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Schools tackle food insecurity as SNAP benefits teeter

Schools are bracing for the impact on their students as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) teeters on the brink of running out of money amid the government shutdown. SNAP funds had originally be set to run out Saturday, but a federal judge on Friday ordered

Living in ghost cities

Cities used to die slowly. Ancient Rome, Babylon, Memphis (in Egypt) and others took generations to fade from their peaks. The reasons were easy to see: Now, we can see it happening in a single generation. Rust Belt cities, projects in China, mining towns–they come and they go.

A prehistoric battle just rewrote T. rex’s story

The debate over Nanotyrannus’ identity is finally over. A remarkably preserved fossil proves it was a mature species, not a teenage T. rex. This discovery rewrites how scientists understand tyrannosaur evolution and Cretaceous predator diversity. For the first time, T. rex must