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U.S. asylum policies inflict deep pain, not only on those facing deportation but also on those who do the legal aid work to help them stay.
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When Doctors Don’t Listen
An anthropologist with chronic Lyme disease has seen firsthand the perils of the Western world’s dysfunctional approach to treating misunderstood diseases.
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In the face of development pressure and climate change, researchers are toiling to find and preserve ancient sites in Peru that hold clues to how people first traversed a continent.
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Archaeologists are tapping cutting-edge neuroscience and psychology research to figure out how our ancestors began making figurative art.
