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/ 1 year agoWhen authoritative sources hold onto bad data: A legal scholar explains the need for government databases to retract information
Theranos was dissolved years ago, and its CEO, Elizabeth Holmes, is in prison, but the company’s patents based on bad science...
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/ 1 year agoWinter brings more than just ugly sweaters – here’s how the season can affect your mind and behavior
Some of winter’s effects have been tied to cultural norms and practices, while others likely reflect our bodies’ innate biological responses...
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/ 1 year agoWhy federal efforts to protect schools from cybersecurity threats fall short
Cybercriminals target schools because they’re uniquely vulnerable. A cybersecurity expert explores whether a new White House initiative will be enough to...
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/ 1 year agoArtificial light lures migrating birds into cities, where they face a gauntlet of threats
Migrating birds need stopover locations en route where they can rest and feed. A new study shows that artificial light draws...
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/ 1 year agoIs Hamas the same as ISIS, the Islamic State group? No − and yes
A scholar of the Islamic State group says Hamas has undergone a radical ISIS-inspired transformation that has not yet gotten widespread...
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/ 1 year agoIn the worst of America’s Jim Crow era, Black intellectual W.E.B. Du Bois found inspiration and hope in national parks
Though progressive politics at the turn of the 20th century called for the protection of America’s national parks, it did so...
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/ 1 year ago4 business lessons from the Boston Tea Party
Two and a half centuries later, some things haven’t changed.
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/ 1 year agoLighting a fire using friction requires an understanding of some physics principles − but there are ways to make the process easier
You may have seen contestants on reality shows like “Survivor” make fire using friction, but do you know the physics behind...
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/ 1 year agoCRISPR and other new technologies open doors for drug development, but which diseases get prioritized? It comes down to money and science
Drug development takes a great deal of time, money and effort. While future profits play a big factor in which diseases...
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/ 1 year ago¿La mejor manera de cumplir un propósito de Año Nuevo? Haga un “propósito de año viejo”
La idea del nacimiento virginal ha formado parte del cristianismo desde el principio, pero su significado ha cambiado con el tiempo.
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/ 1 year agoPor qué a los primeros cristianos no les habría sorprendido tanto el nacimiento virginal de la historia de Navidad
La idea del nacimiento virginal ha formado parte del cristianismo desde el principio, pero su significado ha cambiado con el tiempo.
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/ 1 year agoIsrael can and will ignore US appeals to minimize casualties in Gaza
Conflict has escalated between Joe Biden and Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu over the conduct of the Israel-Hamas war. But a national...
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/ 1 year agoHow the Boston Tea Party’s ‘destruction of the tea’ changed American history
An attack on private property angered Colonial leaders as much as the British public – but a strong reaction from Parliament...
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/ 1 year agoDrinking during holidays and special occasions could affect how you parent your kids
Even parents who don’t drink much throughout the year may have a few extra eggnogs at a Christmas party or beers...
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/ 1 year agoBig-box retail chains were never a solution for America’s downtowns − and now they’re fleeing back to suburbia
Shoplifting has been hyped as a driver of chain-store closures, but did these companies ever really understand urban environments in the...
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/ 1 year agoGrowth of autocracies will expand Chinese global influence via Belt and Road Initiative as it enters second decade
More autocratic governments, growing urbanization and emerging technologies will bolster the spread of Chinese influence around the world, an expert on...
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/ 1 year agoHealth misinformation is rampant on social media – here’s what it does, why it spreads and what people can do about it
Studies show that health misinformation on social media has led to fewer people getting vaccinated and more lives lost to COVID-19...
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/ 1 year agoA road map for the lawful use of stop-and-frisk in Philadelphia – and elsewhere
In a bid to reduce violent crime, the city’s new mayor is calling for a revitalization of a controversial practice the...
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/ 1 year agoNonalcoholic beer: New techniques craft flavorful brews without the buzz
Nonalcoholic beer may sound like an oxymoron, but newer techniques are producing tasty, high-quality options in this growing beverage category.
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/ 1 year ago‘Good Times’: 50 years ago, Norman Lear changed TV with a show about a working-class Black family’s struggles and joys
Norman Lear brought the first nuclear Black family to prime-time television in 1974.
