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How Trump’s war on the media is expected to ramp up in his second term
Mel Bunce, Professor of International Journalism, City St George's, University of London Donald Trump’s second term promises to deliver historic threats to US press freedom – directly from the Oval ...
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‘For the very first time I really enjoyed sex!’ − how lesbian escort agencies became a form of self-care in Japan
Since many Japanese women still find it difficult to explore and discuss their sexual desires with their partners, the services have become popular among all women, not just lesbians.
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Canada’s first moon rover will soon have a name as it prepares to explore a hostile lunar region
The Canadian moon rover will soon have a name, two years before it’s set to explore the moon’s South Pole.
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Military rule is on the rise in Africa – nothing good came from it in the past
In the last few years, there has been a spate of military coups in Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso, Sudan and Guinea. Military rule, long dormant in African politics, is back.
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75 years ago, Maria Tallchief made the ballet world reimagine itself and find a place for a Native American prima ballerina
Despite assumptions to the contrary, Tallchief showed that Indigenous people could not just exceed the standards of Western arts but also set new ones, writes a scholar of Indigenous cultures.
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Companies are still committing to net-zero emissions, even if it’s a bumpy road – here’s what the data show
Abhinav Shubham, Ph.D. Candidate in Operations Management, Georgia Institute of Technology Donghyun (Daniel) Choi, Ph.D. Candidate in Operations Management, Georgia Institute of Technology Manpreet S.
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Legal complications await if OpenAI tries to shake off control by the nonprofit that owns the rapidly growing tech company
Rose Chan Loui, Founding Executive Director for the Lowell Milken Center on Philanthropy and Nonprofits, University of California, Los Angeles OpenAI, the tech company that created the popular ChatGPT ...
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Transplanting insulin-making cells to treat Type 1 diabetes is challenging − but stem cells offer a potential improvement
Type 1 diabetes develops when the body destroys its own insulin-producing cells. Using stem cells to replace them could be a way to get around donor shortages and transplant complications.
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Why people would rather clean the toilet than check their bank balance – and the spending problems this leads to
“One in three people would rather deep clean their bathroom – deep clean with rubber gloves and everything – rather than check their savings,” according to AJ Coyne, chief marketing officer at online ...
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Australia’s $230 billion Future Fund encouraged to invest in housing, energy transition, infrastructure
The Albanese government has rewritten the mandate of the Future Fund – the nation’s sovereign wealth fund – to urge it to direct investment into the “national priorities” ...
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Young families are leaving many large US cities − here’s why that matters
Although many US cities have recovered from economic downturns during the COVID-19 pandemic, they still are losing young families in large numbers. Here’s how that trend degrades urban life.
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We studied drug-resistant bacteria on hospital surfaces in six countries. This is what we found
Antimicrobial resistance happens when bacteria and other microbes that can cause infections gain the ability to resist treatment by antibiotics or other antimicrobial medicines. Pneumonia, urinary ...