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    • Why Did So Many Americans Vote for Trump?


      To the dismay of Democrats, the president’s strategy of ignoring the pandemic mostly worked for Republicans.







      By Will Wilkinson



      Contributing Opinion Writer



      Nov. 27, 2020



      President Trump’s disastrous mishandling of the coronavirus pandemic probably cost him re-election. Yet it seems mind-boggling that he still won more votes than any incumbent president in American history

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    • Nany: "Can", l'animateur de la radio chaîne 3 n'est plus


      ALGER- L'animateur de la radio nationale chaîne 3 Ahmed Nany Chellaoua, connu à l'antenne sous ses initiales "Can" pour ses émissions dédiées au châabi et au patrimoine musical, est décédé samedi à Alger à l'âge de 60 ans des suites d'une longue maladie, a-t-on appris auprès de la Radio nationale.



      "Can"

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    • The Privilege of Play: Why the world’s game is a white game in the U.S.






      Henry BushnellYahoo SportsSep 22, 2020, 11:00 AM



      “The Privilege of Play” is a Yahoo Sports series examining the barriers minority groups face in reaching elite levels of competition in swimming, racecar driving, soccer and hockey.



      This is a story about opportunity.



      It begins in Columbia Heights, a gentrifying neighborhood in Washington D.C., where elite

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    • What You Lose When You Gain a Spouse


      What if marriage is not the social good that so many believe and want it to be?



      Story by Mandy Len Catron







      In America today, it’s easy to believe that marriage is a social good—that our lives and our communities are better when more people get and stay married. There have, of

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    • The Vatican Removed 14 Books From the Bible In 1684 With No Real Explanation


      - July 20, 2019 Typically when the Bible is brought up in conversation, what comes to mind is a source of truth that has not been tampered with.



      However, when this book was originally published it contained 80 books and current editions only have 66, and we have to wonder what

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    • What is the Einstein visa? And how did Melania Trump get one?


      By Joel Gunter BBC News



      2 March 2018



      Melania Trump obtained US citizenship on a visa reserved for immigrants with "extraordinary ability" and "sustained national and international acclaim", according to a report in the Washington Post.



      Nicknamed the "Einstein Visa", the EB-1 is in theory reserved for people who are highly acclaimed in

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    • The U.S. and U.K. Were the Two Best Prepared Nations to Tackle a Pandemic—What Went Wrong?


      By Gavin Yamey and Clare Wenham July 1, 2020 6:00 AM EDT Yamey is a physician and professor of global health and public policy at Duke University, where he directs the Center for Policy Impact in Global Health. Wenham is an assistant professor of global health policy at the London

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    • The Looming Bank Collapse


      The U.S. financial system could be on the cusp of calamity. This time, we might not be able to save it.



      Story by Frank Partnoy



      After months of living with the coronavirus pandemic, American citizens are well aware of the toll it has taken on the economy: broken supply chains, record unemployment,

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    • How to Make this Moment the Turning Point for Real Change


      As millions of people across the country take to the streets and raise their voices in response to the killing of George Floyd and the ongoing problem of unequal justice, many people have reached out asking how we can sustain momentum to bring about real change.



      Ultimately, it’s going to be

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    • Gavin Newsom Declares California a ‘Nation-State’

      California this week declared its independence from the federal government’s feeble efforts to fight Covid-19 — and perhaps from a bit more. The consequences for the fight against the pandemic are almost certainly positive. The implications for the brewing civil war between Trumpism and America’s budding

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    • That Discomfort You’re Feeling Is Grief



      by Scott Berinato



      HBR Staff/d3sign/Getty Images



      We’ve made our coronavirus coverage free for all readers. To get all of HBR’s content delivered to your inbox, sign up for the Daily Alert newsletter.



      Some of the HBR edit staff met

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    • Visualizing the True Size of Africa






      Published 3 days ago



      on February 19, 2020







      ByJeff Desjardins







      Mapped: The True Size of Africa



      Take a look at any map, and it’s clear that the African continent is a big place.



