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BEYOND LOCAL: A grieving scholar writes how Hindu rituals taught her to let go

BEYOND LOCAL: A grieving scholar writes how Hindu rituals taught her to let go

Cultures have built elaborate rituals to help humans process the grief of losing someone.
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BEYOND LOCAL: How Mary Kay contributed to feminism even though she hated it

BEYOND LOCAL: How Mary Kay contributed to feminism even though she hated it

Mary Kay Ash’s legendary love for the color pink symbolized her determination to be a business success by “thinking like a woman.”
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BEYOND LOCAL: Pope John Paul I takes next step toward sainthood

BEYOND LOCAL: Pope John Paul I takes next step toward sainthood

On Sept. 4, 2022, Pope John Paul I, born Albino Luciani, will be beatified: proclaimed as “blessed,” the last step before being canonized as a Catholic saint.
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BEYOND LOCAL: The US lacks adequate education around puberty and menstruation

BEYOND LOCAL: The US lacks adequate education around puberty and menstruation

Many young people receive limited guidance about what to expect as they near menstruation
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BEYOND LOCAL: Do your eyes play a role in where you look in your dreams?

BEYOND LOCAL: Do your eyes play a role in where you look in your dreams?

Rapid eye movements in sleeping mice match where they are looking in their dreams, new research finds
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BEYOND LOCAL: What needs to go right with Artemis 1 to take humans back to the Moon

BEYOND LOCAL: What needs to go right with Artemis 1 to take humans back to the Moon

If all goes well, the Artemis project will be on track to meet its goal of putting humans back on the Moon in 2025
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BEYOND LOCAL: Ukraine’s 1991 vote for independence and how its resilience endures

BEYOND LOCAL: Ukraine’s 1991 vote for independence and how its resilience endures

Ukraine's Independence Day fell on the same day as the six-month mark in the war
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BEYOND LOCAL: Working from home can mean no longer freezing at the office

BEYOND LOCAL: Working from home can mean no longer freezing at the office

Thermal discomfort is just another reason employees may prefer to continue teleworking
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BEYOND LOCAL: Stop dissing pessimism - it’s part of being human

BEYOND LOCAL: Stop dissing pessimism - it’s part of being human

Philosophical pessimism is about explaining and confronting the origins, prevalence and the ubiquity of suffering.
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BEYOND LOCAL: Mosquitoes: Malaria, and 5 other diseases they pass to humans

BEYOND LOCAL: Mosquitoes: Malaria, and 5 other diseases they pass to humans

Like malaria, these viruses are transmitted to vertebrate hosts through the bite of a female mosquito when she takes a blood meal to assist with her egg development
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