Native American Origins

Ed Yong writes about the rapid expansion of Native Americans into the New World. Yong also discusses how the last decade has seen Native Americans granted more rights in genetic research on their ancestor's corpses.

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Allowing a Guest Account on Your PC

Preston Gralla explains how a one person can share their Windows PC .

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Josh Hawley's Stanford Academic Training

Ruairí Arrieta-Kenna and Emily Cadei write about Josh Hawley's outstanding academics at Stanford, which makes his embrace of populist positions surprising to his mentors.

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Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, and Mozilla FireFox Compared

Preston Gralla compares the three most popular internet browsers .

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Infectious Insanity

Andrew Curry reports that certain forms of insanity result from strep infection. Curry cites the case of Isak McCune, who after what seemed to be a cold began outbursts of fear and anger, only to be cured by azithromycin.

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Teaching in Rural America

Mailie Ross muses on attracting teachers to rural schools .

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Francisco Mojic and Junk DNA

Veronique Greenwood interviews Francisco Mojic, the researcher at the University of Alicante who discovered that the junk DNA in cells actually served as a simple immune system. This discovery led to the discovery of CRISPR and eventually the ability to analyze the genome.

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Viktor Orbán

Garret Martin and Carolyn Gallaher discuss the religious faith of Viktor Orbán, Hungarian Prime Minister.

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Margin of Error

Ofer Harel explains the statistical concept of "margin of error ."

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Scheduling Home Maintenance

Jeff Bogle has a list of home maintenance tasks which are often done more frequently than needed.

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Storytelling and Financial Analysis

Aswath Damodaran in a video considers the value added to investments by either analysis or storytelling. Both are necessary.

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Momories May Be Stored Using RNA

Marco Altamirano reports that memories seem to be stored epigenetically using RNA .

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Adult Students Enrolling at Universities

Audrey Williams June discusses the potential for growth in adult student enrollment . However, rather than obtaining a new degree, they may want credentials which qualify them for new employment.

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Road Warrior Security Tips

Alan Henry shares how to travel securely with a laptop .

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Weight Reduction

Gina Cleo shares ten tips for keeping a healthy weight :

1. Schedule eating
2. Eat healthy fats
3. Walk
4. Eat fruit
5. Avoid starch and salt
6. Portion control
7. Move every few hours
8. Drink water
9. Eat slowly
10. Eat veggies

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Acorns for Food

Robert Flowers reviews the edibility of various acorn species .

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Mental Health Care for Minorities

Randy Dotinga writes how the American Psychological Association (APA) has established a task force to examine the unequal mental health care minorities sometimes receive.

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Socially Responsible Investing

Aswath Damodaran a blog post and video where he muses on the challenges of investing in companies which claim to operate environmentally, socially, and with good governance.

He finds that in some markets these companies may have greater return and/or resilience, but that the data indicates that the additional return can be small or even negative, depending on the industries involved.

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Password Security

Leah Groth explains how hackers guess your password . She offers tips for securing your data.

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Incremental Innovation

Melissa Morriss-Olson encourages universities to embrace innovation and entrepreneurship as they develop new program offerings .

Her recommendation that innovation should be incremental rings true to me, as I have seen several massive "bet the farm" iniatives go down in flames. Even if the university survives, the entire organization is stressed and its credibility suffers. On the other hand, I perceive that a mix of nurtured (but limited) disruptive innovation and incremental innovation may provide the best response to opportunity and threats.

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Disposing of Unwanted Tech

Jason Cipriani suggests how to dispose or re-use unwanted tech devices.

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Happiness and Riches

Gulnaz Khan shares research on finances and happiness .

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ARXIV.ORG

Cornell University maintains an online library of more than a million scholarly articles which were submitted for free electronic distribution. While these are submitted by scholars, neither Cornell nor the team maintaining ARXIV.ORG run the documents through a peer review process.

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Reselling Unwanted Devices

Jason Cipriani offers guidance on re-selling new devices online.

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Recycling Electronics

Shelby Brown encourages readers to recycle rather than trash old electronic devices and chargers.

Where possible, I re-purpose old devices. For example, I use decade old phones as desktop electronic picture frames and as MP3 players.

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Remembering Senator Margaret Chase Smith

Lorraine Boissoneault recalls the story of Senator Margaret Chase Smith, who stood down calls to faction in the 1950's when party spirit was running unchecked.

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Income Share Agreements

Austen Allred discusses the potential of student loans being replaced with income share agreements .

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Center for Learning and Innovation

My library team will now be reporting to the Innovation Team .

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No Fingerprint

Mir Sabbir reports on a family whose genetics results in them having no fingerprints .

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Little House on the Prairie Validated

Michelle Z. Donahue examines the historical accuracy of Laura Ingles Wilder's Little House on the Praire and finds the information accurate.

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Forbidden Baby Names

Michele Debczak writes about contraversal baby names . Some nations (such as Moracco) have a list of acceptable names from which parents must choose.

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