Marc Short, former Vice President Mike Pence’s chief of staff, testified in late July before a federal grand jury investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the U.S.
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Meredith Oyen, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Activists including Myanmar citizens protest in Tokyo on July 26, 2022, against Myanmar’s recent execution of four prisoners
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Living trees, like these near Traverse City, Michigan, remove carbon dioxide from the air and lock it away.
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The monkeypox virus, shown in this illustration, can be transmitted through close contact between people.
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Emma Kast, University of Cambridge; Jeremy McCormack, Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, and Sora Kim, University of California, Merced
The new BA.5 subvariant has caused a sharp rise in cases and hospitalizations throughout much of the United States.
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Antisemitism today does not always appear in the form of traditional hate speech. It manifests in GIFs, memes, vlogs, comments and reactions on social media platforms.
Home sales are slowing as the Fed hikes rates.
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Astronomers have discovered the first dormant black hole outside of the Milky Way. These black holes are not absorbing matter from a nearby star, making them incredibly hard to find.
If you want to build a true artificial mind, start with a model of human cognition.
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An expert on Sri Lanka’s economy identifies and explains three key challenges that Ranil Wickremesinghe will have to overcome if he hopes to steer the country out of its crisis.
Polio is endemic only in Afghanistan and Pakistan in 2022.
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Scholars discuss topics that are related to Title IX, such as sexual misconduct on college campuses and bans on transgender athletes in high school sports.
Could structural racism in U.S. schools lead more young African Americans to drink?
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Guangyi Wang, University of California, San Francisco and Rita Hamad, University of California, San Francisco
An analysis shows that Black students at more racially segregated schools have a greater tendency to turn to the bottle.
President Joe Biden tested positive for COVID-19 on July 21, 2022, but was reportedly feeling well enough to work and take calls, as seen in this photo released by the White House.
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According to a letter from Biden’s doctor, the president has a runny nose, mild fatigue and a slight cough. The letter also noted that Biden began taking an antiviral drug the morning he tested positive.
The Savannah Medical Clinic, which provided abortions for four decades in Savannah, Ga., is closed now.
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Justice Samuel Alito said that abortion policy crafted by elected representatives in the states would be more responsive to what constituents want than federal protection of the right. He was wrong.
When abortion care is restricted, demand for abortion pills goes up.
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Ethiopia’s largest region is pushing for self-determination – it hasn’t gone down well with Abiy Ahmed’s vision of a centralised state.
Barbara Kruger, ‘Untitled (Your body is a battleground),’ 1989, photographic silkscreen on vinyl 112 x 112 in. (284.48 x 284.48 cm).
Courtesy the artist, The Broad Art Foundation and Sprüth Magers
Barbara Kruger’s ‘Untitled (Your body is a battleground)’ has seamlessly transitioned to social media, inspiring a new generation of media-savvy artists and activists.
Environmental concerns are one of the reasons Americans are opting for cremation.
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As late as 1970, only about 5% of Americans chose to be cremated. In 2020, more than 56% Americans opted for it.
A couple rides on a float with a handcart during the parade for Pioneer Day, an annual Utah holiday, on July 24, 2019, in Salt Lake City.
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The Utah holiday is a reflection of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ slowly changing identity, a historian of Mormonism and migration writes.
Approximately 10% of people will experience at least one seizure during their lifetime.
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The book includes haunting photos from inside the ghetto, along with its record of the medical effects of starvation.
'Maladie de Famine," American Joint Distribution Committee
The story behind the research can be as compelling as the results. Recording the effects of starvation, a group of Jewish doctors demonstrated their dedication to science – and their own humanity.
After the 2018 wildfire in Paradise, Calif., many fire-damaged homes were razed.
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With decades of images and data from the same locations, these satellites can show changes over time, including deforestation, changes in waterways and how loss of trees corresponds to urban heat.
Long-term exposure to high heat can become lethal.
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A health policy researcher explains how doctors determine their pay rates, and the system that lets them do it.
Vladimir Putin speaks at a rally in Moscow in March 2022, according to this Kremlin image, with a banner that says “For the world without Nazism! For Russia!”
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Stemming the water crisis in the western US will require cities and rural areas to work together to make water use on farms – the largest source of demand – more efficient.
A patient seeking abortion services at the Women’s Reproductive Clinic in Santa Teresa, New Mexico.
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A sociologist took a critical look at the cherished career advice to ‘follow your passion.’ What she found is that this advice often brings unintended consequences.