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/ 1 year agoComputer science can help farmers explore alternative crops and sustainable farming methods
Conventional agriculture offers farmers few choices about which crops to grow or how to raise them. A new approach uses computing...
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/ 1 year agoZebrafish are a scientist’s favorite for early-stage research – especially to study human blood disorders
Of the many qualities that make the zebrafish a model organism, the fact that it shares 70% of the genes humans...
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/ 1 year agoContacting your legislator? Cite your sources – if you want them to listen to you
You can affect how legislators vote, but you can’t just fire off a nasty email and expect them to listen to...
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/ 1 year agoRe-imagining democracy for the 21st century, possibly without the trappings of the 18th century
The modern representative democracy was the best form of government mid-18th-century technology could invent. The 21st century is a different place...
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/ 1 year agoUS autoworkers may wage a historic strike against Detroit’s 3 biggest automakers – with wages at EV battery plants a key roadblock to agreement
A strike would shake up the auto industry even though both the union’s ranks and the share of the US automotive...
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/ 1 year agoWhat’s the difference between a startup and any other business?
Traditional businesses operate with an established solution to a known problem. Startups focus on a product or service no one else...
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/ 1 year ago‘Knowledge of self’: How a key phrase from Islam became a pillar of hip-hop
A scholar explains how a concept that appeared in Nation of Islam literature nearly a century ago essentially defines hip-hop’s consciousness...
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/ 1 year agoCollege students with loans more likely to report bad health and skip medicine and care, study finds
College students who postpone medical care to save money end up paying for it down the line in the form of...
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/ 1 year agoMore adults than ever have been seeking ADHD medications – an ADHD expert explains what could be driving the trend
The COVID-19 pandemic may have played a considerable role in the uptick of adults being treated for ADHD. But more data...
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/ 1 year agoAre we alone in the universe? 4 essential reads on potential contact with aliens
Whistleblower allegations that the government possesses UFOs may not be backed up by public physical evidence, but some argue that listening...
