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/ 5 months agoHow do you build tunnels and bridges underwater? A geotechnical engineer explains the construction tricks
Underwater construction is a complex and difficult task, but engineers have developed several ways to build underwater … mostly by not...
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/ 5 months agoNASA’s asteroid sample mission gave scientists around the world the rare opportunity to study an artificial meteor
Scientists don’t often have the time to get all their equipment set up to study incoming meteors from space. Instead, they...
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/ 5 months agoWhy is it so hard to know how many independent voters there are?
Increasingly, the media, pollsters and pundits are focusing on independent voters and their effects on election outcomes.
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/ 5 months ago2020’s ‘fake elector’ schemes will be harder to try in 2024 – but not impossible
In the 2020 presidential election, groups of self-appointed electors in seven states met to cast votes for Donald Trump, even though...
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/ 5 months agoGetting services to people in need often relies on partnerships between government and nonprofits, but reporting requirements can be too onerous
By relying heavily on privately run organizations to deliver social services, the government employs fewer people, reducing the size of its...
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/ 5 months agoAI search answers are the fast food of your information diet – convenient and tasty, but no substitute for good nutrition
An information scientist explains that while Google’s AI Overviews and other AI search tools may look enticing, you shouldn’t rely on...
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/ 5 months agoScientists and Indigenous leaders team up to conserve seals and an ancestral way of life at Yakutat, Alaska
Collaborative research by archaeologists, environmental scientists and tribal elders combines science and Indigenous knowledge to tell the story of centuries of...
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/ 5 months agoScientists call the region of space influenced by the Sun the heliosphere – but without an interstellar probe, they don’t know much about its shape
An interstellar probe could help scientists answer fundamental questions about how the Sun influences Earth, space and other planets in the...
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/ 5 months agoMenopause treatments can help with hot flashes and other symptoms – but many people aren’t aware of the latest advances
The number of patients prescribed hormonal therapy plummeted after 2002, due to findings experts have since questioned. With better understanding, more...
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/ 5 months agoBeyond Seinfeld’s ‘Unfrosted’ – lessons from Michigan’s serial cereal entrepreneurs
The Pop-Tart teaches an entrepreneurial lesson: While first movers may have an advantage, a fast follower often wins the game in...
