Cable and Streaming Costs

Geoffery Fowler warns about the hidden financial costs of cable and streaming services .

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Maple Syrup

Becky Krystal discusses the nuances and grades of maple syrup .

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Improving WiFi

Geoffrey Fowler provides five tips on enhancing home wifi signal .

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Integrated Battery Pack

Chris Perkins reports that future Tesla cars will use an integrated battery pack to allow the car to be lighter and increase its range.

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Virtual Communities

Narine Hall shares how the virtual communities that can be nurtured in a hybrid learning environment can amplify traditional classroom teaching.

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Four Day Work Week

BBC reports that Icelandic tests of a four day work week showd that "productivity remained the same or improved in the majority of workplaces."

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Phone Spyware

David Pegg and Sam Cutler report on Pegasus phone spyware .

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Information Retention Policies

Milica Vojnic writes about the importance of having information retention policies .

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Deep Reading Development

Brad Stulberg shares how people can develop the practice of employing deep reading for better learning and retention of information.

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Interviews and Artificial Intelligence

Sheridan Wall and Hilke Schellmann note that some interview evaluation tools have faulty artificial intelligence .

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Chatbots and Brainstorming

Laura Ascione reports on research on chatbots feeding prompts for more focused brainstorming.

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Surviving Nuclear War

Marc Ambinder muses about what is known about U.S. policy for responding to a nuclear attack . Popular Mechanics editors have written a guide for citizens to maximize their survival chances in the event of nuclear war.

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Responsible Shopping Cart Use

Krystal D'Costa writes about the injunctive and descriptive norms involved in the public's use of shopping carts .

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Eliminating Ticks

Field and Stream Editors list commercial products for killing ticks .

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Cybercrime and Unoccupied Offices

Theresa Lanowitz warns that unused offices can be a haven for cybercrime , and suggests that all equipment be removed from offices as soon as staff transition to working remotely.

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Planned Obsolescence

Adam Hadhazy writes about planned obsolescence .

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Adults Need . . .

Nir Eyal suggests that adults need more time with friends .

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Men's Hats

The Village Hat Shop posted a history of hats .

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Digital Reading: Print vs. Device

James Lang explores the strengths and weaknesses of an academic reliance on digital reading .

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Motivated Reasoning

Psychology Today explains the bias which impairs judgment.

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Shellfish and Climate Change

Sammy Westfall and Amanda Coletta report on record heat massacring British Columbia's shellfish population .

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Oversharing

Michael Blanding talks about the surprising benefits of transparency .

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Psychological Safety

Bryan Robinson provides clues that a workplace lacks psychological safety .

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Struggling With Remote Learning

Graham Glass shares eight tips for overcoming remote learning fatigue .

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