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3 years agoAnalysis+3 3 0Depression rates tripled and symptoms intensified during first year of COVID-19
Depression among US adults persisted—and worsened—throughout the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new study by Boston University School of Public Health. Published in the journal The Lancet Regional Health – Americas, the first-of- ...
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4 years ago+3 3 0California city bans predictive policing in U.S. first
As officials mull steps to tackle police brutality and racism, California's Santa Cruz has become the first U.S. city to ban predictive policing, which digital rights experts said could spark similar moves across the country.
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5 years ago+13 13 0Why are glasses so expensive? The eyewear industry prefers to keep that blurry
Eyewear is a near-monopolistic, $100-billion industry dominated by a single company. That's why 1,000% markups for frames and lenses are commonplace.
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5 years ago+21 21 0Anti-vaxxers are among the top 'threats to global health' in 2019
The World Health Organization named 'vaccine hesitancy' as one of the top 10 threats to global health as recent outbreaks of diseases not seen in years have popped up globally.
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5 years ago+28 29 1 x 1Mastodon is crumbling—and many blame its creator
It was hailed as a progressive alternative to Twitter. But marginalized, queer users are being alienated by well-off tech bros.
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5 years ago+21 21 0Why '1984' Isn't Banned in China
Censorship in the country is more complicated than many Westerners imagine.
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5 years ago+20 20 0Your Flaws Are Probably More Attractive Than You Think They Are
“Beautiful messes” have a certain allure.
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5 years ago+26 26 0Alzheimer's Disease May Develop Differently In African-Americans, Study Suggests
Black Americans are more likely than whites to develop Alzheimer's. Yet black people studied appeared to have lower levels of a toxic substance associated with the disease, researchers say.
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6 years ago+28 28 0 x 1Rising Waters Are Drowning Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor
By the middle of this century, climate change may punch a hole through the bottom half of the Northeast Corridor.
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6 years ago+16 16 0Can Eating Organic Food Lower Your Cancer Risk?
In a study, those who ate more organic produce, dairy, meat and other products had 25 percent fewer cancer diagnoses over all, especially lymphoma and breast cancer.
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6 years ago+11 11 0The 'Social Infrastructure' That Makes Democracy Possible Is Falling Apart
Libraries and other public spaces can help us bridge our divides, but only if they're funded adequately.
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6 years ago+5 5 0The FBI Mysteriously Close New Mexico Observatory
Staff have been evacuated and the FBI has sent agents and a Blackhawk helicopter to the site, without telling anyone what's going on.
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6 years ago+16 16 0Nepal cracks down on lucrative helicopter rescue scams
Climbers forced to abandon ascents at first sign of illness to be flown to private hospitals.
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6 years ago+29 29 0 x 1Joe Jackson dead at 89
It was a life of platinum records and an iron fist.
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6 years ago+21 21 0Suicides Have Increased. Is This an Existential Crisis?
Sometimes people kill themselves because their lives lack meaning.
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6 years ago+23 23 0 x 1Beijing Wants to Rewrite the Rules of the Internet
Xi Jinping wants to wrest control of global cyber governance from the market economies of the west.
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6 years ago+43 43 0 x 1French school students to be banned from using mobile phones
Pupils will not be allowed to use phones on schools grounds after September
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6 years ago+31 31 0 x 1US media turns blind eye to the death of 5,000 Puerto Ricans
The Harvard study on the impact of Hurricane Maria on Puerto Rico is a damning exposure of one of the most monstrous cover-ups in US history.
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Expression
6 years ago+22 22 0Harvey Weinstein’s $1 million get-out-of-jail card shows the injustice of bail
Tens of thousands of people linger in America's jails because they can't afford bail.
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6 years ago+17 17 0StumbleUpon is closing down after 16 years
StumbleUpon co-founder, Garrett Camp, has announced that the project is coming to an end 16 and half years after its launch in 2001. Camp is now recommending that StumbleUpon users migrate their accounts over to another of his projects, Mix.com, whic ...