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/ 1 year agoTipping etiquette and norms are in flux − here’s how you can avoid feeling flustered or ripped off
Tipping seems to be more coercive and less tied to service quality these days.
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/ 1 year agoIdentifying fire victims through DNA analysis can be challenging − a geneticist explains what forensics is learning from archaeology
Maui officials have asked relatives to provide DNA samples to help identify victims of the Lahaina wildfires. Time and exposure to...
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/ 1 year agoMemes about animal resistance are everywhere — here’s why you shouldn’t laugh off rebellious orcas and sea otters too quickly
A few marine mammals in apparent revolt pushed meme-makers into overdrive. But a scholar who thinks about justice and human-animal relations...
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/ 1 year agoChatGPT and other language AIs are nothing without humans – a sociologist explains how countless hidden people make the magic
Language model AIs seem smart because of how they string words together, but in reality they can’t do anything without many...
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/ 1 year agoRisk of death related to pregnancy and childbirth more than doubled between 1999 and 2019 in the US, new study finds
Black women died during or soon after pregnancy at higher rates than any other racial group in every year from 1999...
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/ 1 year agoGeorgia indictment and post-Civil War history make it clear: Trump’s actions have already disqualified him from the presidency
US law actually bars former President Donald Trump from holding office ever again. The recent Georgia indictment of Trump helps make...
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/ 1 year agoNagorno-Karabakh blockade crisis: Choking of disputed region is a consequence of war and geopolitics
The 120,000 residents of the disputed region are being deprived of food and medicines after a crucial link to Armenia was...
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/ 1 year agoHow Ukraine’s savvy official social media rallied the world and raised the bar for national propaganda
An analysis of tweets posted by the Ukrainian national government and the Kyiv city government in the early days of the...
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/ 1 year agoA changing climate, growing human populations and widespread fires contributed to the last major extinction event − can we prevent another?
New findings from the La Brea Tar Pits in southern California suggest human-caused wildfires in the region, along with a warming...
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/ 1 year agoA carbon tax on investment income could be more fair and quickly make it less profitable to pollute − here’s why
Taxing consumption that contributes to climate change hits the poor the hardest, while overlooking the huge profits tied to greenhouse gas...