      However, despite the common perception that Africa is a large landmass, it’s still one that is vastly underestimated by most casual

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    • 233 Politicians Just Voted to Steal Social Security's $2.9 Trillion Surplus



      FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
      April 12, 2018Contact: Linda Benesch, lbenesch@socialsecurityworks.org



      Legislation That Would Surreptitiously Steal Social Security’s $2.9 Trillion Surplus Has Been Defeated – But 97% of Republicans Voted For It



      (Washington, DC) — The following is a statement from Nancy Altman, President of Social Security Works,
      in reaction to

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    • Apple fined for slowing down old iPhones


      7 February 2020



      Apple has been fined 25 million
      euros (£21m, $27m) for deliberately slowing down older iPhone models
      without making it clear to consumers.



      The fine was imposed by France's competition and fraud watchdog DGCCRF, which said consumers were not warned.



      In 2017, Apple confirmed that it did slow down

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    • The Lunatic Farmer - Loneliness




      January 31, 2020














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    • Panic Attacks and Anxiety Episodes Linked to Vitamin Deficiencies in Groundbreaking Study


      With approximately 40 million adults
      across the United States experiencing anxiety each year, scientists and
      researchers have dedicated their careers to trying to better understand
      this condition. Despite this work, we are still somewhat unclear on
      what actually causes this condition to occur.



      Characterized by
      feelings of nervousness and restlessness, increased

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    • Better Schools Won’t Fix America






      Edmon de Haro





      Like many rich Americans, I used to think educational investment could heal the country’s ills—but I was wrong. Fighting inequality must come first.July 2019 Issue



      Nick Hanauer Founder of the public-policy incubator Civic Ventures



      Long ago, I was captivated
      by a seductively intuitive idea, one many

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    • 'It makes me enjoy playing with the kids': is microdosing mushrooms going mainstream?






      Before the school run, or commuting to work, increasing numbers are taking tiny doses of psychedelic drugs in the UK. Why?



      Rosie
      has just returned from the school run. She drops a bag of groceries on
      to her kitchen table, and reaches for a clear plastic cup, covered by

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    • The Truth About Dentistry


      It’s much less scientific—and more prone to gratuitous procedures—than you may think.



      In the early 2000s Terry Mitchell’s dentist retired. For a while, Mitchell, an electrician in his 50s, stopped seeking dental care altogether. But when one of his wisdom teeth began to ache, he started looking

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    • Autism symptoms reduced nearly 50% 2 years after fecal transplant





      April 9, 2019

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    • High Stress Drives Up Your Risk Of A Heart Attack. Here's How To Chill Out






      April 14, 20195:01 PM ET


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    • The Smart Gun Doesn’t Exist for the Dumbest Reasons


      Firearms makers have resisted Silicon Valley-sponsored digital innovation that could transform public safety.



      By Polly Mosendz , Austin Carr , and

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    • Tracking Phones, Google Is a Dragnet for the Police


      The
      tech giant records people’s locations worldwide. Now, investigators are
      using it to find suspects and witnesses near crimes, running the risk
      of snaring the innocent.



      By JENNIFER VALENTINO-DeVRIES APRIL 13, 2019



      When detectives in a Phoenix suburb arrested a
      warehouse worker in a murder investigation last December, they credited a
      new technique

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    • What a Year in Space Did to Scott Kelly


      An unprecedented and illuminating study monitored identical twins, one in space and one on Earth.Marina Koren Apr 11, 2019



      Scott Kelly rests after the landing of the Soyuz space capsule.Kirill Kudryavtsev / AP



      In
      the debate over whether human beings should set off to other worlds

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    • Drink to Your Health


      Kombucha's unlikely rise from Soviet elixir to modern-day miracle drink.







      In May of 1995, Ruth Patras
      realized that something was wrong with her 5-week-old daughter, Ciara.
      Initially happy and healthy, about a month after Ciara was born, the
      whites of her eyes started to turn yellow. Over the next few

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    • Monsanto to drop name after sale to Bayer


      The new owner of Monsanto, synonymous with deadly chemical warfare and genetically modified plants, is ditching the name.







