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Women’s health suffers, bearing the brunt of household labor – DW – 12/18/2025
We've heard it all before: Women do more in the home. They spend more time cooking, cleaning, planning, and caring for children. Science shows that this is not just about women being too sensitive or tired. In fact, more than 20 years of research shows that women's disproportionate share of domestic and mental labor has measurable consequences for their health and wellbeing. Marriage (for the purposes…
A hidden T cell switch could make cancer immunotherapy work for more people
Over the past ten years, T cell immunotherapy has emerged as one of the most…
The gear meant to protect firefighters may carry hidden dangers
A new study published on Dec. 16 in Environmental Science & Technology Letters reports that…
Your body feels cold in two different ways
Researchers led by Félix Viana, co-director of the Sensory Transduction and Nociception laboratory at the…
The western U.S. Tried to stop wildfires and it backfired
Wildfires are not always purely destructive. In many forests, fire can clear out built up…
Astronomers just watched a black hole twist spacetime
The universe has delivered a rare breakthrough for researchers chasing one of the hardest effects…
Why Biden Is Losing Support Among Voters Of Color
Among the most politically tuned-in, last week saw the kind of hand-wringing and accusations of…
Why ‘Bidenomics’ Isn’t Working For Biden
Welcome to FiveThirtyEight’s politics chat. The transcript below has been lightly edited. nrakich (Nathaniel Rakich,…
The Senate Is Losing One Of Its Few Remaining Moderate Republicans
In his announcement that he would not seek a second term, Utah Sen. Mitt Romney…
The Second GOP Debate Could Be Smaller, With Or Without Trump
Eight Republican candidates participated in the party’s first primary debate in August. But the stage…