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/ 3 months agoHow a small Brazilian town became an unlikely battleground over Confederate memory
‘Ours is the only city in Brazil where the Confederate flag flies,’ said a city council member in Santa Bárbara d’Oeste....
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/ 3 months agoWhat are pharmacy benefit managers? A health economist explains how lack of competition drives up drug prices for everyone
As the middlemen between drug companies and insurers, PBMs are shoo-ins as the villains behind high drug prices. But they do...
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/ 3 months agoHow to avoid the latest generation of scams this holiday season
Today’s scams aren’t like yesteryear’s.
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/ 3 months agoThe moral dimension to America’s flawed health care system
At a moment of soul-searching about health care in the US, an expert on global health puts the American system in...
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/ 3 months agoParents and caregivers: How to stop feeling like a Grinch and be more present with your kids this holiday season
Future-oriented thinking, rather than careening from moment to moment, can help parents have more meaningful moments with their children.
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/ 3 months agoFederal protection for monarch butterflies could help or harm this iconic species, depending on how it’s carried out
Will protecting monarch butterflies under the Endangered Species Act improve their chance of surviving? Not necessarily, 2 entomologists caution.
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/ 3 months agoFor enslaved people, the holiday season was a time for revelry – and a brief window to fight back
Whether it was spent feasting or plotting escapes, the week between Christmas and the new year offered a rare opportunity for...
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/ 3 months agoThe Moon might be older than scientists previously thought − a new study shines light on its history
An extreme heating event may have interfered with scientists’ attempts to figure out the Moon’s age by dating lunar rock samples.
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/ 3 months agoYes, Philadelphia is a sanctuary city − but that offers undocumented immigrants little protection from mass deportations
Activists are calling on city officials to bolster Philly’s sanctuary city policies, as they fear retaliation from the incoming Trump administration.
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/ 3 months agoWhat is an AI agent? A computer scientist explains the next wave of artificial intelligence tools
The latest buzz phrase coming from technology companies is ‘AI agents.’ A computer scientist explains what that means – and how...
