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From ‘refrigerator mothers’ to paracetamol: why harmful autism myths are so common
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Lindsay O’Dell, Professor of critical developmental psychology, The Open University Nicoleta Ionescu/Shutterstock US president Donald Trump’s claim that pregnant women should avoid paracetamol – a statement that is both harmful and not backed by the science – fits into a long and damaging tradition of blaming…
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Prediabetes remission possible without dropping pounds, our new study finds
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Andreas L. Birkenfeld, Professor, Diabetology, Endocrinology and Nephrology, University of Tübingen New Africa/Shutterstock.com There’s a long-held belief in diabetes prevention that weight loss is the main way to lower disease risk. Our new study challenges this. For decades, people diagnosed with prediabetes – a condition affecting…
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A billion-dollar drug was found in Easter Island soil – what scientists and companies owe the Indigenous people they studied
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA – By Ted Powers, Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of California, Davis The Rapa Nui people are mostly invisible in the origin story of rapamycin. Posnov/Moment via Getty Images An antibiotic discovered on Easter Island in 1964 sparked a billion-dollar pharmaceutical success story. Yet the history…
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Who invented the light bulb?
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA – By Ernest Freeberg, Professor of History, University of Tennessee Eureka, what an idea! TU IS/iStock/Getty Images Plus Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to CuriousKidsUS@theconversation.com. Who invented the light bulb?…
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Ending taxes on home sales would benefit the wealthiest households most – part of a larger pattern in Trump tax plans
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Beverly Moran, Professor Emerita of Law, Vanderbilt University Not long after U.S. housing prices reached a record high this summer – the median existing home went for US$435,000 in June – President Donald Trump said that he was considering a plan to make home sales…
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A staircase in a small, decorative arts museum tells a harrowing story of terror, abuse and enslavement
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Susanna Ashton, Professor of English, Clemson University A monument to survival and perseverance has survived, by happenstance, to share its stories today. Courtesy of the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts (MESDA) at Old Salem From the ages of 12 to about 22, Harriet Jacobs…
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How Dorothea Tanning’s ‘Birthday’ painting challenged male-dominated surrealism
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Sally Jane Brown, Curator, West Virginia University Do the seemingly endless doorways represent a woman trapped in domesticity or infinite ways out? Philadelphia Museum of Art When American artist Dorothea Tanning painted “Birthday” in 1942, she announced her arrival – an artistic birth, as she…
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New hope for Huntington’s families as gene therapy shows remarkable results
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Åsa Petersén, Professor of Neuroscience, Lund University kazoka/Shutterstock.com A company called uniQure has announced promising results from a trial of a new gene therapy for Huntington’s disease. The news has spread quickly through families affected by this condition, who have been desperately waiting for a treatment…
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Consent issues in the Twilight saga extend far beyond Bella and Edward’s age gap
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Emily Hammer, PhD Candidate in Theological Ethics, University of St Andrews Most debates about the depiction of consent in Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight saga, which turns 20 this month, focus on the age gap between Bella Swan and Edward Cullen. For the uninitiated, Edward is an undead…
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Peru’s gastronomic boom risks excluding the Indigenous people whose food it celebrates
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Belinda Zakrzewska, Assistant Professor of Marketing, University of Birmingham Peruvians are rightly passionate about food. Their pride in Peruvian cuisine has been fuelled in the past two decades or so by a wave of international culinary awards that has forged sense of belonging and visibility on…