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My colleagues and I thought that if the brain is able to read these molecular records when writing its long-term memories, we should be able to read them, too.

Don’t fall for the tired and defeatist notion of “the powerful always win, so what’s the use?” We proved that the powerful can lose. -- Michael Withey

Arsène Tchakarian was the last surviving member of a Communist military unit in the French Resistance. Mainly Jews and immigrants, they risked everything to fight the Nazi occupation.

Women in low-wage jobs are particularly likely to seek and be denied pregnancy accommodations, given the physically demanding nature of many low-wage jobs and a culture of inflexibility in many low-wage workplaces.

The United States is the most dangerous place in the developed world to give birth, and according to USA Today, up to 60 percent of the hypertension-related deaths and up to 90 percent of hemorrhage-related deaths are preventable with proper care.

“We held many meetings with potential Arab and Jewish activists and supporters,” he said, adding, ”By reaching out we have witnessed that many people are undergoing a process of change in their approach to the solution.

The gap between the hype and the reality of the proposed new branch of the military makes the project almost entirely an exercise in misleading branding.

President Trump’s long-time love affair with asbestos is making its way into federal policy

The national debt today stands at $15.7 trillion. Two decisions made since 2000 — tax cuts and America’s wars since September 11, 2001 — together account for roughly two-thirds of that amount.

For at least five years, ...Green Berets, Navy SEALs, ... and other commandos have been involved in reconnaissance and “direct action” combat raids ... in Somalia, Cameroon, Kenya, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, and Tunisia.