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/ 1 year agoSupreme Court justices consider whether to uphold law that keeps guns out of the hands of domestic abusers
An important tool in the fight against domestic violence is under scrutiny in a major US Supreme Court case.
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/ 1 year agoWhat’s your chronotype? Knowing whether you’re a night owl or an early bird could help you do better on tests and avoid scams
Synchronizing your daily activities to your circadian rhythm could help you improve your performance on a variety of cognitive tasks −...
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/ 1 year agoWhy are US politicians so old? And why do they want to stay in office?
Many years beyond the average American retirement age, politicians vie for power and influence. Their constituents tend to prefer they step...
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/ 1 year agoAs Ohio and other states decide on abortion, anti-abortion activists look to rebrand themselves as not religious
An analysis of anti-abortion rights groups in the US shows that while some specifically turn to Christianity to explain their positions,...
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/ 1 year agoClimate change hits indebted businesses hardest, new research suggests
Global warming plus leverage equals a big mess for companies.
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/ 1 year agoHow global warming shakes the Earth: Seismic data show ocean waves gaining strength as the planet warms
The same instruments used to measure earthquakes pick up vibrations as ocean waves put pressure on the sea floor. Four decades...
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/ 1 year agoWhy do our noses get snotty when we are sick? A school nurse explains the powers of mucus
Slimy snot is an important part of how your immune system wards off germs and fights back from infection.
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/ 1 year agoHigher education can be elusive for asylum-seekers and immigrants
Migrants to the US say they need a map to help them navigate the world of higher education.
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/ 1 year agoSearching for the right angle – students in this course shoot pool to learn about journalism
A journalism professor discovers that some of the best lessons for future journalists can be taught on a pool table.
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/ 1 year agoIt’s not just about facts: Democrats and Republicans have sharply different attitudes about removing misinformation from social media
One person’s content moderation is another’s censorship when it comes to Democrats’ and Republicans’ views on handling misinformation.
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/ 1 year ago4 razones por las que los adolescentes participan en retos en las redes sociales
La presión del grupo, la diversión y el deseo de llamar la atención ayudan a explicar por qué los jóvenes participan...
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/ 1 year agoEl ejercicio aeróbico y el entrenamiento de fuerza combinados pueden ser un elixir para mejorar la salud cerebral a los 80 y 90 años, según un nuevo estudio
Nuevas investigaciones apuntan a la importancia del tipo de ejercicio para favorecer la salud cognitiva en las últimas décadas de la...
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/ 1 year agoIsrael-Hamas war puts China’s strategy of ‘balanced diplomacy’ in the Middle East at risk
Beijing’s tone on the Middle East crisis has shifted since Hamas’s initial attack, becoming increasingly pro-Palestinian.
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/ 1 year 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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/ 1 year 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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/ 1 year 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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/ 1 year 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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/ 1 year 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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/ 1 year 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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/ 1 year 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...
