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Major breakthrough on nuclear fusion energy
Feb 10, 2022 | BBC News
A lab in Oxfordshire takes a big step towards harnessing the energy source of the stars.
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Opinion: Olympic movement has sold its soul by not challenging China on human rights abuses
Jan 31, 2022 | www.usatoday.com
There hasn’t been a fun Olympics for a decade, but at least Beijing is honest about what we’re getting instead
Jan 30, 2022 | The Globe and Mail
China’s clear and singular message – we’re the best, deal with it – does away with the corporate hype and official platitudes at the Games
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Making the web better. With blocks!
Jan 27, 2022 | Joel on Software
You’ve probably seen web editors based on the idea of blocks. I’m typing this in WordPress, which has a little + button that brings up a long list of potential blocks that you can inser…
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Cash Aid to Poor Mothers Increases Brain Activity in Babies, Study Finds
Jan 24, 2022 | www.nytimes.com
The research could have policy implications as President Biden pushes to revive his proposal to expand the child tax credit.
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Charting an Omicron Infection
Jan 24, 2022 | www.nytimes.com
Following the course of a typical Omicron infection.
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What Your Favorite Sad Dad Band Says About You
Jan 21, 2022 | McSweeney's Internet Tendency
The War on Drugs You make your own paella and take super long naps on Saturday. Like over two hours, consistently. You prefer the smallest possible...
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Something Has to Give in the Housing Market. Or Does It?
Jan 20, 2022 | www.nytimes.com
There appears to be no quick reprieve coming for rising prices: “It’s not a bubble, it really is about the fundamentals.”
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Is Pluto a Planet? What’s a Planet, Anyway?
Jan 19, 2022 | www.nytimes.com
More than 15 years after Pluto was demoted to dwarf planet, the debate, even among scientists, continues.
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Collective Nouns for Parenting
Jan 18, 2022 | McSweeney's Internet Tendency
A group of toddlers is called a chaos. A group of kindergartners is a “Why can’t I be the line leader?” A collection of salt is called a lot. A col...
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Billy Pilgrim Calls the VA
Jan 17, 2022 | McSweeney's Internet Tendency
Thank you for calling the US Department of Veterans Affairs. To help us better serve you, please choose from the following options: If you are call...
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Michigan AG asks feds to investigate fake GOP electors
Jan 14, 2022 | AP NEWS
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan's attorney general is asking federal prosecutors to open a criminal investigation into 16 Republicans who submitted false certificates stating they were the state's presidential electors despite Joe Biden's 154,000-vote...
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Q&A with Barbara F. Walter, author of ‘How Civil Wars Start,’ on the prospect of open civil conflict breaking out in the US - The Boston Globe
Jan 14, 2022 | BostonGlobe.com
In her new book, “How Civil Wars Start and How to Stop Them,” Walter examines the rise of violent extremism on a global scale and warns of the increasing likelihood of a second civil war breaking out in the United States.
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Play mini golf to see how politicians tilt elections using maps
Jan 11, 2022 | Washington Post
Can you beat par — and other Washington Post readers — in our first-ever Gerrymander Invitational?
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How COVID cases and symptoms compare to 2021 surge as omicron rages
Jan 11, 2022 | www.usatoday.com
What we know about the symptoms — and the severity — of the omicron variant
Jan 10, 2022 | NPR.org
Researchers are looking at data from U.S. cases to determine if the variant causes milder disease. Even if the answer is yes, they say, rates of hospitalization could be high during the surge.
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Novak Djokovic and Fellow Star Vaccine Skeptics Are Increasingly Scorned https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/06/sports/djokovic-rodgers-irving-coronavirus.html
Jan 07, 2022 | www.nytimes.com
Opinion | The C.D.C. Is Hoping You’ll Figure Covid Out on Your Own
Jan 07, 2022 | www.nytimes.com
The government’s haphazard and disorganized response to Omicron doesn’t bode well.
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