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Health Sep 04
Study finds that home-cooking disproportionately burdens mothersA team of researchers at North Carolina State University published a study challenging the idea that home-cooked meals are ultimately “better” for the family as a whole.
Nation Aug 29
UN Committee condemns U.S. for racial disparity, police brutalityAfrican Americans across the country, the CERD explained in a press conference, bear a disproportionate amount of the burden associated with economic and social disparity.
Arts Aug 28
Amazon acquisition ‘Twitch’ boasts audience rivaling primetime TVOn Monday, Amazon announced that it had finalized a deal to acquire Twitch.tv, a live streaming video service geared towards the broadcast of video game gameplay.
Science Aug 27
Growing human tissue for mass-productionBy manipulating adult cells harvested from skin, the team has recreated the tissue of vital organs that might otherwise be difficult or dangerous to obtain from test subjects. Using these so-called "organoid chips" in lieu of people might give doctors…
Science Aug 26
California law orders kill-switch software in smartphonesStarting on July 1, 2015, residents of California will be able to remotely wipe their cell phone data with the push of a button.
Nation Aug 25
Google-like NSA search engine implemented to learn about civiliansOver 1,000 data analysts at 23 U.S. governmental agencies, including the DEA, FBI, and CIA, were given access to ICREACH -- a Google-like search engine populated with hundreds of millions of records detailing e-mails, phone calls, instant messages, and phone…
Science Aug 25
Human workers report feeling most productive when led by artificial intelligenceResearchers from MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab found that teams of human workers were at their happiest and most productive when their tasks were directed by robotic artificial intelligence.
World Aug 22
As governments invade privacy, tools for encryption grow more popularIn the wake of Edward Snowden’s revelations about the NSA collecting massive amounts of user meta-data, many people went in search of safer, more secure ways to use the internet anonymously. Once thought to be something only used by the…
Nation Aug 22
Islamic State militant group used less restrictive social networkThe Islamic State extremist group began using a social networking website with less restrictions on users after other social media sites, Twitter and YouTube in particular, removed content related to the group.
Nation Aug 21
Women significantly outnumber teenage boys in gamer demographicsAdult female gamers have unseated boys under the age of 18 as the largest video game-playing demographic in the U.S., according to a recently published study from the Entertainment Software Association, a trade group focused the U.S. gaming industry.
