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The US of Borg: Are Americans Taking Over Soccer?
Soccer purists have long feared the “Americanization” of the game. But in one key respect, it is already happening: ownership.Americans now own more than 40 European soccer clubs, including current En...
Earth Sciences
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Why Climate Change Hasn't Caused Migration
Images of families displaced by floods, prolonged droughts or extreme storms have become a distressingly regular feature of the daily news. As the impact of climate change intensifies, so does concern...
Life Sciences
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Sugar Shields Versus A Hostile Microenvironment
You might think of cancer as a mass of rogue cells that grow uncontrollably. But cancer is more organized and strategic than that. Rather, cancer is a tightly controlled cellular neighborhood that can...
Medicine
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TikTok Viewers Love Sunscreen Chemophobia
It's obvious that the best way to prevent lifestyle cases of skin cancer is to use sunscreen and avoid tanning beds.Some charlatans, like Joe Mercola, DO, have been fined by the US government for clai...
Physical Sciences
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52246 Donaldjohanson: The Wobbling Peanut In Space
Scientists studying the inner main belt asteroid 52246 Donaldjohanson, believed to be a member of the Erigone asteroid family, have found that its rotation wobbles. Donaldjohanson is named for the pal...
Social Sciences
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A Visit to the Network School in Forest City
Last week I traveled to Singapore to give an invited talk at the AI4X conference, an exciting new venue gathering computer scientists, physicists and engineers to discuss how AI will accelerate scient...
