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Antibiotics may help to treat melanoma | KU Leuven

Credit: CC0 Public Domain July 22, 2021 (MedicalXpress) -- Some antibiotics appear to be effective against a form of skin cancer known as melanoma. Researchers at KU Leuven, Belgium, examined the effect of these antibiotics on patient-derived tumors in mice. Their findings were published in the Journal of Experimental Medicine. These antibiotics exploit a vulnerability that arises in tumor cells ...

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Cheaters drawn to the opportunity to cheat | Max Planck Society

Common warning: when there are crowds in city centers, pickpockets find easy prey. But in other areas of life, too, some people take advantage of an opportunity to steal or cheat with no qualms . An ...

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G20 ministers set to green light global tax reform | AFP

July 10, 2021 (AFP) -- Finance ministers from the G20 richest nations resumed discussions in Venice Saturday to give the green light to a historic deal to tax multinational companies more fairly. The ...

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Kneeling against Racism: Solidarity in EURO 2020 Should Not be ‘Controversial’ | Ramzy Baroud

French footballer Kylian Mbappé kneeling down against racism. (Photo: video grab) Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust July 9, 2021 Another football "controversy" has started when football players partic ...

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Whispers From Antiquity | John Michael Greer

June 30, 2021 (EcoSophia.net) -- One of the things I find fascinating about the deepening twilight of industrial society is how rigid our modern notions of technology have become. Most people these d ...

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In Search of Immortality | John Michael Greer

June 16, 2021 (EcoSophia.net) -- The explosive growth of interest in occultism that followed the rise of the Theosophical Society in the late 19th century set many currents of thought and practice in ...

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BOOKS: The Doctrine of High Magic: Chapter 1 | John Michael Greer

June 9, 2021 (EcoSophia.net) -- With this post we continue a monthly chapter-by-chapter discussion of The Doctrine and Ritual of High Magic by Eliphas Lévi, the book that launched the modern magical ...

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The Legacy of Luxor | John Michael Greer

May 19, 2021 (EcoSophia.net) -- Late last year, before veering off on several necessary tangents, we brought the story of American occultism up to the point when the Theosophical Society was hitting ...

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Why The Working Class Is Turning To Fascism | umair haque

Image Credit: Dave Leip The Working Class is Choosing Regress Over Progress, Around the World May 16, 2021 (Eudaimonia and Co) -- The world has a very big problem, and it goes like this: its working ...

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‘Anti-Zionist Naples’: Award-Winning Italian Artist Speaks About Palestine And Why He Quit Photojournalism | Romana Rubeo and Ramzy Baroud

Eduardo Castaldo. 'Welcome To Bethlehem.' Romana Rubeo and Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust May 5, 2021 On April 1, a mural appeared in the Southern Italian city of Naples, depicting Palestinian work ...

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BOOKS: The Doctrine Of High Magic: Introduction | John Michael Greer

May 12, 2021 (EcoSophia.net) -- With this post we begin a monthly chapter-by-chapter discussion of The Doctrine and Ritual of High Magic by Eliphas Lévi, the book that launched the modern magical rev ...

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