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/ 6 months ago5 books to help you better understand today’s campus protests
These books shine light on a rich history of campus protests in the US that goes back to the 1960s.
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/ 6 months agoPlaying with the kids is important work for chimpanzee mothers
When resources are tight, mothers bear the costs of playing with their offspring even as they avoid socializing with others.
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/ 6 months agoArizona’s now-repealed abortion ban serves as a cautionary tale for reproductive health care across the US
The implications of restrictive laws or near-total bans go well beyond abortions, reducing overall access to prenatal care, birthing services, routine...
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/ 6 months agoWhat early 2024 polls are revealing about voters of color and the GOP − and it’s not all about Donald Trump
Former President Donald Trump has made some inroads with voters of color by appealing to law and order, conservative social values...
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/ 6 months agoJustice Sotomayor’s health isn’t the real problem for Democrats − winning elections is
When it comes to the Supreme Court, progressives are now in the position where conservatives found themselves for many years. They’re...
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/ 6 months agoEveryday life and its variability influenced human evolution at least as much as rare activities like big-game hunting
Some anthropologists question how much rare activities like big-game hunting could have affected how our species evolved. Instead they’re looking at...
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/ 6 months agoExoplanet WASP-69b has a cometlike tail – this unique feature is helping scientists like me learn more about how planets evolve
Research on one exoplanet that’s rapidly losing its atmosphere is hinting to scientists why exoplanets tend to look a certain way.
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/ 6 months agoUS drone warfare faces questions of legitimacy, study of military chaplains shows
The use of drone strikes raises a host of ethical issues. US military chaplains − the armed forces’ moral conscience −...
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/ 6 months agoHow 19th-century Spiritualists ‘canceled’ the idea of hell to address social and political concerns
Spiritualists believed that after shedding the body in death, the spirit would continue on a celestial journey and help those on...
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/ 6 months agoWhat America’s first board game can teach us about the aspirations of a young nation
Few copies remain of the earliest known board game produced in the US.
