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/ 11 months agoIsraelis and Palestinians warring over a homeland is far from unique
Conflicts over the Alsace-Lorraine region and Northern Ireland offer examples of how territory is often at the center of a conflict...
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/ 11 months agoBefore he was House speaker, Mike Johnson represented a creationist museum in court. Here’s what that episode reveals about his politics
A scholar of American evangelicalism explains House Speaker Mike Johnson’s connections with Ark Encounter and the Creation Museum.
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/ 11 months agoCould UPS and FedEx get holiday packages to their destinations faster? This research suggests yes
Rethinking seasonal workers’ roles would help parcel delivery companies save time and money − and boost morale, too.
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/ 11 months agoWhat’s the point of giving gifts? An anthropologist explains this ancient part of being human
Presents are about giving, receiving and reciprocating, and how this cycle strengthens relationships.
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/ 11 months agoCustomizing mRNA is easy, and that’s what makes it the next frontier for personalized medicine − a molecular biologist explains
From COVID-19 vaccines to cancer treatments and beyond, the flexibility of mRNA-based therapies gives them the potential to prevent and treat...
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/ 11 months agoScientists and space agencies are shooting for the Moon — 5 essential reads on modern lunar missions
Chandrayaan-3’s successful landing on the Moon made 2023 a big year for lunar exploration, and future years will come with even...
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/ 11 months agoWhy university presidents find it hard to punish advocating genocide − college free speech codes are both more and less protective than the First Amendment
University codes of conduct support their mission to educate. But it’s not easy to balance those codes with the values of...
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/ 11 months agoWas King Herod the Great really so ‘great’? What history says about the bad guy of the Christmas story
Historians know a fair bit about Herod the Great, the king of Judea at the time of Jesus’ birth.
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/ 11 months agoHamas’ use of sexual violence is an all-too-common part of modern war – but not in all conflicts
Sexual violence can be used as a weapon of war. Hamas’ use of sexual violence was likely meant to show its...
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/ 11 months agoIsrael is using mass displacement of Gazans as a tool of war – it could also serve long-term strategic goals
Mass forced movement of people has been used in conflicts to serve three goals: population control, territorial expansion and as a...
