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/ 8 months agoInvisible lines: how unseen boundaries shape the world around us
Maxim Samson speaks to The Conversation Weekly podcast about the hidden lines that explain variations in everything from access to education...
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/ 8 months agoBridges can be protected from ship collisions – an expert on structures in disasters explains how
A civil engineer explains why ships taking out bridges is rare, and describes how bridge builders protect the structures from ship...
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/ 8 months agoPort of Baltimore bridge collapse rattles supply chains already rocked by troubles in Panama and the Red Sea
A supply chain expert looks at the short- and long-term impacts of the bridge collapse.
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/ 8 months agoWhy civil rights icon Fannie Lou Hamer was ‘sick and tired of being sick and tired’
Fannie Lou Hamer became one of the most respected civil rights leaders during the 1960s in part because of her resistance...
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/ 8 months agoHow to have the hard conversations about who really won the 2020 presidential election − before Election Day 2024
What does someone like me, who believes that the last presidential election was legitimately won by Joe Biden, say to those...
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/ 8 months agoThe roots of the Easter story: Where did Christian beliefs about Jesus’ resurrection come from?
Ideas about resurrection had been developing for centuries before Jesus’ life, but his followers took them in new directions.
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/ 8 months agoEaster 2024 in the Holy Land: a holiday marked by Palestinian Christian sorrow
A Christian Palestinian human rights scholar who grew up in Bethlehem writes about the special time of Easter, but also about...
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/ 8 months agoCancer often requires more than one treatment − an oncologist explains why some patients like Kate Middleton receive both chemotherapy and surgery
There are many approaches to treating cancer. Which ones work best is determined on an individual basis and informed by each...
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/ 8 months agoHorses lived in the Americas for millions of years – new research helps paleontologists understand the fossils we’ve found and those that are missing from the record
Horse fossils are abundant and widespread across North America. Scientists often use their long history to illustrate how species evolve in...
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/ 8 months ago‘The Amazon of Sports’ has already cornered baseball’s apparel market – and is now on the verge of subsuming baseball cards, too
Fanatics’ consolidation of the sports card industry risks a stagnant future for the hobby.
