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/ 12 months agoPoliticians may rail against the ‘deep state,’ but research shows federal workers are effective and committed, not subversive
Years of research about the people who work in the federal government finds that most of them are devoted civil servants...
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/ 12 months agoHow AI and a popular card game can help engineers predict catastrophic failure – by finding the absence of a pattern
What mathematicians call ‘disordered collections’ can help engineers explore real-world worst-case scenarios. The simple card game Set illustrates how to predict...
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/ 12 months agoHelping children eat healthier foods may begin with getting parents to do the same, research suggests
Not knowing whether their children will eat the healthy food put on their plates, parents may prepare a less healthy dish...
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/ 12 months agoAbstinencia de la hierba: Más de la mitad de las personas que consumen cannabis medicinal para el dolor experimentan síntomas de abstinencia
La marihuana, aunque mucho menos peligrosa que muchas otras drogas, no está totalmente exenta de riesgos.
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/ 12 months agoSchools can close summer learning gaps with these 4 strategies
By targeting specific students, removing barriers and involving families and communities, school districts can make summer learning more accessible to students...
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/ 12 months agoAmazon, SpaceX and other companies are arguing the government agency that has protected labor rights since 1935 is actually unconstitutional
Nearly a century after the National Labor Relations Board’s creation, big corporations are arguing that it violates the US Constitution.
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/ 12 months agoExcessively high rents are a major burden for immigrants in US cities
The US economy relies on immigrants to fill jobs, but many of them are struggling with high rent burdens that make...
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/ 12 months agoGary, Indiana’s lawsuit against gunmakers is shot down by a new law, after surviving 25 years of appeals
Expect other states to pick up the civil-litigation torch.
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/ 12 months agoWhat is dirt? There’s a whole wriggling world alive in the ground beneath our feet, as a soil scientist explains
Rock dust is only part of the story of soil. Living creatures, many of them too tiny to see, keep that...
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/ 12 months agoI’ve been studying congressional emails to constituents for 15 years − and found these 4 trends after scanning 185,222 of them
In taxpayer-funded email messages to constituents, Republicans prefer visual elements and strategic timing, and Democrats prefer more text-heavy missives.
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/ 12 months agoIsrael’s ‘Iron Wall’: A brief history of the ideology guiding Benjamin Netanyahu
The destructive force that Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu has unleashed in Gaza is rooted in a century-old ideology that says overwhelming...
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/ 12 months agoFighting every wildfire ensures the big fires are more extreme, and may harm forests’ ability to adapt to climate change
A new study offers a rare window into the hidden effects of aggressive fire suppression that go beyond fuel accumulation. It...
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/ 12 months agoHow Moscow terror attack fits ISIS-K strategy to widen agenda, take fight to its perceived enemies
At least 137 people were killed in the Moscow attack – the latest in a a series of ISIS-K operations outside...
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/ 12 months agoClimate change is shifting the zones where plants grow – here’s what that could mean for your garden
The US Department of Agriculture has updated its plant hardiness zone map, which shows where various plants will grow across the...
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/ 12 months agoJon Stewart, still a ‘tiny, neurotic man,’ back to remind Americans what’s at stake
In the early 2000s, Jon Stewart perfected the art of ironic satire, playfully critiquing politicians, political institutions, the press and the...
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/ 12 months agoEPA’s new auto emissions standard will speed the transition to cleaner cars, while also addressing consumer and industry concerns
The new rule isn’t a mandate for electric vehicles, but it will sharply increase their market share over the coming decade.
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/ 12 months agoTikTok’s duet, green screen and stitch turn political point-scoring into an art form
TikTok’s features for combining different users’ videos have sparked a wave of creativity. They’ve also formed an arena for political arguments...
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/ 12 months agoGenerative AI could leave users holding the bag for copyright violations
With the right prompts, AI users can mimic copyrighted works. There’s no easy technical or legal fix.
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/ 12 months agoAn eclipse for everyone – how visually impaired students can ‘get a feel for’ eclipses
Eclipses are rare, fantastic celestial events. Here’s how educators can help visually impaired students enjoy eclipses alongside their sighted peers.
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/ 12 months agoWhat’s in tattoo ink? My team’s chemical analysis found ingredients that aren’t on the label and could cause allergies
Some tattoo inks contain unlabeled materials that can cause allergic reactions.
