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/ 1 year agoCameras in the court: Why most Trump trials won’t be televised
The majority of Americans support TV coverage of former President Donald Trump’s trial on charges he attempted to overturn the 2020...
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/ 1 year agoThis university class uses color and emotion to explore the end of life
Exploring colors can help discuss abstract, challenging topics in concrete ways – especially experiences doctors and caregivers may encounter caring for...
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/ 1 year agoGeoengineering sounds like a quick climate fix, but without more research and guardrails, it’s a costly gamble − with potentially harmful results
Some geoengineering techniques are better understood than others. The US is investing in capturing carbon dioxide from the air, but ideas...
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/ 1 year agoWant to help Maui’s animals after the wildfires? Send cash, not kibble
Animal shelters and other organizations that support pets and their owners after disasters will still need help months after the media...
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/ 1 year agoIsrael’s democracy protests: What happens next?
What will happen in Israel after more than half a year of pro-democracy demonstrations against the conservative government’s judicial overhaul?
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/ 1 year agoPresidential pauses? What those ‘ums’ and ‘uhs’ really tell us about candidates for the White House
Long treated as a sign of anxiety or a delaying tactic, ‘filled pauses’ are a linguistic trick to signal that what...
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/ 1 year agoWhat the pope’s visit to Mongolia says about his priorities and how he is changing the Catholic Church
A scholar of Roman Catholicism explains why Pope Francis’ visit to Mongolia, home to fewer than 1,500 Catholics, is significant.
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/ 1 year agoThe idea that imprisonment ‘corrects’ prisoners stretches back to some of the earliest texts in history
Mesopotamia’s prisons were built for detaining people, not punishing them. But they shaped powerful ideas about justice and reform that aren’t...
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/ 1 year agoSocial media algorithms warp how people learn from each other, research shows
Social media companies’ drive to keep you on their platforms clashes with how people evolved to learn from each other. One...
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/ 1 year agoCaroline Herschel was the first female astronomer, but she still lacks name recognition two centuries later
Astronomer Caroline Herschel’s work discovering and cataloging astronomical objects in the 18th century is still used in the field today, but...
