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Nov 15, 2025
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What do experts say about diet sodas and insulin resistance?

Evidence is mixed: several cohort and clinical studies find sugar-sweetened sodas raise insulin resistance and diabetes risk, while many experimental studies find artificial sweeteners or diet sodas d...

Dec 19, 2025
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How did the age distribution of Trump supporters in 2024 compare to his supporters in the 2016 election?

Donald Trump’s 2024 coalition skewed younger and more diverse on age lines than his 2016 coalition: voters under 50 comprised about 40% of Trump’s 2024 voters versus roughly 35% in 2016, reflecting no...

Nov 28, 2025
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How did voter turnout in 2024 vary by race and ethnicity compared to 2020?

Voter turnout in 2024 was slightly lower overall than in 2020—about 64–65% of the voting‑eligible or voting‑age population cast ballots in 2024 versus roughly 66% in 2020—while turnout declines were u...

Nov 15, 2025

How did 18-29 year old turnout in 2024 compare to 2020 and 2016?

Estimates from Tufts’s CIRCLE center cluster around either a 42% or 47% turnout rate for 18–29 year olds in 2024, down from the roughly 50–55% turnout CIRCLE and other outlets estimated for 2020, and ...

Dec 6, 2025

Is AI conscious?

There is no settled scientific answer to “Is AI conscious?”: major scholars, neuroscientists and technologists disagree, with some predicting consciousness in years and others arguing it’s conceptuall...

Nov 30, 2025

How does 2020 registered voter count compare to 2016 and 2018?

The U.S. had a substantially larger registered-voter pool in 2020 than in recent elections: Census and peer analyses put the 2020 registered-voter total in the high‑hundreds of millions range (Census ...

Jan 15, 2026

How have Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s dietary claims been received by nutrition scientists and public health experts?

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s new dietary guidance — an inverted “food pyramid” that elevates protein, full‑fat dairy and saturated fats while emphasizing a retreat from ultra‑processed foods and added suga...

Jan 12, 2026

How have mainstream fact-checkers and social platforms responded to claims linking David Upchurch to that remark?

Mainstream fact‑checkers widely debunked the viral claim that David Upchurch “revealed” Michelle Obama is a man, publishing clear refutations and tracing the claim to fringe outlets (Full Fact; Greece...

Nov 24, 2025

How is a Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) accredited and classified by U.S. educational bodies?

The Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) in the U.S. is an entry‑level professional doctorate that is primarily accredited by the American Physical Therapy Association’s Commission on Accreditation in Phy...

Oct 29, 2025

What are the criteria for universities to ban student organizations like Turning Point USA?

Universities base decisions to deny or revoke recognition of student organizations on a mix of , not solely on ideology; recent cases show rejections tied to claimed incompatibility with religious mis...

Oct 23, 2025

What percentage of Republican voters under 30 support Trump?

The materials reviewed do provide a single, explicit statistic answering “what percentage of Republican voters under 30 support Trump,” but they offer consistent indirect evidence that and that Trump’...

Oct 21, 2025

What were the demands or goals of the protesters at the Boston no kings rally on October 18 2025?

The Boston "No Kings" rally on October 18, 2025 sought to publicly oppose what organizers and many participants called rising , demanding protections for democratic norms, immigrant rights, and increa...

Oct 14, 2025

What are the average SAT scores for Fordham University admission?

The materials you provided do not supply ; each cited analysis notes absence of that specific data. To determine current SAT ranges for Fordham applicants, consult Fordham’s official admissions data (...