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/ 2 months agoUS government tries to rein in an out-of-control subscription economy
It’s never been easier to sign up for subscriptions – and they’ve never been harder to manage.
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/ 2 months agoHow to overcome your device dependency and manage a successful digital detox
Disconnecting from the digital realm from time to time is good for your well-being, but doing so can be difficult. There...
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/ 2 months ago‘Safe route’ or ‘sushi route’ − 2 strategies to turn yuck to yum and convince people to eat unusual foods
Past shifts in food habits suggest there are 2 paths to the adoption of new foods: One relies on familiarity and...
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/ 2 months agoSt. Augustine was no stranger to culture wars – and has something to say about today’s
Augustine had divisive opinions – and didn’t mind sharing them. But his writing also has lessons about talking to people who...
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/ 2 months agoThe colonial legacy lurking beneath economic unrest in the French Caribbean
Recent protests in the French overseas territories of Martinique and Guadeloupe are ostensibly over cost-of-living increases. But the roots of inequality...
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/ 2 months agoNo, America’s battery plant boom isn’t going bust – construction is on track for the biggest factories, with over 23,000 jobs planned
The future of these job-generating gigafactories, many of them in Republican states, could be at risk if the next president tries...
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/ 2 months agoMonkeys know who will win the election – primal instincts humans share with them shape voters’ choices
Every human brain still holds primitive instincts that we share with our monkey ancestors. Is that part of your brain in...
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/ 2 months agoElon Musk misses Philly court date, stalling ‘illegal lottery’ case against him − an expert on Philadelphia politics weighs in
The tech billionaire did not show up to the Thursday morning hearing, which was moved to a courtroom at City Hall...
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/ 2 months agoFor one survivor, the 1920 Election Day massacre in Florida was ‘the night the devil got loose’
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 outlawed the use of racist literacy tests and poll taxes to ban Black voters. It...
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/ 2 months agoSudan’s civil war has left at least 62,000 dead by our estimate − but the true figure could be far higher
The work of estimating conflict mortality is difficult. But that doesn’t make this grim exercise, nor accounting for the broader effects...
