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Here's how to reduce gun violence by 2040, according to the experts

Shootings have killed more than 800,000 people and injured over 2 million others in the United States since the start of this century.
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Buying a gift for a loved one with cancer? Skip the care package and help with meals and laundry instead

Sociologists found acts of service to be much more memorable and helpful than a care package.
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Is a real or artificial Christmas tree more sustainable? Here's what the experts say

Three-quarters of U.S. households display a tree during the holidays. Here's the most sustainable way to celebrate.
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Over the course of 20 years, this couple planted 2.5 million trees: 'The region can be seen from space'

Instituto Terra was born from the dream of Lélia Deluiz Wanick Salgado and Sebastião Salgado to recover the forest that existed on the family's former farm.
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These fire-resistant 'mushroom blocks' could be the construction material of the future

Because mycelium grows by binding itself to whatever it feeds on, it naturally forms a kind of living glue.
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Researchers find and map 'climate change safe havens' that are more resilient to warming: 'We can buy crucial decades'

The study of climate change refugia — places that are buffered from the worst effects of global warming — has grown rapidly in recent years.
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Over the course of 20 years, this couple planted 2.5 million trees: 'The region can be seen from space'

Instituto Terra was born from the dream of Lélia Deluiz Wanick Salgado and Sebastião Salgado to recover the forest that existed on the family's former farm.
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Digital avatars are helping psychosis patients confront the voices in their heads

New technology from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience at King’s College London is helping patients confront auditory hallucinations.
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Suicide Prevention Week: 18 Ways To Take Action

With events, screenings, activities, and more, Suicide Prevention Week is a catalyst for us to learn more, seek help, offer support, and open our hearts and minds to vulnerable conversations.
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Digital avatars are helping psychosis patients confront the voices in their heads

New technology from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience at King’s College London is helping patients confront auditory hallucinations.
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Comic books about immigrant heroes inspire new classroom curriculum

Since 2006, the Carnegie Corporation of New York has issued a series of comic books titled “Great Immigrants, Great Americans.”
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US literacy rates plummeted during the pandemic. Then these teachers stepped in

Across the country, teachers are stepping in to reverse the course of low literacy rates that dropped significantly during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Over the course of 20 years, this couple planted 2.5 million trees, reforesting a Brazilian nature preserve

Instituto Terra was born from the dream of Lélia Deluiz Wanick Salgado and Sebastião Salgado to recover the forest that existed on the family's former farm.
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New spider species discovered in southern Morocco. It looks like a Pokémon

The male specimens of the family bear an uncanny resemblance to giant ladybugs.
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