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A fascinating study recently published in Science found that human lives may depend on the fate of bats. Not directly, of course. Rather, it’s the bat’s unique role in the ecosystems they inhabit that’s important for us. As a result, the decline of bat populations endangers human populations in an unexpected manner. The link between
READ MOREIn 2018, 1,200 Yale undergraduates crowded into one of the University’s largest venues, Battell Chapel, ready to listen and learn. But the students sitting in the glow of the chapel’s stained-glass windows, who comprised almost a quarter of Yale’s undergraduate population, were not there for a church service. They were there for the most popular
READ MOREAre all disparities between ethnic groups due to prejudice? From black track athletes to many Americans’ hesitation around spicy food, according to many intellectuals, the disparity is caused by racism. But is this rational—or even biologically accurate? Everyone agrees that there is lots of cultural variety between ethnic groups. What is rarely mentioned is that
READ MOREIn April 2020, 72 percent of Americans trusted physicians and hospitals. That number fell to just 40 percent by January of 2024. According to the Journal of the American Medical Association, the politicization of the COVID-19 pandemic is to blame. After years of lockdowns and mandates, less than half of Americans trust their medical system.
READ MOREAs a mother, I’ve always tried to do what’s best for my children. I trusted our pediatrician implicitly, believing that his advice was rooted in unquestionable medical expertise. However, the events of 2020 forced me to confront some uncomfortable truths about the medical care my children had been receiving. For years, I accepted without question
READ MOREHe was one of those people who fit Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes’ definition of a great thinker with great impact on the world. The hallmark of such a thinker is not personal notoriety but the fact that ‘a hundred years after he is dead and forgotten, men who never heard of him will be moving
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