The city often becomes a magnet for anti-Arab sentiment during election years and global conflicts; however, the more interesting story is what happens in the city when the spotlight is turned off.

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02.03.2024

Remembering the 1932 Ford Hunger March: Detroit park honors labor and environmental history

On March 7, workers at the Ford Rouge River plant marched for better working conditions, sparking America’s labor movement. Almost a century later, a quiet park honors their memory.

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09.03.2024

UAW’s Southern strategy: Union revs up drive to get workers employed by foreign automakers to join its ranks

Despite intermittent efforts over the past three decades, the UAW union has been unable to organize employees of foreign-based automakers in states such as Alabama and Tennessee.

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04.05.2024

What’s in a VIN? How to decode the vehicle identification number, your car’s unique fingerprint

VINs can tell a story if you know what to look for.

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08.10.2024

We’ve worked out a way of understanding how microbial communities shape life on Earth

Microbial communities are essential to life, yet their complexity has long puzzled scientists. Now, a new framework aims to unravel how these intricate ecosystems form.

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21.10.2024

How light helped shape our skin colour, eyes and curly hair

Light helps explains the evolution of our skin colour, why some of us have curly hair, and the size of our eyes. And light still shapes us today.

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24.10.2024

We discovered a new fossil species of prehistoric fish

Researchers have discovered a new extinct species of coelacanth that lived 380 million years ago.

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25.10.2024

Stoneflies change colour in response to deforestation, suggesting humans can alter evolution – new research

A new study shows that rapid loss of forests has prompted a colour change in stoneflies, caused by a genetic mutation. This means human change to the environment can drive evolution.

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11.10.2024

Happiness class is helping clinically depressed school teachers become emotionally healthy − with a cheery assist from Aristotle

Teachers who took the course reported less depression and better sleep − and needed fewer sick days.

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17.10.2024

People displaced by hurricanes face anxiety and a long road to recovery, US census surveys show − smarter, targeted policies could help

Disasters such as hurricanes Helene and Milton often hit low-income and other disadvantaged groups hardest. 2 policy experts suggest ways long-term aid could help.

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22.10.2024

Existential uncertainty: how it affects your mind – and what you can do about it

It’s not uncommon to feel anxiety, distress and unease about the future.

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25.10.2024

Why do I get so anxious after drinking? Here’s the science behind ‘hangxiety’

The morning after might fill you with dread and panic. Your brain is trying to rebalance the chemicals that made you feel relaxed when you were drinking – and you’re probably dehydrated too.

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A brief history of Dearborn, Michigan – the first Arab-American majority city in the US

Remembering the 1932 Ford Hunger March: Detroit park honors labor and environmental history

UAW’s Southern strategy: Union revs up drive to get workers employed by foreign automakers to join its ranks

What’s in a VIN? How to decode the vehicle identification number, your car’s unique fingerprint

Science

We’ve worked out a way of understanding how microbial communities shape life on Earth

How light helped shape our skin colour, eyes and curly hair

We discovered a new fossil species of prehistoric fish

Stoneflies change colour in response to deforestation, suggesting humans can alter evolution – new research

Health

Happiness class is helping clinically depressed school teachers become emotionally healthy − with a cheery assist from Aristotle

People displaced by hurricanes face anxiety and a long road to recovery, US census surveys show − smarter, targeted policies could help

Existential uncertainty: how it affects your mind – and what you can do about it

Why do I get so anxious after drinking? Here’s the science behind ‘hangxiety’

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