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What mouse mover technology teaches us about the future of work
Tools that keep a worker’s online status as active, often known as “mouse movers,” are the newest technological debate of the virtual work...
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This impossibly thin fabric could cool you down by 16-plus degrees
When a heat wave hits a city , the sidewalks, roads, and buildings end up making the air feel even hotter. Thanks to the urban heat island...
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How a conversation with my absent father taught me about leadership and healthy confrontation
Many years after my parents’ divorce, my dad remarried. He left the States for an amazing job opportunity and went on to live in Kenya, Ethiopia,...
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With extreme heat, is the Earth getting too hot for humans to survive?
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to...
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Small, quick, cheap: Micro communities for the homeless are taking off across cities
In a dreary part of downtown Atlanta, shipping containers have been transformed into an oasis for dozens of previously unsheltered people who now...
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Portland has raised $587 million for its Clean Energy Fund. Here’s how it should use it
Cities all across the U.S. are struggling with a range of concerns, from an unhoused population that soared 12% last year to continued fears of...
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GE Vernova CEO Scott Strazik on what’s really holding back renewable energy
Can nuclear energy, solar and wind farms, and carbon capture scale fast enough to save the planet? GE Vernova CEO Scott Strazik details how green...
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How the Mississippi River was deformed and manipulated—with catastrophic results
In an often-excerpted passage from his memoir, Life on the Mississippi , Mark Twain describes how his perceptions of the Mississippi River...
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Why experts say we don’t need warning labels for social media platforms
Warning labels are put onto products that can seriously harm our health, like alcohol and tobacco. But the U.S. surgeon general wants to have a...
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Ethanol-powered jets stall over pipeline and tax credit challenges
Some day, the passenger jets that soar 35,000 feet (10.6 kilometers) over Dan McLean’s North Dakota farm could be fueled by corn grown on...
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Biden administration releases rules for clean energy subsidies that aim to boost jobs and wages
President Joe Biden’s administration on Tuesday unveiled final rules for new clean energy subsidies in an effort to make jobs and wages in...
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BetterHelp refund update: Turns out, your sensitive health data might be worth less than $10
Your health data has a price! And it’s less than $10. Last year, BetterHelp, an online therapy provider, settled with the Federal Trade...
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‘Distinctively American’: Team USA to wear blue jeans and blazers at the Olympics’ opening ceremony
When Team USA walks with the world’s athletes at the Paris Olympics ‘ opening ceremony , they’ll be doing so in snappy...
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L.A. school district votes to ban smartphones
The Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education on Tuesday voted to ban smartphones for its 429,000 students in an attempt to...
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Amazon Labor Union workers vote to align with Teamsters
New York City warehouse workers who are part of the Amazon Labor Union overwhelmingly voted to align themselves with the Teamsters as they try...
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The government’s lawsuit against Adobe shows deceptive design is good for business—until it’s not
Cancelling your Adobe subscription can be confusing and pricey, and a new U.S. Justice Department suit argues the company deceptively designed it...
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Bacon ice cream, a handful of butter: McDonald’s scraps AI drive-through orders after hilarious glitches
McDonald’s is ditching its drive-through AI ordering system after too many customers wound up with hilarious, wonky orders from the...
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Apple is reportedly suspending work on the Vision Pro 2
Apple has suspended work on the next generation of its Vision Pro amid slowing sales of the high-end headset, according to The Information ....
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Juneteenth: What to know and how to celebrate it
Juneteenth , a day that marks the emancipation of enslaved Black Americans , is always observed on June 19 each year. It became a U.S. federal...
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Thailand to become the first Southeast Asian country to legalize same-sex marriage
Thailand ‘s Senate passed the final reading of a marriage equality law on Tuesday, paving the way for it to become the first country in...
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Why is Fisker bankrupt? Weak EV market aside, the embattled Tesla rival faced big challenges
Electric vehicle startup Fisker Group, founded by Danish automotive designer and entrepreneur Henrik Fisker, has filed for Chapter 11...
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Boeing’s CEO will be grilled by the Senate, a first since the Alaska Airlines emergency
Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun will face tough questions from U.S. senators on Tuesday over the planemaker’s safety culture as well claims from...
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400,000 LA students could be subjected to a cellphone ban
The Los Angeles Unified School District on Tuesday will consider banning smartphones for its 429,000 students in an attempt to insulate a...
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500K immigrants could get U.S. citizenship, thanks to a new Biden plan
President Joe Biden is taking an expansive, election-year step to offer relief to potentially hundreds of thousands of immigrants without legal...
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The world’s first AI beauty pageant points to the future of social media influencers
The beauty contest features polished travel influencers representing the likes of Morocco and France, humanitarian activists dedicated to LGBTQ+...