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/ 1 year agoPaper ballots are good, but accurately hand-counting them all is next to impossible
Hand-counting every ballot might sound like a great idea, but it’s both slower and less accurate than machine-counting votes.
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/ 1 year agoI love swords, so I designed a course on how to use them to succeed in life
A former fencer who fell in love with the samurai sword explains how learning to wield the weapon can help people...
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/ 1 year agoSaudi reforms are softening Islam’s role, but critics warn the kingdom will still take a hard line against dissent
A scholar who has closely followed reforms that MBS has made to Wahhabism, an austere form of Islam, explains the changes...
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/ 1 year agoClimate change is destroying reefs, but the effects are more than ecological – coral’s been woven into culture and spirituality for centuries
Coral has been woven into traditions, art and even religion in communities around the world.
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/ 1 year agoCalifornia and Florida grew quickly on the promise of perfect climates in the 1900s – today, they lead the country in climate change risks
From semitropical playgrounds to life-endangering climate risks: Going back over a century, California’s and Florida’s growth has been predicated on climate...
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/ 1 year agoHow do flies find every stinky garbage dumpster? A biologist explains their sensory superpower
Flies often beat out competitors for food because of their specialized sensing organs called antennae.
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/ 1 year agoShould AI be permitted in college classrooms? 4 scholars weigh in
Scholars differ over whether having students use AI in their assignments will help or hurt their careers after graduation.
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/ 1 year agoJobs are up, wages less so – and lower purchasing power could still lead the US into a recession
The latest labor figures are less encouraging than they might seem.
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/ 1 year agoTrump’s mug shot is now a means of entertainment and fundraising − but it will go down in history as an important cultural artifact
Former President Donald Trump’s mug shot is in line with the traditional mug shots that arrested people first took in the...
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/ 1 year agoNorth America’s summer of wildfire smoke: 2023 was only the beginning
Thick smoke pouring in from Canada’s wildfires canceled baseball games and pushed air quality in major US cities to the worst...
