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South Africa’s minibus taxi industry contains extensive knowledge, organisation and social practices developed by the people who work in and depend on it.
A culture of solving political differences with conflict has led to persistent disagreements about the Ethiopian state.
A recent study adds a sixth way animals may use magnetoreception.
Fairy tales continue to nourish artistic invention because their characters embrace continual metamorphosis, discovering yet another possibility within an old story.
Nicotine products like pouches and patches are being promoted for cognitive enhancement, stress reduction, improved athletic performance and much more – with little scientific evidence.
It’s fairly common for managers to intervene to help sales staff, but they have to balance competing duties.
Wealthier students tend to score higher on the SAT than other groups of students, raising questions about how accurate of a barometer the test actually is.
Many children are seeing aspects of their identity portrayed as problematic. Having regular conversations about identity can armor them against future harm.
Understanding the technological shift from a literary to a post-literary society is crucial for rethinking AI’s place in learning environments.
There are no guarantees that pollsters’ troubles in recent elections and popular skepticism about their dependability will be alleviated anytime soon.
No other U.S. president has come close to wiping away the amount in fines and restitution owed to victims that Trump has.
Keeping aging coal plants open, building new gas plants and choices about pollution controls affect electricity bills. Pollution adds health costs and climate damage that may not appear on those bills.