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/ 1 year agoAntisemitism on Elon Musk’s X is surging and dredging up many ancient, defamatory themes of blaming Jews
Antisemitism on X recycles ancient tropes falsely blaming Jewish people for a wide range of social and political ills, and for...
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/ 1 year agoUS response to Gabon and Niger coups suggests need for a new West Africa policy in Washington
No US president has set foot on sub-Saharan Africa since 2015 – and it hasn’t gone unnoticed.
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/ 1 year ago30 years after Arafat-Rabin handshake, clear flaws in Oslo Accords doomed peace talks to failure
A famous gesture kick-started hopes of peace in the Middle East. But today, the idea of a two-state solution seems further...
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/ 1 year agoHow does fever help fight infections? There’s more to it than even some scientists realize
The heat and chills that come with fever are not only uncomfortable but also metabolically costly. Increased body temperature, however, can...
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/ 1 year agoCan animals give birth to twins?
Animals often give birth to litters of more than one offspring at a time. But are those babies twins?
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/ 1 year agoPowerful black holes might grow up in bustling galactic neighborhoods
An astronomer and ‘black hole historian’ explains how the parts of the universe black holes grow in might influence how quickly...
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/ 1 year agoQuantum information science is rarely taught in high school – here’s why that matters
A former physics teacher says America could lose its technological edge if it doesn’t do a better job of teaching quantum...
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/ 1 year agoAncient texts depict all kinds of people, not just straight and cis ones – this college course looks at LGBTQ sexuality and gender in Egypt, Greece and Rome
Writing about same-sex relationships and gender beyond a strict male-female binary was more common in ancient Greece and Rome than students...
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/ 1 year agoMarrakech artisans – who have helped rebuild the Moroccan city before – are among those hit hard in the earthquake’s devastation
A scholar who has been working in Marrakech writes about the artisan communities, which have maintained the city’s architectural rich heritage...
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/ 1 year agoAnemia afflicts nearly 1 in 4 people worldwide, but there are practical strategies for reducing it
Among young children, adolescents and adult women, anemia strikes 1 in 3 globally. Most cases are driven by dietary iron deficiency,...