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Publication was justified of information from the FBI that Martin Luther King Jr. witnessed and celebrated a woman’s rape, writes a historian, who warns the FBI had long wanted to destroy King.
How long has that water already been in the system?
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In many municipalities, aging water infrastructure is serving fewer people than it was built to accommodate. Out of sight has meant out of mind – but resulting changes in water quality may affect safety.
Gunung Merapi di Jawa Tengah merupakan salah satu gunung api paling berbahaya di Indonesia.
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Baik sebagai respons langsung terhadap bencana atau sebagai cara utuk dapat menghadapi dampak bencana, banyak anggota masyarakat menanggapi ketidakpastian dari alam dengan sikap “lihat saja nanti”.
Mount Merapi in Central Java, one of the most active of more than 100 Indonesian volcanoes, is among the most dangerous volcanoes on earth.
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Whether in direct response to these events or as a way of coping with their consequences, many Indonesians react to the unpredictability of the natural world with a “wait and see” attitude.
Women in Malawi visit clinics many more times in their lives than men.
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Teens get a bad rap as selfish, dangerous risk-takers. But neuroscience and psychology research is revising that image: Adolescents are primed to help those around them, with positive benefits for all.
Mengukur potensi penggunaan teknologi tersebut untuk penelitian perencanaan kota serta melihat tantangan yang dihadapi.
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The Los Angeles teachers strike wasn’t just about teachers – it was also about community schools, according to an education scholar who serves as director of the UCLA Center for Community Schooling.
Beberapa induk jantan gorila menggendong, bermain dan merawat bayi gorila.
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Induk jantan yang paling banyak merawat dan beristirahat dengan sang bayi diperkirakan menjadi bapak lima kali lebih banyak dibandingkan induk jantan lainnya.
President Donald Trump speaks at Al Asad Air Base, Iraq.
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A neuroscientist explains how detention can affect a developing mind, as a new law in California sets the highest age limit in the US for minors to be held criminally responsible, at age 12.
Une bonne nuit de sommeil pourrait se résumer à un endroit confortable où poser sa tête.
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Pour étudier le lien entre sommeil et développement cérébral, des chercheurs ont analysé les nuits et les cerveaux d’adolescents. Un accessoire banal s’est avéré d’une grande importance : l’oreiller.
Some male gorillas regularly hold, play and groom infants.
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Investigadores monitorizaron el sueño de los jóvenes así como sus cerebros. Un mejor sueño implicó un desarrollo cerebral más sano, pero sorprendió la importancia algo relacionado con donde duermen.
A good night’s sleep comes down to a comfy place to rest your head.
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Researchers tracked adolescents’ sleep and scanned their brains. As expected, better sleep went with healthy brain development. Unexpected was the importance of one aspect of where teens slept.
Scène de mœurs, dit Le rapt de la négresse, peinture signée Christiaen van Couwenbergh.
[Delft, Pays-Bas], huile sur toile, 105x128 cm, 1632. Cette œuvre représentant le viol d’une femme noire choqua ses contemporains, non pas par sa violence, mais par la représentation d’une relation sexuelle interraciale, jugée déplacée à l’époque.
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Comment les pays esclavagistes et colonisateurs ont-ils (ré)inventé l’« Autre » pour mieux le dominer, posséder son corps comme son territoire ? Extraits du livre « Sexe, race et colonies ».
California and the Trump administration are going different directions on mileage standards.
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Law scholars from California unpack the legal questions raised by the Trump administration’s plan to roll back mileage standards and revoke California’s ability to set more stringent rules.
Former EPA chief Scott Pruitt, second from left, conferring with auto industry leaders.
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Survivors of those who have died by suicide have special needs that many people do not quite understand. An expert in grief offers ways to be a helpful, healing presence and avoid saying things that will hurt.
Founder and Executive Director of the Center for Scholars & Storytellers and Assistant Adjunct Professor in Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles