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/ 1 year agoWorkers like it when their employers talk about diversity and inclusion
Policies that foster diversity, equity and inclusion have been shown to have many positive operational impacts − including leading to more...
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/ 1 year agoWith ‘Goodbye Mary,’ Molly Tuttle extends country music’s lineage of reproductive rights songs to the post-Roe era
From the pre-Roe years to today, country musicians have written about the realities of life with restrictions on reproductive rights.
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/ 1 year agoWhat can cities do to correct racism and help all communities live longer? It starts with city planning
An analysis by scholars at the University of California, Davis showed that just a small number of cities in California actively...
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/ 1 year agoQuran burning in Sweden prompts debate on the fine line between freedom of expression and incitement of hatred
Several countries across Europe are introducing new legislation to curb hate speech against religions, even as they get rid of older...
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/ 1 year agoHow individual, ordinary Jews fought Nazi persecution − a new view of history
Finding the stories of individual Jews who fought the Nazis publicly and at great peril helped a scholar see history differently:...
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/ 1 year agoPrescriptions for fruits and vegetables can improve the health of people with diabetes and other ailments, new study finds
When people taking part in 22 pilot programs across the US got free fruits and vegetables, their health improved.
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/ 1 year agoMachines can’t always take the heat − two engineers explain the physics behind how heat waves threaten everything from cars to computers
People aren’t the only ones harmed by heat waves. The hotter it gets, the harder it is for machines to keep...
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/ 1 year agoThis course examines the dark realities behind your favorite children’s stories
A lecturer in English literature gets her students to examine children’s books through the lens of race, class and sexuality.
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/ 1 year agoTropical Storm Idalia is forecast to intensify over extremely warm Gulf waters, on track for Florida landfall as a powerful hurricane
A hurricane scientist explains the conflict between 2023’s abnormally high ocean heat and the storm-disrupting wind shear accompanying El Nino when...
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/ 1 year agoThe US and China may be ending an agreement on science and technology cooperation − a policy expert explains what this means for research
China’s success in science and technology propelled it to the forefront of many fields. Now, the US wants to pull back...
