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Plants sprout – and die – on moon
For the 1st time ever, plants were sprouted on the moon – but didn’t survive long – as part of a biosphere experiment on China’s Chang’e-4 lander.
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A coalition of giant brands is about to change how we shop forever, with a new zero-waste platform
Loop will send you name-brand products, like Tide detergent, Crest toothpaste, or Häagen Dazs ice cream. When you’re done, you ship the empty container back, where it gets cleaned and reused for the next customer.
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The A11Y Project
A community-driven effort to make web accessibility easier.
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Look for Orionid meteors this month | Astronomy Essentials | EarthSky
Details on the annual Orionid meteor shower. How and when to watch. In 2018, the peak morning is probably October 21. Start watching now, before dawn!
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How Would You Feel About a 4-Day Workweek?
As productivity has soared, time off has not kept pace. It’s time to change that.
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Imagine a government run by people, not money.
The goal of American Promise is to end Citizens United v. FEC by winning the 28th Amendment to The Constitution. This will restore American democracy in which we citizens – not money, not corporations, not special interests – govern ourselves.
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The Dire Warnings of the United Nations’ Latest Climate-Change Report
Carolyn Kormann on a new report from the I.P.C.C., which states that global climate change will have catastrophic consequences once the planet surpasses 1.5 degrees of warming, which could happen in just a few years.
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In 1960, about a half-million teens took a test. Now it could predict the risk of Alzheimer’s disease.
Researchers are exploring how the largest student survey could be studied to forecast life outcomes.
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Operation Ceasefire and the Unlikely Advent of Precision Policing
John Seabrook revisits his reporting on Operation Ceasefire, Professor David Kennedy’s radical approach to gang violence.
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Language Expert: Donald Trump's Way Of Speaking Is 'Oddly Adolescent' | The 11th Hour | MSNBC
Columbia University professor of linguistics John McWhorter joins to discuss the unique way Donald Trump speaks which is unlike any president America’s had b…
