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/ 9 months agoDetroiters more likely to support local solar power development if they think it reduces energy prices for their community
Detroit’s plan to install solar panels in city neighborhoods may conflict with residents’ desires to see lower energy bills and more...
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/ 9 months agoFemicide in Italy: A modern phenomenon deeply rooted in country’s cultural past
A spate of recent high-profile murders has put focus on the role of patriarchy and misogyny in persistent rates of anti-woman...
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/ 9 months agoWhat is a frozen embryo worth? Alabama’s IVF case reflects bigger questions over grieving and wrongful death laws
Alabama’s case began when three couples sued an IVF clinic where their frozen embryos had accidentally been dropped.
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/ 9 months agoLebanese-Israeli fighting looks set to scuttle plans for historic land border settlement
A maritime border agreement signed by Lebanon and Israel seemed like a step toward peaceful relations. But now both countries are...
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/ 9 months agoLead from old paint and pipes is still a harmful and deadly hazard in millions of US homes
Although the US banned lead-based paint in 1978, homes built before then commonly contain lead paint.
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/ 9 months agoA Barbie dollhouse and a field trip led me to become an architect − now I lead a program that teaches architecture to mostly young women in South Central Los Angeles
Women are underrepresented in architecture, occupying just 25% of jobs in the field. An architecture professor shares insights from her childhood...
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/ 9 months agoI watched Hungary’s democracy dissolve into authoritarianism as a member of parliament − and I see troubling parallels in Trumpism and its appeal to workers
One of Donald Trump’s favorite politicians is the Hungarian authoritarian leader Viktor Orbán. Would a country led again by Trump embrace...
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/ 9 months agoHigh-energy laser weapons: A defense expert explains how they work and what they are used for
Militaries around the world are rapidly developing science fiction-like laser weapons, motivated in part by the growing threat from swarms of...
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/ 9 months agoTitanosaurs were the biggest land animals Earth’s ever seen − these plant-powered dinos combined reptile and mammal traits
Some of these giant vegetarians were as tall as a 3-story building. Microscopic analysis of their teeth, bones and eggshells reveals...
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/ 9 months agoHow Florida’s home insurance market became so dysfunctional, so fast
Florida home insurance premiums have shot up threefold in just five years.
