Map Preservation After World War 2

Greg Miller writes of the efforts to capture and preserve priceless maps and geographic data at the close of World War 2.

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Food Expiration Dates

Lindsey Ellefson reports on food expiration dates and how long common foods can be safely stored .

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Adults Returning to College

Goldie Blumenstyk shares how colleges in Ohio are encouraging students who dropped-out to return to the classroom through the Ohio College Comeback Compact.

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Digital Estate Planning

Brendan Hesse says that informing your loved-ones of your digital assets can be as important as other aspects of estate planning.

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Asynchronous Teaching

Erik Ofgang shares tips for asynchronous teaching .

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Bad Career Advice

Tracey Brower warns about bad career advice .

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Keyboarding on Android Phones

J.R. Raphael provides tips for keyboarding on Android phones.

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Mosquitoes' Sense of Smell

Ari Daniel interviews researcher Meg Younger about mosquitoes sents of smell .

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University Student Trends in the United States

Wendy Fischman and Howard Gardner discuss how university students seem to have become more egocentric and transactional.

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Parallels Desktop 18

Johnny Evans says that Parallels Desktop 18 is the easiest way to run Windows on a Mac Desktop .

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All About Android

J.R. Raphael recommends the podcast/vlog All About Android .

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Daydreaming and Creativity

Stefan Van der Stigchel indicates that daydreaming may be an inefficient means of releasing creativity .

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Peak Employment

Dani Romero suggests that the U.S. may be at peak employment . This could raise pressure on business administrators to raise wages, and thereby rekindling inflation.

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Violent Crime Causation

German Lopez criticizes Barry Latzer's book The Rise and Fall of Violent Crime in America , concluding that the vague "culture" blamed by Latzer is in large part due to the stress and alienation of living in an urban environment with erratic and response-oriented law enforcement.

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Radon

Maya Miller writes about radon testing and mitigation. Miller provides links to government information on the cancer-causing gas.

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Sea Lampreys in the Great Lakes

Marion Renault and Michael Tessler explore the efforts to expunge a species what is invasive in the United States Great Lakes -- the sea lamprey .

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Restoring the American Chestnut

William Powell tells of breeding and genetic engineering to create a blight resistant

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Religious Diversity in the Military

Ronit Stahl writes about religious diversity in the U.S. military.

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Hacked Over Public Wi-Fi

Laurie Baratti shares that perhaps 25% of travelers are getting hacked through public wi-fi .

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Research Integrity

Julia Vilstrup Mouatt discusses research intergrity .

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How Einstein Learned Physics

Scott Young explains how Einstein learned physics. The doggedness, this focus, led Einstein into a state of "flow."

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Polio in the U.S.

Robin Fields reports on the re-appearance of polio in the United States.

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Student Debt and the Middle Aged or Senior Debtor

Eleni Schirmer discusses the numbers of middle-aged or senior citizens struggling with student debt .

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Work Smarter, Not Harder

Anne Helen Petersen condemns workplace virtue signaling behaviors such as working long hours, and encourages the production of quality work rather than performance.

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Loving Others

Sarah Todd shares research by Saeideh Heshmati and Zita Oravecz on what makes people feel loved .

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Simplify Your Home Space

Megan recommends nine books on simplification and de-cluttering .

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Identifying Wild Plants

Michele Debczak suggests how to identify plants by taking a picture with your iphone. Dale Fox has a similar article for Android users.

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From Passwords to Passkeys?

Mark Spoonauer reports that passwords may soon be replaced by passkeys on Apple devices.

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COVID, SARS, and Future Vaccines

Maggie Chen reports on research into halting future coronavirus and SARS infections through a general vaccine.

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Helping Students Develop a Growth Mindset

Erik Offgang suggests how teachers can inculcate a growth mindset in pupils. These tips include:

1. Promote good habits rather than being a Dweck cheerleader.
2. Grading should reward innovative thinking.
3. Use research-tested exercises for developing a growth mindset.
4. Underpromise and overdeliver.

Offgang's article is based on a research report by David Yeager.

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Decline of Social Media

Scott Rosenberg predicts the rapid decline of social media amid a shift by corporations to delivering algorithm-curated content.

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