A United Nations agency known as UNRWA is the main player in crisis response in Gaza – but Israel will no longer work with UNRWA, and border crossings are not consistent in getting aid through.
One of war photographer Robert Capa’s images shows a wave of troops arriving on the Normandy beaches on D-Day.
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Cannabis and psilocybin – used under supervision – have the potential to work better than current pain treatments, but the research into both has long been hindered by federal legislation.
Fighting between the army and paramilitaries has seen Sudan descend into civil war.
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2 marketing experts explain how the former All-Pro center for the Philadelphia Eagles has built a powerful personal brand centered on being a gritty underdog with family values.
These CCNY basketball players, arrested for bribery in 1951, weren’t happy to see a photographer in the station house.
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Human heart organoids allow researchers to study the developing heart while avoiding the ethical issues of using human embryos and the imperfections of animal models.
Algorithms could serve as mirrors for you to check your biases.
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People are better able to see and correct biases in algorithms’ decisions than in their own decisions, even when algorithms are trained on their decisions.
Pavers push the asphalt down during road construction.
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Summer means road construction − but what kind of engineering goes into laying down pavement?
Moral injury can occur when someone must act against their values – but also when they cannot act in line with their values.
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Medical workers navigate their own moral and religious beliefs, professional standards, the law and the realities of clinical work – which can be especially complicated in abortion care.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has confirmed that dairy cows in nine states have been infected with bird flu in 2024.
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A veterinarian and epidemiologist who studies infectious diseases in dairy cows discusses the outbreak, how cows recover and what the government is doing to keep the milk supply safe.
Donald Trump, with his lawyers, talks to the press pool outside a Manhattan criminal courtroom during his hush-money trial on May 3, 2024.
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After a year of record-breaking global heat with El Niño, will La Niña bring a reprieve? That depends on where you live and how you feel about hurricanes.
The first U.S. offshore wind farm was built in 2016 off Rhode Island’s Block Island.
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Two new wind farms began producing power in 2024, but several canceled contracts have left a dark cloud over the industry. A wind power expert explains why US offshore wind has been slow to scale up.
An unhoused resident sleeps on the street on Dec. 18, 2023, in Austin, Texas.
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Rites of passage are important. They do not merely celebrate the transition to a new state – they actively create this new state in the eyes of society, an anthropologist writes.
The U.S. fertility rate is the lowest it’s been since the government started tracking it in the 1930s.
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Low birth rates aren’t just a potential economic crisis. They can tell a deeply personal story about women failing to reach their goals for motherhood.
Dads have stepped up to do more hands-on parenting over the past few decades.
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Darby Saxbe, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
One of the first longitudinal studies of male brain changes across the transition to first-time parenthood finds that becoming a dad affects the brain – without the direct experience of pregnancy.
The E. Barrett Prettyman Federal Courthouse in Washington, D.C., houses the U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court.
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Privacy advocates lost out when Congress reauthorized Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act without major reforms. But the renewal fight returns in 2 years.
A foxtail seed pod.
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The implications of restrictive laws or near-total bans go well beyond abortions, reducing overall access to prenatal care, birthing services, routine reproductive health care and more.