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Hunter-gatherer societies are often put on a pedestal as paragons of equality – but the reality is more complicated
Hunter-gatherers do not always seek total equality, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t egalitarian.
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Cornell 7 case puts a spotlight on fraternity misconduct – and the limits of universities’ power to stop it
While universities can suspend and expel students for committing sexual violence and other kinds of illegal misconduct, they face logistical and financial limits to preventing such behavior.
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Physicists who uncovered the first particle accelerator were honored with a Nobel Prize 75 years ago – their work shaped physics, medicine and even art research
Particle accelerators aren’t just for testing the Standard Model. They’re also used to diagnose and treat disease and study world history.
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Want to use AI to improve your work? Have it disagree with you
Prompting AI models to contradict your ideas can improve your thinking about a problem.
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How Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library is helping kids start reading when they’re very young
This free program mails an age-appropriate book monthly to each enrolled child from birth to age 5.
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More than 50 years after a North Dakota school district burned copies of Kurt Vonnegut’s ‘Slaughterhouse-Five,’ the anti-war novel is still being censored
The battle over the novel offers a window into America’s long-running fight over what students should be allowed to read.
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White nationalism’s appeal runs deeper than partisan politics
Nearly 1 in 7 white men under 30 in the US support white nationalism, and partisanship alone doesn’t explain who’s drawn to it.
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US regulators want to make corporate earnings reports less frequent, but investors have doubts
No federal rule proposal has ever generated so much opposition.
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La campaña a favor de los cursos de creole en las escuelas aviva el sentimiento antihaitiano en la República Dominicana
A lo largo del último siglo, muchos haitianos se han mudado a la vecina República Dominicana.
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Christa Pike survived a lethal injection attempt – the latest person to endure a failed execution
The constitutional prohibition of cruel and unusual punishment has shaped legal discourse around failed executions, but courts have not stopped states from attempting to execute the same person again.
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Nina Simone, Langston Hughes and their forgotten creative collaboration
A new book details the fruitful creative partnership between the singer and poet that helped shape Simone’s sound.
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Dozens of men failed to stop an alleged gang rape at Cornell – here’s the misperception that keeps bystanders from intervening and how to short-circuit it
People may accept bad behavior – even sexual assault – when they overestimate how acceptable their peers think it is. But there are ways to undermine this thinking and make intervention more likely.
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100 years ago, Schrödinger’s equation shed light on quantum physics – scientists use it today to fine-tune chemical reactions
A 100-year-old equation helps scientists build solar cells, develop biofuels and even study quantum computers.
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Too many males to choose from can overwhelm female frogs – and change who gets to mate
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3 iconic animals show the value of the US Endangered Species Act – and the harm in stripping it away
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A Colorado preschool case will be the Supreme Court’s latest to test boundaries of LGBTQ rights and religious freedom
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From suicide bombers to positions of authority – the changing role of women in jihadi groups
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Dan Rather has followed the news wherever he goes, in a career that highlights 75 years of evolving journalism
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