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/ 12 months agoDietary supplements and protein powders fall under a ‘wild west’ of unregulated products that necessitate caveats and caution
Although most Americans believe dietary supplements are safe, these products often make health claims that are unproven or downright false.
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/ 12 months agoSupreme Court heads into uncharted, dangerous territory as it considers Trump insurrection case
With their upcoming decision concerning whether Donald Trump can appear on the Colorado ballot, Supreme Court justices face the possibility that...
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/ 12 months agoThere are reasons to believe a two-state solution for Israelis and Palestinians is closer than ever
While the conflict between Hamas and Israel is unique, the case of South Africa’s border war – and subsequent fall of...
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/ 12 months agoPeer review isn’t perfect − I know because I teach others how to do it and I’ve seen firsthand how it comes up short
Politics and the lack of compensation are among the factors that can undermine the peer review process, which is important to...
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/ 12 months agoDriving the best possible bargain now isn’t the best long-term strategy, according to game theory
‘Winning’ in negotiations isn’t always the best approach.
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/ 12 months agoBlack travelers want authentic engagement, not checkboxes
Black travelers want the tourism industry to recognize their full identity. That will require more than procedural checkboxes and targeted advertising.
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/ 12 months agoPerils of pet poop – so much more than just unsightly and smelly, it can spread disease
The signs that remind you to pick up after your pet are not just trying to keep public spaces clean; they’re...
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/ 12 months agoAI helps students skip right to the good stuff in this intro programming course
Learning to program requires mastering the nitty-gritty of code syntax. Generative AI turns out to be good at that. Adding AI...
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/ 12 months agoSelf-extinguishing batteries could reduce the risk of deadly and costly battery fires
Lithium-ion battery fires are becoming increasingly common as electric vehicles spread, and are hard to extinguish. A new approach uses an...
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/ 12 months agoFrom rebel to retail − inside Bob Marley’s posthumous musical and merchandising empire
How did a musician whose songs were suffused with messages of anti-capitalism and anti-imperialism become so commercialized?
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/ 12 months agoIt’s the Year of the Dragon in the Chinese zodiac − associated with good fortune, wisdom and success
According to the Chinese zodiac signs, each year in the lunar cycle is associated with a particular animal. The cycle repeats...
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/ 12 months agoWhy Elon Musk’s ‘self-driving’ of Tesla’s board and its decision to pay him $56B collided with the law – and what happens next
Musk can’t dodge this ruling by moving Tesla’s incorporation to Texas.
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/ 12 months agoEnemy collaboration in occupied Ukraine evokes painful memories in Europe – and the response risks a rush to vigilante justice
Liberated cities are prone to vigilante justice against those accused of conspiring with the enemy.
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/ 12 months agoBlack communities are using mapping to document and restore a sense of place
Black activists have long used maps to help illustrate their communities’ history and to document historical injustices.
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/ 12 months agoLunar science is entering a new active phase, with commercial launches of landers that will study solar wind and peer into the universe’s dark ages
Projects under NASA’s CLPS program will probe unexplored questions about the universe’s formation.
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/ 12 months agoStudying lake deposits in Idaho could give scientists insight into ancient traces of life on Mars
While NASA rovers on the surface of Mars look for hints of life, researchers back on Earth are studying ‘echoes of...
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/ 12 months agoWhat do your blood test results mean? A toxicologist explains the basics of how to interpret them
Your blood contains a wealth of information about the state of your health. Analyzing the levels of each component is an...
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/ 12 months agoWhy do people and animals need to breathe? A biologist explains why you need a constant source of oxygen
Inhaling air is how you get the oxygen your body needs to turn your food into energy. Other living things use...
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/ 12 months agoAmid growing legalization, cannabis in culture and politics is the focus of this anthropology course
Students are invited to imagine how the social, political and legal landscape for cannabis will look in the future.
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/ 12 months agoRace is already a theme of the 2024 presidential election – continuing an American tradition
The centrality of race to US politics is, once again, a defining feature of the current presidential campaign.
