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/ 16 hours agoWhat is ‘ballot curing’? Election expert explains the method for fixing errors made when voters cast their ballots
Ballot curing aims to ensure that every valid vote is counted, even those with messy signatures, misspelled names or missing IDs.
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/ 22 hours ago2024’s Election Day heads into the history books alongside 1964 and 1980 landslides and 2000’s Bush v. Gore nail-biter
In US history, there have been many memorable elections – including those involving quick, decisive wins and others subjected to drawn-out...
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/ 1 day agoWill the lights go out on Cuba’s communist leaders? With fewer options to prop up economy, their future looks dimmer
Blackouts on the Caribbean island are shining a light on a crumbling economy that the nation’s communist leaders may struggle to...
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/ 1 day agoKristallnacht’s legacy still haunts Hamburg − even as the city rebuilds a former synagogue burned in the Nazi pogrom
Questions about how to represent German Jews, past and present, have complicated plans to rebuild the destroyed temple.
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/ 1 day agoOnly 5.3% of welders in the US are women. After years as a writing professor, I became one − here’s what I learned
Being a woman in a welding and fabrication shop means finding workarounds for getting tasks done.
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/ 1 day agoCells have more mini ‘organs’ than researchers thought − unbound by membranes, these rogue organelles challenge biology’s fundamentals
Membraneless organelles, also called biomolecular condensates, are changing how scientists think about protein chemistry, various diseases and even the origin of...
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/ 1 day agoCarl Sagan’s scientific legacy extends far beyond ‘Cosmos’
On what would’ve been the astronomer’s 90th trip around the Sun, here’s a look at his legacy as a scientist, advocate...
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/ 1 day agoIs the US election making you feel adrift and wobbly? That’s ‘zozobra’ – and Mexican philosophers have some advice
Mexican philosophers have a word for the peculiar anxiety you may be feeling: ‘zozobra,’ a dizziness that arises from social disintegration.
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/ 1 day agoBeefing up Border Patrol is a bipartisan goal, but the agency has a troubled history of violence and impunity
Created in 1924 to enforce draconian new immigration quotas, Border Patrol recruited its first agents from the Texas Rangers militia, giving...
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/ 1 day agoHow Native Americans guarded their societies against tyranny
Native American communities were elaborate consensus democracies, many of which had survived for generations because of careful attention to checking and...
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/ 2 days agoQuincy Jones mastered the art of arrangement, transforming simple tunes into epic soundscapes
The visionary arranger thought of himself as a storyteller, not just a sound engineer.
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/ 2 days agoThe 27 Club isn’t true, but it is real − a sociologist explains why myths endure and how they shape reality
Famous musicians and artists aren’t necessarily more likely to die at 27. But the story that they do shapes how we...
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/ 2 days agoWhat poll watchers can − and can’t − do on Election Day
Political parties sign up volunteers to observe what happens at polling places – which can improve transparency or cause problems.
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/ 2 days agoI’m a Muslim immigrant and a psychiatrist living in Michigan – I haven’t decided how to vote yet
Naturalized citizens like the author are an important voting bloc, representing 5% of eligible voters in Michigan.
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/ 2 days agoPolitical bickering and policy uncertainty take a toll on business investment, research shows
The end of the election season could bring a sigh of relief to businesses.
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/ 2 days agoAs the stars of hip-hop’s golden age approach their golden years, some confront questions about whether old blood can make new music
Hip-hop and youth culture have long been intertwined, creating an awkward situation for rappers who want to continue practicing their craft...
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/ 2 days agoHow can Jupiter have no surface? A dive into a planet so big, it could swallow 1,000 Earths
Jupiter’s composition is more similar to that of the Sun than that of the Earth.
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/ 2 days agoOsteoporosis, the silent disease, can shorten your life − here’s how to prevent fractures and keep bones healthy
By 2030, more than 70 million Americans will have osteoporosis or low bone mass.
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/ 2 days agoSvalbard Global Seed Vault evokes epic imagery and controversy because of the symbolic value of seeds
The Svalbard Global Seed Vault has a practical mission – protecting seeds as a backup for seed banks around the world...
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/ 3 days agoThe racist ‘one-drop rule’ lives on in how Trump talks about Black politicians and whiteness in America
Donald Trump’s attacks on Kamala Harris expose a worldview that defends whiteness as imbued with dominance over other racial groups.
