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Your phone can tell when you’re depressed

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Israel’s Rafah operation, explained

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By Ellen Ioanes

If you want to belong, find a third place

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What Israel’s shutdown of Al Jazeera means

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By Nicole Narea

A rare burst of billions of cicadas will rewire our ecosystems for years to come

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