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/ 1 year agoSpace junk in Earth orbit and on the Moon will increase with future missions − but nobody’s in charge of cleaning it up
Treaties meant to ensure sustainability in space don’t currently regulate private companies, and not every country has signed on to an...
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/ 1 year agoMichael Oher, Mike Tyson and the question of whether you own your life story
Publishers and studios routinely pay large sums to acquire ‘life story rights.’ Two law scholars explain why the phrase is misleading.
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/ 1 year agoPeruvian writers tell of a future rooted in the past and contemporary societal issues
In the Global South, a group of writers are rejecting the norms of science fiction and commenting on the future in...
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/ 1 year agoHow to get federal disaster aid: FEMA is running out of money, but these strategies can help survivors of Hurricane Idalia and the Maui fires get aid faster
An expert in disaster law explains the steps for securing aid, what to do if everything is lost and the deadlines...
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/ 1 year agoTrans students benefit from gender-inclusive classrooms, research shows – and so do the other students and science itself
‘Don’t Say Gay’ bills claim to use science to justify a binary definition of sex based on certain traits. But the...
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/ 1 year agoRICO is often used to target the mob and cartels − but Trump and his associates aren’t the first outside those worlds to face charges
Federal and state RICO charges, which target racketeering, have been applied to a wide range of crimes committed by politicians and...
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/ 1 year agoSpecial counsels, like the one leading the Justice Department’s investigation of Hunter Biden, are intended to be independent − but they aren’t entirely
Special counsels can help presidential administrations avoid the perception of bias, but they are not as independent as the independent counsels...
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/ 1 year agoMedicare starts a long road to cutting prices for drugs, starting with 10 costing it $50.5 billion annually – a health policy analyst explains why negotiations are promising but will take years
The drug pricing reform may drastically lower prices for some of the most critical life-saving drugs in the long run. But...
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/ 1 year agoMany people think cannabis smoke is harmless − a physician explains how that belief can put people at risk
Clinical trials have demonstrated the health benefits of cannabis for certain conditions, but many aren’t testing smoked or vaped forms. Research...
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/ 1 year agoGovernors may make good presidents − unless they become ‘imperial governors’ like DeSantis
A former executive director of the National Governors Association explains what it is about certain governors that makes them less suited...
