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John Iliffe: the historian who changed how Africa’s past was understood
John Iliffe was interested in evidence and interpretation, not theoretical abstraction.
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How does ‘Salmonella’ contaminate everything under the sun? A food safety specialist explains how you can stop its spread
From eggs and jalapenos to dog food, granola and pet turtles – it seems like you can catch a Salmonella infection from just about anything these days.
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Worms navigate narrow paths faster than wide ones – these findings could inform robot design
Scientists studied active matter systems by racing worms through tubes – to unexpected results.
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What would you see if you had one eye on the back of your head and the other in the front?
Some animal species have their eyes positioned on their heads differently than how people do – and it comes with pluses and minuses for how they see.
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Indictments against a top extremism researcher and the SPLC force a reckoning on research ethics – an extremism scholar reflects on the field’s challenges
Indictments of a longtime extremism researcher and her former organization raise a crucial question for researchers in the field: What are the ethical limits on research about often-dangerous groups?
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Trust is a behavior, not a credential – and that explains the Rodgers-Fauci divide
Viewing trust as behaviors, not feelings, can help explain why some heed Aaron Rodgers’ advice over Dr. Fauci’s – and what experts can do about it.
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AI is set to boost productivity and will have a ‘profound’ impact on the jobs market: Treasury
An analysis by the Treasury forecasts that AI has the potential to have a bigger impact on high-skilled and cognitive jobs, not just physical and routine roles.
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Federal stimulus money bought new technology for Philly students, but many schools lost track of where items went
A significant amount of Philadelphia public schools’ technology and other equipment goes missing each year due to poor inventory and tracking.
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In Texas, ordinary Muslim religious practices are increasingly being treated as political threats
After 9/11, suspicion of Islam hardened into an assumption in Texas that Muslim identity itself signals danger, writes a scholar of constitutional law.
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Yiddish’s ‘revival’ points to its resilience as a portable homeland – and a global reach, from Russia to Mexico to the US
Many Americans associate Yiddish strictly with Eastern Europe. But its horizons are much broader than that, especially amid today’s revival.
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Solomon Islands ‘dangles over the edge of political instability’ as three ministers quit
RNZ Pacific reporters Solomon Islands Prime Minister Matthew Wale’s Government for Reform, Empowerment, Accountability and Transformation (GREAT) coalition appears headed for a major test after three of his most senior ministers formally quit on Monday. This comes after Wale, 57, who was elected to the top job just over 100 days ago, cut short a
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Old people in Namibia are going into debt to pay for everyday costs – new report examines strained household budgets
Caregivers said their priorities were pension increases, a dedicated allowance, food security and basic infrastructure.