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/ 1 year agoLooking back toward cosmic dawn − astronomers confirm the faintest galaxy ever seen
The universe used to be filled with a hydrogen fog, before early stars and galaxies burned through the haze. Astronomers are...
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/ 1 year agoVirtual reality has negative side effects – new research shows that can be a problem in the workplace
Trading in PC monitors for VR headsets can cause workers to experience dizziness, headaches and nausea. Researchers are beginning to understand...
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/ 1 year agoRhyme and reason – why a university professor uses poetry to teach math
A math professor explains how he prepares future teachers to use poetry in their math instruction.
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/ 1 year agoWhen Confederate-glorifying monuments went up in the South, voting in Black areas went down
The drive to remove Confederate monuments links those monuments to modern racism. An economic historian shows that the intent and effect...
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/ 1 year agoMedical exploitation of Black people in America goes far beyond the cells stolen from Henrietta Lacks that produced modern day miracles
Medical exploitation is an often overlooked part of Black history and partly explains the mistrust that members of the Black community...
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/ 1 year agoYellow jerseys of the fireline: A day fighting wildfires can require as much endurance as riding the Tour de France
Twenty-five years of research show what it takes to fuel wildland firefighters through an average day, and the toll the long...
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/ 1 year agoThe movie ‘Barbie’ has put the phrase ‘toxic femininity’ back in the news – here’s what it means and why you should care
Examining the understandings of what ‘toxic femininity’ means to people can reveal insights about gender, power and the impact of language...
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/ 1 year agoWhat’s behind our enduring fascination with wives and mothers who kill?
The framing of these stories of murder and mayhem have remained remarkably consistent since the invention of the printing press –...
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/ 1 year agoWhat are Hollywood actors and writers afraid of? A cinema scholar explains how AI is upending the movie and TV business
What would you do if the industry you work in could clone your skills, style and even the way you look...
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/ 1 year agoNew neurotechnology is blurring the lines around mental privacy – but are new human rights the answer?
More invasive devices have prompted new debates about privacy and freedom. But it’s important to keep in mind that other technologies...
