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/ 1 year agoImages of Jesus have always been complex and contradictory − this class looks at how pop culture imagines him, from cartoons to musicals
Is Jesus a peacemaker or a warrior? A socialist or a capitalist? Depending on whom you ask, American Christians see Christ...
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/ 1 year agoPotentially faulty data spotted in surveys of drug use and other behaviors among LGBQ youth
Potential inaccuracies in CDC high school surveys may have created an exaggerated perception that LGBQ youth engage in risky behaviors, new...
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/ 1 year ago3 reasons we use graphic novels to teach math and physics
Graphic novels pair text and images to explain complex topics – from thermodynamics to abstract math – without alienating STEM-averse students.
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/ 1 year agoWhat Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg’s canceled cage match says about masculine anxiety
‘Performances of virility’ tend to coincide with beliefs that masculinity is either in crisis or under attack.
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/ 1 year agoNASA’s Psyche mission to a metal world may reveal the mysteries of Earth’s interior
Liftoff to the distant asteroid is scheduled for Oct. 5, 2023 – the beginning of a six-year journey to one of...
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/ 1 year agoMobile robots get a leg up from a more-is-better communications principle
A study found that adding legs does more for you than having a good sense of the ground around you −...
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/ 1 year agoOhio voters kept it easy to pass a constitutional amendment protecting abortion − but also for the majority to someday limit other rights
The recent push in Ohio to pass a constitutional amendment was seen as a move to curb abortion rights. It failed....
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/ 1 year agoWhere will Trump go on trial first? How federal and state prosecutors and judges work out conflicts
Trump has trial dates set for two of his four criminal cases at the state and federal level. But, generally, state...
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/ 1 year agoAs the mental health crisis in children and teens worsens, the dire shortage of mental health providers is preventing young people from getting the help they need
Millions of young people in the US are suffering, whether from abuse at home, pressure from social media or exposure to...
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/ 1 year agoOppenheimer often used Sanskrit verses, and the Bhagavad Gita was special for him − but not in the way Christopher Nolan’s film depicts it
Oppenheimer’s knowledge of Sanskrit literature was more than cursory. He used quotes and parables from Sanskrit texts as a guide to...