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Personal FinanceA psychologist who’s been treating gambling addicts for over a decade reveals how sports betting apps really hook you
By Meredith K. Ginley and The ConversationFebruary 6, 2023
HealthA doctor explains how centuries of trauma and inequality led up to Native American life expectancy dropping by 6.5 years during COVID pandemic
By Allison Kelliher and The ConversationFebruary 3, 2023
Personal FinanceIn just 5 years sports betting has transformed into a $13 billion industry—but there’s a danger
By John Affleck and The ConversationFebruary 2, 2023
SuccessYou need to detach and ‘psychologically recover’ from work, professors say. Commuting is a ‘liminal space’ where that can happen
By Matthew Piszczek, Kristie McAlpine and The ConversationFebruary 2, 2023
HealthLung cancer rates in women have skyrocketed 79% over the last few decades—and many of them aren’t even smokers
By Estelamari Rodriguez and The ConversationFebruary 1, 2023
EnvironmentCars have a death grip on American cities—but a new movement against parking spaces is starting to gain traction
By Kevin J. Krizek, John Hersey and The ConversationFebruary 1, 2023
FinanceA Harvard professor who helped Bill Clinton balance the budget in the 1990s says Kevin McCarthy will struggle to keep that promise
By Linda J. Bilmes and The ConversationFebruary 1, 2023
HealthAutomatic enrollment was an absolute game changer for Medicaid—It’s about to expire and up to 14 million Americans could be left out in the cold
By Mark Shepard and The ConversationJanuary 31, 2023
TechBig Tech layoffs have claimed 70,000 jobs in the last year and it could put an end to inflated salaries—along with innovation
By Nathalie Collins, Jeff Volkheimer, Paul Haskell-Dowland and The ConversationJanuary 31, 2023
HealthThe rise and fall of the Liver King—a social media sensation who is now being sued by his followers for $25 million
By Catalina Goanta and The ConversationJanuary 31, 2023
EnvironmentScientists say that oysters and beavers are the eco heroes we’ve been waiting for and they’re doing all the work ‘for free’
By Daniel Merino, Nehal El-Hadi and The ConversationJanuary 30, 2023
TechChatGPT might be taking over the internet, but a computer scientist explains why some problems are still too hard to solve—even for AI
By Jie Wang and The ConversationJanuary 30, 2023
FinanceHow bad is the debt ceiling stand-off in Congress? Like potential collapse of the dollar as global ‘unit of account’ bad, economist says.
By Michael Humphries and The ConversationJanuary 30, 2023
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