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Illness is more than just biological – medical sociology shows how social factors get under the skin and cause disease
Jennifer Singh, Georgia Institute of Technology Health and medicine is more than just biological – societal forces can get under…
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Irrfan Khan: Remembering the Versatile Gem of Indian Cinema
Irrfan Khan (7 January 1967 – 29 April 2020), was an Indian actor who worked in Indian cinema as well…
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Charles Addams: Mastermind Behind The Addams Family
Charles Samuel Addams (7 January 1912 – 29 September 1988) was an American cartoonist known for his darkly humorous and macabre characters. The cartoons were signed by Chas…
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Reviving a Language: The Visionary Work of Eliezer Ben Yehuda
Eliezer Ben Yehuda (7 January 1858 – 16 December 1922), a Russian–Jewish linguist, grammarian, and journalist, was renowned as the lexicographer of the first Hebrew dictionary. He…
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Alfred Kastler: Illuminating the Quantum World
Alfred Kastler (3 May 1902 – 7 January 1984) was a French physicist. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in…
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Johann Philipp Reis: The Forgotten Genius Behind the Telephone
Johann Philipp Reis (7 January 1834 – 14 January 1874) was a self-taught German scientist and inventor. In 1861, he constructed the first make-and-break telephone,…
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Jože Plečnik: Shaping Urban Spaces with Timeless Elegance
Jože Plečnik (23 January 1872 – 7 January 1957) was a Slovene architect who had a major impact on the modern…
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The Life and Achievements of Nikola Tesla
Nikola Tesla (10 July 1856 – 7 January 1943) was a Serbian American inventor, electrical engineer, mechanical engineer, and futurist…
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Revisiting Zora Neale Hurston: An Icon of African-American Literature
Zora Neale Hurston (7 January 1891 – 28 January 1960) was an American author, anthropologist, and filmmaker. She portrayed racial struggles in the early-1900s American…
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Oskar Luts: Estonia’s Literary Luminary
Oskar Luts (7 January 1887– 23 March 1953) was an Estonian writer and playwright. He is well known for his semi-autobiographical tale, Kevade, which…
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Yasmin Ahmad: A Trailblazer in Malaysian Cinema
Yasmin Ahmad (7 January 1958 – 25 July 2009) was a Malaysian film director and screenwriter. She was known for…
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Fahrelnissa Zeid: Visionary Artist Bridging East and West
Fahrelnissa Zeid (7 January 1901 – 5 September 1991) was a Turkish artist best known for her large-scale abstract paintings…
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Sandford Fleming: Revolutionizing Timekeeping and Global Connectivity
Sandford Fleming (7 January 1827 – 22 July 1915) was a Scottish-Canadian engineer and inventor. To communicate accurate time, he promoted worldwide…
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RFK Jr. guts the US childhood vaccine schedule despite its decades-long safety record
RFK Jr. guts the US childhood vaccine schedule despite its decades-long safety record Vaccines on the childhood schedule have been tested…
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LA fires showed how much neighborliness matters for wildfire safety – schools can do much more to teach it
LA fires showed how much neighborliness matters for wildfire safety Eaton fire survivors gather in Altadena, Calif., to talk about recovery…
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