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Rwanda is touted as one of the leading nations when it comes to strides toward gender equality. But the role of female ‘rescuers’ in the 1994 genocide is being downplayed.
Chinese universities are prodigious producers of scientific papers, which will help garner them more prestige.
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Science rankings rely on papers in academic journals. Broadening the view to include many more open-access journals will upend the usual order – thanks to China’s vast number of publications.
Sous quelle forme préférez-vous votre part des quelque 5 millions de tonnes de cacao produites dans le monde chaque année ?
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Derrière la fermentation, la torréfaction, le broyage qui transforment le cacao en tablettes de chocolat, bonbons et pâtisseries, c’est de la science qui se cache.
Activities that keep you fired up don’t help you turn down your anger.
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Activities such as deep breathing, muscle relaxation, yoga and meditation help people manage their anger, according to a meta-analysis of studies involving more than 10,000 participants.
DAFs more or less operate as a mini foundation.
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Big changes would require an act of Congress but lawmakers have not stepped up. And there’s been pushback against new rules the IRS has proposed for these accounts reserved for giving.
Former NRA Leader Wayne LaPierre arrives for his civil trial at New York State Supreme Court on Jan. 8, 2024, in New York City.
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Even parents who don’t drink much throughout the year may have a few extra eggnogs at a Christmas party or beers while watching the Super Bowl. And that has implications for how they treat their kids.
Native American children are still disproportionately represented in the U.S. child welfare system.
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Native American families have endured generations of systematic child removal, but the grief, loss and trauma that birth mothers still experience have been largely overlooked.
Students become more emotionally engaged with history when it’s presented in an interactive way, research shows.
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Rather than have students memorize names and dates, this history curriculum invites students to grapple with real-life issues faced by people from the past.
Food banks can operate on a large scale that requires expensive equipment and skilled management.
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The US response to 9/11 included a declaration that America would destroy its enemies. The effort took decades, and thousands of lives on both sides, and never really succeeded.
According to the U.S. Department of Education, 54% of adult Americans read below the sixth grade level.
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Kamu tidak diizinkan mengunjungi bagian Nevada yang dikenal sebagai Area 51. Itu karena tempat ini merupakan fasilitas pemerintah yang sangat rahasia. Namun kerahasiaan ini berkaitan dengan pesawat mata-mata, bukan alien luar angkasa.
Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping (left) and President Jimmy Carter sign papers, including a science and technology agreement, in 1979.
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China’s success in science and technology propelled it to the forefront of many fields. Now, the US wants to pull back from years of intense cooperation.
For decades, what lay at the end of this road was a mysterious secret.
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You’re not allowed to visit the part of Nevada known as Area 51. That’s because it’s a top-secret government facility. But the secrecy has to do with spy planes, not space aliens.
Boxes containing classified documents are stored in a bathroom of Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Club.
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Large stretches of the Arctic are carbon-rich peat bogs. As the region warms and dries, lightning strikes can spark underground fires that can burn for years.
A little training helped kids make safer choices when they stumbled across a gun.
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Kids were more likely to tell an adult and less likely to touch or hold a handgun that they discovered if they’d recently watched a short video about gun safety.