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Proving war crimes isn’t simple; forensics expert explains what’s involved

Proving war crimes isn’t simple; forensics expert explains what’s involved

The United Nations reports that at least 5,237 Ukrainian civilians have been killed in the Ukraine war
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Why are nuclear weapons so hard to get rid of? Because they’re tied up in nuclear countries’ sense of right and wrong

Why are nuclear weapons so hard to get rid of? Because they’re tied up in nuclear countries’ sense of right and wrong

Every five years, the nearly 200 member states of the Treaty on the Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons meet to review their progress
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BEYOND LOCAL: Climate change is making flooding worse

BEYOND LOCAL: Climate change is making flooding worse

These are three reasons the world is seeing more record-breaking deluges and flash floods
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BEYOND LOCAL: The craft revolution helped create the market for specialty coffee

BEYOND LOCAL: The craft revolution helped create the market for specialty coffee

Authenticity is an ambiguous concept — what one might find authentic might be seen as elitist by others.
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BEYOND LOCAL: Mixing opioids with antidepressants may increase the risk of overdose

BEYOND LOCAL: Mixing opioids with antidepressants may increase the risk of overdose

Certain SSRIs can inhibit the breakdown of opioids in the body
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BEYOND LOCAL: Why decades of recruiting women peacekeepers has had little effect

BEYOND LOCAL: Why decades of recruiting women peacekeepers has had little effect

Just 8% of peacekeepers are women
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BEYOND LOCAL: The Black high school science teacher who revolutionized the study of insect behavior

BEYOND LOCAL: The Black high school science teacher who revolutionized the study of insect behavior

Charlets Henry Turner was the first scientist to prove certain insects could remember, learn and feel.
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BEYOND LOCAL: Meet the fish that stayed in the water while others went on land

BEYOND LOCAL: Meet the fish that stayed in the water while others went on land

Qikiqtania lived in a warm environment with rivers and streams
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Book rediscovered on a library shelf chronicles medical effects in Warsaw Ghetto under the Nazis

Book rediscovered on a library shelf chronicles medical effects in Warsaw Ghetto under the Nazis

The book includes haunting photos from inside the ghetto, along with its record of the medical effects of starvation
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BEYOND LOCAL: Utah’s Pioneer Day celebrates Mormons’ trek west but there’s more to the history

BEYOND LOCAL: Utah’s Pioneer Day celebrates Mormons’ trek west but there’s more to the history

Joseph Smith founded the Latter-Day Saints church in upstate New York in 1830. Ever since, its history has been one of movement.
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