Articles filed under Washington Post
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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...
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Why Apple music isn't for everyoneJul 04, 2015 7:18 am - Apple released its new music service into the wild this week, along with an update of its mobile software called iOS 8.4. So I upgraded, tried it and made my own persona...
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Apple the latest in music business shake-upJul 04, 2015 7:15 am - More than a decade ago, the music industry was in crisis. Songs were being passed around the Internet illegally, and CD sales were in decline. So major labels and musici...