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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14.11.2024

Volkswagen: the end of a German industrial myth?

A symbol of German industrial power, Volkswagen is facing major financial difficulties. How did the emblem of “deutsche Qualität” get to this point? And can it pull through?

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11.11.2024

A single atom can change the colour of a bird. These are the genes responsible

New research reveals how parrots and finches develop their extraordinary colours – and shows that evolution is an ongoing process.

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13.11.2024

Corpse flowers and flesh flies: why so many plants and fungi stink like death warmed up

The stench of a rare corpse flower make us retch. But you’re not the target – the plant wants to lure carrion beetles and flesh flies

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13.11.2024

Prime time for cicadas: what a once-in-1,547-year bug population surge tells us about the nature of reality

Three groups of cicadas have emerged together this year for the first time since the fall of the Roman Empire. The reason is pure mathematics.

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13.11.2024

Cacti are surprisingly fragile – and five other intriguing facts about these spiky wonders

Cacti are more complex and mysterious than you might realise.

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02.11.2024

Election anxiety doesn’t need to win − here are 3 science-backed strategies from a clinical psychologist to rein in the stress

Given the polarized political climate in the US, it’s hard not to be affected by the election. But there are ways to make sure stress and uncertainty don’t send you on a downward spiral.

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07.11.2024

Is the election making you feel adrift and wobbly? That’s ‘zozobra’ – and Mexican philosophers have some advice

Mexican philosophers have a word for the peculiar anxiety you may be feeling: ‘zozobra,’ a dizziness that arises from social disintegration.

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15.11.2024

Here’s what we’ll be telling COP29 about how climate change is harming young people’s mental health

Young people worry about climate change. But the impact on their mental health is more than anxiety about the future. Increasing heat and other effects are already influencing poor mental health.

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15.11.2024

Emerging links between intimate partner violence and women’s cardiovascular disease risk

Among the common but lesser-known consequences of intimate partner violence is a heightened risk for cardiovascular disease.

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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

Volkswagen: the end of a German industrial myth?

Science

A single atom can change the colour of a bird. These are the genes responsible

Corpse flowers and flesh flies: why so many plants and fungi stink like death warmed up

Prime time for cicadas: what a once-in-1,547-year bug population surge tells us about the nature of reality

Cacti are surprisingly fragile – and five other intriguing facts about these spiky wonders

Health

Election anxiety doesn’t need to win − here are 3 science-backed strategies from a clinical psychologist to rein in the stress

Is the election making you feel adrift and wobbly? That’s ‘zozobra’ – and Mexican philosophers have some advice

Here’s what we’ll be telling COP29 about how climate change is harming young people’s mental health

Emerging links between intimate partner violence and women’s cardiovascular disease risk

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