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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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Yes, Balancing Work and Parenting is Impossible. Here's the Data.

Yes, Balancing Work and Parenting is Impossible. Here's the Data.

The Washington Post, July 10, 2020

Like millions of other parents, we have been struggling to sustain the competing jobs of work, home schooling and parenting. School is out for the summer, and the debate about how and where to resume it in the fall is raging. But here’s how our spring went and how the fall will probably look: We wake up when our younger daughter climbs into our bed to tell us about her dreams, we make breakfast, and we triage the tasks everyone needs to get done during the day

America Isn’t Prepared To Bring Back Sports

America Isn’t Prepared To Bring Back Sports

HuffPost, July 11, 2020

It took less than a week for Major League Baseball’s efforts to restart its 2020 season to run into gigantic problems. At least four teams ― the Washington Nationals, Oakland A’s, Houston Astros and San Francisco Giants  ― temporarily shut down summer training camps this week because the players either hadn’t been tested or hadn’t received results in a timely manner over Fourth of July weekend. Atlanta Braves star Freddie Freeman tested positive for the coronavirus and is sick at home. At least three of his teammates tested positive too. A growing number of players, including two Atlanta veterans, have decided to opt out of playing this season, and more could soon follow.

What US Medical Supply Chain Can Learn From the Fashion Industry

What US Medical Supply Chain Can Learn From the Fashion Industry

The Conversation, July 10, 2020

The shortage of crucial medical supplies, especially personal protective equipment, has crippled the United States’ ability to quell the COVID-19 pandemic. At least 54,000 nursing home residents and workers have died from COVID-19 in the U.S. as of June 26. This is a staggering number when compared to nursing homes in Hong Kong, which have reported zero deaths despite cramped quarters.

U of I Professor Projects Football Will See 50 Percent COVID Infection Rate, Multiple Deaths

U of I Professor Projects Football Will See 50 Percent COVID Infection Rate, Multiple Deaths

Aledo Times Record, July 12, 2020

Dr. Sheldon Jacobson, a University of Illinois computer science professor, projected last week that there will be multiple deaths and thousands of COVID-19 infections in the population of about 13,000 college football players if the NCAA continues forward with its currently scheduled FBS season. Jacobson told CBS Sports that his model shows that between 30 and 50 percent of FBS players will contract the virus, while three to seven players would be expected to die.

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