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Thieves steal more than 1,000 items from Oakland museum in ‘brazen’ heist

Artifacts such as Native American baskets, ivory carvings and daguerreotypes taken in early morning burglary

Thieves stole more than 1,000 items belonging to a museum in Oakland, California, authoriti…

40 days ago

‘A medical miracle’: is period blood ‘the most overlooked opportunity’ in women’s health?

Period blood has long been thought of as ‘stinky and useless’, but startups are exploring using the fluid to test for a wide range of health conditionsincluding difficult-to-diagnose endometriosis

47 days ago

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‘Who wouldn’t want pure cocaine?’: the radical plan to prevent overdoses with better drugs

Vancouver’s Drug User Liberation Front believes we shouldn’t blame users for the ills of capitalism: if so many people are self-medicating, why not give them the clean stuff?

On 12 August 2017, I ran …

3 months ago

‘That’s not what creates safety’: Trump’s DC crackdown will do little to prevent crime, advocates say

Trump wants to combat crime with prosecution. Prevention workers share tactics that actually end violence

Donald Trump’s hyperbolic portrayal of crime in major American cities, and his deployment of t…

4 months ago

‘Love is the key, right?’ Evergreen Venus Williams plays on and on at 45

Seven-time grand slam winner is back on the US circuit with aim of being the best she can be despite health struggles

“Still haven’t seen the Rolling Stones,” says Venus Williams, smiling, as she remi…

San Diego Padres land All-Star closer Mason Miller in trade deadline blockbuster

  • Padres acquire Miller, Sears from A’s in big deal

  • Top prospect Leo De Vries sent to Oakland

  • Shane Bieber traded to Jays in separate move

The San Diego Padres acquired hard-throwing closer Mason Miller a…

Science could enable a fascist future. Especially if we don’t learn from the past

We need to reckon honestly with science’s past and present to avoid a grim future

Science is in crisis. Funding infrastructures for both basic and applied research are being systematically decimated, …

5 months ago

Debacle in the desert: Will the Athetics’ $1.75bn stadium on the Vegas Strip ever be built?

It’s been over two years since the A’s were awarded public funding for their new ballpark. But despite last month’s “groundbreaking”, its completion is anything but certain

It had just turned 8am on a…

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