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/ 4 days ago‘It’s a deep emotional ride’ – 12 young people in Philly’s toughest neighborhoods explain how violence disrupts their physical and mental health
A social science researcher followed a dozen teens from different neighborhoods in North, West and Northeast Philadelphia, tracking their family histories...
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/ 4 days agoThird parties will affect the 2024 campaigns, but election laws written by Democrats and Republicans will prevent them from winning
The Democrats and Republicans try to keep them off the ballot. But third-party campaigns can inject new ideas and force major...
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/ 4 days ago‘What is a fact?’ A humanities class prepares STEM students to be better scientists
A professor shows science students how humanities classes are the real stem that other disciplines sprout from. They learn that critical...
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/ 4 days agoElectric vehicles are usually safer for their occupants – but not necessarily for everyone else
EV fires make headlines, but they don’t tell the full story of EV safety. The real threat isn’t combustion, it’s weight.
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/ 4 days agoSourdough under the microscope reveals microbes cultivated over generations
You can thank yeast and bacteria for the distinctive taste and smell of the oldest leavened bread in history.
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/ 4 days agoUS long-term care costs are sky-high, but Washington state’s new way to help pay for them could be nixed
What happens in November 2024 could influence other states weighing their own options.
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/ 4 days agoHow famines are formed: In Gaza and elsewhere, an underlying pattern that can lead to hunger and death
In Gaza, Sudan, Haiti and elsewhere around the globe, famine affects increasing numbers of people.
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/ 5 days agoInternational prosecution of Israeli or Hamas leaders wouldn’t bring quick justice − and even bringing them to court will be difficult
Prosecuting leaders indicted for war crimes is difficult. But the trial of Serbian leader Slobodan Milosevic in the early 2000s offers...
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/ 5 days agoTeens see social media algorithms as accurate reflections of themselves, study finds
Adolescents treat ‘for you’ algorithms as a social mirror and are willing to give up privacy to use it.
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/ 5 days agoGreater Detroit is becoming more diverse and less segregated – but Asians and Hispanics increasingly live in their own neighborhoods
Detroit is one of the country’s most segregated regions, but census data shows how that’s changing in both the city and...