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/ 10 months 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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/ 10 months 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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/ 10 months 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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/ 10 months 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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/ 10 months 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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/ 10 months 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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/ 10 months 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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/ 10 months 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...
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/ 10 months agoCelebrities routinely drop in on this Florida university’s hospitality course
A Miami nightclub owner and restaurateur has been adding star power to his class on entrepreneurship and hospitality.
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/ 10 months agoWhen the Supreme Court said it’s important to move quickly in key presidential cases like Trump’s immunity claim
In 1974, the Supreme Court accepted, heard and decided a case within two months because the justices understood its importance to...
