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/ 1 year agoOvertime Elite – a private school, basketball league and media conglomerate – just sent two players to the NBA
The organization – which offers its high school-age players a minimum salary of $100,000 – represents a new model for young...
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/ 1 year agoSupreme Court says state lawmakers can’t just ignore state law when drawing voting districts or choosing presidential electors
It’s official: State courts can review lawmakers’ election-district boundary decisions to ensure they comply with state law.
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/ 1 year agoPutin’s Ukraine war keeps yielding dividends — but not for him
A historian explains how Russian President Vladimir Putin, weakened by a short-lived mutiny, might find a path to peace with Ukraine.
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/ 1 year agoLab-grown meat techniques aren’t new – cell cultures are common tools in science, but bringing them up to scale to meet society’s demand for meat will require further development
Cell cultures are common tools in biology and drug development. Bringing them up to scale to meet the meat needs of...
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/ 1 year agoA trauma-focused therapy is helping Ukrainian children besieged by war – a clinical psychologist explains how it could bring resilience to kids around the world
No matter their age, gender, ethnicity or locale, kids undergoing this therapy can make real progress in recovering from the most...
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/ 1 year agoThe digital future may rely on ultrafast optical electronics and computers
A researcher explains developments in using light rather than electrons to transmit information securely and quickly, even over long distances.
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/ 1 year agoRight-to-charge laws bring the promise of EVs to apartments, condos and rentals
Illinois passed the latest law requiring new apartment buildings to be wired for EV chargers. Now apartment communities are figuring out...
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/ 1 year agoSouth Korea has the lowest fertility rate in the world – and that doesn’t bode well for its economy
South Korea’s fertility rate fell below the level needed to sustain a population in the mid-1980s – and it never recovered....
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/ 1 year agoCOVID-19 hurt kids’ math learning more than reading and writing – with the biggest setbacks in fall 2020
A new analysis of standardized test scores from elementary schools in Michigan pinpoints when during the pandemic students fell most behind.
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/ 1 year agoStates are weakening their child labor restrictions nearly 8 decades after the US government took kids out of the workforce
Some of the biggest changes to child labor laws are in Iowa and Arkansas.
