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/ 1 day agoKnocking down abandoned buildings has a lot of benefits for Detroit − but it’s costly for cities
Tearing down abandoned homes has proven benefits, such as reducing crime and toxic materials, but it doesn’t pay for itself.
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/ 2 days agoButterflies declined by 22% in just 2 decades across the US – there are ways you can help save them
The causes involve more than just habitat loss, but there are steps you can take to help save these delicate creatures
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/ 2 days agoHow 18F transformed government technology − and why its elimination matters
18F was the US government’s in-house technology consultancy, lauded for saving taxpayer money and improving services. Here’s what it did −...
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/ 2 days agoDOGE threat: How government data would give an AI company extraordinary power
As DOGE taps into sensitive federal agency data repositories, many people fear what could happen to the data. One little-discussed but...
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/ 2 days agoAnger is a flow of emotion like water through a hose − at work, it helps to know when to turn it up or down and how to direct it
By thinking of the flow of anger, you can unpack its key dimensions: its path and intensity. Is the stream pointed...
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/ 2 days agoAs tuberculosis cases rise in the US and worldwide, health officials puzzle over the resurgence of a disease once in decline
Reports of TB date back to the time of Hippocrates, but the Kansas outbreak shows that the ancient disease is very...
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/ 2 days agoWhy Muslim American nonprofits are taking steps to build trust with donors during Ramadan
Zakat is an obligatory charitable practice for which donations are traditionally made through institutions.
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/ 2 days agoWhat’s that microplastic? Advances in machine learning are making identifying plastics in the environment more reliable
To deal with microplastic pollution, it helps agencies to know what kind of plastic they’ve got on their hands.
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/ 2 days agoPhilly’s street fentanyl contains an industrial chemical called BTMPS that’s an ingredient in plastic
More than half of the street fentanyl samples collected in November 2024 contained BTMPS, and many contained more BTMPS than fentanyl.
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/ 2 days agoDeath by firing squad set to resume in the US – but no matter the method, all means of execution come with a troubling history
A death row inmate in South Carolina chose firing squad over lethal injection and the electric chair.
