In this 2024 “super election year,” a common concern across Europe and the United States has been the growing popularity and electoral successes of far-right movements and narratives. Though right-wing parties exhibit clear distinctions…
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Oleksandr Zinchenko, a Ukraine icon and his complex history with Russia
Oleksandr Zinchenko can recall the one and only visit he made to the local cinema in his hometown of Radomyshl, two hours west of Kyiv.
The movie was Finding Nemo, the story of a child being separated from his family and having to fend for…
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Oleksandr Abramenko, Ukraine’s most recent Winter Olympic gold medalist, retires
Oleksandr Abramenko, the aerials skier who won both of Ukraine’s medals over the last two Winter Olympics, including gold in 2018, has retired and transitioned into coaching.
Abramenko, 36, confirmed his…
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What happened when giant S2 meteor hit Earth 3 billion years ago?— Harvard Gazette
Billions of years ago, long before anything resembling life as we know it existed, meteorites frequently pummeled the planet. One such space rock crashed down about 3.26 billion years ago, and even today, it’s revealing secrets about Earth’s past.
Nadja Drabon, an early Earth…
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Wounded Ukrainian war vets train for wintry sports competition
In February, Canada will host the first-ever winter Invictus Games, an athletic competition for wounded and injured veterans from around the world. This year, 550 athletes from 25 countries will compete in both traditional Invictus Games sports…
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How Is There Life In The Deep Ocean If Plants Don’t Have Light There? » ScienceABC
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The deep sea lacks plant life, which would require sunlight to make food. However, even without the sunlight that fuels life on the surface of the Earth, deep sea creatures have adaptations that allow them to make this habitat their…
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Trick Question: Who Will Defend Europe?
If Britain were properly governed, Keir Giles would still be “institutionalized in the Ministry of Defence” as he tells me. But Britain is in a mess, and one sign of this is that he is out of public service and able to describe its…
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When we say ‘smart,’ what do we mean? — Harvard Gazette
A series of random questions answered by Harvard experts.
Leslie Valiant, the T. Jefferson Coolidge Professor of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics at the John H. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, has spent decades studying human cognition. His…
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Big discovery about microscopic ‘water bears’ — Harvard Gazette
They may be microscopic, but tardigrades are larger than life.
Called “water bears” because of their plump shape and lumbering movement, the ancient micro-animals are nearly indestructible, able to survive anything from deadly radiation and arctic temperatures to the vacuum of…
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The making of the gut — Harvard Gazette
Genes are the control panel for an embryo morphing from a ball of cells into organs, muscles, and limbs, but there’s more involved than just genetics. There’s also physics — the shaping of tissues by flows and forces from cellular activity and growth.
Two recent studies in
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