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/ 1 year agoModern medicine has its scientific roots in the Middle Ages − how the logic of vulture brain remedies and bloodletting lives on today
Your doctor’s MD emerged from the Dark Ages, where practicing rational “human medicine” was seen as an expression of faith and...
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/ 1 year agoNASA’s robotic prospectors are helping scientists understand what asteroids are made of – setting the stage for miners to follow someday
Upcoming NASA missions will help scientists understand the composition of asteroids – which could inform companies one day hoping to commercially...
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/ 1 year agoSecure attachment to both parents − not just mothers − boosts children’s healthy development
Psychologists have long focused on the importance of a secure attachment with a mother for healthy child development. A new look...
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/ 1 year agoTexas tried to fix its teacher shortage by lowering requirements − the result was more new teachers, but at lower salaries
Researchers found that lowering restrictions for new teachers had some unintended consequences.
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/ 1 year agoKristallnacht, 85 years ago, marks the point Hitler moved from an emotional antisemitism to a systematic antisemitism of laws and government violence
The violence of the 1938 pogrom against Jews in Nazi Germany known as Kristallnacht was a turning point in Hitler’s ‘Final...
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/ 1 year agoHow Houthi attacks affect both the Israel-Hamas conflict and Yemen’s own civil war – and could put pressure on US, Saudi Arabia
Missiles from rebel Yemeni groups risk widening the Middle East conflict. But the motivation behind the attacks could be more about...
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/ 1 year agoGaza bombing adds to the generations of Palestinians displaced from their homes
A scholar who has studied Palestinian refugees for 20 years explains the history of their displacement and the stakes involved for...
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/ 1 year agoWhat exactly caused the explosion at a hospital in Gaza? Without an independent, credible investigation, it will be hard for everyone to agree
The hospital blast site has largely been cleared, Hamas says. But a forensic scientist explains what other evidence independent experts could...
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/ 1 year agoDespite his government’s failure to anticipate Hamas’ deadly attack, don’t count Netanyahu out politically
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has presided over disasters before – and remained in power. But is the intelligence failure preceding...
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/ 1 year agoEndometriosis afflicts millions of women, but few people feel comfortable talking about it
Health care providers often dismiss endometriosis pain as ‘all in your head’ − which can delay a correct diagnosis and treatment...
