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/ 9 months agoPreying on white fears worked for Georgia’s Lester Maddox in the ’60s − and is working there for Donald Trump today
Ardent segregationist Lester Maddox became governor of Georgia after earning the admiration of white voters by refusing to integrate his chicken...
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/ 9 months agoPlant-based meat alternatives are trying to exit the culture wars – an impossible task?
As vegan meat companies lose revenue, one company is trying a new packaging approach to bring in new consumers. But this...
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/ 9 months agoHumans have been altering nature for thousands of years – to shape a sustainable future, it’s important to understand that deep history
Understanding how humans came to exert such enormous pressure on Earth’s ecosystems can inform more sustainable ways of living.
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/ 9 months agoCollege students in Austin, Texas, have dwelled in windowless rooms for years − here’s why the city finally decided to ban them
Students in windowless rooms are reporting anxiety, depression and fatigue. A professor of architecture says developers need to let the light...
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/ 9 months agoLatest inflation figures are good news – even if they give a lot of people heartburn
Investors, homebuyers and central bankers all have reason to be irritated by the latest data, and inflation isn’t licked just yet....
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/ 9 months ago5 thoughts for new college grads seeking to find the right balance between meaningful work and making money
A philosopher and a psychologist break down the challenges of finding purposeful work that also pays well.
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/ 9 months agoIt’s OK to mow in May − the best way to help pollinators is by adding native plants
NoMowMay is a catchy concept, but it doesn’t provide the food that native North American pollinators need or lasting support for...
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/ 9 months agoFlorence Nightingale overcame the limits set on proper Victorian women – and brought modern science and statistics to nursing
Among her 5 decades of accomplishments, Nightingale founded the world’s first nursing school and advocated health care for all.
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/ 9 months agoViruses are doing mysterious things everywhere – AI can help researchers understand what they’re up to in the oceans and in your gut
Scientists are discovering viral genetic sequences in the wild faster than they can analyze them. A kind of ChatGPT for proteins...
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/ 9 months agoBlack holes are mysterious, yet also deceptively simple − a new space mission may help physicists answer hairy questions about these astronomical objects
Studying theoretical, fast-spinning black holes is helping physicists understand more about the elusive black holes out in the universe.
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/ 9 months agoAn obscure provision of Ohio law could keep Biden off the ballot there in November
Ohio remains stuck with a deadline that won’t allow Joe Biden, running for reelection, to appear on the November ballot. The...
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/ 9 months agoTerm limits aren’t the answer
Very few Americans believe Congress is doing a good job. Some of them have a simple solution: Throw the bums out...
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/ 9 months agoHow the manosphere found its way into the Black community
The Black hosts of the ‘Fresh & Fit’ podcast speak in the parlance of social justice movements, but apply it, in...
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/ 9 months agoWeather risk can move markets months in advance: Stock traders pay attention to these 2 long-range climate forecasts
Option price swings show how much traders believe seasonal climate and weather matters for all sorts of industries, not just the...
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/ 9 months agoWildfire smoke is back – fires burning across Canada are already triggering US air quality alerts in the Midwest and Plains
States could be in for another summer of unhealthy wildfire smoke as ‘zombie fires’ resurface in western Canada and more blazes...
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/ 9 months agoConfusion over how pregnancy dates are measured is widespread – and makes for uninformed debate over abortion limits
Most Americans surveyed did not know how pregnancies are dated or how long a trimester is – but this is especially...
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/ 9 months agoHaitians looking to escape violence and chaos face hostility in neighboring Dominican Republic
With legal routes to the US curtailed, many Haitians are looking to cross the border into the Dominican Republic − but...
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/ 9 months ago‘Noise’ in the machine: Human differences in judgment lead to problems for AI
Just as human biases show up in machine learning systems, so, too, do people’s vagaries and vicissitudes.
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/ 9 months agoIron fuels immune cells – and it could make asthma worse
Asthma attacks can result from immune cells overreacting to a harmless allergen. Tamping down iron levels in certain immune cells can...
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/ 9 months agoWhy do religious teens engage in less risky behavior? A psychologist explains
Research suggests that a clear understanding of what is right and wrong contributes to engaging in less risky behavior.
