Attacks on Jess Phillips show how online abuse of women is intended to keep them out of the public square

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British MP Jess Phillips describing the online attacks she has received from Elon Musk in recent days as very, very, very tiring will have struck a chord with many women. Powerful men trying to silence women happens so...

Six covers of Bob Dylan songs that were better than the original

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He may never have strayed far from the minds of many music fans, but with his biopic A Complete Unknown hitting UK cinemas on January 17 and heartthrob Timothée Chalamet in the lead role, Bob Dylan may be about to...

Funding public schools based on enrollment in the previous year may help keep their budgets more stable, research shows

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Funding for public K-12 schools in the U.S. is based on enrollment. More students mean more money. In 31 states, public schools use the previous years enrollment numbers to determine the current years funding, which makes...

Many ‘impact investors’ aren’t fully tracking whether their investments are good for society or the environment − new research

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Investors can aim not only to make money but to benefit society while doing so. But few of those impact investors follow up on whether their strategy is having a positive impact, we found in a study published in the...

From anecdotes to AI tools, how doctors make medical decisions is evolving with technology

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The practice of medicine has undergone an incredible, albeit incomplete, transformation over the past 50 years, moving steadily from a field informed primarily by expert opinion and the anecdotal experience of individual...

With more Americans able to access legalized marijuana, fewer are picking up prescriptions for anti-anxiety medications – new research

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In states where both medical and recreational marijuana are legal, fewer patients are filling prescriptions for medications used to treat anxiety. That is the key finding of my recent study, published in the journal JAMA...

Even 1 drink a day elevates your cancer risk – an expert on how alcohol affects the body breaks down a new government report

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Many people use the new year to reflect on their relationship with alcohol. Just-released government guidelines are giving Americans another reason to consider a dry January. Over the past few decades, mounting scientific...