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/ 2 years agoWhen wolves move in, they push smaller carnivores closer to human development – with deadly consequences
Reintroducing wolves can restore important ecological processes, but it can have unintended effects when smaller predators like coyotes are driven closer...
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/ 2 years agoChatGPT-powered Wall Street: The benefits and perils of using artificial intelligence to trade stocks and other financial instruments
Wall Street’s history of embracing high-speed algorithmic trading suggests ChatGPT will pose similar – if bigger – risks to financial markets.
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/ 2 years agoFeinstein just the latest example of an old problem: Politicians have long been able to evade questions about their ability to serve
Physical ailments and deteriorated health may be the one area in which politicians can escape scrutiny.
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/ 2 years ago‘Rhetoric’ doesn’t need to be such an ugly word – it has a lot to teach echo-chambered America
Ancient Greek philosophers despised the Sophists’ rhetoric because it searched for relative truth, not absolutes. But learning how to do that...
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/ 2 years agoFrom sit-ins in the 1960s to uprisings in the new millennium, Harry Belafonte served as a champion of youth activism
Harry Belafonte spent much of his life supporting youth-led movements that fought against racial injustice. A historian explains how.
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/ 2 years agoTeenage brains are drawn to popular social media challenges – here’s how parents can get their kids to think twice
Adolescent brains are especially vulnerable to risk-taking and social pressure. But there are steps parents can take to steer their teen...
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/ 2 years agoIRS granted tax-exempt status to extremists, including an Oath Keepers foundation – here’s why that’s not as surprising as it sounds
The First Amendment, along with the lack of a clear divide between what counts as an educational mission, can lead authorities...
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/ 2 years ago‘Mistaken, misread, misquoted, mislabeled, and mis-spoken’ — what Woody Guthrie wrote about the national debt debate in Congress during the Depression
Folk singer and activist Woody Guthrie actually had thoughts about the national debt – and politicians in general. They’re remarkably apt...
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/ 2 years agoPivotal points in the COVID-19 pandemic – 5 essential reads
With the emergency phase of the COVID-19 pandemic in the rearview mirror, at least for now, we look back on a...
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/ 2 years agoVaccines using mRNA can protect farm animals against diseases traditional ones may not – and there are safeguards to ensure they won’t end up in your food
While mRNA vaccines are designed to last longer in the body than mRNA molecules typically would, they are also tested to...
