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Can This Undercover Nail Polish Detect Date Rape Drugs?
Undercover Colors is a line of nail polish that is chemically designed to detect some commonly known date rape drugs.
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Why Nurture is Just as Important as Nature for Understanding Genetics
Genetic variation is only half the story. Environmental influences are important too, and we now know that our environments can interact with our genetic makeup, in ways that can …
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Why Wall Street and Consulting Firms Win at the Elite College Brain Drain Game
The pressure of landing the right or even just a tolerable job leads people to convince prospective employers, and thus themselves, that they are a good fit.
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Street Sweepers, Part I: The Battle for the Cecil
Downtown Los Angeles is home of two extreme phenomena: hypergentrification and a homeless population rising more rapidly than any other city in the nation.
There’s Something Wrong in America: Michael Brown’s Funeral Sparks Calls for an Enduring Movement
More than 2,500 people filled the sanctuary of Friendly Temple Missionary Baptist Church in St. Louis for Michael Brownu2019s funeral. Another 2,000 packed into overflow rooms.
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Undercover in White America: Why Black Rage Is Conscious, Justified and Long Overdue
"I am still ‘undercover in White America.’ Citizens in Ferguson, Missouri are not. And their rage is not ‘senseless’ or ‘visceral’; it is the product of a life full …
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Poverty Is Not Inevitable: What We Can Do Now to Turn Things Around
Having poor people in the richest country in the world is a choice. We have the money to solve this. But do we have the will?
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Health Check: Sitting Versus Standing
It seems the world is finally coming to terms with the fact that humans evolved to stand, not to sit, or at least health researchers, savvy office workers and …
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The Same Hashish They Give Out
Sen. Dianne Feinstein, the chairperson of the Senate Intelligence Committee, has accused CIA director John Brennan of domestic spying. It's time for the Obama administration to hold Brennan and …
As WHO Warns Ebola Death Toll is Underestimated, How Should Global Community Handle Dire Crisis?
The World Health Organization is now saying the number of reported cases and deaths of Ebola in West Africa vastly underestimates the scale of the outbreak.