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Trees are spreading across the Great Plains. They're actually making climate change worse
We normally think of trees as being good for the environment. But in parts of the Midwest and Great Plains, they're heating up the earth as woodlands take over grasslands.
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Why Kansas Colleges Are Still Holding Film Nights And Relay Races Amid A Pandemic
Universities count on in-person events to keep students enrolled in their colleges. And they argue school-sponsored events are safer than a kegger.
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Kansas may face 30 more days yearly of high wildfire risk as its climate changes
A changing climate looks poised to increase wildfire conditions significantly. That would compound other growing risks, such as the aggressive spread of eastern red cedars.
Comey, Spicey, Fake News And Biden: The Most Popular Politics Stories Of 2017
These are the politics stories that drew in the most readers this year. And the top story is not about President Trump.
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Millions of Americans are evicted every year because they can’t make the rent. For poor families already struggling with finances, the repercussions of…
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The Maker Movement's Evolution In Kansas City
Few things compare to the satisfaction of building something with your own hands — making things has always been a fundamental part of what humans do. The…
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Westboro And The Religious Roots Of Hate
In researching Topeka's Westboro Baptist Church, Arkansas State University sociologist Rebecca Barrett-Fox got an intimate view of the ministry's…
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Robert Putnam On The American Dream
You know the story; with a good education, hard work, and a little stick-to-itiveness, you can make a better life for yourself and your kids. It's quite…
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'Only A Game' Host Bill Littlefield On Sports And Poetry
Bill Littlefield is host of Only a Game the syndicated program aimed at the serious sports fan and the steadfast sports avoider. (It airs Saturday…
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Saved By The Whistle: Truman's Campaign Of 1948
Candidates crisscross the country with relative ease these days, but back in 1948, a real train whistle ruled a whistle-stop campaign. That year the…
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