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/ 1 year agoSam Bankman-Fried was convicted of fraud following the collapse of the cryptocurrency exchange FTX. Here’s what investors need to know
The downfall of the onetime multibillionaire holds lessons for investors and regulators alike.
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/ 1 year agoLetting low-income Americans buy groceries online in 2020 with SNAP benefits decreased the share of people without enough food – new research
The share of low-income US families who sometimes or often didn’t have enough food to eat fell from 24.5% to 22.5%...
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/ 1 year agoBoth Israel and Palestinian supporters accuse the other side of genocide – here’s what the term actually means
People talk about genocide in a few different ways, ranging from technical to colloquial – but a war of words does...
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/ 1 year agoGenerative AI like ChatGPT could help boost democracy – if it overcomes key hurdles
Political scientists have begun to investigate ways AI can help people understand politics better and get more voices into the public...
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/ 1 year agoYoung men in violent parts of Philadelphia, Chicago die from guns at a higher rate than US troops in the heat of battle
Mass shootings account for only about 3% of gun homicides in the U.S.
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/ 1 year agoAcapulco was built to withstand earthquakes, but not Hurricane Otis’ destructive winds – how building codes failed this resort city
The best science is not always the best engineering when it comes to building codes. It’s also a problem across the...
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/ 1 year agoSupreme Court justices consider whether to uphold law that keeps guns out of the hands of domestic abusers
An important tool in the fight against domestic violence is under scrutiny in a major US Supreme Court case.
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/ 1 year agoWhat’s your chronotype? Knowing whether you’re a night owl or an early bird could help you do better on tests and avoid scams
Synchronizing your daily activities to your circadian rhythm could help you improve your performance on a variety of cognitive tasks −...
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/ 1 year agoWhy are US politicians so old? And why do they want to stay in office?
Many years beyond the average American retirement age, politicians vie for power and influence. Their constituents tend to prefer they step...
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/ 1 year agoAs Ohio and other states decide on abortion, anti-abortion activists look to rebrand themselves as not religious
An analysis of anti-abortion rights groups in the US shows that while some specifically turn to Christianity to explain their positions,...
