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/ 1 year agoOlder ‘sandwich generation’ Californians spent more time with parents and less with grandkids after paid family leave law took effect
The law changed older adults’ caregiving behavior because their children became more able to take paid time off work to care...
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/ 1 year agoLooking back toward cosmic dawn − astronomers confirm the faintest galaxy ever seen
The universe used to be filled with a hydrogen fog, before early stars and galaxies burned through the haze. Astronomers are...
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/ 1 year agoVirtual reality has negative side effects – new research shows that can be a problem in the workplace
Trading in PC monitors for VR headsets can cause workers to experience dizziness, headaches and nausea. Researchers are beginning to understand...
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/ 1 year agoRhyme and reason – why a university professor uses poetry to teach math
A math professor explains how he prepares future teachers to use poetry in their math instruction.
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/ 1 year agoWhen Confederate-glorifying monuments went up in the South, voting in Black areas went down
The drive to remove Confederate monuments links those monuments to modern racism. An economic historian shows that the intent and effect...
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/ 1 year agoMedical exploitation of Black people in America goes far beyond the cells stolen from Henrietta Lacks that produced modern day miracles
Medical exploitation is an often overlooked part of Black history and partly explains the mistrust that members of the Black community...
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/ 1 year agoYellow jerseys of the fireline: A day fighting wildfires can require as much endurance as riding the Tour de France
Twenty-five years of research show what it takes to fuel wildland firefighters through an average day, and the toll the long...
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/ 1 year agoThe movie ‘Barbie’ has put the phrase ‘toxic femininity’ back in the news – here’s what it means and why you should care
Examining the understandings of what ‘toxic femininity’ means to people can reveal insights about gender, power and the impact of language...
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/ 1 year agoWhat’s behind our enduring fascination with wives and mothers who kill?
The framing of these stories of murder and mayhem have remained remarkably consistent since the invention of the printing press –...
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/ 1 year agoWhat are Hollywood actors and writers afraid of? A cinema scholar explains how AI is upending the movie and TV business
What would you do if the industry you work in could clone your skills, style and even the way you look...
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/ 1 year agoNew neurotechnology is blurring the lines around mental privacy – but are new human rights the answer?
More invasive devices have prompted new debates about privacy and freedom. But it’s important to keep in mind that other technologies...
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/ 1 year agoComputer science can help farmers explore alternative crops and sustainable farming methods
Conventional agriculture offers farmers few choices about which crops to grow or how to raise them. A new approach uses computing...
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/ 1 year agoZebrafish are a scientist’s favorite for early-stage research – especially to study human blood disorders
Of the many qualities that make the zebrafish a model organism, the fact that it shares 70% of the genes humans...
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/ 1 year agoContacting your legislator? Cite your sources – if you want them to listen to you
You can affect how legislators vote, but you can’t just fire off a nasty email and expect them to listen to...
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/ 1 year agoRe-imagining democracy for the 21st century, possibly without the trappings of the 18th century
The modern representative democracy was the best form of government mid-18th-century technology could invent. The 21st century is a different place...
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/ 1 year agoUS autoworkers may wage a historic strike against Detroit’s 3 biggest automakers – with wages at EV battery plants a key roadblock to agreement
A strike would shake up the auto industry even though both the union’s ranks and the share of the US automotive...
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/ 1 year agoWhat’s the difference between a startup and any other business?
Traditional businesses operate with an established solution to a known problem. Startups focus on a product or service no one else...
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/ 1 year ago‘Knowledge of self’: How a key phrase from Islam became a pillar of hip-hop
A scholar explains how a concept that appeared in Nation of Islam literature nearly a century ago essentially defines hip-hop’s consciousness...
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/ 1 year agoCollege students with loans more likely to report bad health and skip medicine and care, study finds
College students who postpone medical care to save money end up paying for it down the line in the form of...
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/ 1 year agoMore adults than ever have been seeking ADHD medications – an ADHD expert explains what could be driving the trend
The COVID-19 pandemic may have played a considerable role in the uptick of adults being treated for ADHD. But more data...
