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/ 2 months agoCaitlin Clark, Christine Brennan and how racial stereotypes persist in the media’s WNBA coverage
When USA Today columnist Christine Brennan questioned a Black player over her striking Caitlin Clark during a game, it was anything...
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/ 2 months agoWhy Trump accuses people of wrongdoing he himself committed − an explanation of projection
Candidates use psychological strategies to win support and to cast their rivals in a negative light. In projection, people seek to...
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/ 2 months agoLGBTQ rights: Where do Harris and Trump stand?
Have they expanded or restricted rights for lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans people? A scholar of the LGBTQ community examines the...
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/ 2 months agoA realistic statue of Mary giving birth was criticized, then vandalized − but saints and artists have often reimagined Christ’s birth
Early Christian texts reveal how the birth of Christ reflected ideas of the day − in some illustrations, midwives helped the...
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/ 2 months ago‘Cajun Navy’ volunteers who participate in search-and-rescue operations after hurricanes are forming long-lasting organizations
They aren’t just operating boats and helicopters. Others serve as dispatchers, handle logistics, and run social media operations.
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/ 2 months agoMachine learning cracked the protein-folding problem and won the 2024 Nobel Prize in chemistry
The prize honors innovation at Google DeepMind and in academia. Three researchers share the award for using machine learning to predict...
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/ 2 months agoBuyer beware: Off-brand Ozempic, Zepbound and other weight loss products carry undisclosed risks for consumers
The sellers of these online products acknowledge that many of their drugs are for ‘research purposes only’ or ‘not for human...
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/ 2 months agoColumbus who? Decolonizing the calendar in Latin America
Many US states and cities have renamed Columbus Day as Indigenous People’s Day. But wrestling over the explorer’s legacy has a...
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/ 2 months agoBlitz of political attack ads in Pennsylvania and other swing states may be doing candidates and voters more harm than good
Americans are being targeted with an unprecedented number of political attack ads this election season, and research shows that these ads...
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/ 2 months agoHow a subfield of physics led to breakthroughs in AI – and from there to this year’s Nobel Prize
Two researchers whose work has led to the AI revolution won the 2024 Nobel Prize in physics. A materials physicist explains...
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/ 2 months agoMisspoke: The long and winding road to becoming a political weasel word
Politicians have long used the phrase ‘I misspoke’ when backpedaling for verbal inaccuracies or blunders. Now it’s used as a euphemistic...
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/ 2 months agoSo you don’t like Trump or Harris – here’s why it’s still best to vote for one of them
If you’re an unhappy voter and want other unhappy voters to hold their noses and vote for the major candidate they...
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/ 2 months agoDEA could reclassify marijuana to a less restrictive category – a drug policy expert weighs the pros and cons
Moving marijuana to a less restrictive category under the Controlled Substances Act poses benefits and potential risks. But no effective medicine...
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/ 2 months ago5 kinds of American evangelicals and their voting patterns
Evangelicals are often regarded as a uniform, monolithic group − but there are differences within their politics and social engagement.
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/ 2 months agoThe woman who revolutionized the fantasy genre is finally getting her due
A woman with dwarfism, Judy-Lynn del Rey founded the imprint that put out fantasy hits such as ‘The Chronicles of Thomas...
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/ 2 months agoThough home to about 50 white extremist groups, Ohio’s social and political landscape is undergoing rapid racial change
The rapidly changing social conditions in Ohio have played a significant role in the growth of extremism as some alienated white...
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/ 2 months agoHarris proposes that Medicare cover more in-home health care, filling a large gap for older Americans and their caregivers
Her proposal is aimed at easing the burden for family caregivers. She says that negotiating lower drug prices for Medicare could...
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/ 2 months agoNobel Prize in physics spotlights key breakthroughs in AI revolution − making machines that learn
The Nobel Prize shows that the field of artificial neural networks – and the deep learning AI revolution the technology unleashed...
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/ 2 months agoTrump and Harris are sharply divided on science, but share common ground on US technology policy
Based on federal budgeting requests from the past 2 administrations, Trump and Harris placed different values on science research funding.
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/ 2 months agoHow foreign operations are manipulating social media to influence your views
Social media platforms, the modern public squares, are being manipulated by foreign influence campaigns. AI makes those campaigns more effective.
