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The day is specially dedicated to the worship of Lakshmi, the Hindu goddess of prosperity and good fortune.

Celebrating Diwali: Who is Lakshmi?

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Oct 19, 2022 Shri is the earliest name given to the goddess Lakshmi in Hindu texts. The word originally meant ...

Good Faith and the Honor of Partisan Election Officials Used To Be Enough To Ensure Trust in Voting Results – But Not Anymore

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Oct 11, 2022 As midterm elections approach, some Americans express a lack of confidence in the accuracy of th ...

Even as Russia intensifies its attacks on Ukraine, its military appears to be suffering setbacks – from mounting casualties to dwindling military supplies.

Scholar: As Russia Enlists Hundreds of Thousands of Men to Fight Ukraine, Public Support for Putin is Falling

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Oct 12, 2022 Arik Burakovsky, a scholar of Russia and public opinion, says public approval of the president a ...

US Is Becoming a ‘Developing Country’ on Global Rankings That Measure Democracy, Inequality

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Sep 15, 2022 The United States came in 41st worldwide on the UN’s 2022 sustainable development index, down ni ...

Mars is Littered With 15,694 Pounds of Human Trash From 50 Years of Robotic Exploration

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Sep 21, 2022 Discarded pieces of landing gear, crashed spacecraft and wear and tear have produced debris that ...

A New Study Explores How Devices May Shape Our Behavior When Bargaining With Strangers

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Sep 14, 2022 People’s use of technology in decision-making can subtly, yet fundamentally, shift the way our b ...

We Asked Ukrainians Living on the Front Lines What Was an Acceptable Peace – Here’s What They Told Us

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Sep 16, 2022 An overwhelming majority of Ukrainians are not willing to negotiate over the territorial integri ...

These High School ‘Classics’ Have Been Taught for Generations – Could They be on Their Way Out?

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Sep 16, 2022 An English professor takes a critical look at why today’s students are assigned the same books t ...

Do More Americans Believe In Conspiracy Theories Now Than Ever Before?

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Sep 19, 2022 A scholar of conspiracy theories at Ruhr University Bochum explored the question.

Super-Earths are bigger, more common and more habitable than Earth itself – and astronomers are discovering more of the billions they think are out there.

Expert: Super-Earths Are Bigger, More Common and More Habitable Than Earth Itself

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Sep 19, 2022 Research has shown that the best chance astronomers have of finding life on another planet is li ...

Deepfake Audio Has a Tell – Researchers Use Fluid Dynamics To Spot Artificial Imposter Voices

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Sep 20, 2022 Deepfakes have brought with them a new level of uncertainty around digital media.

Westminster Abbey Has Witnessed Nearly a Millennium of British History – but Many Rituals, Like Those at Royal Funerals, Are More Modern

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Sep 20, 2022 The royal funeral for Queen Elizabeth II at Westminster Abbey on Sept. 19, 2022, was a public ce ...

Is the Pandemic Over? We Asked an Economist, an Education Expert, and a Public Health Scholar Their Views

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Sep 21, 2022 President Joe Biden’s suggestion that the COVID-19 pandemic is over has led to a backlash among ...

Iranian Women Have Fought Restrictions Since '79 – With Hope Protests End Differently This Time

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Sep 29, 2022 A scholar of Iranian politics explains how Iranians have organized resistance movements for the ...

When should you get covid booster and flu shot?

When Should You Get the New COVID-19 Booster and the Flu Shot? Now Is the Right Time For Both

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Sep 22, 2022 When COVID-19 and the flu co-infect, it’s ‘flurona.’ But such cases are rare, and there are effe ...

The Justice Department’s Dilemma Over Prosecuting Politicians Before an Election

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Sep 22, 2022 A department rule advises federal law enforcement officials to refrain from making public commen ...

US and Russia Engage in a Digital Battle for Hearts and Minds

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Sep 23, 2022 Russian government media are frequently criticized as being blatant propaganda. How do U.S. gove ...

Two young Jewish girls (females age 07 and 11) baking challah bread in home kitchen for Sabbath Jewish holiday dinner.

Historian: Cookbooks Play an Influential Role in How Jews Mark Rosh Hashana

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Sep 26, 2022 The recipes have shaped the foods that American Jews have eaten, guiding what scholars call “ver ...

Actress Vicky Zhao Wei (R2) performs on stage during a gala held by Hunan Television and Suning.com at Changsha International Convention and Exhibition Center on November 10, 2019 in Changsha, Hunan Province of China.

How Chinese Celebrities Are Amplifying Official Policy on Taiwan Via ‘One China’ Messages

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Sep 26, 2022 Chinese celebrities have become increasingly politically active on social media over the years – ...

NASA crashed a spacecraft into an asteroid – photos show the last moments of the successful DART mission

Photos From Space: The Seconds Before NASA's Spacecraft Crashed Into an Asteroid

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Sep 28, 2022 Here's what happened in the seconds before the collision — a first of its kind.

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