How Obama's EPA Nearly Bankrupted John Duarte's Farm
A controversial rule on water pollution allowed the agency to micromanage private land use. read more
View ArticleGetty Villa's Fall Lecture Lineup
LOS ANGELES — This fall the Getty Villa presents a diverse lineup of free public talks: an expert conservator of antiquities discusses ways to protect art from earthquake damage; a Roman archaeologist...
View ArticleScience Triumphs Over Disinformation in Initial Flame Retardant Victory
In a stunning victory for consumer safety and a powerful display of the ability of independent science to spur policy change, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) voted this week to ban a...
View ArticleOpen licensing for cultural heritage
CHICAGO — Digging into the concept of “open” in relation to intellectual property, “Open Licensing for Cultural Heritage,” published by Facet Publishing and available through the ALA Store, provides...
View ArticleThe matriarch, Chamilandu, of a release herd in Kafue National Park, reached...
IFAW Disaster Response teams have re-deployed to the US Virgin Islands of St. read more
View ArticleOlder Adults More Likely to Disclose Suicidal Thoughts As They Age
s. AUSTIN, Texas — Suicide among older adults is a growing public health issue. Conditions associated with aging such as chronic pain, diagnosed or perceived terminal illness, social isolation and the...
View ArticleSchools poll: Californians worry about tougher immigration enforcement, favor...
Californians weighed in on a number of education-related questions for a new Berkeley IGS Poll. read more
View ArticleDinosaur blood? New research urges caution regarding fossilised soft tissue
Electron microscopy of abiotically-formed structures as an explanation for ‘dinosaur blood’. A) Moderately matured turkey skin. B) Proposed blood-like structures in a dinosaur bone (modified from...
View ArticleThese Doctors Got Fed Up With Insurance. Now They Treat Their Patients Like...
The “direct primary care” movement is attracting physicians sick of red tape. And it’s transforming the doctor-patient relationship. read more
View ArticleIssue Brief: Distinguishing Disinformation from Propaganda, Misinformation,...
What is Disinformation? Is it Different from Propaganda? read more
View ArticleHelping NGOs make impacts across China
Jing Wang (bottom left), director of the MIT New Media Action Lab, facilitates a civic hackathon in collaboration with Tencent Cloud developers in Shenzhen, China. Wang and her nonprofit, NGO2.0, work...
View ArticleIn New Mexico, Facing the Question of What Comes After Coal
o. As recently as 2011, coal accounted for more than 70 percent of in-state electricity generation; now it’s under 60 percent, and falling fast. Coal simply cannot compete in the face of cleaner,...
View ArticleAre politicians smarter than CEOs?
Americans these days can’t seem to say enough bad things about their elected representatives. But new research from Berkeley-Haas shows that politicians aren’t necessarily a bunch of good-for-nothings...
View ArticleBitcoin and the Blockchain Will Stomp Out Wall Street Fraud
Q&A with Caitlin Long, a former Morgan Stanley managing director, cryptocurrency enthusiast, and recent convert to Austrian economics. read more
View ArticleIs Silicon Valley Building the Infrastructure for a Police State?
New AI tools could empower the government to violate our civil liberties. read more
View ArticleEIB supports SCAs energy efficiency and forestry investments
The European Investment Bank and Svenska Cellulosa Aktiebolaget (SCA) have signed a EUR 150m loan agreement. The EIB financing will support renewable energy and energy efficiency measures in a pulp...
View ArticleCurrent Farm Bill Waste Targeted as Congress Moves Toward Next Farm Bill
Two new efforts in Washington seek to rein in the subsidies. read more
View ArticleKDocs launches its own version of TED Talks
s? This fall, Kwantlen Polytechnic University’s (KPU) documentary film festival, KDocs, launched its own take on short powerful free online talks with KDocs Talks. read more
View ArticleCalifornia minimum wage hike, savings plan will boost retirement incomes,...
One California law raising the state minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2023, and another setting up a retirement savings option for about 7 million private-sector employees whose jobs offer no pension or...
View ArticleWhat The GOP Tax Bill Means For Libertarians
With Republican tax reform almost a sure thing, the nation is poised to experience the most sweeping and significant changes to the tax code since the late 1980s. But are those changes—including lower...
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