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/ 9 months agoHow much does a government shutdown hurt the economy? Depends how long it lasts
As Democrat and Republican leaders negotiate a potential spending deal to fund the government, the partial shutdown of 2013 offers some...
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/ 9 months agoCommander of Iran’s elite Quds Force is expanding predecessor’s vision of chaos in the Middle East
Esmail Ghaani took control of the unconventional warfare wing of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps following the killing of predecessor Qassem...
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/ 9 months agoCould the days of ‘springing forward’ be numbered? A neurologist and sleep expert explains the downside to that borrowed hour of daylight
Americans have long been divided over adopting permanent standard versus permanent daylight saving time. But support for permanent standard time grew...
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/ 9 months agoEstimated 2.5 million people displaced by tornadoes, wildfires and other disasters in 2023 tell a story of recovery in America and who is vulnerable
Census data and research show all things are not equal in disaster displacement, as two experts in disaster recovery explain.
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/ 9 months agoA far-right political group is gaining popularity in Germany – but so, too, are protests against it
Hundreds of thousands of people in Germany are taking to the streets to push back against the far-right, nationalist policies of...
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/ 9 months agoNikki Haley, hanging on through Super Tuesday, says Trump is weak because he’s not getting as many votes as he should − she’s wrong
Nikki Haley claims Donald Trump is running as a quasi-incumbent and should be doing much better against her than he is....
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/ 9 months agoWhy do bees have queens? 2 biologists explain this insect’s social structure – and why some bees don’t have a queen at all
A queen’s main job in the hive is to lay eggs and pass genes on to offspring. But many bee species...
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/ 9 months agoBiden executive order on sensitive personal information does little for now to curb data market – but spotlights the threat the market poses
The dangers posed by the largely unregulated commercial data market prompted the Biden administration to try to prevent adversarial countries from...
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/ 9 months agoThe ‘average’ revolutionized scientific research, but overreliance on it has led to discrimination and injury
The average might come in handy for certain data analyses, but is any one person really ‘average’?
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/ 9 months agoBen Shapiro’s hip-hop hypocrisy and white male grievance lands him on top of pop music charts for a brief moment
Since its birth 50 years ago, hip-hop music has embraced artists of every race and ethnic background. An avowed hip-hop hater...