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Deflategate has never been about footballs---so what, exactly, is the NFL up to?

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imageNFL commissioner Roger Goodell enters the Manhattan Federal Courthouse for the first Deflategate hearing on August 12. Darren Ornitz/Reuters

For the NFL, the second Deflategate hearing this week didn’t go any better than the first. In question after question, Judge Richard Berman pressed the NFL on the specifics of...

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Elon Musk’s Brave New World: it worked for Henry Ford; why not Tesla?

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imageBut can you make an EV at half the price of that one? Maurizio Pesce/flickr, CC BY-SA

The share price of Tesla Motors shot up this week after a financial analyst said that the electric vehicle maker is “uniquely positioned to dominate” the auto industry.

Is Tesla, with its tightly integrated supply chain,...

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Who says libraries are dying? They are evolving into spaces for innovation

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imageToday's libraries are offering skill-building programsKnight Foundation, CC BY-SA

With the expansion of digital media, the rise of e-books and massive budget cuts, the end of libraries has been predicted many times over.

And while it is true that library budgets have been slashed, causing cuts in operating hours and branch...

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Ray Tensing was trained, equipped much like 32,000 other campus cops

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imageBody cam image of Tensing after the shooting.Hamilton County Prosecutor's Office/REUTERS

On July 19 2015, an unarmed African-American motorist, Samuel Dubose, was stopped for a missing front license plate by 25-year-old Ray Tensing, an officer with the University of Cincinnati Police Department (UCPD). The outcome was...

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A melting Arctic demands more – not less – research on earth science

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imageHot spot for much-needed research. NASA, CC BY-SA

The Arctic is melting rapidly. Who cares? Anyone who is concerned about the rising price of food, lives near the coast, shoveled snow all winter, can’t water their lawn anymore, pays a bigger premium now for property insurance or enjoys eating seafood. Did we leave...

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Our obsession with hereditary cancers didn't start when we discovered the breast cancer gene

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Angelina Jolie received much public attention for her decisions to undergo first a prophylactic double mastectomy and, later, prophylactic surgery to remove her ovaries and fallopian tubes.

The procedures were Jolie’s response to learning she had the BRCA 1 gene mutation, which predisposes women to a...

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