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Israeli strikes continue to rain down on Lebanon, including a strike that killed rescue and health workers in Beirut. Lebanese authorities say 1.2 million people have been displaced by the Israeli attacks. Israel announced eight of its soldiers were killed while invading southern Lebanon this week. Israel launched the ground invasion after assassinating Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah on Friday, despite Nasrallah reportedly agreeing to a 21-day ceasefire. “This overwhelming use of force cannot change people’s agency,” says Nadim Houry, Lebanese researcher and ... continua

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Can we tell true memories from false ones? For decades, Elisabeth Loftus has studied how memories of events that never happened are formed, and she has invented techniques to create them from scratch. But false memories have real consequences, and can change how we think and behave. What do these false memories tell us about the nature of memory itself? Speaker: Elizabeth Loftus, University of California, Irvine Moderates: Nicola Quadri, BergamoScienza Association Special thanks to Vita-Salute San Raffaele Università of Milano

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Dall'esordio con "McGlue", appena ripubblicato da Feltrinelli, a "Il mio anno di riposo e oblio" e "Lapvona", la carriera di Ottessa Moshfegh è un viaggio affascinante che parte dallo studio della musica e arriva alla stesura di romanzi diventati cult. Ha incontrato Irene Graziosi per parlare dei segreti della sua scrittura, di famiglie disfunzionali, successo, cinema, lutti e distrazioni.

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has announced more U.S. aid for Ukraine just days after the country was hit by one of the deadliest airstrikes since Russia’s invasion in early 2022. On Tuesday, a pair of Russian missiles struck a military academy and hospital in the central Ukrainian city of Poltava, killing at least 51 people and injuring more than 270. “The sense … is that the U.S. is giving Ukraine enough so that it doesn’t lose, but not enough so that it can actually make significant and needed gains,” says award-winning journalist Arwa Damon, who is in ... continua

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Vice President Kamala Harris formally accepted the Democratic presidential nomination Thursday night at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, making history as the first Black woman and first person of South Asian descent to be nominated for president by a major party. Her ascent to the top of the Democratic Party comes just over a month after President Biden dropped out of the race. We play excerpts from her speech and speak with historian Barbara Ransby, who says that while the nomination “breaks a barrier,” it’s important to note the ... continua

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Israel has announced it is sending more troops into southern Lebanon as the Middle East moves closer to a full-scale regional war. On Tuesday, Iran fired at least 180 ballistic missiles at Israel that Iran says targeted Israeli military and security sites, a response that comes after a series of escalating Israeli attacks in recent months against Hezbollah, Hamas and Iranian leaders. The United States aided Israel in intercepting many of the Iranian missiles on Tuesday, and President Joe Biden has vowed to support Israel in further retaliation. “From what I can ... continua

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