Nicholas A. Christakis

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Tweet May 9, 2023

Fascinating new preprint on bioRxiv tackles a whale of a question: Whales are huge. So why don’t they get a ton of cancers? www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.05.07.539748v1 twitter.com/JSheltzer/status/1656014350006599681/photo/1

by Jason Sheltzer

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Tweet Feb 15, 2021

The greatest treasure looted from the Ethiopian people at Maqdala in 1868 isn't in the BL or V&A. The Kwer'ata Re'esu, the most sacred icon of the Ethiopian people, was stolen by a representative of the Queen, later sold by his heirs & remains hidden

by Incunabula

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Article Apr 30, 2023

What a Black man discovered when he met the White mother he never knew | CNN

by John K. Blake

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Tweet Apr 29, 2023

“Women and men are just as likely to be promoted, controlling for publications” But listen, a survey of 50,000 US scientists finds that motherhood inhibits output. So controlling for publications omits a major gendered obstacle to career progressio

by Alice Evans

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Book Sep 13, 2022

Ritual: How Seemingly Senseless Acts Make Life Worth Living

by Dimitris Xygalatas

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Tweet Apr 18, 2023

As someone who reported extensively on Fox News's high-profile settlement with Seth Rich's parents, I wanted to share a few observations about today's news. The $787 million sum is massive. This is a huge win for Dominion Voting Systems. A win for

by Andy Kroll

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Tweet Apr 12, 2023

What did the first farmers actually farm? Eight 'founder crops'—emmer wheat, einkorn wheat, barley, lentil, pea, chickpea, bitter vetch, and flax—have long been thought to have been the bedrock of Neolithic economies. But... 🧵 twitter.com/joeroe90/s

by Joe Roe

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Article Mar 31, 2023

The Rule of Law Now Depends on Republicans

by David French

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Article Mar 22, 2023

SLS Letter from Dean

by Stanford University

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Video Feb 19, 2016

Antonin Scalia - On American Exceptionalism

by Antonin Scalia

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Article Mar 1, 2023

Asteroid lost 1 million kilograms after collision with DART spacecraft

by Alexandra Witze

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Article Feb 14, 2023

A Left-Leaning College Didn’t Want to Offend, So It Closed Down Her Art Show

by Michelle Goldberg

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