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/ 1 year agoCould UPS and FedEx get holiday packages to their destinations faster? This research suggests yes
Rethinking seasonal workers’ roles would help parcel delivery companies save time and money − and boost morale, too.
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/ 1 year agoWhat’s the point of giving gifts? An anthropologist explains this ancient part of being human
Presents are about giving, receiving and reciprocating, and how this cycle strengthens relationships.
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/ 1 year agoCustomizing mRNA is easy, and that’s what makes it the next frontier for personalized medicine − a molecular biologist explains
From COVID-19 vaccines to cancer treatments and beyond, the flexibility of mRNA-based therapies gives them the potential to prevent and treat...
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/ 1 year agoScientists and space agencies are shooting for the Moon — 5 essential reads on modern lunar missions
Chandrayaan-3’s successful landing on the Moon made 2023 a big year for lunar exploration, and future years will come with even...
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/ 1 year agoWhy university presidents find it hard to punish advocating genocide − college free speech codes are both more and less protective than the First Amendment
University codes of conduct support their mission to educate. But it’s not easy to balance those codes with the values of...
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/ 1 year agoWas King Herod the Great really so ‘great’? What history says about the bad guy of the Christmas story
Historians know a fair bit about Herod the Great, the king of Judea at the time of Jesus’ birth.
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/ 1 year agoHamas’ use of sexual violence is an all-too-common part of modern war – but not in all conflicts
Sexual violence can be used as a weapon of war. Hamas’ use of sexual violence was likely meant to show its...
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/ 1 year agoIsrael is using mass displacement of Gazans as a tool of war – it could also serve long-term strategic goals
Mass forced movement of people has been used in conflicts to serve three goals: population control, territorial expansion and as a...
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/ 1 year ago‘You reach a point where you have nothing. You will just die’ – in East African refugee camps, food scarcity is a mortal concern
Budget cuts have resulted in increased hunger in camps in Uganda, Burundi and Kenya that house refugees from across the region.
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/ 1 year agoThe Napoléon that Ridley Scott and Hollywood won’t let you see
Leaving out the history of Napoléon’s brutal subjugation of Haiti is akin to making a movie about Hitler without mentioning the...
