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/ 10 months agoI set out to investigate where silky sharks travel − and by chance documented a shark’s amazing power to regenerate its sabotaged fin
After scientists’ GPS tracking tag was violently removed from one shark’s dorsal fin, they were in for a surprise: The wound...
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/ 10 months agoWhat Taoism teaches about the body and being healthy
A scholar of Daoist rituals explains how the indigenous tradition of China understands the human body as being part of the...
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/ 10 months agoRabies is an ancient, unpredictable and potentially fatal disease − two rabies researchers explain how to protect yourself
An unexpected case of rabies found in an animal can raise concerns for a potential outbreak. Proactive vaccination of both wildlife...
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/ 10 months agoTrump’s arguments for immunity not as hopeless as some claim
The former president has raised several legal arguments that do not yet have clear answers. A constitutional scholar says they’re questions...
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/ 10 months agoWhat happens to the ocean if we take out all the fish? A marine ecologist explains the complex roles fish play in their ecosystem
There are so many fish in the ocean that if you took them out, important habitats and food sources for many...
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/ 10 months agoAn overlooked and undercounted group of Arab American and Muslim voters may have outsized impact on 2024 presidential election
Though Arab Americans voted overwhelmingly for Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election, polling suggests that support has eroded since the...
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/ 10 months agoSouth Korea’s gender imbalance is bad news for men − outnumbering women, many face bleak marriage prospects
Following a 30-year boy-to-girl birth rate imbalance, up to 800,000 ‘extra’ men born since the mid-1980s will be unable to find...
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/ 10 months agoFrom South Asia to Mexico, from slave to spiritual icon, this woman’s life is a snapshot of Spain’s colonization – and the Pacific slave trade history that books often leave out
Accounts of Asian American history often stop at the US border, but Asians were living in Latin America for centuries before...
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/ 10 months agoCollege applications rose in states that legalized recreational marijuana
New research shows colleges attract interest from higher-caliber students when the schools’ home states allow their citizens to get high.
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/ 10 months agoEmergency medicine residencies more likely to go unfilled at for-profit and newly accredited programs
A new study finds more emergency medicine residencies are available, but hundreds of the positions are going unfilled.
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/ 10 months agoUS Supreme Court decision on Trump-Colorado ballot case ‘monumental’ for democracy itself, not just 2024 presidential election
The US Supreme Court faces a case with huge repercussions for the 2024 presidential election – and American democracy. An election...
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/ 10 months agoJan. 6 was an example of networked incitement − a media and disinformation expert explains the danger of political violence orchestrated over social media
Social media allows a political leader to direct the behavior of political movements, including engaging in violence and insurrection.
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/ 10 months ago70 years after Brown vs. Board of Education, public schools still deeply segregated
As the nation approaches the 70-year anniversary of Brown vs. Board of Education, an education professor lays out the state of...
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/ 10 months agoWhy does Claudine Gay still work at Harvard after being forced to resign as its president? She’s got tenure
Barring evidence of moral turpitude or excessive absenteeism, former administrators are very hard to force out.
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/ 10 months agoLiterature inspired my medical career: Why the humanities are needed in health care
While medical school may teach students about how the body works, it often neglects the social, political and cultural factors that...
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/ 10 months agoWhat is resilience? A psychologist explains the main ingredients that help people manage stress
Supportive relationships, economic stability and exercise are among the building blocks that develop resilience.
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/ 10 months agoThe US invented shopping malls, but China is writing their next chapter
China has a lot of vacant retail space, including many underused shopping malls. An urban policy scholar describes how the Chinese...
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/ 10 months agoTrump’s Iowa political organizing this year is nothing like his scattershot 2016 campaign
Donald Trump’s Iowa caucus campaign is very nuts-and-bolts. That may be a recognition that celebrity will only take him so far...
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/ 10 months agoWith higher fees and more ads, streaming services like Netflix, Disney+ and Hulu are cashing in by using the old tactics of cable TV
Like their cable predecessors, streaming companies have lured customers in with low rates and promises of a better viewing experience. Now...
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/ 10 months ago‘Designated contrarians’ could improve nonprofit boards by disrupting the kind of consensus and groupthink that contributed to the NRA’s woes
A legal scholar argues that assigning a designated contrarian and rotating this role over time will help nonprofit boards resist the...
