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/ 1 year agoNew technique uses near-miss particle physics to peer into quantum world − two physicists explain how they are measuring wobbling tau particles
Physicists uncovered a new experiment hidden in old data from the Large Hadron Collider. Using this innovative approach, the team has...
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/ 1 year agoBabe Ruth, patron saint of the home run, turned the ball field into a church – and lived his own Catholic faith in the spotlight
Ruth’s headline-grabbing home runs helped his sport recover from scandal, while his own story helped combat anti-Catholic prejudice.
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/ 1 year agoWhat is a virtual power plant? An energy expert explains
Some power plants don’t have massive smokestacks or cooling towers – or even a central site.
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/ 1 year agoIsrael is getting a surge in donations from the US in the aftermath of the Oct. 7 attacks
As American Jews grieve, many are giving as well.
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/ 1 year ago#UsToo: How antisemitism and Islamophobia make reporting sexual misconduct and abuse of power harder for Jewish and Muslim women
In minority faith groups that already face hate, women who have experienced harassment sometimes fear bringing negative attention to their community.
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/ 1 year agoLouise Glück honed her poetic voice across a lifetime to speak to us from beyond the grave
A celebrated poet and Nobel laureate, Louise Glück wrote about mortality, broken families and human frailty with devastating wryness and quiet...
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/ 1 year agoWhat the extreme fire seasons of 1910 and 2020 – and 2,500 years of forest history – tell us about the future of wildfires in the West
As the climate warms, devastating fires are increasingly likely. The 2020 fires pushed the Southern Rockies beyond the historical average. Is...
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/ 1 year agoDecades of underfunding, blockade have weakened Gaza’s health system – the siege has pushed it into abject crisis
Hospitals have been destroyed, and doctors and health care staff killed. Gaza’s health services may take years to recover, warns a...
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/ 1 year agoA reflexive act of military revenge burdened the US − and may do the same for Israel
The US response to 9/11 included a declaration that America would destroy its enemies. The effort took decades, and thousands of...
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/ 1 year agoGangsters are the villains in ‘Killers of the Flower Moon,’ but the biggest thief of Native American wealth was the US government
The Osage murders of the 1920s are just one episode in nearly two centuries of stealing land and resources from Native...
