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/ 9 months agoWealthier, urban Americans have access to more local news – while roughly half of US counties have only one outlet or less
The number of nonprofit news outlets is holding steady as they go out of business just as fast as they are...
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/ 9 months agoAre fears of saying ‘no’ overblown?
Nearly 80% of people have accepted invitations to events they didn’t want to attend.
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/ 9 months agoMarriage is not as effective an anti-poverty strategy as you’ve been led to believe
Marriage on its own won’t do away with child poverty, and in fact it can create even more instability for low-income...
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/ 9 months agoYour heart changes in size and shape with exercise – this can lead to heart problems for some athletes and gym rats
People who regularly engage in significant amounts of exercise, as endurance athletes do, may develop enlarged hearts. While athletic heart is...
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/ 9 months agoI’ve been studying astronaut psychology since Apollo − a long voyage to Mars in a confined space could raise stress levels and make the journey more challenging
Can astronauts spend prolonged time in close quarters millions of miles from Earth without killing each other?
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/ 9 months agoPotato plant radiation sensors could one day monitor radiation in areas surrounding power plants
What if plants in the area surrounding a nuclear reactor could act as radiation detectors, with the help of a drone?
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/ 9 months agoMaking it personal: Considering an issue’s relevance to your own life could help reduce political polarization
Changing the ‘psychological distance’ someone feels toward an issue can shift their attitudes in ways that might help people on opposite...
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/ 9 months agoWhat is Alaskapox? A microbiologist explains the recently discovered virus that just claimed its first fatality
Alaskapox was discovered in 2015 and has generally only caused mild illness – until now.
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/ 9 months ago3D printing promises more efficient ways to make custom explosives and rocket propellants
‘Energetic’ materials are ones that readily ignite or detonate. The shapes of those materials have a big effect on how they...
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/ 9 months agoCarbon offsets bring new investment to Appalachia’s coal fields, but most Appalachians aren’t benefiting
Large parts of Appalachia’s forests, once owned by coal companies, now make money for investors by storing carbon. But the results...
