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/ 1 year agoViolent and disturbing war images from the Mideast can stir deep emotions − a PTSD expert explains how to protect yourself and your kids from overexposure
People, including children and adolescents, are being exposed to horrifying imagery in the news and on social media. But there are...
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/ 1 year agoHow to deal with visual misinformation circulating in the Israel-Hamas war and other conflicts
A human rights scholar explains how social media users can take charge of what content comes into their feed and reduce...
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/ 1 year agoWhite patients are more likely than Black patients to be given opioid medication for pain in US emergency departments
Undertreated pain can result in unnecessary suffering and a greater likelihood of long-term chronic pain.
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/ 1 year agoLouisiana’s ‘In God We Trust’ law tests limits of religion in public schools
Does Louisiana’s requirement for public schools to post ‘In God We Trust’ in all classrooms violate the doctrine of separation of...
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/ 1 year agoWhy Elon Musk is obsessed with casting X as the most ‘authentic’ social media platform
With identity the most lucrative commodity social media platforms trade in, their fetishization of authenticity remains ironclad.
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/ 1 year agoAsteroids in the solar system could contain undiscovered, superheavy elements
Scientists have been searching Earth’s surface for superheavy elements too difficult to make in the lab, but now, many are looking...
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/ 1 year agoA Halloween party in Boston turned ugly when a gang hurled antisemitic slurs and attacked Jewish teenagers
Shortly after World War II, European Jews immigrated to American cities like Boston and were often met with violent antisemitism.
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/ 1 year agoAIs could soon run businesses – it’s an opportunity to ensure these ‘artificial persons’ follow the law
If a business is run by an AI and it causes you harm, could you sue the AI?
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/ 1 year ago‘I see no happy ending’ − a former national security leader on the Gaza hostage situation
No government wants to have to deal with a hostage crisis. A former US national security official explains that there is...
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/ 1 year agoBack in the 1960s, the push for parental rights over school standards was not led by white conservatives but by Black and Latino parents
With control over the Virginia Legislature at stake in the Nov. 7 election, the historic battle over what is taught in...
