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/ 1 year agoSouthern Baptist Convention votes to expel two churches with female pastors – a religion scholar explains how far back these battles go
Women have often been maligned and mistreated within the Southern Baptist denomination, writes a scholar who has researched the SBC for...
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/ 1 year agoCan we train our taste buds for health? A neuroscientist explains how genes and diet shape taste
Research is clear that what we eat can drive our test preferences as early as 2 years of age.
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/ 1 year agoThe US will send depleted uranium munitions to Ukraine – a health physicist explains their military, health and environmental effects
Depleted uranium munitions are bad news for enemy tanks, but are not nuclear weapons, and studies have shown that they pose...
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/ 1 year agoThe Global South is forging a new foreign policy in the face of war in Ukraine, China-US tensions: Active nonalignment
Brazil and India are among the countries pointedly not taking sides over the war in Ukraine. But this is not the...
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/ 1 year agoGeorge Soros hands control over his family’s philanthropy to son Alex, after giving away billions and enduring years of antisemitic attacks and conspiracy theories
Soros’ giving has revolved around the concept that people thrive in open societies because they can freely express themselves.
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/ 1 year agoSupreme Court affirms Congress’s power over Indian affairs, upholds law protecting Native American children
A Supreme Court ruling has upheld the right of Congress to pass laws about Native American tribes’ rights to self-government.
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/ 1 year agoGenerative AI is a minefield for copyright law
Intellectual property law wasn’t written with AI in mind, so it isn’t clear who owns the images that emerge from prompts...
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/ 1 year agoJewish denominations: A brief guide for the perplexed
Jewish communities have always followed some different customs in different parts of the world, but the 19th and 20th centuries brought...
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/ 1 year agoFood insecurity already affects 12 million US homes — and reductions in SNAP benefits won’t help
For many Americans, a healthy diet of fruits, vegetables and whole grains is beyond their reach.
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/ 1 year agoAmerican Indians forced to attend boarding schools as children are more likely to be in poor health as adults
Native Americans sent to government-funded schools now experience significantly higher rates of mental and physical health problems than those who did...
