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/ 1 year agoCancer has many faces − 5 counterintuitive ways scientists are approaching cancer research to improve treatment and prevention
From math to evolutionary game theory, looking at cancer through different lenses can offer further insights on how to approach treatment...
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/ 1 year agoRupert Murdoch’s empire was built on a shrewd understanding of how media and power work
As Rupert Murdoch prepares to hand over the keys to his media empire, what will his legacy be?
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/ 1 year agoAmerican individualism lives on after death, as consumers choose new ways to put their remains to rest
For some people, the decision over how to dispose of their body represents one last adventure – and one last consumer...
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/ 1 year agoA century ago, a Black-owned team ruled basketball − today, no Black majority owners remain
Led by a Black businessman named Bob Douglas, the New York Rens, who played their first game on Nov. 3, 1923,...
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/ 1 year agoLanguage induces an identity crisis for the children and grandchildren of Latino immigrants
Young Latinos in the US often navigate a contradictory landscape: Their parents see them as not Latino enough, while teachers and...
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/ 1 year ago3 reasons the House GOP is not any more dysfunctional than the Democrats − even after the prolonged speaker chaos
In the wake of the three-week internal GOP battle to choose a speaker, a scholar of Congress says that what looks...
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/ 1 year agoTrump’s violent rhetoric echoes the fascist commitment to a destructive and bloody rebirth of society
Trump’s call for violence is only part of a larger push for social disruption and destruction. For only in the wake...
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/ 1 year agoAre journalists serving Virginia’s voters well? Election could offer insights on media on national level
With the balance of political power at stake in the Virginia legislature, voters in this key swing state may reveal clues...
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/ 1 year agoYoung, female voters were the key to defeating populists in Poland’s election – providing a blueprint to reverse democracy’s decline
The autocratic Law and Justice Party looks set to be turfed out by a center-left coalition, which gained more than half...
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/ 1 year agoWorkplace discrimination saps everyone’s motivation − even when it works in your favor
Having a biased manager lowers productivity across the board – even for workers who aren’t targeted.
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/ 1 year agoFrom India and Taiwan to Tibet, the living assist the dead in their passage
Across cultures, death rituals give mourners a chance to grieve. But they also offer one last opportunity to help the deceased...
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/ 1 year agoHow Bach’s Toccata and Fugue in D minor became Halloween’s theme song
The famous composer certainly didn’t have haunted houses in mind when he wrote the piece.
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/ 1 year agoCollaborative water management can be a building block for peace between Israelis and Palestinians
As the war between Hamas and Israel grinds forward, two experts explain how Israelis and Palestinians have cooperated to tackle their...
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/ 1 year agoJewish response to Hamas war criticism comes from deep sense of trauma, active grief and fear
Many people who aren’t Jewish are responding as if what’s been taking place is just another episode of Israeli-Palestinian violence. But...
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/ 1 year agoIn the Israel-Hamas war, children are the ultimate pawns – and ultimate victims
For Jewish people, Hamas’ violence against children was reminiscent of the Holocaust. For Palestinians, The Israel Defense Force’s killing their children...
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/ 1 year agoDay of the Dead is taking on Halloween traditions, but the sacred holiday is far more than a ‘Mexican Halloween’
Halloween’s influence is transforming popular festivities around Día de los Muertos and its ceremonial customs in rural and urban areas of...
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/ 1 year agoPalestinian Christians and Muslims have lived together in the region for centuries − and several were killed recently while sheltering in the historic Church of Saint Porphyrius
Many Christian and Muslim families in Gaza today were displaced following the creation of new Arab and Jewish states. Today, Palestinian...
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/ 1 year agoThis course uses big data to examine how American newspapers covered lynchings
Student journalists are using spreadsheets and databases to examine one of the darkest chapters in American history.
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/ 1 year agoUnited Auto Workers union hails its tentative strike-ending deals with Ford and Stellantis that would raise top assembly-plant hourly pay to more than $40 as ‘record contracts’
Rank-and-file union members employed by the automakers have to ratify the new contracts before they can become final.
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/ 1 year agoViolent and disturbing war images from the Mideast can stir deep emotions − a PTSD expert explains how to protect yourself and your kids from overexposure
People, including children and adolescents, are being exposed to horrifying imagery in the news and on social media. But there are...
