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/ 5 months agoLynn Conway was a trans woman in tech − and underappreciated for decades after she helped launch the computing revolution
The trailblazing engineer was co-inventor of a technique for designing computer chips that laid the groundwork for the computing revolution.
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/ 5 months agoRaw milk health risks significantly outweigh any potential benefits − food scientists and nutritionists explain why
Raw milk has always carried the risk of serious illness, and this risk has only risen with bird flu spreading across...
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/ 5 months agoPaying reparations for slavery is possible – based on a study of federal compensation to farmers, fishermen, coal miners, radiation victims and 70 other groups
Since the 1930s, the federal government has made payments to victims of financial hardships and social injustices. But for those suffering...
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/ 5 months agoSolstices brought Mayan communities together, using monuments shaped by science and religion – and kingly ambitions, too
Structures aligned with solar events served various purposes: science, farming, religion and even politics.
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/ 5 months agoSaying a final goodbye to Willie Mays, baseball’s ‘Say hey’ kid
From the racism and poverty of the Jim Crow South, Willie Mays rose to the height of fame and respect as...
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/ 5 months agoHow Biden’s executive order to protect immigrant spouses of citizens from deportation will benefit their families and communities
Biden’s executive action will shield approximately 500,000 undocumented spouses of US citizens, as well as 50,000 children, from deportation and give...
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/ 5 months agoHow Indigenous peoples are reclaiming their celebrations of the summer solstice − and using them to resist
A historian of astronomy writes about the role of astronomical events in Indigenous cultures − and also the exploitation of their...
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/ 5 months agoEPA has lowered the screening level for lead in soil – here’s what that could mean for households across the US
The new level won’t trigger automatic cleanups, but it sets a lower threshold for taking precautions to reduce lead exposure.
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/ 5 months agoJoining NATO binds countries to defend each other – but this commitment is not set in stone
NATO’s treaty has loopholes that give member countries, including the US, power over whether or not they want to intervene in...
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/ 5 months agoUS laws created during slavery are still on the books. A legal scholar wants to at least acknowledge that history in legal citations
Since 2020, a team of legal researchers has collected more than 12,000 cases involving enslaved people and more than 40,000 cases...
