Articles filed under Washington Post
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App reviews: Star Chart, DuetJul 11, 2015 7:35 am - On summer nights, there's nothing quite like gazing at the sky and taking in the stars. But what exactly is up there? With this app, you can point your phone at the sky ...
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Do these 8 things and you will be more creative and insightful, neuroscientists sayJul 11, 2015 7:35 am - Tests of human intelligence show that as IQ, the measure of our analytical thinking skills, appears to be on the rise, creative thinking may be on the wane as our hyper-...
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Why we're so scared of GMOsJul 11, 2015 7:00 am - When Chipotle announced earlier this year that it would no longer serve food made with genetically modified organisms due to safety concerns, customers rejoiced. But the...
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What will happen to the Internet if Reddit shuts down?Jul 11, 2015 7:00 am - If Reddit went offline tomorrow, you would see immediate ripples across the Internet. First, and perhaps least importantly, traffic to porn sites would plummet. Later, m...
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Now that we can edit our genome, where do we go?Jul 06, 2015 6:00 am - Every human genome contains the blueprints for building a person, a library of roughly 20,000 genes that encode everything from eye color to cancer risk. Imagine if tho...
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Tackling the problem of childhood obesityJul 06, 2015 5:45 am - All right, parents, it's time for a change. Childhood obesity is a very real problem, and I've seen plenty of examples among my patients: a 4-year-old weighing 75 pounds...
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More Pell grant recipients have little or no savingsJul 05, 2015 7:42 am - WASHINGTON - A federal program for the country's neediest college students is witnessing a troubling trend: an influx of students with fewer resources to pay for school....
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An introvert's less-than-happy face is holding her backJul 05, 2015 7:09 am - Q: I am a 35-year-old woman. Throughout my career, no matter how much knowledge or training I have had, I have never been promoted or felt respected. It all came to a he...
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Ready to jump off the treadmill? Here's how.Jul 05, 2015 7:09 am - The 24/7 nature of our lives has many people feeling like they are spinning out of control, running on a treadmill that won't slow down. We are bombarded with messages a...
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Inaction on climate change would cost billions, major EPA study findsJul 05, 2015 6:32 am - A global agreement to curb greenhouse gas emissions would prevent nearly 70,000 premature American deaths annually by the end of the century while sparing the country hu...