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Long-hidden documents reveal the University of Texas’s blueprint for slowing integration during the civil-rights era.

The report was the result of a sweeping two-year probe, and it confirmed many of the citizen complaints about police conduct that emerged after Floyd’s death. The investigation found that Minneapolis officers used excessive force, including “unjustified deadly force,” and violated the rights of people engaged in constitutionally protected speech.

Florida school districts had raised questions about an AP Psychology “learning objective” that covers gender and sexual orientation.

Teacher feedback that gives students options can make them feel empowered

The brain processes voices differently depending on the volume of the speaker and if the listener is focused on them

Despite the drawbacks of turning to artificial intelligence in medicine, some physicians find that ChatGPT improves their ability to communicate empathetically with patients.

The residential programs that families and kids turn to for help are in desperate need of reform.

My journey into an a storm of madness.

New research shows surprising activity levels in dying brains and may help explain the sudden clarity many people with dementia experience near death

On a two-block stretch of Brownsville in April, the police stepped aside and let residents respond to 911 calls. It was a bold experiment that some believe could redefine law-enforcement in New York City.

Death investigators in Utah are among a handful of groups trying to learn how many gay and transgender people die by suicide in the United States.

Sigmund Freud once applied his Oedipal theory to the leader of the free world.

Four decades ago, medical researchers reached out to ailing families in Colombia for insights into Huntington’s disease. Scientists are just now following up, hoping it’s not too late.

In a new study, researchers describe a device that connects the intentions of a paralyzed patient to his physical movements.

The neat picture we once had about the causes of mental illness has turned out to be wrong, but we are building an understanding of a new single underlying factor

People taking the drug for weight loss say they have also stopped drinking, smoking, shopping, and even nail biting.

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In the campaign to ban gender therapies for minors, Republicans have amplified a group of activists who no longer identify as transgender, overriding objections from transgender people and medical experts.

The passive voice makes the people at the heart of a crime curiously exempt from blame.

Despite the eye-catching claim that large AI language models like ChatGPT have achieved theory of mind, some experts find their abilities lackluster.

Swearing could actually be an emotional release valve and studies show that people who swear like a sailor are more honest and more intelligent.

The longer a person’s telomeres, researchers found, the greater the risk of cancer and other disorders, challenging a popular hypothesis about the chromosomal roots of vitality.

The science of misheard lyrics and the “mondegreen,” a misheard word or phrase that makes sense in your head, but is, in fact, entirely incorrect.

Cost-cutting translations are introducing errors and putting refugees at risk.

Mental health experts worry the high cost of healthcare is driving more people to confide in OpenAI's chatbot, which often reproduces harmful biases.

Moms are laid off while on parental leave and subjected to stereotypes about their competency. But with few legal protections, attorneys say most cases go unreported.

What is it like to grieve someone whose body has a job in the afterlife?

The psychologist taught us that what we remember is not fixed, but her work testifying for defendants like Harvey Weinstein collides with our traumatized moment.