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Over a billion young people are at risk of hearing loss in part due to headphone use. Audiologists weigh in on the risk, and how to protect your ears.

Earplugs can prevent permanent hearing damage from concerts. Venue staff and musicians say that now it’s common, even cool, to have them.

On May 24, 2022, a shooter at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas killed 19 students and two teachers. Survivors still navigate barriers to getting support.

Cancer survivorship programs and clinics can help patients figure out what long-term recovery might look like and address the physical and mental effects of treatment.

While it might be unbelievable today, boys were once required to swim nude at YMCA pools — yet some recall the experience with no shame.

After years of collecting consumer DNA, genetic testing companies are monetizing the data. But who should profit — the company or the people who shared their DNA?

How the competition between the Human Genome Project and its industry rival, Celera, drove forward one of the most historic scientific discoveries of our age.

AI-created art has been widely decried as the end of human creativity. But for one Palestinian woman, AI is helping to democratize art.

Psychologist Ellie Brown began studying an arts-focused preschool 20 years ago. Her research shows that creative expression helps kids to learn better.

For 30 years, Kathy Sanders has sought answers about the terrorist attack that killed her grandsons. She hopes a new piece of evidence will bring her closer to the truth.

Twenty-five years ago, Onel de Guzman tricked millions of people and cost the world economy billions by unleashing a computer worm disguised as a love letter.

In 1975, Jan Todd set a Guinness World Record with a 394.5-pound two-handed deadlift — but training was tough at a time when women weren’t expected to lift heavy.

50 years ago, Don Super joined the military in hopes of helping the Lao people during the Vietnam War — instead, he found himself a part of a secret carpet bombing campaign.

The U.S. dropped millions of tons of bombs on Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War. Some remain, and could still explode.

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