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/ 11 months agoWhen science showed in the 1970s that gas stoves produced harmful indoor air pollution, the industry reached for tobacco’s PR playbook
The natural gas industry has spent years trying to undermine scientific findings about gas stoves and health. If this sounds familiar,...
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/ 11 months agoVampire viruses prey on other viruses to replicate themselves − and may hold the key to new antiviral therapies
Researchers discovered a satellite virus latching onto the neck of another virus called MindFlayer. Studying the viral arms race between similar...
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/ 11 months agoBiden’s executive order puts civil rights in the middle of the AI regulation discussion
If safety is the heart of the Biden administration’s executive order on AI, then civil rights is its soul.
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/ 11 months agoDefending space for free discussion, empathy and tolerance on campus is a challenge during Israel-Hamas war
A scholar of the Mideast at a large public university says that caring and a commitment to free speech have been...
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/ 11 months agoThe world’s boreal forests may be shrinking as climate change pushes them northward
How will Earth’s vast boreal forests look in a warmer world? Combining satellite-based research with fieldwork shows that the planet’s largest...
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/ 11 months agoWe analyzed over 3.5 million written teacher comments about students and found racial bias
Teachers use tougher language when describing the misbehavior of Black children, new research shows.
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/ 11 months agoWhat is intersectionality? A scholar of organizational behavior explains
First used in the 1970s, the social theory known as intersectionality triggered widespread debate on racial identifications and the interplay among...
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/ 11 months agoUnderstanding that chronic back pain originates from within the brain could lead to quicker recovery, a new study finds
An intriguing therapy that shifts what people perceive as the source of their pain could aid in pain management.
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/ 11 months agoBiden administration executive order tackles AI risks, but lack of privacy laws limits reach
In the absence of comprehensive AI regulation from Congress, the executive branch is building on its previous efforts to address AI...
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/ 11 months agoModern medicine has its scientific roots in the Middle Ages − how the logic of vulture brain remedies and bloodletting lives on today
Your doctor’s MD emerged from the Dark Ages, where practicing rational “human medicine” was seen as an expression of faith and...
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/ 11 months agoNASA’s robotic prospectors are helping scientists understand what asteroids are made of – setting the stage for miners to follow someday
Upcoming NASA missions will help scientists understand the composition of asteroids – which could inform companies one day hoping to commercially...
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/ 11 months agoSecure attachment to both parents − not just mothers − boosts children’s healthy development
Psychologists have long focused on the importance of a secure attachment with a mother for healthy child development. A new look...
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/ 11 months agoTexas tried to fix its teacher shortage by lowering requirements − the result was more new teachers, but at lower salaries
Researchers found that lowering restrictions for new teachers had some unintended consequences.
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/ 11 months agoKristallnacht, 85 years ago, marks the point Hitler moved from an emotional antisemitism to a systematic antisemitism of laws and government violence
The violence of the 1938 pogrom against Jews in Nazi Germany known as Kristallnacht was a turning point in Hitler’s ‘Final...
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/ 11 months agoHow Houthi attacks affect both the Israel-Hamas conflict and Yemen’s own civil war – and could put pressure on US, Saudi Arabia
Missiles from rebel Yemeni groups risk widening the Middle East conflict. But the motivation behind the attacks could be more about...
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/ 11 months agoGaza bombing adds to the generations of Palestinians displaced from their homes
A scholar who has studied Palestinian refugees for 20 years explains the history of their displacement and the stakes involved for...
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/ 11 months agoWhat exactly caused the explosion at a hospital in Gaza? Without an independent, credible investigation, it will be hard for everyone to agree
The hospital blast site has largely been cleared, Hamas says. But a forensic scientist explains what other evidence independent experts could...
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/ 11 months agoDespite his government’s failure to anticipate Hamas’ deadly attack, don’t count Netanyahu out politically
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has presided over disasters before – and remained in power. But is the intelligence failure preceding...
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/ 11 months agoEndometriosis afflicts millions of women, but few people feel comfortable talking about it
Health care providers often dismiss endometriosis pain as ‘all in your head’ − which can delay a correct diagnosis and treatment...
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/ 11 months agoFriendship research is getting an update – and that’s key for dealing with the loneliness epidemic
Psychology researchers have focused on the idea that people form friendships with those who are similar, familiar and nearby. But how...