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/ 9 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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/ 9 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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/ 9 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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/ 9 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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/ 9 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.
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/ 9 months agoHow meth became an epidemic in America, and what’s happening now that it’s faded from the headlines
An anthropologist who wrote a book exploring meth’s impact on rural communities explains what drove the epidemic and how it’s changed.
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/ 9 months agoFor-profit nursing homes are cutting corners on safety and draining resources with financial shenanigans − especially at midsize chains that dodge public scrutiny
Owners of midsize nursing home chains drain billions from facilities, hiding behind opaque accounting practices and harming the elderly as government,...
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/ 9 months agoHow for-profit nursing home regulators can use the powers they already have to fix growing problems with poor-quality care
Governments can do more to protect patients at for-profit nursing homes. A behavioral scientist who studies nursing homes weighs in.
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/ 9 months agoTrump nearly derailed democracy once − here’s what to watch out for in reelection campaign
Donald Trump tried to overturn the 2020 election results. But the work of others, from lawmakers to judges to regular citizens,...
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/ 9 months agoCity mouse or country mouse? I collect mice from Philly homes to study how they got so good at urban living
An evolutionary biologist is studying what these resilient urban pests can teach us about adaptation and evolution.
