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/ 12 months agoWhat can board games teach students about climate change?
While most board games are designed for one person to win, climate change games are about saving the world.
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/ 12 months agoArt and science entwined: This course explores the long, interrelated history of two ways of seeing the world
Art and science may seem like opposites, but throughout history the disciplines have fed off each other − and still do...
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With Morocco, there’s stronger bureaucracy, and in Libya, authorities are weaker. But, as a scholar who has worked in both countries...
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Jim Croce’s brief time in the national spotlight was enough to put a bevy of songs in heavy rotation on radio...
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/ 1 year agoSpending time in space can harm the human body − but scientists are working to mitigate these risks before sending people to Mars
Space can damage everything from your cardiovascular and nervous systems to your mental health – long voyages can feel isolating for...
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/ 1 year agoMoms for Liberty: ‘Joyful warriors’ or anti-government conspiracists? The 2-year-old group could have a serious impact on the presidential race
Moms for Liberty, founded in 2021 and now boasting 120,000 members, could ride its conservative, limited-government message to a position of...
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/ 1 year agoRising number of ‘predatory’ academic journals undermines research and public trust in scholarship
In some cases, it can be difficult for academics to know which journals are not credible – but other times, people...
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/ 1 year agoEV sales growth points to oil demand peaking by 2030 − so why is the oil industry doubling down on production?
The International Energy Agency moved up the date when it expects oil demand to peak to before 2030. Electric vehicle growth...
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/ 1 year agoAs extreme downpours trigger flooding around the world, scientists take a closer look at global warming’s role
There’s a rule of thumb that rainfall intensity increases by about 7% per degree Celsius as temperatures rise. But the increase...
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/ 1 year agoAI won’t be replacing your priest, minister, rabbi or imam any time soon
A scholar of digital religion explains why the use of AI isn’t necessarily displacing religious leadership: It is the clergy who...