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/ 5 months agoSome online conspiracy-spreaders don’t even believe the lies they’re spewing
These people share conspiracy theories to promote conflict, cause chaos, recruit and radicalize potential followers, make money, harass, or even just...
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/ 5 months agoAs Yelp turns 20, online reviews continue to confound and confuse shoppers
No one wants to spend their hard-earned money on a dud product, so we’ll seek advice from strangers. Online reviews can...
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/ 5 months agoLow pay, high staff turnover and employee burnout took a toll on social service nonprofits during the COVID-19 pandemic − new research
Some of these agencies told researchers that their organizations couldn’t afford to pay their workers enough money for them to cover...
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/ 5 months agoNuclear rockets could travel to Mars in half the time − but designing the reactors that would power them isn’t easy
Sending a nuclear fission reactor into space means lots of technical questions. One research group is coming up with models that...
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/ 5 months agoTrees’ own beneficial microbiome could lead to discovery of new treatments to fight citrus greening disease
The promising compounda were discovered on an organic farm.
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/ 5 months agoKamala Harris illustrates how complex identity is − and the pressure many multiracial people feel to put themselves in one ‘box’
Your identity is not the result of a single decision, but rather the confluence of several factors.
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/ 5 months agoIran’s strike on Israel was retaliatory – but it was also about saving face and restoring deterrence
Iran’s ‘axis of resistance’ is looking for Tehran to respond in force as a commitment to regional network of proxies.
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/ 5 months agoPresidential immunity has clear limits, special counsel filing says, and Trump should be tried for efforts to overturn 2020 election
In a landmark 2024 case, the Supreme Court ruled that presidents are immune from prosecution when they exercise their core constitutional...
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/ 5 months agoUp against Hank Greenberg, baseball’s first Jewish superstar, antisemitism struck out
Ninety years ago, Greenberg had a momentous decision to make: Should he play baseball on Yom Kippur?
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/ 5 months agoIsraeli actions have the cover of ‘moral hazard’ − a touch of ambiguity might give US pressure greater weight
Washington has had little luck in its calls for de-escalation in the Middle East. Is America’s ‘ironclad’ support for Israel part...
