2019

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  Diversity of Life Is Falling at an Unprecedented Rate

  A United Nations report says nature is being destroyed at a rate “unprecedented in human history.”
   
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  On the Upside, Traffic Might Improve …

  A study by Princeton University says 34 million people would be killed in the first hours of a nuclear war between the U.S. and Russia.
   
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  “Every Breath You Take …”

  The research division of the CIA wants facial recognition technology that can identify people from hundreds of yards away.
   
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  Presidential Pandemonium

  Is impeachment in the cards for Trump? And what does the process really entail?
   
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  Comedian Prescribes “Shame” as Cure for Obesity

  During a recent airing of his live TV show, Bill Maher said that many Americans are dying of obesity and that fat shaming needs to make a comeback.
   
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  New Entrant in Dark Film Parade Showered with Accolades

  Edgier films seem to be waiting in the wings to overtake more upbeat movies when mood shifts to negative.
   
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  Social Media Companies Take on Anti-Vaxx Movement

  Facebook and Instagram are countering anti-vaccine rhetoric with educational pop-up windows that appear when users search for vaccine-related information.
   
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  To Brexit, or Not to Brexit: Find Order in the Chaos

  The news out of the U.K is almost as volatile as the markets. Yet if we step back, we can see some order in the disarray.
   
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  Why So Many Home Runs?

  If the “steroid era” is a thing of the past, what’s driving this year’s home-run surge?
   
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  Football’s Roller-Coaster Ride Shows No Signs of Stopping

  Retired NFL fullback Le’Ron McClain announced on Twitter, “Need to tell my story of how my head is crazy and how football did it.”