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Our Ancestors Show How to Possibly Create a More Egalitarian Society: Raise More Athletes
Human Sciences

Our Ancestors Show How to Possibly Create a More Egalitarian Society: Raise More Athletes

December 9, 2024

The gender division of labor among hunter-gatherers has been a topic of heated debate for decades, as much at…

Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom Enters the Modern Age with Stories of Hope and Problems Solved
Conservation

Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom Enters the Modern Age with Stories of Hope and Problems Solved

November 7, 2024November 10, 2024

For an entire generation of Americans, the ones for whom The Tonight Show starred Johnny Carson, and who were…

Nutrition

In Helping His Dad With Diabetes, Young Mexican Chemist Pioneers Extraction Of Natural Sugar Substitute

October 9, 2019

When 18-year old Javier Larragoiti was told his father had been diagnosed with diabetes, the young man, who had…


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Israel’s Destruction of Palestinian Olive Trees: Security Meets Environmental Warfare

Suzanne Latre August 28, 2025

At dawn on Monday, Israeli military bulldozers entered the Nablus area. They began uprooting thousands of olive trees, which…

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US Has Bombed Somalia Over 50 Times This Year

Andy Corbley August 21, 2025

US Africa Command (AFRICOM) conducted an airstrike against al-Shabaab southwest of the city of Bariire in central Somalia last…

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American Children Getting as Much as Two-Thirds of Daily Calories from Ultra-Processed Foods

Andy Corbley August 7, 2025

Between August 2021 and August 2023, a new report from the CDC found that ultra-processed foods make up over…

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