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Billions of phones can detect and warn about nearby earthquakes
Jeremy Hsu
Early warnings can save lives before earthquakes like the 5.6-magnitude quake that killed and injured hundreds in Indonesia in 2022 ADITYA AJI/AFP via Getty Images Your phone may be among the billi ...[Continue Reading]
New Scientist
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Trump wants Texas to redraw its congressional map. Here's what to know.
Melissa Quinn, Caroline Linton
Washington The Texas Legislature is set to convene Monday for a special session where it will attempt to redraw the state's congressional map to boost President Trump and his allies' efforts to mai ...[Continue Reading]
CBS News
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How Dartmouth Became the Ivy Leagues Switzerland
Rob Wolfe
Harry Kalven, Jr., a late law professor at the University of Chicago, once wrote that, from time to time, circumstances arise in which the society, or segments of it, threaten the very mission of the ...[Continue Reading]
The New Yorker
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Donald Trump, Jeffrey Epstein, and Three Conspiracy-Theory Theories
Jon Allsop
For this weeks Fault Lines column, Jon Allsop is filling in for Jay Caspian Kang. In January, three days after President Donald Trump began his second term, he issued an executive order to declassif ...[Continue Reading]
The New Yorker
1 day ago
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The Road Map to Restoring American Democracy
Garry Kasparov
Subscribe here: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube | Overcast | Pocket Casts Have Americans grown complacent, thinking nothing can shake the United States democracy? Host Garry Kasparov is joined by ...[Continue Reading]
The Atlantic
1 day ago
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Executive Lawlessness: Leah Litman on the Supreme Court Enabling Presidential Overreach
The Intercept Briefing
During Donald Trumps first term, the Supreme Court made some effort to check his power. But that era is over. The court has ruled that Trump cannot be prosecuted for actions he took as president, inc ...[Continue Reading]
The Intercept
1 day ago