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/ 11 months agoWhy aren’t there solar-powered cars?
It’s common to see solar panels on rooftops and fields, but they aren’t widespread on cars − yet.
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/ 11 months agoIs this the least productive congress ever? Yes, but it’s not just because they’re lazy
If you hear the 118th Congress described as a bunch of slackers, you’re not getting the whole story.
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/ 11 months agoAlabama court’s ruling that embryos are children opens up a host of other legal issues, including parental rights
In the past, when courts considered disputes over what to do with no-longer-wanted embryos, they typically considered them property. The Alabama...
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/ 11 months agoHospice care for those with dementia falls far short of meeting people’s needs at the end of life
When dementia patients on Medicare enroll in hospice, they lose other crucial supports and services.
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/ 11 months agoHeart rate zones aren’t a perfect measure of exercise intensity, but regularly getting your heart pumping is still important for fitness
Both high- and moderate-intensity exercise provides similar overall health benefits.
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/ 11 months agoHow going back to the SAT could set back college student diversity
A few Ivy League schools say the tests enable them to find students of promise from low-income families. But not all...
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/ 11 months agoHow federal tax dollars meant to fight climate change could end up boosting Louisiana’s fossil fuel production
Carbon capture is turning the oil and gas industry into a critical player for mitigating climate change – while its products...
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/ 12 months agoMi experiencia en Malasia muestra cómo la religión puede fusionarse con el nacionalismo populista para silenciar la disidencia
Religión y nacionalismo fueron ideologías enfrentadas. Ahora son cada vez más compañeros de cama, y el populismo suele ser el pegamento.
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/ 12 months agoDNA says you’re related to a Viking, a medieval German Jew or a 1700s enslaved African? What a genetic match really means
Genealogical and genetic ancestors aren’t the same thing. A DNA match − or a lack of one − may not tell...
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/ 12 months agoWhat is Volt Typhoon? A cybersecurity expert explains the Chinese hackers targeting US critical infrastructure
Chinese state-sponsored hackers are targeting critical infrastructure. Here’s what they’re doing, how the US government is responding and how you can...
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/ 12 months agoExploding stars are rare but emit torrents of radiation − if one happened close enough to Earth, it could threaten life on the planet
Some ancient texts record what were likely dying stars, faintly visible from Earth. If close enough, these events can disturb telescopes...
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/ 12 months agoCompetitive workplaces don’t work for gender equality
Wall Street and big law firms are famous for their hard-charging, cutthroat work cultures. Here’s one reason they should reconsider.
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/ 12 months agoWhy Jersey girls − and guys − still don’t pump their own gas
The Garden State is the only one in the country that forbids self-service gas stations − and that’s not likely to...
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/ 12 months agoA new US-run pier off Gaza could help deliver 2 million meals a day – but it comes with security risks
This isn’t the first time the US military has turned to building a pier to help reach people during times of...
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/ 12 months agoMany travel nurses opt for temporary assignments because of the autonomy and opportunities − not just the big boost in pay
A new study found that temporary assignments in new places reignited nurses’ passion to help others and helped them rediscover the...
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/ 12 months agoMoscow terror attack showed growing reach of ISIS-K – could the US be next?
A spate of terror operations carried out by the Islamic State group affiliate has raised concerns over a potential attack on...
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/ 12 months agoFor over a century, baseball’s scouts have been the backbone of America’s pastime – do they have a future?
Even with teams’ embrace of analytics, the number of scouts employed by MLB teams had stayed remarkably consistent. That all changed...
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/ 12 months agoFailure of Francis Scott Key Bridge provides future engineers a chance to learn how to better protect the public
A bridge engineering expert discusses the costs and limitations of building structures to withstand extreme events – and what it takes...
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/ 12 months agoTweaking US trade policy could hold the key to reducing migration from Central America
Relaxing ‘rules of origin’ restrictions in an existing trade deal could add tens of thousands of jobs in Central America.
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/ 12 months agoNASA’s mission to an ice-covered moon will contain a message between water worlds
Europa Clipper will contain a plaque that celebrates humanity’s relationship with water and a decades-old tradition of searching for life outside...
