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/ 6 months agoWhy the Olympic Games are a ‘civil religious’ ceremony with a global congregation
Sporting events form a vital space where Americans display their ‘civil religious devotion,’ according to a scholar of religion and sports.
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/ 6 months agoBritain’s new prime minister has a chance to reset ties with the White House – but a range of thorny issues and the US election make it more tricky
Keir Starmer is ideologically more aligned with the Democrats. But history shows that isn’t the only key to good US-UK political...
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/ 6 months agoDetroit’s legacy of housing inequity has caused long-term health impacts − these policies can help mitigate that harm
Historical housing discrimination in Detroit persists today and causes disparities in health outcomes. Policies are making a difference, but more needs...
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/ 6 months agoFandom usually means tracking your favorite team for years − so why are the Olympics so good at making us root for sports and athletes we tune out most of the time?
Patriotic coverage helps forge the Olympics’ sense of community, weaving viewers’ lives together with athletes’ struggles and triumphs.
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/ 6 months agoFlirting with disaster: When endangered wild animals try to mate with domestic relatives, both wildlife and people lose
Conflicts between herders and the wild ancestors of their yaks, camels and reindeer are a serious threat to both people and...
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/ 6 months agoWhy US schools need to shake up the way they teach physics
Making physics more engaging means meeting students where they are, highlighting the ways in which it plays a role in their...
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/ 6 months agoTo guard against cyberattacks in space, researchers ask ‘what if?’
Sabotaged space stations, falsified space probe data and faked alien contact are just a few of the scenarios a report on...
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/ 6 months agoEven short trips to space can change an astronaut’s biology − a new set of studies offers the most comprehensive look at spaceflight health since NASA’s Twins Study
A set of papers published in Nature contain groundbreaking research into how even quick jaunts to space can affect an astronaut’s...
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/ 6 months agoSupreme Court of Oklahoma says no to Catholic charter school – but this may not be the end of the boundary-pushing saga
Officials have vowed to keep fighting for permission to open the school as a charter – which would be a controversial...
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/ 6 months agoWhy Nepal had a religious monarchy − and why some people want it back
Many in Nepal are protesting to bring back the Hindu monarchy, which was dissolved in 2008. A scholar of South Asian...
