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/ 4 months agoUrban wildfires disrupt streams and their tiny inhabitants − losing these insects is a warning of bigger water problems
After wildfires in California and Colorado cities, levels of harmful metals in the water jumped. Nature sent up a red flag.
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/ 4 months agoPeople with physical and mobility disabilities need to work out, but there are a lot of obstacles in their way
Whether ‘adaptive’ equipment is expensive or affordable, expert guidance is essential for many people with disabilities.
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/ 4 months agoSouth Sudan’s long-delayed election will be a landmark moment − but economic decline and political strife put vote at risk
The world’s youngest nation set a date for its first post-independence elections as intense anticipation reflects both an urgent need for...
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/ 4 months ago‘Coconut farmers for Harris,’ influencers and vertical signs – Smithsonian curators’ encounters at the Democratic National Convention
The items people wear, buy and wave at the convention are key pieces of American history.
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/ 4 months agoKamala’s kicks, Tim’s lids, and the red ties that bind Trump and Vance – what’s behind the fashion choices of each candidate
Clothing and makeup are silent, powerful ways for candidates to tell the American public who they are – and how they’ll...
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/ 4 months agoHow organized labor shames its traitors − the story of the ‘scab’
It’s too reductive to simply smear scabs as sellouts. It’s important to understand why some workers might be motivated to weather...
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/ 4 months agoNo, the world isn’t heading toward a new Cold War – it’s closer to the grinding world order collapse of the 1930s
Over the past 15 years, the world has seen a financial crisis, the rise of populist politics and a fracturing of...
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/ 4 months agoThe Polaris Dawn mission to Earth’s orbit will test SpaceX’s capabilities for a commercial space program
The Polaris Dawn mission will test communications, perform research and conduct a spacewalk with SpaceX extravehicular spacesuits.
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/ 4 months ago4 ways Wissahickon Valley Park makes Philly more resilient against climate change
The lush urban forest in northwest Philadelphia helps cool the city and provides other environmental protections.
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/ 4 months agoUS is unlikely to stop giving military aid to Israel − because it benefits from it
The US has given military aid to Israel since the 1960s, backed by both domestic and regional strategic interests, including containing...
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/ 4 months agoWhat links aging and disease? A growing body of research says it’s a faulty metabolism
Targeting the key players that help your body regulate metabolism could reverse disease progression, including cognitive decline related to Alzheimer’s disease.
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/ 4 months agoGift card scams generate billions for fraudsters and industry as regulators fail to protect consumers − and how one 83-year-old fell into the ‘fear bubble’
Consumers lose more than $5 billion a year to fraud involving gift cards, while the industry exploits regulatory loopholes and delays...
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/ 4 months agoWhy gift cards fall into a gap in the 2-tier banking regulation system − and a brief history of why that gap exists
Regulation over banks that issue credit cards, debit cards and gift cards is piecemeal. The customer loses.
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/ 4 months agoItalian teenager Carlo Acutis’ upcoming canonization reflects the Vatican’s desire to appeal to a new generation of Catholics
Italian priest Padre Pio was one of the world’s most prayed-to saints in recent times. As Pio’s generation ages, the Catholic...
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/ 4 months ago‘Time poverty’ can keep college students from graduating − especially if they have jobs or children to care for
Jobs and child care duties can seriously hamper a student’s chances of finishing college. The problem affects Black and Hispanic students...
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/ 4 months agoFrom thoughts to words: How AI deciphers neural signals to help a man with ALS speak
Listening in on neural activity is a promising way of restoring the ability to communicate for people whose bodies no longer...
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/ 4 months agoTreating Nord Stream blasts as a whodunit misses the point – and plays into Russia’s plan to distract and divide
Since saboteurs blew up the Russia-Germany gas pipelines in September 2022, theories have swirled about who was responsible. German prosecutors recently...
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/ 4 months agoHow debt and taxes conspired to rob Nairobi’s slum-dwelling youth of the promise of a better life
A 2010 constitution offered Kenyans economic and social rights that have faded in the face of mounting national debt.
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/ 4 months agoCan a political party get any attention when its rival holds a national convention? Yes, but it’s not easy
The best an opposing party can hope for during convention week is some sort of misfire. But those are rare in...
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/ 4 months agoWant to fight gender inequality? A review of data from 118 counties shows that development aid works
Aid successfully narrowed gender gaps in nearly every country researchers examined.
