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/ 1 year agoWhen authoritative sources hold onto bad data: A legal scholar explains the need for government databases to retract information
Theranos was dissolved years ago, and its CEO, Elizabeth Holmes, is in prison, but the company’s patents based on bad science...
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/ 1 year agoWinter brings more than just ugly sweaters – here’s how the season can affect your mind and behavior
Some of winter’s effects have been tied to cultural norms and practices, while others likely reflect our bodies’ innate biological responses...
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/ 1 year agoWhy federal efforts to protect schools from cybersecurity threats fall short
Cybercriminals target schools because they’re uniquely vulnerable. A cybersecurity expert explores whether a new White House initiative will be enough to...
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/ 1 year agoArtificial light lures migrating birds into cities, where they face a gauntlet of threats
Migrating birds need stopover locations en route where they can rest and feed. A new study shows that artificial light draws...
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/ 1 year agoIs Hamas the same as ISIS, the Islamic State group? No − and yes
A scholar of the Islamic State group says Hamas has undergone a radical ISIS-inspired transformation that has not yet gotten widespread...
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/ 1 year agoIn the worst of America’s Jim Crow era, Black intellectual W.E.B. Du Bois found inspiration and hope in national parks
Though progressive politics at the turn of the 20th century called for the protection of America’s national parks, it did so...
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/ 1 year ago4 business lessons from the Boston Tea Party
Two and a half centuries later, some things haven’t changed.
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/ 1 year agoLighting a fire using friction requires an understanding of some physics principles − but there are ways to make the process easier
You may have seen contestants on reality shows like “Survivor” make fire using friction, but do you know the physics behind...
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/ 1 year agoCRISPR and other new technologies open doors for drug development, but which diseases get prioritized? It comes down to money and science
Drug development takes a great deal of time, money and effort. While future profits play a big factor in which diseases...
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/ 1 year ago¿La mejor manera de cumplir un propósito de Año Nuevo? Haga un “propósito de año viejo”
La idea del nacimiento virginal ha formado parte del cristianismo desde el principio, pero su significado ha cambiado con el tiempo.
