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/ 11 months agoMore vulnerable people live in Philadelphia neighborhoods that are less green and get hotter
An interdisciplinary group of researchers at Penn State ran computer models on two Philadelphia census tracts. The neighborhood with more vulnerable...
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/ 11 months agoAfter 50 years of global effort to abolish torture, much work remains
More than three-quarters of the world’s nations engage in torture, which is notoriously difficult to study because it often occurs in...
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/ 11 months agoA bottle of scotch recently sold for $2.7 million – what’s behind such outrageous prices?
The history of whiskey is one of perception, not necessarily quality.
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/ 11 months agoStudents could get more sleep and learn better if school started a little later
Most teens aren’t getting enough sleep, leading to poorer academic performance. Early school start times combined with natural changes in hormones...
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/ 12 months agoPaying people to replant tropical forests − and letting them harvest the timber − can pay off for climate, justice and environment
It might seem counterintuitive to suggest timber harvesting when the goal is to restore forests, but that gives landholders the economic...
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/ 12 months ago100 years ago, the KKK planted bombs at a U.S. university – part of the terror group’s crusade against American Catholics
Most of the Klan’s victims were African American, but many other groups have been targeted during the hate group’s century and...
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/ 12 months agoRacism produces subtle brain changes that lead to increased disease risk in Black populations
Racial threats and slights take a toll on health, but the continual invalidation and questioning of whether those so-called microaggressions exist...
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/ 12 months agoA US ambassador working for Cuba? Charges against former diplomat Victor Manuel Rocha spotlight Havana’s importance in the world of spying
Cuba gets less attention as an espionage threat than Russia or China, but is a potent player in the spy world....
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/ 12 months ago5 things to know about US aid to Ukraine
With US aid to Ukraine locked in a partisan battle over security at the US southern border, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy...
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/ 12 months agoAs Russia ramps up ‘traditional values’ rhetoric − especially against LGBTQ+ groups − it’s won Putin far-right fans abroad
Far-right American Christians once viewed Soviet culture as a menace to their values. Today, some authoritarian-leaning admirers wish their country were...
