What is flood insurance and why the system is broken: 6 questions answered
388 Views September 13, 2018 Be first to comment Robert W. Klein
High tides, whipped in by Hurricane Hazel in 1954, shattered boats and buildings in…
How Les Moonves got to leave CBS on his own terms while others in #MeToo miscreant club got canned
315 Views September 13, 2018 Be first to comment Elizabeth C. Tippett
On Sept. 9, CBS Chairman Les Moonves resigned, following accusations by 12 women of…
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New data paint an unpleasant picture of poverty in the US
296 Views September 13, 2018 Be first to comment Steven Pressman
On a budget. hd connelly/shutterstock On Sept. 12, the U.S. Census Bureau released national…
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Gene-editing technique CRISPR identifies dangerous breast cancer mutations
312 Views September 12, 2018 Be first to comment Jay Shendure
Breast cancer type 1 (BRCA1) is a human tumor suppressor gene, found in all…
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Savvy social media strategies boost anti-establishment political wins
307 Views September 12, 2018 Be first to comment Saiph Savage
Mexican President-elect Andrés Manuel López Obrador. AP Photo/Marco Ugarte Mexico’s anti-establishment presidential candidate, Andrés…
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The national prison strike is over. Now is the time prisoners are most in danger
311 Views September 12, 2018 Be first to comment Heather Ann Thompson
Over the last few weeks men and women across the United States – and…
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What the world needs now to fight climate change: More swamps
355 Views September 12, 2018 Be first to comment William Moomaw
Freshwater cypress swamp, First Landing State Park, Va. VA State Parks, CC BY “Drain…
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California aims to become carbon-free by 2045. Is that feasible?
283 Views September 12, 2018 Be first to comment Sarah Kurtz
Monitoring the flow of electrical power at the California Independent System Operator grid control…
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How meteorologists predict the next big hurricane
295 Views September 12, 2018 Be first to comment Mark Bourassa
Hurricane Florence is heading toward the U.S. coast, right at the height of hurricane…
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‘Treason’ is now a popular word – here’s what it really means
362 Views September 12, 2018 Be first to comment Robert A. Sedler
In the furor over the anonymous New York Times op-ed by a Trump administration…