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/ 11 months agoPhiladelphia bans safe injection sites – evidence suggests keeping drug users on the street could do more harm than good
A group of academics look at the global evidence to examine the potential impact of safe injection sites in Philadelphia and...
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/ 11 months agoHorseshoe crab blood is vital for testing intravenous drugs, but new synthetic alternatives could mean pharma won’t bleed this unique species dry
Horseshoe crabs play a unique role in medicine, but they’re also ecologically important in their home waters along the Atlantic coast....
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/ 11 months agoWhat is a strong El Niño? Meteorologists anticipate a big impact in winter 2023, but the forecasts don’t all agree
An atmospheric scientist explains how El Niño works, this year’s oddities and why this phenomenon doesn’t last long..
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/ 11 months agoVaccines against COVID-19, the seasonal flu and RSV are our best chance of preventing a winter surge
Newly approved and updated vaccines are the best tools available to combat COVID-19, the flu and RSV, as infections and hospitalizations...
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/ 11 months agoHow Chicana women artists have often used the figure of the Virgin of Guadalupe for political messages
Over the past decades, many Chicana artists have used Guadalupe to emphasize issues of justice around immigration.
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/ 11 months agoAstronomers have learned lots about the universe − but how do they study astronomical objects too distant to visit?
Controlled experiments are impossible in astronomy, as are direct measurements of physical properties of objects outside our solar system. So how...
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/ 11 months agoHow did Israeli intelligence miss Hamas’ preparations to attack? A US counterterrorism expert explains how Israeli intelligence works
Israel’s intelligence capacities are considered some of the best in the world – but unlike the US, it does not have...
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/ 11 months agoRising oil prices, surging inflation: The Arab embargo 50 years ago weaponized oil to inflict economic trauma – sound familiar?
Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine reprised the risks of energy weaponization, but the oil landscape today and energy security itself are...
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/ 11 months agoWhy the crisis in Israel is putting pressure on GOP to act over vacant House speaker role
A major crisis abroad may exacerbate internal divisions within one of the US’s major political parties.
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/ 11 months agoIsrael has no good options for dealing with Hamas’ hostage-taking in Gaza
An estimated 150 hostages were taken by Hamas in Israel and brought back to Gaza. The government of Israel faces tough...