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How World War I Advanced Medicine: Advances during the “first mass killing of the 20th century” have saved countless

How World War I Advanced Medicine: Advances during the “first mass killing of the 20th century” have saved countless lives since.
Source: theatlantic.com

Why Did People on Medicaid Vote for Trump?: A new report explores why those who benefitted from Obamacare’s Medicaid expansion

Why Did People on Medicaid Vote for Trump?: A new report explores why those who benefitted from Obamacare’s Medicaid expansion supported the man who promised to reverse it.
Source: theatlantic.com

Supply, Demand, and the Subscription Model in Scholarly Publishing - An Analysis - The Scholarly Kitchen: An overview of

Supply, Demand, and the Subscription Model in Scholarly Publishing - An Analysis - The Scholarly Kitchen: An overview of usage trends across libraries and journals indicates that usage is generally stable or up, archives remain of interest, and consumption doesn't align with authorship or funding.
Source: sspnet.org

Patients Are Ditching Opioid Pills for Weed: Can marijuana help solve the opioid epidemic?

Patients Are Ditching Opioid Pills for Weed: Can marijuana help solve the opioid epidemic?
Source: theatlantic.com

How Iceland Got Teens to Say No to Drugs: Curfews, sports, and understanding kids’ brain chemistry have all helped dramatically

How Iceland Got Teens to Say No to Drugs: Curfews, sports, and understanding kids’ brain chemistry have all helped dramatically curb substance abuse in the country.
Source: theatlantic.com

The Internet Archive is building up a Trump presidential library — of everything he’s ever said, on video: President-elect

The Internet Archive is building up a Trump presidential library — of everything he’s ever said, on video: President-elect Donald J. Trump says a lot of things — and often denies a lot of the things he's said. The Internet Archive launched Thursday a huge Trump Archive dedicated to housing videos...
Source: niemanlab.org

The Internet Archive just got a bit more useful - and a lot more political - ExtremeTech: Archive.org seems to think the

The Internet Archive just got a bit more useful - and a lot more political - ExtremeTech: Archive.org seems to think the Trump Administration will be so disastrous for data freedom that it is literally moving (a copy) to Canada.
Source: extremetech.com

New Evidence of the Superiority of Female Doctors: If all physicians were women, 32,000 fewer Americans would die every

New Evidence of the Superiority of Female Doctors: If all physicians were women, 32,000 fewer Americans would die every year.
Source: theatlantic.com

Why Americans Die Younger Than Europeans: Americans are more obese, poorer, more isolated, and with less access to health

Why Americans Die Younger Than Europeans: Americans are more obese, poorer, more isolated, and with less access to health care—and it's killing them.
Source: theatlantic.com

Why You Shouldn't Listen to Music While You Work: Unless you’re a truck driver or surgeon, it will hurt your performance.

Why You Shouldn't Listen to Music While You Work: Unless you’re a truck driver or surgeon, it will hurt your performance.
Source: theatlantic.com

How Cubans Live as Long as Americans at a Tenth of the Cost

How Cubans Live as Long as Americans at a Tenth of the Cost
Source: theatlantic.com

What's 'Healthy'? What's 'Natural'?: Consumers, food companies, and lawyers are curious.

What's 'Healthy'? What's 'Natural'?: Consumers, food companies, and lawyers are curious.
Source: theatlantic.com

The U.S. Is Now Eating and Wasting Twice as Much Food as It Did in 1975

The U.S. Is Now Eating and Wasting Twice as Much Food as It Did in 1975
Source: theatlantic.com

Timeless Tips for 'Simple Sabotage' — Central Intelligence Agency. This is a great collection of sabotage techniques

Timeless Tips for 'Simple Sabotage' — Central Intelligence Agency. This is a great collection of sabotage techniques which, when you read them, feel exactly like those most annoying things colleagues do in organisations. Maybe they are just trying to wreck things? Learn to recognise when your work...
Source: cia.gov

Why Whole Wheat Is Better Than White: If you're still eating refined pastas and breads, a switch could add years to your

Why Whole Wheat Is Better Than White: If you're still eating refined pastas and breads, a switch could add years to your life.
Source: theatlantic.com

Your Spare Computing Power Could Help Fight Zika: Scientists are using a network called the World Community Grid to process

Your Spare Computing Power Could Help Fight Zika: Scientists are using a network called the World Community Grid to process huge amounts of data in an attempt to understand how to tackle the virus.
Source: theatlantic.com

The Plan to Avert Our Post-Antibiotic Apocalypse : A new report estimates that by 2050, drug-resistant infections will kill

The Plan to Avert Our Post-Antibiotic Apocalypse : A new report estimates that by 2050, drug-resistant infections will kill one person every three seconds, unless the world’s governments take drastic steps now.
Source: theatlantic.com

The Strong Evidence Against Spanking: A review of the available research finds that physical punishment is significantly

The Strong Evidence Against Spanking: A review of the available research finds that physical punishment is significantly linked to bad outcomes for kids.
Source: theatlantic.com

Rising Suicide Rates: According to a new CDC study, suicide rates jumped sharply in the U.S., particularly among women and

Rising Suicide Rates: According to a new CDC study, suicide rates jumped sharply in the U.S., particularly among women and Native Americans.
Source: theatlantic.com

The Drugs That Built a Super Soldier: During the Vietnam War, the U.S. military plied its servicemen with speed, steroids,

The Drugs That Built a Super Soldier: During the Vietnam War, the U.S. military plied its servicemen with speed, steroids, and painkillers to help them handle extended combat.
Source: theatlantic.com