      A Monsanto manufacturing and operations center in Lillo, Belgium, in 2016.John Thys / AFP - Getty ImagesJune 4, 2018, 2:03 PM EDT / Updated June 4, 2018, 2:03 PM EDTBy Ben

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    • Encourage Mathematical Thinking With These Board Games for Little Kids


      Photo: Amazon



      The
      best way to help young kids understand math concepts isn’t by standing
      in front of a white board and rattling off multiplication facts. Rather,
      it’s by letting them see math in action. Board games are a great way
      for little learners to get a grasp on skills

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    • Stop Teaching Your Preschooler How to Read


      Michelle Woo12/08/17 4:00pm



      Photo via Shutterstock



      My
      daughter is onto me. As I read bedtime stories to her, sometimes I’ll
      stop, point to a word, and in my most convincing voice, and say, “Hmm, I
      don’t know this one. C-A-P? Can you help me?”



      The almost-five-year-old, not falling for this nonsense at

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    • Why You Should Stop Giving Your Kids So Many Toys






      Photo by Timm Schamberger/Getty Images



      In a new study
      by researchers at the University of Toledo, toddlers who were given
      fewer toys played more creatively and were more engaged in their play
      than those who had many toys available. Moms and dads, this might be the
      time to remove that chicken

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    • IDEO’s Tim Brown and the secret to creating something from nothing






      IDEO's CEO explains where his best ideas come from, and how design helps shape them.



      The ability to recognize and develop good ideas is often the
      superpower that differentiates the merely employed from the uber
      successful at work. So is there a formula for how to do it? This week, I

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    • Coloring Book Celebrates Mathematical Beauty of Nature with Hand-Drawn Golden Ratio Illustrations



      By Kristine Mitchell on April 1, 2016









      Rafael Araujo’s hand-drawn Golden Ratio illustrations are a beautiful fusion of art with science. For the past 40 years, the Venezuelan architect
      and illustrator has been perfecting his amazing drawings that are all
      connected by this common theme. Armed with nothing but a pencil,

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    • Two Artists Set Sail in a Pair of Floating Art and Photography Studios



      By Kelly Richman-Abdou on February 15, 2018







      Today, many creatives opt to abandon the confines of traditional workspaces in order to produce work on-the-go. From pop-up art studios to portable photography labs,
      this trend has resulted in both an abundance of experimental spaces and
      a surge in new technologies. Taking

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    • Artist Paints Creatures She Sees Around Her Due To Pareidolia (34 Pics)



      By​ Hidreley



      Do
      you remember how you used to look at the clouds in the sky as a child
      and your imagination projected animals and various scenes of life? This
      phenomenon is called Pareidolia, which scientifically means the tendency
      to perceive a specific, and in a lot of cases

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    • We’re Not Gluten Intolerant, We’re Glyphosate Intolerant


      Study blames Roundup herbicide for gluten intolerance and celiac disease epidemic







      “Celiac disease, and, more generally, gluten intolerance, is a
      growing problem worldwide, but especially in North America and Europe,
      where an estimated 5% of the population now suffers from it,”
      researchers wrote in a meta-analysis of nearly 300 studies.



      “Here, we

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    • What is the revenue generation model for DuckDuckGo?






      Gabriel Weinberg, CEO & Founder at DuckDuckGo.com (2008-present)Updated Jun 14 2018 · Author has 94 answers and 406.5m answer views



      DuckDuckGo
      has been a profitable company since 2014 without storing or sharing any
      personal information on people using our search engine. As we like to
      say, what you search on DuckDuckGo

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    • Thriving Garden in Sealed Bottle Hasn’t Been Watered in Over 40 Years



      By Jenny Zhang on April 9, 2014







      When
      David Latimer planted a seed in a glass bottle on Easter Sunday of 1960
      out of pure curiosity, he had no idea that it would flourish into a
      mass of greenery that would thrive untouched for several decades. Now,
      over half a

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    • Doctors Explain How Hiking Can Actually Change Our Brains






      While it may seem obvious that a good hike through a forest or up a
      mountain can cleanse your mind, body, and soul, science is now
      discovering that hiking can actually change your brain… for the better!



      Hiking In Nature Can Stop Negative, Obsessive Thoughts



      Aside from the almost instant feeling of

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    • Canadians! More No-Waste Grocery Stores Are Coming to a City Near You


      And the trend doesn’t just apply to grocery stores.



