media, a young audience and explicit content on suicide that other sites don’t allow. It is linked to a long line of lives cut short.

As the marijuana legalization debate continues, it's important to examine the connections between media portrayal, public perception, and fluctuating laws.

It's a complicated, but important, guide for drug policy. Here's what you need to know.

The Hat Man has been the subject of documentaries and seems to have inspired one of the more chilling ghosts in the Netflix horror show The Haunting of Hill House. Otherwise sober-minded people report having woken from their dreams to see the figure. Some dismiss him as a bad dream or a neurological quirk; others feel in his presence something much more sinister and otherworldly. But if the Hat Man is just a nightmare, how did the whole world start having the same bad dream at once?

People aren’t their illness. Don’t call someone “a schizophrenic,” for example, experts say. Instead say, “a person with schizophrenia.”

Teenage girls are seeking medical care for the sudden onset of tics, such as jerking motions and verbal outbursts, that specialists in pediatric movement disorders say are linked to watching TikTok videos that purport to show people with Tourette syndrome.

I am not nervous that my doctor will find something. I’m nervous that she won’t.

The consequences of rape, maltreatment, disease and racism are revealed by the findings.

Behind most breakthroughs is animal research. Let's stop pretending otherwise

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Every time the bees are exposed to an infected sample, they stick out their tongues to collect a reward.

Ecstasy and absolution meet in the lab

Their belief that this surreal conspiracy has arisen because of the poor education of its adherents is based in classism, not reality.

When talking about reproduction, reproductive rights, and gynecological health, transgender folks deserve the same inclusive and affirming care as cisgender folks. That starts with changing the language around transgender pregnancy.

After he realized there was a lack of material to help doctors identify how symptoms of disease show up differently on Black and Brown skin, medical student Malone Mukwende created a handbook to address the issue.

Dialect coach Erik Singer takes us on a tour of different accents across English-speaking North America. Erik and a host of other linguists and language experts (Nicole Holliday, Megan Figueroa, Sunn m’Cheaux, and Kalina Newmark), take a look at some of the most interesting and distinct accents around the country. Host: Erik Singer Director: Alice Roth Producer: Alyssa Marino & Erik Singer Director of Photography Charlie Jordan Production Manager: Morgan Winters Editor: Brady Jackson and Justin Sloan Post Production Manager: Nick Ascanio Head of Programming for WIRED: Chris Conti Linguists & Language Experts: Nicole Holliday, Megan Figueroa, Sunn m’Cheaux, & Kalina Newmark Dialect demonstrations: Amani Dorn NYC accent demonstration courtesy of La Tasha Stephens Latinx Light L demonstration courtesy of International Dialects of English Archive DC accent demonstration courtesy of International Dialects of English Archive North Carolina accent demonstrations courtesy of The Language & Life Project Talkin’ Tar Heel, How Our Voices Tell the Story of North Carolina Special thanks to: Reg Charging Zachary Cooper Justin McBride Eliza Simpson James N. Stanford Pamela Vanderway Nacole Walker Dr. Walt Wolfram International Dialects of English Archive The Language & Life Project Talkin’ Tar Heel, How Our Voices Tell the Story of North Carolina The American Dialect Society: https://www.americandialect.org/ Dictionary of American Regional English and Field Recordings: https://search.library.wisc.edu/digital/AAmerLangs Indigenous North American accents: https://www.yesmagazine.org/democracy/2017/03/06/how-rez-accents-strengthen-native-identity/ https://www.babbel.com/en/magazine/native-american-accents https://indigenousaccents.info.yorku.ca/resources/ African American Language: https://oraal.uoregon.edu/ New York Latino English: http://qcpages.qc.cuny.edu/~mnewman/Site/NYLE.html Appalachian English https://artsandsciences.sc.edu/appalachianenglish/ North Carolina accent and dialect variation: https://talkintarheel.com/ Learning the tools and skills needed to be good at teaching or doing accents: http://ktspeechwork.org Language variation and education: https://charityhudleymallinson.com/resources/secondaryenglish/ Language discrimination and racism: https://www.linguisticsociety.org/content/lsa-statement-race Other sources for accents: https://www.dialectsarchive.com/ https://www.pinterest.com/dialectcoaches/_created/ https://dc.lib.unc.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/sohp https://storycorps.org/ http://accent.gmu.edu/ https://visualaccentdialectarchive.com// 00:00 - Intro 02:10 - Pilgrims 02:45 - Boston 2:58 - Rhode Island 3:25 - New York City 4:31 - African American English Varieties 7:17 - New York Latino English 8:26 - The On Line 9:27 - DC 10:24 - Pittsburgh 10:55 - Virginia 11:27 - North Carolina 12:00 - Appalachia 13:40 - The Outer Banks 15:19 - Lumbee English 16:02 - "General American" 16:45 - Gullah / Geechee Language & Accent 19:20 - Piney Woods Belt 21:21 - Outro Still haven’t subscribed to WIRED on YouTube? ►► http://wrd.cm/15fP7B7 Listen to the Get WIRED podcast ►► https://link.chtbl.com/wired-ytc-desc Want more WIRED? Get the magazine ►► https://subscribe.wired.com/subscribe/splits/wired/WIR_YouTube?source=EDT_WIR_YouTube_0_Video_Description_ZZ Get more incredible stories on science and tech with our daily newsletter: https://wrd.cm/DailyYT Also, check out the free WIRED channel on Roku, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, and Android TV. Here you can find your favorite WIRED shows and new episodes of our latest hit series Tradecraft. ABOUT WIRED WIRED is where tomorrow is realized. Through thought-provoking stories and videos, WIRED explores the future of business, innovation, and culture. Accent Expert Gives a Tour of U.S. Accents - (Part One) | WIRED

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Losing a pregnancy might be the loneliest experience that millions of women have faced.

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