An aged Native-American chieftain was visiting New York City for the first time in 1906. He was curious about the city and the city was curious about him. A magazine reporter asked the chief what most surprised him in his travels around town. “Little children working,” the visitor replied. Child labor might have shocked that outsider, but it was all too commonplace then across urban, industrial America (and on farms where it had been customary for centuries). In more recent times, however, it’s become a far rarer sight. Law and custom, most of us assume, drove it to near extinction. And our reaction to seeing it reappear might resemble that chief’s — shock, disbelief. But we better get used to it, since child labor... Read more
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Republicans’ anti-abortion playbook shows they’re ready to fight the legal challenges — all the way to the Supreme Court.
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“You won’t feel anything.”
It won’t hurt per se, but it will feel like the nurse is dragging a bone-dry tampon out of your vagina over and over again.
“This might be a little warm.”
This will feel like the time you accidentally burned your hand on the stove, but only for a few seconds.
“This might be a little cold.”
This will feel like you’ve contracted instantaneous frostbite, but for more than a few seconds.
“There may be some discomfort.”
It’s going to hurt more than the worst period you’ve ever had.
“You might feel a slight pinch.”
You’ll think the nurse thrust a hot knife into your cervix, and then twisted it.
“You may experience some cramping.”
You are actually going through labor.
“Most women experience 2-3 out of a pain scale of 10.”
This procedure is a 10/10 on the pain scale. We’d say 11/10, but the scale doesn’t go that high.
Over a year has passed since the RMT union began industrial action on the railways. In that time, we’ve had three prime ministers, four chancellors and three transport secretaries. One constant, however, has been the determination of the government to force through damaging cuts. The closure of 1000 ticket offices announced yesterday is the latest […]
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A new Human Rights Watch report says Ukraine’s use of the internationally banned weapon has led to civilian casualties.
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How the wager between a neuroscientist and a philosopher will keep paying off.
The post Finding the Neural Correlates of Consciousness Is Still a Good Bet appeared first on Nautilus.
By measuring inflated helium nuclei, physicists have challenged our best understanding of the force that binds protons and neutrons.
The post A New Experiment Casts Doubt on the Leading Theory of the Nucleus appeared first on Nautilus.