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Stop Wasting Water! New Study Reveals How to Get People to Conserve – And It’s Not Just About Money
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BALTIMORE, MD, April 30, 2025 – As droughts worsen and water shortages hit communities worldwide, a new study in the INFORMS journal Decision Analysis has uncovered a smarter way to get people to save water – without breaking the bank.

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China’s rare earth minerals power the modern world. Banning their export could destroy it
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Beijing has a virtual monopoly on rare earth minerals—the materials that power everything from military planes to your electric toothbrush.

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Trump’s tech tariff confusion
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The Trump administration’s back-and-forth moves on tariffs for technology products are stirring confusion in a sector heavily reliant on global supply chains.  
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Canceling the College-Football Season Isn’t Enough

Canceling the College-Football Season Isn’t Enough

The Chronicle of Higher Education, July 20, 2020

The National Collegiate Athletic Association needs to cancel the college-football season. There should be nothing controversial about this statement. After all, Canadian universities canceled fall sports more than a month ago — so has Morehouse College, and so have the Ivies and the entire National Junior College Athletic Association.

'Tremendous Responsibility': Why Illini Don't Release COVID Info

'Tremendous Responsibility': Why Illini Don't Release COVID Info

Illini Inquirer, July 19, 2020

As college athletes have returned to campuses across the country for voluntary workouts over the last six weeks, athletic departments are taking various approaches to how they disclose COVID-19 test results with the public.

What Went Wrong in Florida? Timing, Testing, Tourism and a COVID-19 Crush

What Went Wrong in Florida? Timing, Testing, Tourism and a COVID-19 Crush

Ellwood City Ledger, July 17, 2020

Two months after Gov. Ron DeSantis boasted about proving the experts wrong by flattening the curve and getting COVID-19 under control, Florida has become the state that other states don’t want to become. Even with an emergency order reversing the reopening of bars and nightclubs, Florida has witnessed unprecedented, record-breaking growth in the daily number of cases and deaths reported for the last two weeks.

Researchers: COVID-19 Data Often Incomplete, Unavailable

Researchers: COVID-19 Data Often Incomplete, Unavailable

The Richmond County Daily Journal, July 16, 2020

As COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations rise across North Carolina, key parts of the state’s science and data remain inaccessible to the public. “North Carolina is relying on the data and the science to lift restrictions responsibly, and right now our increasing numbers show we need to hit the pause button while we work to stabilize our trends,” Gov. Roy Cooper said June 24 when he announced the modified Phase Two restrictions.

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