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Newyork
Two Special Counsels Could Make One Fine Mess for Merrick Garland
Attorney General Merrick Garland’s symmetrical appointments of special counsels to investigate the classified documents imbroglios of President Biden and former President Donald Trump were necessary responses to superficially similar situations. What ...
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Science
What Do We Owe Lab Animals?
The standard ethical guidelines encourage minimizing the use of, and harm to, animals used in research. Some experts propose an additional courtesy: repayment.
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Newyork
I’m a Congressman Who Codes. A.I. Freaks Me Out.
Imagine a world where autonomous weapons roam the streets, decisions about your life are made by AI systems that perpetuate societal biases and hackers use AI to launch devastating cyberattacks. This dystopian future may sound like science fiction ...
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News
CPR and Defibrillators: What You Need to Know
Helping someone in cardiac arrest is not as daunting as it seems.
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Newyork
I Don’t Mind if You Say You Have ‘a Little OCD’
It’s become common for people to use diagnostic terms to describe themselves, saying that they are “sort of autistic” or “a bit bipolar” or “a little OCD.” Some say they are “addicted” to Twitter. Or they casually toss around trauma-therapy ...
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Newyork
A New Way to Hand-Me-Down
To help reduce clothing waste, two mothers in San Antonio started a small business reselling used children’s clothes.
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News
How Smart Are the Robots Getting?
Franz Broseph seemed like any other Diplomacy player to Claes de Graaff. The handle was a joke — the Austrian emperor Franz Joseph I reborn as an online bro — but that was the kind of humor that people who play Diplomacy tend to enjoy. The game is a ...
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Newyork
Jacinda Ardern Still ‘Has It All’
Jacinda Ardern, the 42-year-old prime minister of New Zealand, announced this week that she would step down by Feb. 7. Ardern, who is also the mother of 4-year-old girl, said that after more than five years in office, she didn’t have the energy to ...
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Newyork
What We Know About How to Save Kids’ Lives
MOGADISHU, Somalia — Hunger and loss make up a kaleidoscope in Somalia, but one scene stands out in my visit: A mom, Fardosa Ahmed, confides shyly that she had eight children but lost four of them, and now she fears she may lose a fifth, her daughter ...
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News
Can My Building Ban Incense Even if It’s a Religious Ritual?
While you are entitled to practice your religion in your apartment, you are not entitled to disturb your neighbors.