Education
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WATCH: Chris Hedges Discusses His Book: The Greatest Evil Is War -- Banyen Books & Sound
In fifteen short chapters, Chris Hedges astonishes us with his clear and cogent argument against war, not on philosophical grounds or through moral arguments, but in an irrefutable stream of ...
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The Psychological Consequences Of Political Violence -- Morgan Sherburne, University of Michigan
Credit: Алесь Усцінаў from Pexels Morgan Sherburne, University of Michigan Nov. 24, 2023 Thousands have been killed in the Israel-Hamas war since Oct. 7. And watching, and experiencing, all of this ...
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Genome-Based Imaging For Medical Diagnostics -- Lukas Portmann, Universität Luzern
The Imageable Genome. a) A circos plot depicting 1,166 out of 1,173 genes of the Imageable Genome with their chromosome locations. b) Scatter plot summarizing a list of enriched gene ontology terms ...
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Embracing Collapse : Jem Bendell on the value of accepting what is happening to our world -- Douglas Rushkoff
Douglas Rushkoff Jem Bendell Douglas Rushkoff Nov. 19, 2023 Here’s a short excerpt from this week’s episode of Team Human, a conversation with ecolibertarian and regenerative agriculture school ...
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BOOKS: Empire of Normality; Neurodiversity and Capitalism -- Robert Chapman
Empire of Normality; Neurodiversity and Capitalism by Robert Chapman Nov. 19, 2023 Published by Pluto Press in Nov 2023 The neurodiversity movement suggests that it takes all kinds of minds for ...
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Plants May Be Able To Absorb More CO2 From Human Activities Than Previously Expected -- Trinity College Dublin
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Trinity College Dublin Nov. 18, 2023 New research published in Science Advances paints an uncharacteristically upbeat picture for the planet. Ecological modeling suggests ...
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Nanoplastics Promote Conditions For Parkinson's -- Duke University Medical Center
Plastic nanoparticles (green), visible under a microscope, co-mingling with protein aggregates(red) in neuronal lysosomes (blue). Typically, concentrations of the protein aggregates are so small, ...
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Most Americans Are Oblivious To 'Forever Chemicals' And Risks, -- Leslie Lee, Texas A&M University
Most Americans Are Oblivious To 'Forever Chemicals' And Risks, Research Finds -- Leslie Lee, Texas A&M University Leslie Lee -- Texas A&M University Nov. 18, 2023 Texas A&M AgriLife scientists ...
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Peacebuilding -- Bing
Peacebuilding Bing -- World News Trust Nov. 8, 2023 Peacebuilding is the process of creating and maintaining positive relationships among people and groups that have experienced conflict, violence, ...
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The Meaning Of Now -- Bing
Now. Bing Bing -- World News Trust Nov. 3, 2023 What is the meaning of now? This is a question that has puzzled philosophers, scientists, and ordinary people for centuries. Now is the present ...
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Earliest evidence of flip flops in the Middle Stone Age | Wits University
Flip flops. Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Oct. 27, 2023 (Phys.org) -- In a twist in the ancient human story, emerging evidence suggests that we may have worn shoes as early as the Middle Stone ...
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