Buddhism prizes both compassion and undivided focus – which can be hard to combine.
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The lines between family life and Buddhist monasticism are not so ‘either/or’ as they might seem.
This orbiting museum in the show ‘Star Trek: Picard’ plays a key role in fending off a futuristic form of cyberattack.
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‘Star Trek: Picard’ is set 400 years in the future, but, like most science fiction, it deals with issues in the here and now. The show’s third and final season provides a lens on cybersecurity.
Afenia Shakur (left). mother of Tupac Shakur (right).
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From Tupac to Jay-Z, many a rap artist has set pen to paper to pay homage to the women who gave them birth.
New gene therapies are helping to treat certain forms of inherited blindness.
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Genetics expert Jean Bennett explains how gene therapy is being used to treat certain forms of inherited blindness.
A Venezuelan asylum-seeker carries his daughter before they cross the Rio Grande into Brownsville, Texas.
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Title 42 has triggered criticisms from immigration advocates and public health experts. But the end of the controversial policy may mean fewer asylum seekers crossing the US border.
Natural gas power plants could find a lifeline in carbon capture and storage.
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Carbon capture and storage could keep fossil fuel power plants running under newly proposed federal emissions standards, but it faces high hurdles.
Test scores for history began their decline about a decade ago.
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A historian of education policy says the dramatic drop in history test scores among the nation’s eighth graders was a predictable result.
Daniel Ellsberg addresses supporters during an anti-war protest in 2010 in front of the White House.
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The Vietnam War whistleblower, who died on June 16, 2023, wrestled with his decision to leak thousands of pages of government documents.
Honduran migrants head for the United States in 2019.
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US immigration policies have not deterred migration, but they have made the process longer and more difficult for migrants.
Keri Russell plays a a nonpolitical straight shooter in a political role that she grudgingly accepts.
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Although the series perpetuates the stereotype that politically ambitious women can’t be trusted in high office, it thoughtfully portrays the ubiquity of everyday sexism in political culture.
Palestinians leave their Jerusalem neighborhood during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.
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For the first time, the United Nations will mark the commemoration of the displacement of 750,000 Palestinians from their homes in 1948.
Many restaurant workers see violence as a core aspect of a hardscrabble kitchen culture that has existed for generations.
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Barbara Lynch’s alleged bullying of her employees is only the latest in a string of high-profile chef scandals. Two scholars explore how this behavior became normalized in kitchens across the US.
People admire a massive statue of the Hindu goddess Kali.
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Mother figures from faith traditions around the world reflect many different ways of thinking about the divine.
COVID-19 hasn’t vanished, but at this point it’s doing less damage.
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The emergency status allowed the federal government to cut through a mountain of red tape, with the goal of responding to the pandemic more efficiently.
Republican U.S. Rep. George Santos of New York is followed by reporters as he walks in the U.S. Capitol.
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George Santos has admitted to having said some stupid things. But his lying became the subject of a federal probe that has resulted in criminal charges.
The long-awaited vaccine is a necessary tool in the fight against the most common respiratory viruses.
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The newly approved RSV vaccine could be rolled out by fall 2023, in time for the typical winter surge in RSV infections.
Jewish mothers have created ways to celebrate childbirth with rituals old and new.
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Recent generations of Jewish women have looked to reinvent rituals marking the most meaningful moments in their lives, especially childbirth and motherhood.
Under a portrait of Theodor Herzl, David Ben-Gurion on May 14, 1948, declares the establishment of a Jewish state to be known as the state of Israel.
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Israel may no longer be a fledgling state – but it has yet to overcome the basic contradiction that has defined it from the very beginning.
Supporters of Imran Khan protest the former prime minister’s arrest.
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Protests took hold across Pakistan following the detention of the opposition leader and former cricket star – raising tensions in an election year.
Mississippi River flooding left parts of Davenport, Iowa, under water in May 2023.
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Flood risks are rising, yet communities may spend millions of dollars in federal infrastructure funding on systems that aren’t built to handle them.
Befriending other Black queer students can build a sense of safety and connection.
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The new book “Black and Queer on Campus” explores the range of experiences that Black LGBTQ students face at colleges across the US.
New research shows that the destructive merging of a star and a planet expels huge amounts of gas, as shown in this artist’s impression.
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Stars begin to expand when they run out of fuel and can become thousands of times larger, consuming any planets in the way. For the first time, astronomers have witnessed one such event.
Quaternary ammonium compounds can linger on surfaces and in indoor air and dust long after the disinfectant has dried.
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Quaternary ammonium compounds, also known as QACs or quats, are commonly used antimicrobials also found in many household products. Soap and water may be a safer bet when cleaning surfaces.
A JetBlue employee poses next to a Boston replica of London’s Big Ben before the launch of nonstop flights between Boston and London in 2022.
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Precautions taken in response to COVID-19 explain some but not all of the recent long delays in getting a passport.
Facial recognition software misidentifies Black women more than other people.
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One researcher’s experience from a quarter-century ago shows why bias in AI remains a problem – and why the solution isn’t a simple technical fix.