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/ 9 months agoHate crimes are on the rise − but the narrow legal definition makes it hard to charge and convict
There has been a sharp uptick in crimes specifically targeting Muslim and Jewish people since the war between Israel and Hamas...
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/ 9 months agoWhy Franklin, Washington and Lincoln considered American democracy an ‘experiment’ — and were unsure if it would survive
Is American democracy an ‘experiment’ in the bubbling-beakers-in-a-laboratory sense of the word? If so, what is the experiment attempting to prove,...
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/ 9 months agoScience is a human right − and its future is enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Decades ago, the international community codified science as a cultural right and protected expression of human creativity. Reaffirming science’s value can...
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/ 9 months agoScientists have been researching superconductors for over a century, but they have yet to find one that works at room temperature − 3 essential reads
Claims about the discovery of a coveted room-temperature superconductor peppered the news in 2023. We pulled three stories from our archives...
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/ 9 months agoHow sacred images in many Asian cultures incorporate divine presence and make them come ‘alive’
Through the power of rituals, inanimate objects can be understood to transform into agents who can see, hear, taste and respond...
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/ 9 months agoCertain states, including Arizona, have begun scrapping court costs and fees for people unable to pay – two experts on legal punishments explain why
The imposition of fines and fees on people unable to pay has had a disproportionate impact on Black and Latino communities.
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/ 9 months agoNew England stone walls lie at the intersection of history, archaeology, ecology and geoscience, and deserve a science of their own
New England has thousands of miles of stone walls. A geoscientist explains why analyzing them scientifically is a solid step toward...
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/ 9 months agoTexas is suing Planned Parenthood for $1.8B over $10M in allegedly fraudulent services it rendered – a health care economist explains what’s going on
This lawsuit is only the latest chapter in a battle between the state and the reproductive health care provider that heated...
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/ 9 months agoPhiladelphia reduces school-based arrests by 91% since 2013 – researchers explain the effects of keeping kids out of the legal system
Drexel researchers evaluated a 2014 program implemented by Kevin Bethel when he was deputy police commissioner that led to fewer arrests...
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/ 9 months agoHere’s what happened when I taught a fly-fishing course in the waterways of New Orleans
Students learned not just a practical outdoor skill, but how to explain what they were learning to curious observers.
