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/ 1 week agoTrump’s immunity arguments at Supreme Court highlight dangers − while prosecutors stress larger danger of removing legal accountability
The case argued before the Supreme Court has profound implications for Donald Trump − but also for the country.
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/ 1 week agoHow bird flu virus fragments get into milk sold in stores, and what the spread of H5N1 in cows means for the dairy industry and milk drinkers
Five livestock experts who study infectious diseases in the dairy industry explain the risks.
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/ 1 week agoLarge retailers don’t have smokestacks, but they generate a lot of pollution − and states are starting to regulate it
For decades, big-box retailers have evaded federal regulation of the pollution their operations generate. But a new air emission rule in...
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/ 1 week agoArizona’s 1864 abortion law was made in a women’s rights desert – here’s what life was like then
Abortions happened in Arizona, despite a near-complete abortion ban enacted in 1864. But people also faced penalties for them, including a...
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/ 1 week agoThe US is one of the least trade-oriented countries in the world – despite laying the groundwork for today’s globalized system
As of 2022, only Nigeria and Sudan had lower trade-to-GDP ratios.
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/ 1 week agoBiden administration tells employers to stop shackling workers with ‘noncompete agreements’
There are better ways to keep employees on board, such as boosting pay and providing better benefits.
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/ 1 week agoThe costs of workplace violence are too high to ignore
Conservatively speaking, workplace violence costs hundreds of millions of dollars each year.
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/ 1 week agoThe Mars Sample Return mission has a shaky future, and NASA is calling on private companies for backup
It’s not easy to collect rocks on a budget when the rocks are 140 million miles away.
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/ 1 week agoIceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects
Tau neutrinos are notoriously difficult to spot in detectors like IceCube. But researchers have managed to isolate 7 candidates.
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/ 1 week agoBanning TikTok won’t solve social media’s foreign influence, teen harm and data privacy problems
TikTok is hardly a model social media platform, but it’s also far from an outlier when it comes to threats to...