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/ 4 weeks agoWhen Paralympic athletes fake the extent of their disability
Parasports couldn’t exist without classifying competitors by their physical and mental limitations. But the process is far from perfect, and a...
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/ 4 weeks agoWhat is an Atlantic Niña? How La Niña’s smaller cousin could affect hurricane season
It’s rare to see both Nina’s at the same time, but both appeared to be developing in August 2024. That could...
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/ 4 weeks agoWhy people stay after local economies collapse − a story of home among the ghosts of shuttered steel mills
When southeast Chicago’s steel industry collapsed, the loss reverberated through neighborhoods built around the mills. Former mill workers explain why they...
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/ 4 weeks agoHow a survey of over 2,000 women in the 1920s changed the way Americans thought about female sexuality
A century ago, a pioneering sex researcher challenged the idea that respectable women did not – and should not – experience...
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/ 4 weeks agoIn a new era of campus upheaval, the 1970 Kent State shootings show the danger of deploying troops to crush legal protests
The author of a new book about the 1970 shootings at Kent State University explains why using armed troops to respond...
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/ 4 weeks agoAn unseen problem with the Electoral College – it tells bad guys where to target their efforts
The Electoral College system puts most of the attention on just a few states – and paints a target on those...
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/ 4 weeks agoEach Jewish couple’s story starts long before the wedding − and so does the celebration of their life together
Jewish traditions to mark a marriage often involve ceremonies and celebrations before the big day, whether it’s a ritual bath or...
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/ 4 weeks agoAncient viral genomes preserved in glaciers reveal the history of Earth’s climate – and how viruses adapt to climate change
From ice cores extracted from the Tibetan Plateau, scientists recovered the equivalent of 1,705 virus species. Reading their genomes tells the...
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/ 4 weeks agoHow US military planning has shifted away from fighting terrorism to readying for tensions and conflict with China and Russia
The Pentagon is preparing for what it calls ‘great power competition’ among the US, Russia and China.
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/ 4 weeks agoA third of the world’s population lacks internet connectivity − airborne communications stations could change that
Network equipment riding on balloons, airships, gliders and planes could boost internet access, including in disaster zones, and improve scientific monitoring.