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/ 4 months agoA realistic statue of Mary giving birth was criticized, then vandalized − but saints and artists have often reimagined Christ’s birth
Early Christian texts reveal how the birth of Christ reflected ideas of the day − in some illustrations, midwives helped the...
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/ 4 months ago‘Cajun Navy’ volunteers who participate in search-and-rescue operations after hurricanes are forming long-lasting organizations
They aren’t just operating boats and helicopters. Others serve as dispatchers, handle logistics, and run social media operations.
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/ 4 months agoMachine learning cracked the protein-folding problem and won the 2024 Nobel Prize in chemistry
The prize honors innovation at Google DeepMind and in academia. Three researchers share the award for using machine learning to predict...
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The sellers of these online products acknowledge that many of their drugs are for ‘research purposes only’ or ‘not for human...
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/ 4 months agoColumbus who? Decolonizing the calendar in Latin America
Many US states and cities have renamed Columbus Day as Indigenous People’s Day. But wrestling over the explorer’s legacy has a...
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/ 4 months agoBlitz of political attack ads in Pennsylvania and other swing states may be doing candidates and voters more harm than good
Americans are being targeted with an unprecedented number of political attack ads this election season, and research shows that these ads...
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/ 4 months agoHow a subfield of physics led to breakthroughs in AI – and from there to this year’s Nobel Prize
Two researchers whose work has led to the AI revolution won the 2024 Nobel Prize in physics. A materials physicist explains...
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Politicians have long used the phrase ‘I misspoke’ when backpedaling for verbal inaccuracies or blunders. Now it’s used as a euphemistic...
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/ 4 months agoSo you don’t like Trump or Harris – here’s why it’s still best to vote for one of them
If you’re an unhappy voter and want other unhappy voters to hold their noses and vote for the major candidate they...
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/ 4 months agoDEA could reclassify marijuana to a less restrictive category – a drug policy expert weighs the pros and cons
Moving marijuana to a less restrictive category under the Controlled Substances Act poses benefits and potential risks. But no effective medicine...
