Recent Articles
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Living with the 718 Cayman: The first 6 months
David Newton Transportation Technology & AutomotiveI took delivery on my 718 Cayman on July 1, a little more than six months ago. The next weekend, I drove 150 miles to Monticello Motor Club for the Stuttgart Challenge in a monsoon. Within weeks, the Northeast was hit by two successive heat waves of nearly 100 degrees, and now more recently we've seen as many subzero cold fronts.
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4 things I don’t miss about full-timing
Cindy Belt Recreation & LeisureI love full-timing. In fact, I recently wrote about my top 10 reasons to full-time in your RV. After several years of traveling the U.S., we had to switch to part-time RVing for family reasons. I miss morning hikes in new locations the most, but there are many things about a house that are wonderful, too.
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How the VA creates barriers to organ transplantation
Chelsea Adams Medical & Allied HealthcareThe Department of Veterans Affairs has been accused of making it difficult for veterans to access organ transplants. A recent report by the Office of the Special Counsel alleges that expecting veterans to travel to distant medical centers to access transplants "did not appear reasonable."
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Poor sleep: A powerful — but often ignored — culprit in learning
Howard Margolis EducationIt blocks learning, causes memory difficulties, depletes energy, incites anxiety, evokes arguments and lays the groundwork for serious behavior and health problems. But when students struggle with reading, writing, math and other problems, it's usually ignored, immeasurably adding to the students' struggles.
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States introducing legislation to import Canadian drugs
Michelle R. Matisons PharmaceuticalThe rising cost of prescription drugs is not a new story. But as continuing efforts to lower prices have had little effect, states are starting to take matters into their own hands.
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More schools adopting Cambridge Assessment standards
Bambi Majumdar EducationThe need to improve college readiness for high school students is an important agenda for educators. Despite years of efforts and debates, U.S. students are still lagging in this aspect. While others are awaiting government and administrative inputs, some schools have gone ahead and applied the Cambridge Assessment standards to their curriculum. The results speak for themselves.
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The modelers are coming: How will urban planners respond?
Lucy Wallwork Civil & GovernmentPlanning our cities is a fundamentally future-oriented endeavor. To work out which train lines, apartment blocks and zoning policies to put in place today, we need to do our best to anticipate what the consequences will be for the future.
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Study: Patients prefer automated follow-up over human interaction
Tammy Hinojos Oral & Dental HealthcareRobo-dentist? Well, not exactly. But a recent study conducted at Case Western Reserve University School of Dental Medicine in Cleveland concluded that most people do not mind (or even prefer) receiving their follow-up oral hygiene information from an iPad rather than directly from a healthcare professional.
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Google wants marketing emails to act like webpages
Emma Fitzpatrick MarketingSocial networks evolve like crazy. For example, Facebook's look has changed drastically over the last 14 years. On the flip side, emails that were sent back in 2004 look eerily similar to those mailed in 2018.
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Tackle this: Flag football only until high school?
Seth Sandronsky Sports & FitnessTwo lawmakers in California recently announced their plan to introduce a state bill to ban youth tackle football before their freshmen year in high school as a way to reduce players' risk of head injuries. The Safe Youth Football Act, for consideration this spring, would ban 7,500 pre-freshmen players in the Golden State from taking part tackle football, according to Kevin McCarty (D-Sacramento) and Lorena Gonzalez Fletcher (D-San Diego).