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/ 1 month agoMisspoke: The long and winding road to becoming a political weasel word
Politicians have long used the phrase ‘I misspoke’ when backpedaling for verbal inaccuracies or blunders. Now it’s used as a euphemistic...
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/ 1 month agoSo you don’t like Trump or Harris – here’s why it’s still best to vote for one of them
If you’re an unhappy voter and want other unhappy voters to hold their noses and vote for the major candidate they...
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/ 1 month agoDEA could reclassify marijuana to a less restrictive category – a drug policy expert weighs the pros and cons
Moving marijuana to a less restrictive category under the Controlled Substances Act poses benefits and potential risks. But no effective medicine...
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/ 1 month ago5 kinds of American evangelicals and their voting patterns
Evangelicals are often regarded as a uniform, monolithic group − but there are differences within their politics and social engagement.
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/ 1 month agoThe woman who revolutionized the fantasy genre is finally getting her due
A woman with dwarfism, Judy-Lynn del Rey founded the imprint that put out fantasy hits such as ‘The Chronicles of Thomas...
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/ 1 month agoThough home to about 50 white extremist groups, Ohio’s social and political landscape is undergoing rapid racial change
The rapidly changing social conditions in Ohio have played a significant role in the growth of extremism as some alienated white...
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/ 1 month agoHarris proposes that Medicare cover more in-home health care, filling a large gap for older Americans and their caregivers
Her proposal is aimed at easing the burden for family caregivers. She says that negotiating lower drug prices for Medicare could...
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/ 1 month agoNobel Prize in physics spotlights key breakthroughs in AI revolution − making machines that learn
The Nobel Prize shows that the field of artificial neural networks – and the deep learning AI revolution the technology unleashed...
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/ 1 month agoTrump and Harris are sharply divided on science, but share common ground on US technology policy
Based on federal budgeting requests from the past 2 administrations, Trump and Harris placed different values on science research funding.
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/ 1 month agoHow foreign operations are manipulating social media to influence your views
Social media platforms, the modern public squares, are being manipulated by foreign influence campaigns. AI makes those campaigns more effective.
