Three decades ago, child development researchers found that low-income children heard tens of millions fewer words in their homes than their more affluent peers by the time they reached kindergarten. This “word gap” was and continues to be linked to…
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There’s actually a word for the climate change-induced despair you’ve been feeling
In a sunny Australian city known for being one of the world’s largest coal export ports, an environmental philosopher would often field pleading calls from residents. As they spoke, their distress over the sheer scale of the impacts from open-pit…
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