Values in adulthood rarely change. But major events, like wars — and pandemics — can shift our priorities.
Since there’s no romantic relationship, judges are likely to default to ruling that platonic marriages are an attempt to game the system.
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Because any two consenting adults can get married in the US, a platonic marriage could pretty easily be pulled off. Legally speaking, though, it’s a sham.
Partidarios de Trump durante la Marcha del Millón MAGA en Washington el 14 de noviembre de 2020.
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Donald Trump ha sido un presidente populista. Comprender las raíces del populismo en los EE.UU. y en otros lugares es esencial para hacer frente a su ascenso y su amenaza a la democracia.
Des partisans du président Donald Trump escaladent le mur ouest du Capitole américain, le 6 janvier, à Washington.
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Donald Trump a été un président populiste. Comprendre les racines du populisme aux États-Unis et ailleurs est essentiel pour faire face à sa montée et à la menace qui pèse sur la démocratie.
Trump supporters face off against counterprotesters at the Million MAGA March in Washington on Nov. 14, 2020.
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Donald Trump has been a populist president. Understanding populism’s roots in the US and elsewhere is essential for addressing its rise and threat to democracy.
Permitir que se infectan deliberadamente a humanos con COVID-19 podría acelerar el proceso de los ensayos clínicos.
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Ofer Raban, University of Oregon and Yuval Dor, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Los ensayos de exposición en humanos conllevan riesgos importantes para los voluntarios, pero también podrían generar importantes beneficios para la humanidad: una vacuna para el coronavirus.
Could intentionally infecting volunteers in COVID-19 trials speed up a vaccine?
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Ofer Raban, University of Oregon and Yuval Dor, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Conventional trials to test coronavirus vaccines are paradoxically slowed down by actions to curb the disease’s spread. Human challenge trials are more controversial, but could speed up the process.
A consideration of Cuban poet Nancy Morejón’s engagement with Keorapetse Kgositsile and her visits to South Africa – shed new light on her poetic practice.
El proyecto Global State of Young Scientists Africa investiga los desafíos que conforman las trayectorias profesionales de los jóvenes científicos africanos.
Le bonheur a envahi nos vies. Mais sommes-nous plus heureux ?
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« Le bonheur est-il cet objectif suprême que nous devrions tous nous efforcer d’atteindre ? » s’interrogent les chercheurs Éva Illouz et Edgar Cabanas dans leur ouvrage « Happycratie ».
Young African scientists face persistent barriers which cause them to leave academia.
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Times are very rough for both Israeli and Palestinian families. The death toll in Gaza currently stands at around 620, 74 of whom are children. The death toll in Israel stands at 30, two of whom were civilians…
Body shapes can now be ‘seen’ by congenitally blind people, thanks to special software.
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Congenitally blind people have been taught to perceive body shape and posture through “soundscapes” that translate images into sound, a study published today in Current Biology reports. Vision often dominates…
Ph.D. fellow in European Research Council (ERC) project "Apartheid- The Global Itinerary: South African Cultural Formations in Transnational Circulation 1948-1990", led by Prof. Louise Bethlehem, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Postdoctoral fellow at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in the ERC funded project APARTHEID-STOPS that studies the transnational circulation of anti-apartheid expressive culture., Hebrew University of Jerusalem