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We highlight ways to celebrate Wounaan wisdom, joy, beauty and resistance while discussing centuries of taking from Indigenous communities.
Free movement does not automatically create a sense of belonging.
Heart disease isn’t just a “man’s problem”. Men and women’s bodies handle fats differently in midlife. What are the cardiovascular risk factors and is hormone therapy good for heart health?
‘It dawned on me that I felt lonely’: how my research into friendship gave me a new perspective on my social life.
Silver economy: an in-home help service provider in the Netherlands is revolutionising care delivery for the elderly with a streamlined, patient-centred approach that trusts community nurses and caregivers.
US Olympic skiers and scientists explain the sharp differences between natural snow and machine-made snow, from the science to the rising risk of crashes.
Critics of environmental protection laws may have forgotten how much progress has been made.
Antarctica is a harsh continent, which in both history and fiction can trigger disturbing behavior and even madness.
Ethnoburbs — ethnic suburban enclaves — challenge assimilation and represent a form of resistance against the homogenizing pressures of American suburbia.
Cannabis for religious purposes, cocaine in wine and heroin for coughs. These are just some of the ways illicit drugs have been used throughout history.
A historian of the Middle East examines the decades-old ‘special relationship’ between Israel and the US.
Postpartum depression can strike days, weeks or months after delivery, and the much rarer cases of psychosis can be difficult to detect.
The ocean twilight zone could store vast amounts of carbon captured from the atmosphere, but first we need a 4D monitoring system to ensure ramping up carbon storage does no harm.
Thwaites Glacier’s ice shelf appears to be splintering, and scientists fear it could give way in the next few years. A polar scientist takes us on a tour under the ice to explain the forces at work.
The best way to manage the economy is though an array of tools. Interest rates are just one.
Ground is collapsing and massive lakes are draining in a matter of days. Thawing permafrost is having profound effects on the region and its infrastructure.
Disabled single mother Shakira Hussein reflects on her secret weapon against adversity. Adalya, her ‘excessively mature’ daughter, appointed herself her mother’s carer and fierce protector from age 9.
Small businesses are less productive, less innovative and pay staff less than big ones, and even before the pandemic they were shedding jobs.
The movie is more than a metaphor for climate change. It is a metaphor for where 40 years of neoliberal economic policies have left us.
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