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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...
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/ 1 year agoComputer science can help farmers explore alternative crops and sustainable farming methods
Conventional agriculture offers farmers few choices about which crops to grow or how to raise them. A new approach uses computing...
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/ 1 year agoZebrafish are a scientist’s favorite for early-stage research – especially to study human blood disorders
Of the many qualities that make the zebrafish a model organism, the fact that it shares 70% of the genes humans...
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/ 1 year agoContacting your legislator? Cite your sources – if you want them to listen to you
You can affect how legislators vote, but you can’t just fire off a nasty email and expect them to listen to...
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/ 1 year agoRe-imagining democracy for the 21st century, possibly without the trappings of the 18th century
The modern representative democracy was the best form of government mid-18th-century technology could invent. The 21st century is a different place...
