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'Gospel stories themselves tell of dislocation and danger': A historian describes the world Jesus was born intoThe modern Christmas themes of peace and joy were in short supply amid the ‘dislocation and danger’ of ancient Judea – as they are in today’s fractured world too.
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'Biological time capsules': How DNA from cave dirt is revealing clues about early humans and NeanderthalsDNA from soil could soon reveal who lived in ice age caves, research shows.
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'This has re-written our understanding of Roman concrete manufacture': Abandoned Pompeii worksite reveal how self-healing concrete was madeThe discovery of a 2,000-year-old building site in Pompeii reveals the raw ingredients for ancient Roman self-healing concrete.
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Your AI-generated image of a cat riding a banana exists because of children clawing through the dirt for toxic elements. Is it really worth it?LLMs like Chat GPT come with major social costs — including child labor — that we can't ignore. Do we really need progress that's built on the suffering of others?
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Time may be a psychological projection, philosopher arguesIs time real, or an illusion? The best answer may be neither: Both physics and philosophy suggest that time is a projection of the mind onto a timeless reality.
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Climate change is real. It's happening. And it's time to make it personal.Opinion We found the psychological impetus people need to take action on climate change — realizing it will affect them and their way of life personally.
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Are humans still evolving? An anthropologist breaks it down.We are indeed still evolving, though it can be hard to tell because it happens over generations and often involves things you can't see, such as what foods different people are able to digest.
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'Hot knives and brute force': King Tut's mummy was decapitated and dismembered after its historic discovery. Then, the researchers covered it up.Irreversible damage was done to the pharaoh’s body.
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The US is on track to lose its measles elimination status in months. RFK needs to go.Opinion Canada has lost its measles elimination status and the U.S. is likely to be next. These failures are the result of the anti-vaccination movement, bolstered by the appointment of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. — and it's a bellwether of the erosion of public health.
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