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Here's how Sandy Hook Promise is fighting back against gun violence

So far in 2026, there have been eight school shootings. Sandy Hook Promise wants to reduce their occurrence.
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Dogs can detect Parkinson’s years before symptoms show — with 98% accuracy

A new study from the Universities of Bristol and Manchester revealed new insights into early Parkinson’s detection.
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The UN granted international protections to snowy owls, cheetahs, hammerheads, and more. Here's what it actually accomplishes

On March 29, the United Nations moved to protect 40 new species under international law.
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In a picture photographed from below, sharks circle overhead against the glow of the sun on the surface water.

Bull sharks are big, aggressive predators — but they can still make friends, according to new research

A new study led by experts at the University of Exeter in England found that sharks are a lot more like humans than we gave them credit for.
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A dad watches as a young boy plays on a wooden playground

Nonprofit invents modular playgrounds for kids in war zones: 'The children helped construct them'

The design was made in collaboration with Palestinian and Sudanese child refugees.
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A rainbow crosswalk made out of colorful bricks in Miami Beach, Florida

DeSantis banned Pride crosswalks in Florida, so Miami Beach painted rainbows in a park instead

The city used funds from a 2025 budget surplus to replicate the Pride crosswalk in a nearby park.
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A group of ten astronauts in blue space suits — 4 men and 6 women — pose with red NASA letters

Women outnumber men in NASA's newest astronaut class. And this week, the first woman will orbit the moon

Christina Koch will be the first woman to fly around the moon in the Artemis II launch.
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A close-up of one hand putting a round, pink pill in another hand

A Catholic college banned birth control. So students started the 'Womb Service' to deliver it instead

Students provide condoms and morning-after pills with no judgement.
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An electronic billboard in Times Square shows a map of the United States and a ticker tracking support for public lands

Taxpayers own 640M acres of public lands. Activists are selling symbolic stock in national parks to protect them

The “Going Public” campaign aims to ​​celebrate Americans’ pride for public lands and inspire people to help protect these national treasures.
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A still from "The Pitt" in which a trio of people -- a man (husband to a patient), a woman (Lena Handzo), and a younger woman (Victoria Javadi) -- look off camera to someone in a hospital bed.

Here's what to say — and not say — to someone who is grieving, according to a death doula

Meredith Wilson Parfet wants to reshape the way Americans approach tragedy.
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Caleb Hearon perfoms in "Model Comedian" on HBO, holding a wired microphone and standing in front of orange and pink curtains on stage

Comedian Caleb Hearon matches $15K in fan donations for Transgender Day of Visibility

The comedian is supporting the Trans Justice Funding Project and is urging fans to DM him proof of their donations on Instagram.
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A screenshot from the game "Consume Me" with a 8-bit character stepping up to a scale.

She counted calories as a teen. Now she's made a game to help others with disordered eating

NYU game designer Jiao Hsia is using experiences from her youth to inform her newest game.
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