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This Pew Research Center report examines religious switching in the United States, including the reasons people give for staying in or leaving their childhood religion. It also looks at social and ...

Ever noticed that the colder it gets, the more often you’re dashing to the loo? It’s not your imagination. Disrupted patterns and desperate urges to pee can be difficult to ignore, and you might even ...

Dec. 11, 2025 — You might think you have to be cunning and manipulative to make it in business or some social circles. After all, popular culture for decades has canonized characters who gained ...

Most often, when we talk about fishing, it’s the physical aspects we are concerned with: how to catch, what to catch, etcetera? But what about the metaphysical? The Why. The Why is at least as ...

I am lucky to have taken some incredible trips, including a recent one to “the end of the earth”: the island of Tierra del Fuego, the southernmost point of South America. In a week, we traveled by ...

Crowds of people dressed up and going door-to-door while asking for treats and threatening mischief if the homeowners don’t pony up—sounds like Halloween, right? Actually, that was one popular way ...

The world needs to move towards an approach to measure well-being rather than economic growth. Here’s how that can happen. Gross domestic product (GDP) was never designed to be a measure of societal ...

If you’ve ever stared at your homework feeling stuck, you’re not alone. Many children say it makes them feel stressed, bored, or even anxious. Why do teachers keep giving you work to do at home when ...

It's a day to honor the bravery and sacrifice of all veterans in the United States. Veterans Day is Tuesday, Nov. 11, and the federal holiday is observed every year on that date, which coincides with ...

NEW YORK — You keep your trusty reusable bottle filled with only clear, delicious water. Do you still need to wash it? Experts say reusable bottles get grubby no matter what liquid they’re filled with ...

This is the time of year when Nicole Hughes gets constantly distracted by the fall foliage as she drives around North Carolina. "I'm always looking," says Hughes, a biologist at High Point University.