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/ 3 hours agoMoscow terror attack showed growing reach of ISIS-K – could the US be next?
A spate of terror operations carried out by the Islamic State group affiliate has raised concerns over a potential attack on...
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/ 3 hours agoFor over a century, baseball’s scouts have been the backbone of America’s pastime – do they have a future?
Even with teams’ embrace of analytics, the number of scouts employed by MLB teams had stayed remarkably consistent. That all changed...
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/ 3 hours agoFailure of Francis Scott Key Bridge provides future engineers a chance to learn how to better protect the public
A bridge engineering expert discusses the costs and limitations of building structures to withstand extreme events – and what it takes...
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/ 3 hours agoTweaking US trade policy could hold the key to reducing migration from Central America
Relaxing ‘rules of origin’ restrictions in an existing trade deal could add tens of thousands of jobs in Central America.
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/ 3 hours agoNASA’s mission to an ice-covered moon will contain a message between water worlds
Europa Clipper will contain a plaque that celebrates humanity’s relationship with water and a decades-old tradition of searching for life outside...
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/ 3 hours agoThe amazing story of the man who created the latest narco-state in the Americas, and how the United States helped him every step of the way − until now
Washington looked the other way as coup leaders and drugs cartels conspired to turn Honduras into a center of the cocaine...
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/ 3 hours ago69% of US Muslims always give to charities during Ramadan, fulfilling a religious obligation
During the month-long period of fasting, the obligation of zakat takes on heightened significance.
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/ 3 hours agoOne year ago, Pope Francis disavowed the ‘Doctrine of Discovery’ – but Indigenous Catholics’ work for respect and recognition goes back decades
Indigenous Catholics have long argued they should be able to embrace both sides of that identity.
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/ 3 hours agoAs climate change and pollution imperil coral reefs, scientists are deep-freezing corals to repopulate future oceans
Just as the world’s zoos breed critically endangered animals in captivity to repopulate the wild, scientists are building a global effort...
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/ 6 hours agoInvisible lines: how unseen boundaries shape the world around us
Maxim Samson speaks to The Conversation Weekly podcast about the hidden lines that explain variations in everything from access to education...