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/ 1 year agoCan you cry underwater?
An ophthalmologist explains how important tears are to keeping your eyes feeling good and working well – whether you’re on dry...
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/ 1 year agoHurricane Hilary triggers California’s first tropical storm watch ever, with heavy rain and flash flooding forecast
Forecasters are warning of a destructive storm for Mexico and the US Southwest – with El Niño, a heat dome and...
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/ 1 year agoAs BRICS cooperation accelerates, is it time for the US to develop a BRICS policy?
BRICS nations – Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa – compose 41% of the world population and almost a third...
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/ 1 year agoTipping etiquette and norms are in flux − here’s how you can avoid feeling flustered or ripped off
Tipping seems to be more coercive and less tied to service quality these days.
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/ 1 year agoIdentifying fire victims through DNA analysis can be challenging − a geneticist explains what forensics is learning from archaeology
Maui officials have asked relatives to provide DNA samples to help identify victims of the Lahaina wildfires. Time and exposure to...
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/ 1 year agoMemes about animal resistance are everywhere — here’s why you shouldn’t laugh off rebellious orcas and sea otters too quickly
A few marine mammals in apparent revolt pushed meme-makers into overdrive. But a scholar who thinks about justice and human-animal relations...
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/ 1 year agoChatGPT and other language AIs are nothing without humans – a sociologist explains how countless hidden people make the magic
Language model AIs seem smart because of how they string words together, but in reality they can’t do anything without many...
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/ 1 year agoRisk of death related to pregnancy and childbirth more than doubled between 1999 and 2019 in the US, new study finds
Black women died during or soon after pregnancy at higher rates than any other racial group in every year from 1999...
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/ 1 year agoGeorgia indictment and post-Civil War history make it clear: Trump’s actions have already disqualified him from the presidency
US law actually bars former President Donald Trump from holding office ever again. The recent Georgia indictment of Trump helps make...
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/ 1 year agoNagorno-Karabakh blockade crisis: Choking of disputed region is a consequence of war and geopolitics
The 120,000 residents of the disputed region are being deprived of food and medicines after a crucial link to Armenia was...
