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/ 10 months agoLebanese-Israeli fighting looks set to scuttle plans for historic land border settlement
A maritime border agreement signed by Lebanon and Israel seemed like a step toward peaceful relations. But now both countries are...
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/ 10 months agoLead from old paint and pipes is still a harmful and deadly hazard in millions of US homes
Although the US banned lead-based paint in 1978, homes built before then commonly contain lead paint.
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/ 10 months agoA Barbie dollhouse and a field trip led me to become an architect − now I lead a program that teaches architecture to mostly young women in South Central Los Angeles
Women are underrepresented in architecture, occupying just 25% of jobs in the field. An architecture professor shares insights from her childhood...
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/ 10 months agoI watched Hungary’s democracy dissolve into authoritarianism as a member of parliament − and I see troubling parallels in Trumpism and its appeal to workers
One of Donald Trump’s favorite politicians is the Hungarian authoritarian leader Viktor Orbán. Would a country led again by Trump embrace...
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/ 10 months agoHigh-energy laser weapons: A defense expert explains how they work and what they are used for
Militaries around the world are rapidly developing science fiction-like laser weapons, motivated in part by the growing threat from swarms of...
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/ 10 months agoTitanosaurs were the biggest land animals Earth’s ever seen − these plant-powered dinos combined reptile and mammal traits
Some of these giant vegetarians were as tall as a 3-story building. Microscopic analysis of their teeth, bones and eggshells reveals...
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/ 10 months agoHow Florida’s home insurance market became so dysfunctional, so fast
Florida home insurance premiums have shot up threefold in just five years.
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/ 10 months agoCherry blossoms – celebrated in Japan for centuries and gifted to Americans – are an appreciation of impermanence and spring
The first cherry blossom viewing was organized in Japan by Emperor Saga in 812 C.E. In the ensuing years, poetry on...
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/ 10 months agoSEC approves first US climate disclosure rules: Why the requirements are much weaker than planned and the implications
Climate disclosure rules are meant to help investors understand their risks, but they come with costs for companies, as a finance...
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/ 10 months agoSharks, turtles and other sea creatures face greater risk from industrial fishing than previously thought − we estimated added pressure from ‘dark’ fishing vessels
The toll on wildlife from illegal fishing, bycatch and entanglement in fishing gear is likely underestimated, because it doesn’t account for...
