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How a remarkable trial on bedrest during the Korean war helped lead to evidence-based medicine
How a bedbound patient and a 73-page study changed the way doctors make decisions.
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From gait analysis to fingerprint theft, how worried should we be about the latest advances in biometric technology?
You can wear a mask, pull up a hood, avoid looking at a camera – but you cannot easily change how you walk.
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Even top athletes skip stretching – what amateurs can learn from the elites who struggle with recovery routines
Research reveals why recovery is often neglected, and what all of us can learn about building routines that actually last.
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Canada should ban fossil fuel ads ahead of the 2026 FIFA World Cup
As FIFA comes to town with Saudi Aramco in tow, now is the time for Toronto City Council to revive discussions about banning fossil fuel advocacy ads.
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Is extracting oxygen from lunar soil the future of space exploration?
As lunar missions are back in vogue with engineering more sustainable human presence on the Moon in mind, there’s no getting away from the fact that you can’t breathe on a satellite that has no atmosphere.
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In Senegal, a 2,000-year-old iron workshop sheds new light on the past
Because iron could be used in tools, it was a technical and social revolution, especially for agriculture.
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Senegal’s ruling alliance has split: will political turmoil follow?
The idea of a ‘gentlemen’s agreement’ is a myth that best serves idealists.
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From the San Luis Valley to Vail, Latino labor powers every sector of Colorado’s economy
Latinos were the first Coloradans, and yet they are portrayed by the administration as intruders in an era of immigration enforcement.
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Should AIs be required to report a human user contemplating violence?
Human therapists have a legal duty to warn authorities and potential targets when patients say they plan to harm someone. The same can – in theory – be required of AI chatbots .
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Pope Leo XIV compares AI to the Industrial Revolution – as new alternatives to big AI firms take shape
Leo XIV released his first encyclical on the 135th anniversary of Rerum Novarum, the 1891 papal document on the upheavals of the Industrial Revolution.
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How natural selection helps design antennas, cancer treatments and adhesives
When people harness the logic of natural selection, they can often find efficient and effective ways to solve complex problems.
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Shutting down federal bee labs threatens bees, beekeepers and the US food system
When honey bees get sick, their beekeepers turn to the nation’s premier bee research and disease diagnosis lab for help. That crucial resource is now disappearing.