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/ 2 years agoProstate cancer treatment is not always the best option – a cancer researcher walks her father through his diagnosis
Prostate cancer is one of the most common cancers in men. Although watchful waiting is appropriate for low-risk cases, many are...
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/ 2 years agoOlder ‘sandwich generation’ Californians spent more time with parents and less with grandkids after paid family leave law took effect
The law changed older adults’ caregiving behavior because their children became more able to take paid time off work to care...
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/ 2 years 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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/ 2 years 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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/ 2 years 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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/ 2 years 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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/ 2 years 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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/ 2 years 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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/ 2 years 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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/ 2 years 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 –...