      And the trend doesn’t just apply to grocery stores. The
      Soap Dispensary and Kitchen Staples in Vancouver, for instance, sells
      bulk and packaging-free beauty and household products, as well as food.



      This is a welcomed trend for environmentally-savvy consumers.



      “We’ve
      got a massive plastic

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    • Doing Dishes Is the Worst







      Photo by: Mardis Coers / Getty



      Every
      day, they slowly accumulate. Plates covered in sauces and crumbs. Bowls
      with a fine layer of

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    • Billionaire Musk releases all Tesla patents to help save the Earth


      Tesla CEO Elon Musk and Shanghai's Mayor Ying Yong attend
      the Tesla Shanghai Gigafactory groundbreaking ceremony in Shanghai,
      China Jan. 7, 2019. Aly Song, Reuters



      SAN FRANCISCO - Elon Musk announced Thursday he had released all of
      the electric carmaker Tesla's patents, as part of an effort to fight
      climate change.



      In

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    • Alpha Testing Vs Beta Testing: What's the Difference?


      What is Alpha Testing?



      Alpha testing is a type of acceptance
      testing; performed to identify all possible issues/bugs before releasing
      the product to everyday users or the public. The focus of this testing
      is to simulate real users by using a black box and white box techniques.
      The aim is to

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    • Smartphone screens find their size sweet spot


      Natasha Lomas@riptari / 2 years ago







      The
      joke in the smartphone space in years past was how screens just kept
      getting bigger — stretching palms and making you look ridiculous when
      held up to the head to talk.



      How times change. Talking into phones? Why, how 2005 of you! Phablets have long

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    • People Laughed When This Philly Lawyer Sued Led Zeppelin. Nobody’s Laughing Now.






      Philadelphia-area attorney Francis Malofiy. Photograph by Bryan Sheffield.



      The fact that Philadelphia barrister Francis Alexander Malofiy, Esquire, is suing
      Led Zeppelin over the authorship of “Stairway to Heaven” is, by any
      objective measure, only the fourth most interesting thing about him.
      Unfortunately for the reader, and the purposes of this story,

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    • Being a Good American Kestrel Dad Comes at a Cost






      Our smallest falcon, not much bigger than a robin, the American Kestrel ranges from Alaska to Argentina. Here in North America, its population has declined, and the American Kestrel Partnership—a coalition with strong Audubon support—is working to ensure its future survival. But for the moment the

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    • What's The Difference Between Frontend And Backend?


      If you’ve just started learning web development,
      you’ll probably have heard a lot of talk about frontend and backend
      programming. But what exactly do we mean by this? If you’re a beginner
      in the field, it can be hard to know not only which is which, but also
      what is

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    • Why is Christmas Day on the 25th December?


      Christmas is celebrated to remember the birth of of Jesus Christ, who Christians believe is the Son of God.



      The name 'Christmas' comes from the Mass of Christ (or Jesus). A Mass
      service (which is sometimes called Communion or Eucharist) is where
      Christians remember that Jesus died for us and then

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    • Growing Food in Wet Climates



      ​So I’ve shifted from a hot, dry climate to a
      cooler, wet one. And it’s a radically different ball game. Slugs replace
      aphids. Mould occludes drought issues. I’m once again swatted by the
      importance of climate-specific information. But where to find it?As
      you’ve probably worked out by now, I take

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    • D.C. Council gives final approval to Airbnb regulations


      Property owners won’t be able to use secondary homes for short-term rentals under the new rules








      By



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    • The Yamas & One-Night Stands: A Yogi Perspective on Sex







       

      I’ve always been the girl who felt uncomfortable with one-night stands.
      But being a single, adult female, I quickly learned that my standards of needing a relationship before sex were, well, old-school. Not putting out within the first three dates is a guaranteed way to not hear back from a potential

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    • Emotional General Motors Workers Seen Wiping Away Tears After Company Lays Off 14,500 People

      By Jack Phillips
      November 28, 2018 Updated: November 28, 2018


      Photos this week show emotional General Motors workers in Ontario, Canada, wiping away tears after the company laid off more than 14,000 employees just days before the holidays.

      The firm made the announcement on Nov. 26, saying it will shutter seven plants in

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