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How Smithsonian curators scavenge political conventions to explain the present to the future and save everything from hats to buttons to umbrellas to soap
Curators from the Smithsonian will be at the GOP convention collecting items from buttons to banners. Their goal: to add objects to the museum’s collection that will ‘make sense of our moment.’
Could people turn Mars into another Earth? Here’s what it would take to transform its barren landscape into a life-friendly world
Liquid water, breathable air and a sustainable food supply are three of the essentials Mars would need for people to live comfortably there.
‘One inch from a potential civil war’ – near miss in Trump shooting is also a close call for American democracy
A scholar of political assassinations says the US just narrowly avoided plunging into wholesale violence and potential civil war when Donald Trump survived an assassination attempt.
What’s the value of a clean beach? Here’s how economists do the numbers
What would you pay to keep trash off your favorite beach, or pollution away from a national park? Economists can tease these values out of our travel choices and use the numbers to help make policy.
Immigrant moms feel unsafe and unheard when seeking pregnancy care – here’s how they’d improve Philly’s health care system
Immigration rhetoric and policies have created a chilling effect for immigrants seeking medical care. Two dozen Latina immigrant mothers share their experiences during pregnancy.
Will a market crash one day be pinned on the Supreme Court? An accounting expert explains why recent rulings have him worried
By injecting hidden risk into the financial statements of the listed companies monitored by the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Supreme Court may have set the stage for the next recession.
Odds are that gambling on the Biden/Trump competition will further reduce the presidential campaign to a horse race
Overseas-based sports betting companies offer wagers in the US on who will clinch a party’s presidential nomination and which candidate will win the election. What does this mean for democracy?
Donald Trump wants to reinstate a spoils system in federal government by hiring political loyalists regardless of competence
if political loyalty replaces merit as the basis of key federal appointments, Americans can expect government to be less competent – as Andrew Jackson learned during his administration
AI supercharges data center energy use – straining the grid and slowing sustainability efforts
AI is everywhere these days, which means more data centers eating up more electricity. There’s no easy fix, but some combination of efficiency, flexibility and new technologies could ease the burden.
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