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What a baker from ancient Pompeii can teach us about happiness

  • Written by Nadejda Williams, Professor of Ancient History, University of West Georgia
imageAs they do today, threats of destruction loomed in ancient Pompeii.Art Media/Print Collector via Getty Images

In a testament to its resiliency, happiness, according to this year’s World Happiness Report, remained remarkably stable around the world, despite a pandemic that upended the lives of billions of people.

As a classicist, I find such...

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Immunocompromised people make up nearly half of COVID-19 breakthrough hospitalizations – an extra vaccine dose may help

  • Written by Jonathan Golob, Assistant Professor of Infectious Disease, University of Michigan
imageCancer and organ transplant patients, people with untreated HIV and people with other immunodeficiencies are at high risk of severe COVID-19 infection.burakkarademir/E+ via Getty ImagesimageCC BY-ND

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention officially recommended on Aug. 12 and Aug. 13, 2021, respectively, that...

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Bat pups babble and bat moms use baby talk, hinting at the evolution of human language

  • Written by Ahana Aurora Fernandez, Postdoctoral Researcher in Behavioral Ecology and Bioacoustics, Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin
imageA babbling pup produces distinct syllables, visualized in this composite image.Michael Stifter and Ahana Fernandez, CC BY-ND

“Mamama,” “dadada,” “bababa” – parents usually welcome with enthusiasm the sounds of a baby’s babble. Babbling is the first milestone when learning to speak. All typically...

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