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/ 1 year agoWhy do some men commit domestic violence? Trauma and social isolation may play a role
Childhood adversity can put people at risk of perpetrating domestic violence in the future. Having a supportive social network and learning...
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Anti-democratic actions and government corruption are key reasons many Guatemalans migrate to the US.
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/ 1 year agoWild ‘super pigs’ from Canada could become a new front in the war on feral hogs
Feral hogs are one of the most destructive invasive species in North America, harming land, crops and wildlife.
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/ 1 year ago2023’s extreme storms, heat and wildfires broke records – a scientist explains how global warming fuels climate disasters
The US saw a record number of billion-dollar disasters in 2023, even when accounting for inflation. The number of long-running heat...
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/ 1 year agoMore city hall news coverage isn’t enough to revive local news outlets
There are lots of ideas about how to save local news. One of them is that increasing coverage of local politics...
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/ 1 year agoHow active are the microorganisms in your yogurt? We created a new tool to study probiotic activity — and made it out of cardboard
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/ 1 year agoDigital inaccessibility: Blind and low-vision people have powerful technology but still face barriers to the digital world
Assistive technology like screen readers for the blind help people with disabilities use computers and smartphones, but they can be tripped...
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/ 1 year agoFinding objective ways to talk about religion in the classroom is tough − but the cost of not doing so is clear
Many countries wrestle with whether to include any kind of education about religion in public school lessons, and each one takes...
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Pictures of black holes have a white outline around them when photographed, due to one of black holes’ unique and key...
