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/ 7 months agoOppenheimer feared nuclear annihilation – and only a chance pause by a Soviet submariner kept it from happening in 1962
During the Cuban missile crisis, World War III was likely averted by what one US official called ‘just plain dumb luck.’
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/ 7 months agoEmotion-tracking AI on the job: Workers fear being watched – and misunderstood
Loss of privacy is just the beginning. Workers are worried about biased AI and the need to perform the ‘right’ expressions...
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/ 7 months agoReeling religion: From anime and sci-fi to rom-coms, films are full of faith in unexpected places
Plenty of movies have explicitly religious themes, but some of the most interesting examples of faith or transcendence on screen are...
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/ 7 months agoTattooing has held a long tradition in Christianity − dating back to Jesus’ crucifixion
Historically, many Christians got tattoos around Holy Week − usually a cross − to honor Christ’s martyrdom.
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/ 7 months agoHow the Academy Awards became ‘the biggest international fashion show free-for-all’
Through their media savvy, two consultants were able to make the Oscars as much about the attire as the gold statuettes.
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/ 7 months agoAfter Super Tuesday, exhausted Americans face 8 more months of presidential campaigning
It’s not just polarization that’s driving voters’ malaise − it’s something else, which carries a stark warning for the health of...
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/ 7 months agoThe Anthropocene is not an epoch − but the age of humans is most definitely underway
Scientists have been debating the start of the Anthropocene Epoch for 15 years. I was part of those discussions, and I...
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/ 7 months agoPlight of migrant laborers killed, held hostage in Middle East exposes Israel’s reliance on overseas workforce
The contours of the Middle East conflict have long influenced Israel’s migrant worker policy.
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/ 7 months agoArctic rivers face big changes with a warming climate, permafrost thaw and an accelerating water cycle − the effects will have global consequences
A new study shows how thawing permafrost and intensifying storms will change how water moves into and through Arctic rivers.
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/ 7 months agoDonations by top 50 US donors fell again in 2023, sliding to $12B − Mike Bloomberg, Phil and Penny Knight, and Michael and Susan Dell led the list of biggest givers
Three philanthropy scholars discuss several trends in giving by the wealthiest Americans highlighted in this yearly report. Among them: Much of...