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/ 9 months agoPhilly mayor might consider these lessons from NYC before expanding stop-and-frisk
Evidence from NYC shows that stop-and-frisk policing leads to greater mistrust of police and more racial disparities in the criminal justice...
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/ 9 months agoEPA has tightened its target for deadly particle pollution − states need more tools to reach it
Reducing particle pollution can save thousands of lives, but states need more data to inform better controls. An atmospheric scientist explains...
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/ 9 months agoColleges are using AI to prepare hospitality workers of the future
Will the hotels of the future involve fewer front desk clerks and more automated service? A hospitality expert who has written...
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/ 9 months agoDonors gave $58 billion to higher ed in the 2023 academic year, with mega gifts up despite overall decline
The stock market’s weak performance at the end of 2022 may have made donors less willing to give.
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/ 9 months agoYoung people are lukewarm about Biden – and giving them more information doesn’t move the needle much
While young voters say they would be more likely to vote for Biden after they learn more about the economy and...
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/ 9 months agoWealthier, urban Americans have access to more local news – while roughly half of US counties have only one outlet or less
The number of nonprofit news outlets is holding steady as they go out of business just as fast as they are...
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/ 9 months agoAre fears of saying ‘no’ overblown?
Nearly 80% of people have accepted invitations to events they didn’t want to attend.
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/ 9 months agoMarriage is not as effective an anti-poverty strategy as you’ve been led to believe
Marriage on its own won’t do away with child poverty, and in fact it can create even more instability for low-income...
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/ 9 months agoYour heart changes in size and shape with exercise – this can lead to heart problems for some athletes and gym rats
People who regularly engage in significant amounts of exercise, as endurance athletes do, may develop enlarged hearts. While athletic heart is...
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/ 9 months agoI’ve been studying astronaut psychology since Apollo − a long voyage to Mars in a confined space could raise stress levels and make the journey more challenging
Can astronauts spend prolonged time in close quarters millions of miles from Earth without killing each other?
