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Georgia Agriculture Commissioner Farming Subsidies By Race Challenged
The United States of America recently had an election for state and local representatives and one side, the Democratic party, won big in Congressional seats.With a clear mandate, there is now concern ...
Earth Sciences
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Leaf Them On The Ground: Benefit More By Doing Less Yardwork
Every autumn, homeowners and gardeners tend to engage in a familiar ritual. As trees shed their leaves, people drag out rakes, leaf blowers and lawn bags to strip their yards bare before winter arrive...
Life Sciences
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Does Learning New Skills Really Keep Your Brain Young? What Research Shows
Want to keep your brain sharp? The usual advice is to learn a language, take up an instrument or tackle a new subject. The theory is seductive: just as exercise strengthens muscles, mental challenges ...
Medicine
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Global Warming and The Reawakening of Anthrax Spores
Climate change, and the resulting global warming, has led to the melting of glaciers in various parts of the world. In Siberia—specifically in the Yamal-Nenets and Taymyr peninsulas, which were among ...
Physical Sciences
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Forbidden Behavior In Singles Gets A Physics Study
What if the forbidden could be controlled? The green shimmer of the geomagnetic storms we call the Aurora Borealis is due to a quantum jump that physicists call 'forbidden' but it is really only frown...
Social Sciences
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Harvard Medical Had An Obesity Conference - No Doctors Or Scientists Allowed
A hundred years from now, when scholars look at the 2020s, they will be confused why so many people denied basic biology. Our muscles and brains run on energy. We get that energy from food. That you g...