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/ 10 months agoArsenic in landfills is still leaching into groundwater − 20 years after colleagues and I learned how the ‘king of poisons’ could escape trash dumps
If not properly managed, heavy metals such as arsenic can accumulate in landfills and leach into soils and groundwater.
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/ 10 months agoTrump is no Navalny, and prosecution in a democracy is a lot different than persecution in Putin’s Russia
Donald Trump says he’s being politically persecuted, like Russian democracy martyr Alexei Navalny, who died while in a Russian prison on...
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/ 10 months agoWith Beyoncé’s foray into country music, the genre is finally breaking free from the stereotypes that have long dogged it
Her new songs are arriving at a moment when country music’s reputation as overwhelmingly white is finally starting to crack.
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/ 10 months agoHow you can tell propaganda from journalism − let’s look at Tucker Carlson’s visit to Russia
Tucker Carlson’s sycophantic interview with Russian dictator Vladimir Putin, and his subsequent praise for Russia’s subways, supermarkets and cheeseburgers, was not...
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/ 10 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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/ 10 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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/ 10 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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/ 10 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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/ 10 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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/ 10 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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/ 10 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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/ 10 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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/ 10 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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/ 10 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?
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/ 10 months agoPotato plant radiation sensors could one day monitor radiation in areas surrounding power plants
What if plants in the area surrounding a nuclear reactor could act as radiation detectors, with the help of a drone?
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/ 10 months agoMaking it personal: Considering an issue’s relevance to your own life could help reduce political polarization
Changing the ‘psychological distance’ someone feels toward an issue can shift their attitudes in ways that might help people on opposite...
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/ 10 months agoWhat is Alaskapox? A microbiologist explains the recently discovered virus that just claimed its first fatality
Alaskapox was discovered in 2015 and has generally only caused mild illness – until now.
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/ 10 months ago3D printing promises more efficient ways to make custom explosives and rocket propellants
‘Energetic’ materials are ones that readily ignite or detonate. The shapes of those materials have a big effect on how they...
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/ 10 months agoCarbon offsets bring new investment to Appalachia’s coal fields, but most Appalachians aren’t benefiting
Large parts of Appalachia’s forests, once owned by coal companies, now make money for investors by storing carbon. But the results...
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/ 10 months agoMurderous mice attack and kill nesting albatrosses on Midway Atoll − scientists struggle to stop this gruesome new behavior
On a small, remote island in the Pacific Ocean, an unlikely predator feasts on the world’s largest albatross colony. Researchers are...
