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Why Mary, as the Immaculate Conception, became the patron saint of the US in the 1840s
Mary, as the Immaculate Conception, became patroness of the United States before the Vatican officially defined that belief as dogma.
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Powerful AI is making facial recognition better at identifying you
New AI-based facial recognition techniques are reducing false positive and false negative matches.
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How out-of-work fishermen saved the American Revolution
A British ban stripped thousands of skilled mariners of their livelihoods overnight – and gave Washington a chance to turn the tide.
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The more Fox News a white American watches, the more likely they are to believe in a racist conspiracy theory, regardless of party affiliation and demographics
White Americans who watch Fox News are more likely to agree that shadowy political elites are embracing permissive immigration policies to replace native-born white Americans.
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Whistler by Ann Patchett: a pacy metafiction where rich people are nice to each other
Ann Patchett’s 11th novel follows a daughter and father who reunite and learn to be better to each other.
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Backrooms: why being trapped in the film’s endless corridors feels a lot like modern life
Beneath the horrifying labyrinth, Backrooms tells a familiar story of foreclosed futures, precarity and frustrated aspirations.
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Life in the ancient Arctic: tiny teeth of newly discovered species suggest it was a cradle of mammalian evolution
The Arctic was not simply a cold edge of the Cretaceous world, but a place where mammals adapted, diversified, migrated and originated.
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Non-negotiable: Christopher Luxon says NZ’s nuclear-free stance not changing
RNZ Morning Report Prime Minister Christopher Luxon insists the government is not going to review New Zealand’s nuclear-free stance, and doing so would be detrimental to relations with other countries, according to a former defence minister. However, the opposition is sceptical of the government’s commitment to the four-decade-old stance. Defence Minister Chris Penk, speaking at
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Chief Purpose Officers: A leadership solution or another management fad?
Make way for the Chief Purpose Officer - a corporate compass for keeping firms’ strategy in line with their purpose statements, but can they genuinely change organizations for the better?
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Four top tips for tracing your ancestry from a family historian
Studying the stories of our ancestors, whatever their background, is a deeply enriching experience.
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We don’t always read comics in the same way as text – and that makes them a good learning tool
Reading and understanding comics is much more complex than you might initially think.
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Extreme weather is making Antarctic research harder, but new technology is providing some answers – new study
There’s a greater need than ever to understand how climate change in Antarctica will have global consequences – but research if getting more difficult.