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/ 1 month agoCaitlin Clark, Christine Brennan and how racial stereotypes persist in the media’s WNBA coverage
When USA Today columnist Christine Brennan questioned a Black player over her striking Caitlin Clark during a game, it was anything...
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/ 1 month agoWhy Trump accuses people of wrongdoing he himself committed − an explanation of projection
Candidates use psychological strategies to win support and to cast their rivals in a negative light. In projection, people seek to...
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/ 1 month agoLGBTQ rights: Where do Harris and Trump stand?
Have they expanded or restricted rights for lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans people? A scholar of the LGBTQ community examines the...
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/ 1 month agoA realistic statue of Mary giving birth was criticized, then vandalized − but saints and artists have often reimagined Christ’s birth
Early Christian texts reveal how the birth of Christ reflected ideas of the day − in some illustrations, midwives helped the...
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/ 1 month ago‘Cajun Navy’ volunteers who participate in search-and-rescue operations after hurricanes are forming long-lasting organizations
They aren’t just operating boats and helicopters. Others serve as dispatchers, handle logistics, and run social media operations.
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/ 1 month agoMachine learning cracked the protein-folding problem and won the 2024 Nobel Prize in chemistry
The prize honors innovation at Google DeepMind and in academia. Three researchers share the award for using machine learning to predict...
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/ 1 month agoBuyer beware: Off-brand Ozempic, Zepbound and other weight loss products carry undisclosed risks for consumers
The sellers of these online products acknowledge that many of their drugs are for ‘research purposes only’ or ‘not for human...
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/ 1 month agoColumbus who? Decolonizing the calendar in Latin America
Many US states and cities have renamed Columbus Day as Indigenous People’s Day. But wrestling over the explorer’s legacy has a...
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/ 1 month agoBlitz of political attack ads in Pennsylvania and other swing states may be doing candidates and voters more harm than good
Americans are being targeted with an unprecedented number of political attack ads this election season, and research shows that these ads...
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/ 1 month agoHow a subfield of physics led to breakthroughs in AI – and from there to this year’s Nobel Prize
Two researchers whose work has led to the AI revolution won the 2024 Nobel Prize in physics. A materials physicist explains...
