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/ 7 months agoInflation is cooling, but not fast enough for the Fed: Policymakers now expect only one rate cut in 2024
The Federal Reserve is being characteristically cautious.
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/ 7 months agoMicrorobots made of algae carry chemo directly to lung tumors, improving cancer treatment
Green algae carry drug-loaded nanoparticles directly to the lungs, reducing side effects in other organs and increasing treatment efficiency.
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/ 7 months agoColumbia Law Review article critical of Israel sparks battle between student editors and their board − highlighting fragility of academic freedom
It’s now clear that tensions in academia regarding concerns about Israel’s relationship with the Palestinian people aren’t limited to campus protests.
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/ 7 months agoThere’s a strange history of white journalists trying to better understand the Black experience by ‘becoming’ Black
These endeavors end up turning the complexity of Black life into a stunt.
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/ 7 months agoAmerican womanhood is not what it used to be − understanding the backlash to Dobbs v. Jackson
A historian of gender and women’s rights explains how women’s protests focused on their rights evolved from the 1960s through the...
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/ 7 months agoPolitics is still both local and personal – but only for independents, not for Democrats or Republicans
Independents’ political views and policy preferences reflect the economic and social conditions they see and experience every day. Democrats and Republicans...
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/ 7 months ago‘Fiddler on the Roof’ may be many Americans’ image of Judaism – but American Jews’ heritage is stunningly diverse
Most ideas about Jewish culture in the United States come from Ashkenazi traditions, but there’s a vast landscape of Jewish cultures...
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/ 7 months agoParis 2024 Olympics to debut high-level breakdancing – and physics in action
Olympic breakdancers spin on their heads and backs, then freeze in funky poses. How? It’s all about physics.
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/ 7 months agoWastewater surveillance reveals pathogens in Detroit’s population, helping monitor and predict disease outbreaks since 2017
Detecting infectious agents in sewage is only the first step. Researchers are working on developing reliable ways to translate surveillance measurements...
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/ 7 months agoFood has a climate problem: Nitrous oxide emissions are accelerating with growing demand for fertilizer and meat – but there are solutions
The most comprehensive assessment yet of a powerful greenhouse gas shows which countries are driving the increase, and which ones are...
