#Detroit seniors pay some of Michigan’s highest housing costs while living in some of its lowest-value homes. Nearly half spend over 30% of their income just to stay housed.
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Nearly half of Detroit seniors spend at least 30% of their income on housing costs − even as real estate values fall
Detroit seniors pay more in homeowner’s insurance, utilities and property tax, and those on fixed incomes can struggle to make ends meet.
Iran’s government shut down the internet to stop protests. It hasn’t worked.
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How social media is channeling popular discontent in Iran during ongoing period of domestic unrest
Information is still getting out despite an almost total internet blackout, especially with the help of diaspora groups. That poses a big problem f...
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If you asked people around the world which way is down, they'd all point in different directions. A planetary scientist explains how gravity, rotation and collisions shaped not just our solar system, but entire galaxies.
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What is below Earth, since space is present in every direction?
Which way is ‘down’ has a different answer depending on where you are on Earth, in the solar system, in our galaxy and beyond.
Venezuela’s oil industry has flailed under government control. Mexico and Brazil have had more success with nationalization, explains a scholar of global energy.
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Venezuela’s oil industry has flailed under government control – Mexico and Brazil have had more success with nationalizing
US oil companies have never stopped investing and operating in Venezuela’s petroleum industry, despite many changes in the terms of their engagem...
Trump has been involved in 4,000+ lawsuits in his lifetime – including a $10 billion suit filed against the BBC in December. Media freedom scholars say the goal isn’t to win in court — it’s to intimidate critics and weaken the press’s ability to hold him accountable.
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Trump lawsuits seek to muzzle media, posing serious threat to free press
The president has sued multiple media companies. He may care less about winning in court than intimidating news outlets, suggest two media scholars.
Years of tension between Saudi Arabia and the UAE over Yemen finally boiled over in December when the Saudis accused their ally of arming separatists. The two Gulf powers have clashing visions for regional stability – and that could fracture the entire region.
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Saudi-UAE bust-up over Yemen was only a matter of time − and reflects wider rift over vision for the region
Initially, the two gulf states were in alignment over Yemen’s civil war. But the Arab coalition’s unity has long since gone.
If Ukraine gives up land to get a peace deal, eventually reclaiming that land may require Russia's internal collapse. History shows voluntary returns of occupied territory are extremely rare.
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Ukraine is under pressure to trade land for peace − if it does, history shows it might not ever get it back
Ukraine may need a major, system-level change or crisis in Russia to regain any lost territories.
In 1944, an active-duty US army soldier used this envelope to mail in his ballot. Congress has passed laws to make it easier for overseas citizens to vote. The Supreme Court is considering a GOP challenge to laws allowing for votes that don’t arrive by election day to be counted.
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Americans have had their mail-in ballots counted after Election Day for generations − a Supreme Court ruling could end the practice
29 states allow mail-in ballots postmarked by Election Day to be counted days after an election. A case before the Supreme Court could take that de...
Don’t do CPR like you see on TV! It’s easier than that. TV characters who experience cardiac arrest outside a hospital are more likely to receive CPR than people in real life, and the CPR on these shows often uses outdated practices and inaccurate techniques
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CPR on TV is often inaccurate – but watching characters jump to the rescue can still save real lives
TV shows can be misleading when it comes to educating viewers on hands-only CPR, along with who experiences cardiac arrest and where.
Why an astronomer is really excited about today's telescope launch: "We built Pandora to shatter a barrier – to understand and remove a source of noise in the data – that limits our ability to study small exoplanets in detail and search for life on them."
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NASA’s Pandora telescope will study stars in detail to learn about the exoplanets orbiting them
The findings from Pandora will complement data from the James Webb Space Telescope to give astronomers more insight into stars and planets outside ...
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