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/ 1 year agoHow Ukraine’s savvy official social media rallied the world and raised the bar for national propaganda
An analysis of tweets posted by the Ukrainian national government and the Kyiv city government in the early days of the...
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/ 1 year agoA changing climate, growing human populations and widespread fires contributed to the last major extinction event − can we prevent another?
New findings from the La Brea Tar Pits in southern California suggest human-caused wildfires in the region, along with a warming...
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/ 1 year agoA carbon tax on investment income could be more fair and quickly make it less profitable to pollute − here’s why
Taxing consumption that contributes to climate change hits the poor the hardest, while overlooking the huge profits tied to greenhouse gas...
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/ 1 year agoSolidarity and symbolism the order of the day as US, Japan and South Korea leaders meet at Camp David
President Biden has an opportunity to show himself as a global leader who can bring historically antagonistic U.S. allies together.
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/ 1 year agoWhat Florida gets wrong about George Washington and the benefits he received from enslaving Black people
Florida’s new standards for teaching social studies include throwbacks to an interpretation of slavery as benign or inconsequential.
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/ 1 year agoCan coffee or a nap make up for sleep deprivation? A psychologist explains why there’s no substitute for shut-eye
While a cup of joe or a brief nap during an all-nighter might help you feel a little more alert, it...
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/ 1 year agoImages of Jesus have always been complex and contradictory − this class looks at how pop culture imagines him, from cartoons to musicals
Is Jesus a peacemaker or a warrior? A socialist or a capitalist? Depending on whom you ask, American Christians see Christ...
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/ 1 year agoPotentially faulty data spotted in surveys of drug use and other behaviors among LGBQ youth
Potential inaccuracies in CDC high school surveys may have created an exaggerated perception that LGBQ youth engage in risky behaviors, new...
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/ 1 year ago3 reasons we use graphic novels to teach math and physics
Graphic novels pair text and images to explain complex topics – from thermodynamics to abstract math – without alienating STEM-averse students.
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/ 1 year agoWhat Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg’s canceled cage match says about masculine anxiety
‘Performances of virility’ tend to coincide with beliefs that masculinity is either in crisis or under attack.
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/ 1 year agoNASA’s Psyche mission to a metal world may reveal the mysteries of Earth’s interior
Liftoff to the distant asteroid is scheduled for Oct. 5, 2023 – the beginning of a six-year journey to one of...
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/ 1 year agoMobile robots get a leg up from a more-is-better communications principle
A study found that adding legs does more for you than having a good sense of the ground around you −...
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/ 1 year agoOhio voters kept it easy to pass a constitutional amendment protecting abortion − but also for the majority to someday limit other rights
The recent push in Ohio to pass a constitutional amendment was seen as a move to curb abortion rights. It failed....
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/ 1 year agoWhere will Trump go on trial first? How federal and state prosecutors and judges work out conflicts
Trump has trial dates set for two of his four criminal cases at the state and federal level. But, generally, state...
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/ 1 year agoAs the mental health crisis in children and teens worsens, the dire shortage of mental health providers is preventing young people from getting the help they need
Millions of young people in the US are suffering, whether from abuse at home, pressure from social media or exposure to...
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/ 1 year agoOppenheimer often used Sanskrit verses, and the Bhagavad Gita was special for him − but not in the way Christopher Nolan’s film depicts it
Oppenheimer’s knowledge of Sanskrit literature was more than cursory. He used quotes and parables from Sanskrit texts as a guide to...
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/ 1 year agoProspect of Kenyan troops in Haiti has sparked concerns – but may also prompt soul-searching across the Americas over lack of action
The recent kidnapping of a US nurse has put a focus on the plight of Haitians living with organized crime every...
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/ 1 year agoWar in Ukraine is a warning to China of the risks in attacking Taiwan
Foreign policy experts are divided on whether Russia’s invasion of Ukraine makes it more or less likely that China will launch...
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/ 1 year agoMichigan pipeline standoff could affect water protection and Indigenous rights across the US
A pipeline that has carried Canadian oil and gas across Wisconsin and Michigan for 70 years has become a symbol of...
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/ 1 year agoHawaii’s climate future: dry regions get drier with global warming, increasing fire risk − while wet areas get wetter
Projections for Hawaii’s climate future are raising concerns about fire risk, ecosystems and freshwater supplies for homes and agriculture.
