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  • Trees covered in snow.Lifestyle

    5 perfect books to read over the winter holidays

    By Liz Rosenberg and The Conversation
  • Person with shopping cartPersonal Finance

    Americans waste close to one-third of all food purchases—the equivalent of 1,250 calories a day. Here’s a breakdown of how bad it is

    By Brian E. Roe and The Conversation
  • Jerome PowellFinance

    The Fed’s target for inflation is a made-up number that lacks any concrete evidence. That’s kind of the point

    By Veronika Dolar, Assistant Professor of Economics, SUNY Old Westbury and The Conversation
  • A doctor looking through a window.Health

    Sterilization is the top form of contraception for women. Here’s why some doctors won’t even talk about it with their patients

    By Elizabeth Hintz and The Conversation
  • Ada LovelaceLifestyle

    The world’s first computer programmer was the daughter of a romantic poet who took inspiration from embroidery to write the first algorithm

    By Corinna Schlombs and The Conversation
  • A wind farm on the ocean.Environment

    California is trying to create the country’s first offshore wind farms—Here’s how that works, and what it will take to make it happen

    By Matthew Lackner and The Conversation
  • Three Chinese astronauts getting ready for the Shenzhou-15 manned space mission.Tech

    China just opened its very first space station, a ‘heavenly palace’ manned by taikonauts

    By Scott Shackelford, Eytan Tepper, and others
  • Old Synagogue in ErfurtHealth

    Something happened to Ashkenazi Jews in medieval Europe to eliminate genetic diversity, study finds

    By Shai Carmi, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, David Reich, Harvard University, and others
  • Virginia Walmart shootingRetail

    The Virginia Walmart shooter is part of a spike in incidents at stores: Here’s what we know about retail mass shootings

    By Jillian Peterson Hamline University and The Conversation
  • First DayHealth

    Time Is Running Out to Fund a Program That Insures 9 Million Kids

    By Simon Haeder and The Conversation
  • Bill Gates Makes Speech At Peking UniversityLeadership

    Copying Bill Gates Is a Bad Idea if You Want to Get Rich

    By Chengwei Liu and The Conversation
  • Hurricane Irma Expected Hits the West Coast of Florida

    What Would It Take for the U.S. to Bury Its Power Lines?

    By Theodore J. Kury and The Conversation
  • Bitcoin cryptocurrencyThe Coins

    Cryptocurrencies May Be a Dream Come True for Cyber-Extortionists

    By Nir Kshetri and The Conversation
  • HAITI-WEATHER-HURRICANE

    Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Katia Drive Immigration to the U.S.

    By Dean Yang, Parag Mahajan, and others
  • Domino's Pizza and Ford's test vehicle for self-driving deliveries.Tech

    Will Consumers Actually Like Having Pizza Delivered by a Self-Driving Car?

    By Sylvain Charlebois and The Conversation