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/ 1 year agoListen up, ladies and gentlemen, guys and dudes: Terms of address can be a minefield, especially as their meanings change
Gendered words can be offensive in certain contexts – it’s all in what’s being signaled, according to a sociolinguist
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/ 1 year agoStudents understand calculus better when the lessons are active
Collaborative work benefits calculus students, new research shows.
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/ 1 year agoThe Gaza Strip − why the history of the densely populated enclave is key to understanding the current conflict
The enclave abutting Israel has been described as the world’s ‘largest open-air prison.’ Conditions have deteriorated for the population there under...
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/ 1 year agoAmerica’s farmers are getting older, and young people aren’t rushing to join them
It’s part of a decadeslong trend.
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/ 1 year agoExxon, Apple and other corporate giants will have to disclose all their emissions under California’s new climate laws – that will have a global impact
California is the world’s fifth-largest economy. Laws tested there often spread across the U.S. and around the world.
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/ 1 year agoPeace in Sudan is elusive for any would-be mediators – but a new window of opportunity has opened for outside intervention
An expert on civil conflicts explains why the international community has so far failed to create peace in Sudan, and what...
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/ 1 year agoIs Taiwan a country or not?
There are treaties and agreements and organizations, but, ultimately, other countries get to define who else is or isn’t a country.
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/ 1 year agoSupreme Court to hear arguments in key case about gerrymandering
An upcoming Supreme Court case that turns on race and party could affect how state legislatures shape voting maps and how...
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/ 1 year agoClaudia Goldin’s Nobel Prize win is a victory for women in economics − and the field as a whole
Goldin is showing the world that economics is about more than just finance.
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/ 1 year agoHow ‘nones’ − the religiously unaffiliated − are finding meaning, purpose and spirituality in psychedelic churches
A scholar who studies alternative expressions of spirituality visited secular, atheist and psychedelic churches and interacted with attendees. Here is what...
