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New genetically engineered American chestnut will help restore the decimated, iconic tree

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imageTransgenic American chestnuts could soon take root.Claire Dunn, CC BY-ND

American chestnut trees were once among the most majestic hardwood trees in the eastern deciduous forests, many reaching 80 to 120 feet in height and eight feet or more in diameter.

imageHistoric picture of a large American chestnut tree (Ten Eyck Dewitt barns, Paul Farm, NY).Provide...

Read more: New genetically engineered American chestnut will help restore the decimated, iconic tree

U.S. laws protect police, while endangering civilians

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imageDemonstrators confront police officers in Chicago after Laquan McDonald was fatally shot. REUTERS/Andrew Nelles

In the sixth GOP debate, Donald Trump told Americans: “The police are the most mistreated people in this country.”

On the same day, the Chicago Police Department released a video showing an officer killing Cedric Chatman in...

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Fulfilling Martin Luther King Jr.'s dream: the role for higher education

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imageWho is responsible for today's campus troubles?Jonathan Ernst/Reuters

Fifty years ago, Martin Luther King Jr. wrote “Why We Can’t Wait” to dispel the notion that African Americans should be content to proceed on an incremental course toward full equality under the law and in the wider society. King observed,

Three hundred years of...

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Cyberattack on Ukraine grid: here's how it worked and perhaps why it was done

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imageCould the hack that took out the power grid in Ukraine happen in the U.S.? rainchurch/flickr, CC BY-SA

On December 23, 2015, two days before Christmas, the power grid in the Ivano-Frankivsk region of Ukraine went down for a reported six hours, leaving about half the homes in the region with a population of 1.4 million without power, according to...

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Great night for Sanders could be turning point in race

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imageClinton and Sanders struggle to get their points across.REUTERS/Randall Hill

The gloves are off in the Democratic race, and it’s now abundantly clear that Bernie Sanders can throw a punch.

On Sunday night the Democratic presidential candidates met for their final debate before the Iowa caucuses. Hillary Clinton entered the debate with a 25-poin...

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Knowledge comes from death’s release: Blackstar recalls David Bowie’s influence on goth

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imageA still from the music video for Lazarus.Columbia

David Bowie’s newest album, Blackstar – released shortly before the artist’s death – has skyrocketed to the top of the charts.

It’s also become a subject of intense scrutiny by critics and fans: What was the reclusive singer’s state of mind as he approached the...

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Is Bernie Sanders really a socialist? And how could he like Denmark?

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imageSanders on the stumpMary Schwalm/Reuters

The latest opinion polls suggest that Hillary Clinton’s lead over Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders is slipping. A New York Times/CBS poll described Clinton’s lead as “melting away.” Reputedly 48 percent of Democratic primary voters across the country support Clinton, with 41 percent...

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Basic income for all could lift millions out of poverty – and change how we think about inequality

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imageA basic income may distribute the peanuts a little more fairly. Peanut piles via www.shutterstock.com

The idea of a basic income for every person has been popping up regularly in recent years.

Economists, think tanks, activists and politicians from different stripes have toyed with the idea of governments giving every citizen or resident a minimum...

Read more: Basic income for all could lift millions out of poverty – and change how we think about inequality

The fourth industrial revolution: what does WEF's Klaus Schwab leave out?

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imageDigital and physical worlds are predicted to become inseparable in the fourth industrial revolution.DNA Films

In April 2000, Bill Joy famously wrote in Wired Magazine:

Our most powerful 21st-century technologies – robotics, genetic engineering, and nanotech – are threatening to make humans an endangered species.

At the time, Joy was an...

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If we want medicine to be evidence-based, what should we think when the evidence doesn't agree?

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imageWeighing the evidence. Maggie Villiger, CC BY-ND

To understand if a new treatment for an illness is really better than older treatments, doctors and researchers look to the best available evidence. Health professionals want a “last word” in evidence to settle questions about what the best modes of treatment are.

But not all medical...

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