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5 years ago+33 33 0 x 2Why Is College in America So Expensive?
The outrageous price of a U.S. degree is unique in the world.
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5 years ago+39 39 0 x 2Infectious Theory of Alzheimer's Disease Draws Fresh Interest
Money has poured into Alzheimer's research, but until very recently not much of it went toward investigating infection in causing dementia. A million dollar prize may lead more scientists to try.
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5 years ago+32 32 0 x 29 Common Pieces Of Life Advice That Are Bad And Stupid
Some advice on bumper stickers and memes is just dangerous nonsense.
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5 years ago+23 23 0How Indian Americans Came to Run Half of All U.S. Motels
Starting in the 1940s, Indian immigrants built a hospitality industry that their children and grandchildren have turned into an empire.
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5 years ago+13 13 0Roy Moore Sues Sacha Baron Cohen for $95M Over 'Who Is America?' Appearance
The controversial Alabama judge walked out during an interview which featured a purported pedophile detector.
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5 years ago+34 34 0 x 1Ajit Pai Is Suddenly Very Concerned About Whether Tech Companies Are Censoring Conservatives
Federal Communications Commission chair Ajit Pai, the Donald Trump administration plant behind the repeal of net neutrality, is now very concerned about the neutrality of other tech companies.
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5 years ago+22 22 0How Bill Browder Became Russia’s Most Wanted Man
The hedge-fund manager has offered a fable for why the West should confront Putin.
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5 years ago+31 31 0 x 1Maybe Your Sleep Problem Isn’t a Problem
The conventional wisdom is that morning people are high achievers, go-getters, while late risers are lazy. But what if going to bed in the wee hours is actually an advantage?
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5 years ago+23 23 0How Disease and Conquest Carved a New Planetary Landscape
Migration and a global shipping network have flattened biodiversity worldwide.
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5 years ago+30 30 0 x 1Russian trolls 'spreading discord' over vaccine safety online
Study discovered several accounts, now known to belong to the same Russian trolls who interfered in the US election, tweeting about vaccines
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5 years ago+41 41 0 x 1No healthy level of alcohol consumption, says major study
Governments should consider advising people to abstain entirely, say authors
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5 years ago+27 27 0 x 1Uber’s Vision of Self-Driving Cars Begins to Blur
Since a self-driving Uber killed a pedestrian in March, the company’s executives have been divided over the future of its autonomous vehicle efforts.
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5 years ago+27 27 0 x 1The Flourishing Business of Fake YouTube Views
Plays can be bought for pennies and delivered in bulk, inflating videos’ popularity and making the social media giant vulnerable to manipulation.
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5 years ago+31 31 0 x 1Cuban 'acoustic attack' report on US diplomats flawed, say neurologists
Tests stating staff suffered brain damage were ‘misinterpreted’ and ruled out other explanations such as mass psychogenic illness
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5 years ago+22 22 0Rising temperatures are causing soil to dump more carbon dioxide into the air
Earth is panting as soil struggles to keep up with climate change.
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5 years ago+29 29 0 x 1Sinclair's Bid to Monopolize Local TV News Is Officially Dead
Tribune Media has scrapped its merger deal and has accused Sinclair of "unnecessarily aggressive" behavior.
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5 years ago+28 28 0 x 1Germany lifts ban on Nazi symbols in video games
Computer and video games can include swastikas and other Nazi symbols, a German industry body said Thursday, after a heated debate over the "Wolfenstein" franchise in which gamers battle Third Reich forces.
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5 years ago+6 6 0Opinion: The Toll of America’s Obesity
Beyond the human suffering, diet-related diseases impose massive economic costs.
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5 years ago+38 38 0 x 1Is Apple Really Your Privacy Hero?
The company has some of the same security problems as the other tech giants.
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5 years ago+23 23 0France outlaws lewd cat-calls to women in public amid attack uproar
France voted to outlaw sexual harassment on the streets, leaving cat-callers and aggressively lecherous individuals facing potential on-the-spot fines of up to 750 euros as part of tougher legislation to fight sexual violence.