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/ 9 months agoWhat do your blood test results mean? A toxicologist explains the basics of how to interpret them
Your blood contains a wealth of information about the state of your health. Analyzing the levels of each component is an...
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/ 9 months agoWhy do people and animals need to breathe? A biologist explains why you need a constant source of oxygen
Inhaling air is how you get the oxygen your body needs to turn your food into energy. Other living things use...
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/ 9 months agoAmid growing legalization, cannabis in culture and politics is the focus of this anthropology course
Students are invited to imagine how the social, political and legal landscape for cannabis will look in the future.
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/ 9 months agoRace is already a theme of the 2024 presidential election – continuing an American tradition
The centrality of race to US politics is, once again, a defining feature of the current presidential campaign.
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/ 9 months agoUS raids in Iraq and Syria: How retaliatory airstrikes affect network of Iran-backed militias
More than 85 locations linked to militias were hit in a robust response by Washington to an earlier deadly drone attack...
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/ 9 months agoUS launches retaliatory strikes in Iraq and Syria − a national security expert explains the message they send
The US attacks on military sites in Iraq and Syria are unlikely to further escalate conflict in the Middle East, he...
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/ 9 months agoEl período colonial de América Latina fue mucho menos católico de lo que parece, a pesar de los intentos de la Inquisición de controlar la religión
La América Latina colonial albergaba muchas tradiciones espirituales diferentes de culturas indígenas, africanas y asiáticas.
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/ 9 months agoLos carteles de ‘No se acepta efectivo’ son una mala noticia para millones de estadounidenses sin cuenta bancaria
Una economía sin efectivo es una economía menos inclusiva.
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/ 9 months agoBiden is campaigning against the Lost Cause and the ‘poison’ of white supremacy in South Carolina
During a campaign speech in South Carolina, President Biden made it clear that he is not only running against Donald Trump...
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/ 9 months agoAn independent commission is racing to redraw Detroit’s voting maps under a federal court order − but the change may not elect more Black candidates
The commission has tight deadlines to finalize new maps. 2 voting rights experts explain the messy situation.
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/ 9 months agoTraining an animal? An ethicist explains how and why your dog − but not your frog − can be punished
Questions about how to ethically train different kinds of pets depend on the nature of those animals’ inner lives and their...
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/ 9 months agoFrom throwing soup on famous paintings to pushing lawsuits, the strategy behind climate activism and where it’s headed next
With international climate talks failing to make progress fast enough, activists are radically rethinking how to be most effective in the...
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/ 9 months agoDoes Trump actually have to pay $83.3 million to E. Jean Carroll? Not immediately, at least
Before Donald Trump delivers any amount of monetary damages to E. Jean Carroll, he could engage in a long appeals process.
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/ 9 months agoA former federal judge explains what it’s like to be on the bench in a high-profile trial like those involving Donald Trump’s criminal charges
The retired judge says the judiciary doesn’t ‘do justice’ but follows the law and the facts, which doesn’t always mean a...
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/ 9 months agoOrbital resonance − the striking gravitational dance done by planets with aligning orbits
Orbital resonance is kind of like musical harmony, but systems that display it are far more rare than songs with harmonic...
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/ 9 months agoHow can I get ice off my car? An engineer who studies airborne particles shares some quick and easy techniques
When you’re running late in the winter, you don’t want to have to spend time scraping frost off your windshield. Try...
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/ 9 months agoStudents with disabilities often left on the sidelines when it comes to school sports
Although disabled students are supposed to have equal access to school sports, questions remain about whether they participate at the same...
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/ 9 months agoBilly Joel is back for an encore − but why did he wait so long to turn the lights back on?
In 1993, Joel sang, ‘These are the last words I have to say.’ What changed?
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/ 9 months agoWhy Taylor Swift is an antihero to the GOP − but Democrats should know all too well that her endorsement won’t mean it’s all over now
The idea that the Swift-Kelce romance is some sort of deep-state plot is perhaps gaining traction in far-right circles because it...
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/ 10 months ago3 years on from coup, economic sanctions look unlikely to push Myanmar back to democracy
Economic proscriptions by the US and EU are hampered by lack of support among Myanmar’s major trading partners in the region.
