What are halal mortgages?
The access to halal mortgages, which provide interest-free housing loans, has been growing in the US.
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Will your phone one day let you smell as well as see and hear what’s on the other end of a call?
Phones that transmit odors sound like science fiction, but researchers are working on making them real.
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Plants get a GMO glow-up: Genetically modified varieties are coming out of the lab and into homes an
Lose the prickles. Add bioluminescence. Up the nutrients without the bitter flavor. CRISPR gene editing is opening a new…
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How researchers measure wildfire smoke exposure doesn’t capture long-term health effects − and hides
Which is riskier for your health: a few days of very bad PM₂.₅ exposure or many more days of slightly bad exposure?…
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Sunflowers make small moves to maximize their Sun exposure − physicists can model them to predict ho
Plants don’t just grow straight up. They can move in loopy and zigzagging ways to get more sunshine. And studying these…
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Creative life after death − or yes, you can control spinoffs from beyond the grave
Even after departing this world, artists have plenty of legal tools to protect their creative vision.
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Students ride the rails in this course to learn about sustainability and tourism
With 100 hours aboard Amtrak trains, students learn about sustainable travel and destination tourism, using cities along…
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Endometriosis pain leads to missed school and work in two-thirds of women with the condition, new st
Black and Hispanic women are less likely to receive an endometriosis diagnosis, reflecting a possible systemic bias or disparity…
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As attitudes toward wild predators shift, Colorado voters weigh a ban on hunting mountain lions
Colorado has spectacular scenery, but it comes with wild animals, and they sometimes wander into town. A ballot measure…
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Wild ginseng is declining, but small-scale ‘diggers’ aren’t the main threat to this native plant − a
There’s a widespread argument that ‘poachers’ are responsible for the scarcity of wild ginseng. But a scholar who…
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Voters’ ‘moral flexibility’ helps them defend politicians’ misinformation − if they believe the inac
In a series of surveys, researchers studied when and why voters put up with inaccurate statements from their leaders.
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Photographer Louis Carlos Bernal memorialized the barrios at the US-Mexican border
Even though Bernal is known as the father of Chicano photography, his work has long been overlooked. Now he’s the subject…
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Fujimori’s death won’t end pursuit of justice for Peruvian victims – or stop the strongman’s support
Years after being ousted during his third term in office, the former Peruvian strongman was sentenced to 25 years in prison…
September 12, 2024
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Kamala Harris effectively baited Donald Trump during the debate, drawing out his insecure white masc
Trump’s display during the debate shows that his white male insecurity is a liability to his candidacy − and a threat…
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