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/ 6 months agoWhat Frederick Douglass learned from an Irish antislavery activist: ‘Agitate, agitate, agitate’
Frederick Douglass was introduced to the idea of universal human rights after traveling to Ireland and meeting with Irish nationalist leaders.
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/ 6 months agoPoop has been an easy target for microbiome research, but voyages into the small intestine shed new light on ways to improve gut health
Your upper intestine is host to a distinct population of microbes that play a role in digestion, metabolism and immunity.
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/ 6 months agoQuantum computers are like kaleidoscopes − why unusual metaphors help illustrate science and technology
Novel metaphors can make it easier to understand complex concepts such as quantum computing.
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/ 6 months agoAmericans used to unite over tragic events − and now are divided by them
Public tragedies are heartrending events that gain widespread public attention. But where once prominent tragedies often brought Americans together, such tragedies...
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/ 6 months agoSchool interventions offer best shot at reducing youth violence
Kids most likely to wind up in the ER due to violence often have common early childhood experiences. Can schools use...
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/ 6 months agoCentral banks face threats to their independence − and that isn’t good news for sound economic stewardship (or battling inflation)
Monetary policy can be wielded as a tool to boost an economy around election time, which explains why politicians want to...
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/ 6 months agoFrom glowing corals to vomiting shrimp, animals have used bioluminescence to communicate for millions of years – here’s what scientists still don’t know about it
Dozens of animals, some on land but many in the ocean, can produce light within their bodies through chemical reactions. Scientists...
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/ 6 months agoCalls to US poison centers spiked after ‘magic mushrooms’ were decriminalized
Researchers found a sharp rise in calls to US poison centers about magic mushrooms coincided with their decriminalization in several US...
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/ 6 months agoSupreme Court unanimously concludes that anti-abortion groups have no standing to challenge access to mifepristone – but the drug likely faces more court challenges
The SCOTUS opinion did not take on the substance of the plaintiffs’ claims against mifepristone, and the abortion pill is already...
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/ 6 months agoSupreme Court sides with Starbucks in labor case that could hinder government’s ability to intervene in some unionization disputes
It’s not certain that the ruling will make it harder for fired union organizers to get their jobs back, a labor...
