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Maddie Bender

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Maddie Bender is a science, public health, and technology journalist.

Reporting, writing, fact-checking, and audio producing are all within my wheelhouse. My work has appeared in STAT, Scientific American, VICE, Smithsonian Magazine, Men’s Health, Popular Science, Inverse, Massive Science, and others, and it has been recognized by The New York Times, The Washington Post, and national radio. I was a 2021 AAAS Mass Media Fellow and the 2020 winner of New York Times columnist Nick Kristof’s annual…

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Opinion | When Your Sexuality Is Against the Law

Opinion | When Your Sexuality Is Against the Law

Even in African countries that have decriminalized homosexuality, life is not easy for gay people.

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VR Could Completely Transform Mental Health-if We're Ready

VR Could Completely Transform Mental Health-if We're Ready

Had I known I would be facing off in a virtual reality competition, I would've worn better shoes. Instead, I …

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How one architect's radical ideas about nature changed American cities forever

How one architect's radical ideas about nature changed American cities forever

For those of us who did the majority of our growing up in upper Manhattan, it's not hyperbolic to say that Ne…

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Are These Chimpanzees Using Insects as Medicine?

Are These Chimpanzees Using Insects as Medicine?

Researchers observed chimps in Gabon applying insects to wounds-and it's raising big questions about animal a…

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As 'test to stay' gears up nationwide, Massachusetts' 'rocky' rollout raises questions

As 'test to stay' gears up nationwide, Massachusetts' 'rocky' rollout raises questions

Massachusetts is drawing praise and even imitation for its "test-to-stay" approach to keep kids in school dur…

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Gen Z Is Developing Unexplained Tics After Going Online, And Doctors Are Concerned

Gen Z Is Developing Unexplained Tics After Going Online, And Doctors Are Concerned

Internationally, pandemic-related stressors and social media are converging in an 'epidemic within a pandemic…

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The Conversation: A hana hou show on planes, trains, and automobiles

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By Catherine Cruz Verified, Maddie Bender Verified, Laura Dux
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Various historical artifacts inside the restored WWI-era boxcar. Today on The Conversation, we bring you a multi-modal show exploring the history of travel and transportation. Historian Jeff Livingston shares the story of a recently restored WWI-era boxcar | Full Story(Feb.
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Maui foundation to invest in Hawaiʻi's youth through Trump Accounts

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By Maddie Bender Verified
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A new federal government initiative to help the children of America start their investment accounts early launched on Independence Day. The Invest America Act went into effect on July 4, 2026. It offers tax-advantaged savings accounts — or “Trump Accounts” — invested in low-cost stock index funds for every American child up to age 18. Michael and Susan Dell, left, ring the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, Wednesday, March 25, 2026.
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The Conversation: Bringing golf back to Hawaiʻi; Funding foster youth

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By Catherine Cruz Verified, Maddie Bender Verified
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Hideki Matsuyama, of Japan, hits on the 13th hole during the final round of The Sentry golf event, Jan. 5, 2025, at Kapalua Plantation Course in Kapalua, Hawaiʻi.
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