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/ 6 months agoIs TikTok’s parent company an agent of the Chinese state? In China Inc., it’s a little more complicated
In China, ‘private’ businesses aren’t entirely private and the ultimate boss is the CCP, not the CEO.
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/ 6 months ago‘Gross negligence’: why a parent like James Crumbley can be found guilty for their child’s crimes
James and Jennifer Crumbley purchased a handgun for their son as a Christmas present. Ethan Crumbley used that gun to kill...
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/ 6 months agoHow ‘Dune’ became a beacon for the fledgling environmental movement − and a rallying cry for the new science of ecology
When Frank Herbert sat down in 1963 to start writing ‘Dune,’ he wasn’t thinking about how to leave Earth behind. He...
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/ 6 months agoTrump wouldn’t be the first presidential candidate to campaign from a prison cell
Can you run for president from a prison cell? One man did in the 1920 election and got almost a million...
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/ 6 months agoDid Biden really steal the election? Students learn how to debunk conspiracy theories in this course
A scholar of history of education and American politics explains what is behind his course on conspiracy theories and how students...
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/ 6 months agoPacemaker powered by light eliminates need for batteries and allows the heart to function more naturally − new research
Researchers designed an ultrathin pacemaker that can be implanted via minimally invasive techniques, potentially improving recovery time and reducing the risk...
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/ 6 months agoWhat is the ‘great replacement theory’? A scholar of race relations explains
False ideas about the extinction of the white race, spread around the late 19th and early 20th centuries, gave rise to...
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/ 6 months agoIsrael’s army exemptions for the ultra-Orthodox are part of a bigger challenge: The Jewish state is divided over the Jewish religion
The Israel-Hamas war has fueled tensions around military exemptions, but the issue has long roiled Israeli politics.
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/ 6 months agoWhy do airlines charge so much for checked bags? This obscure rule helps explain why
The answer lies in the tax code.
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/ 6 months agoThe hostility Black women face in higher education carries dire consequences
9 Black women who were working on or recently earned their PhDs told a researcher they felt isolated and shut out.