(courtesy of npr.org) You could call Sarah Palin many things. Eccentric hockey mom, charismatic TV pundit, bizarre chapter in the history of vice-presidential candidates—just to name a few....
March 5, 2014
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You get a new notification from your smartphone… Is it a retweet? A text from a friend? News that a U.S. drone strike killed 2 in Yemen? Wait, what? A new app created by Josh Begley, Metadata+,...
March 5, 2014
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We haven’t heard this news in a while… According to a new federal survey, American kids are getting healthier. Obesity has been rising across the board for decades, but the report from the...
March 5, 2014
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photo courtesy of Scientific American We’ve genetically modified bacteria, plants, and animals with great success…are humans next? This week the FDA held advisory meetings to discuss the...
February 28, 2014
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Feeling a bit lonely on our blue marble? Never fear! 715 new neighbors just moved in! Actually, they were there all along. We just started noticing. On Wednesday, NASA announced that...
February 27, 2014
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People thought 2011 was “The Year of the Protestor,” but it seems like 2014 might be challenging that title. From Turkey and Bosnia, to Ukraine and Russia, protests are becoming the hallmark of...
February 27, 2014
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If you were to name the hot button topics rocking the US today, you’d likely include in your list: Gay rights, gun laws and marijuana legalization. Gays and guns remain divisive issues. But...
February 26, 2014
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There are 5.8 million voting-aged Americans who cannot vote. Why? Because these citizens have at one point in their lives been convicted of a felony. Florida, Kentucky, and Virginia are the...
February 26, 2014
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President Yoweri Museveni has made it clear: In Uganda, gay is not okay. The President signed into law on Monday tougher penalties against homosexuals and their supporters. The law: Allows...
February 24, 2014
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Ukraine no longer has a president. The increasingly hostile clashes between the pro-Russian government and pro-EU protestors has spilled over into the Presidential Palace. Three days ago,...
February 24, 2014
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