Acute stress and early signs of PTSD are common in firefighters and other first responders − here’s what to watch out for

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The thousands of firefighters and other first responders on the front lines of the fires that are raging in the Los Angeles area are at increased risk for anxiety, depression, acute stress and post-traumatic stress...

How the literature of fire can help readers find hope among the ashes

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We are living apocalyptically. The philosopher Bruno Latour uttered those words in an interview discussing the 2018 California wildfires. His comments ring all the more true in 2025, as residents of the Los Angeles area...

The Starbase rocket testing facility is permanently changing the landscape of southern Texas

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If there is a leader in the aerospace industry, SpaceX is it. The companys Crew Dragon and Cargo Dragon spacecrafts are the current go-to vehicles to deliver astronauts and supplies to the International Space Station. NASA...

Climate misinformation is rife on social media – and poised to get worse

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The decision by Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, to end its fact-checking program and otherwise reduce content moderation raises the question of what content on those social media platforms will look...

How do you create a workplace that people want to work in? We embedded in a company to find out

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Its been five years since the pandemic lockdowns of 2020 disrupted the traditional office workplace. For a while, it seemed COVID-19 killed the office. Companies are now returning to the office in ever greater numbers. As...

News coverage boosts giving after disasters – Australian research team’s findings may offer lessons for Los Angeles fires

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In late 2019 and early 2020, a series of devastating wildfires, known as the black summer bushfire disaster, left Australia reeling: More than 20% of the countrys forests burned. As a scholar of the psychology of...

China tech shrugged off Trump’s ‘trade war’ − there’s no reason it won’t do the same with new tariffs

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When Donald Trump returns to the White House, hell be accompanied by a coterie of China hawks, all vowing to use tariffs and export bans to stop Beijing from challenging the United States supremacy in technology. This isnt...