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/ 9 months agoWhy do airlines charge so much for checked bags? This obscure rule helps explain why
The answer lies in the tax code.
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/ 9 months agoThe hostility Black women face in higher education carries dire consequences
9 Black women who were working on or recently earned their PhDs told a researcher they felt isolated and shut out.
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/ 9 months agoHow meth became an epidemic in America, and what’s happening now that it’s faded from the headlines
An anthropologist who wrote a book exploring meth’s impact on rural communities explains what drove the epidemic and how it’s changed.
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/ 9 months agoFor-profit nursing homes are cutting corners on safety and draining resources with financial shenanigans − especially at midsize chains that dodge public scrutiny
Owners of midsize nursing home chains drain billions from facilities, hiding behind opaque accounting practices and harming the elderly as government,...
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/ 9 months agoHow for-profit nursing home regulators can use the powers they already have to fix growing problems with poor-quality care
Governments can do more to protect patients at for-profit nursing homes. A behavioral scientist who studies nursing homes weighs in.
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/ 9 months agoTrump nearly derailed democracy once − here’s what to watch out for in reelection campaign
Donald Trump tried to overturn the 2020 election results. But the work of others, from lawmakers to judges to regular citizens,...
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/ 9 months agoCity mouse or country mouse? I collect mice from Philly homes to study how they got so good at urban living
An evolutionary biologist is studying what these resilient urban pests can teach us about adaptation and evolution.
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/ 9 months agoProteins in milk and blood could one day let doctors detect breast cancer earlier – and save lives
Identifying proteins that are only present in bodily fluids when a patient has breast cancer could provide a way to screen...
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/ 9 months agoCOVID-19 vaccines: CDC says people ages 65 and up should get a shot this spring – a geriatrician explains why it’s vitally important
As you get older, you’re at higher risk of severe infection and your immunity declines faster after vaccination.
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/ 9 months agoWendy’s ‘surge pricing’ mess looks like a case study in stakeholder conflict
Sometimes, good news for investors is bad for consumers.
