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Robots are coming to the kitchen − what that could mean for society and culture
Automating food is unlike automating anything else. Food is fundamental to life – nourishing body…
Category: Arts
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When Paralympic athletes fake the extent of their disability
More than 4,000 athletes with physical, vision and intellectual impairments will compete in 22 sports…
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I documented dozens of shrines to people who’ve died in North Philly − here’s what they tell us about memory, grief and trauma
I was walking through the Kensington neighborhood in North Philadelphia when I noticed a shrine…
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How a survey of over 2,000 women in the 1920s changed the way Americans thought about female sexuality
American women still have fewer orgasms than men, according to new research that suggests that…
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Kamala’s kicks, Tim’s lids, and the red ties that bind Trump and Vance – what’s behind the fashion choices of each candidate
With Election Day approaching, candidates are courting voters with everything they’ve got: targeted ads, texts,…
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His crayon is purple – but is Harold a Black boy?
Is Crockett Johnson’s Harold, of “Harold and the Purple Crayon,” a child of color? If…
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In praise of the weird
Republicans, as you’ve probably heard, are being called “weird.” In a quip that launched a…
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3 of Jane Austen’s 6 brothers engaged in antislavery activism − new research offers more clues about her own views
More than two centuries after Jane Austen died in 1817, many of the English novelist’s…
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JD Vance is no pauper − he’s a classic example of ‘poornography,’ in which the rich try to speak on behalf of the poor
JD Vance has climbed to his current position as former President Donald Trump’s running mate,…
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Imane Khelif’s gold medal run shows how sex testing in women’s sports puts regulators in an impossible bind
With the judges unanimously declaring her the victor over China’s Yang Liu, Algeria’s Imane Khelif…