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Two Key Ways Parents Can Raise Kids Who Are Eager To Do Chores : Goats and Soda : NPR
In some cultures kids roll their eyes when asked to do chores. In others, they'll pitch in without even being asked. Researchers have identified two key practices to raise helpful children.
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Stockton's Universal Basic Income Experiment Increased Employment And Well-Being : NPR
Independent researchers found that the first year of a universal basic income experiment in Stockton, Calif., measurably improved recipients' job prospects, financial stability and overall well-being.
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How the Public-Health Messaging Backfired - The Atlantic
We can learn from our failures.
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E-mail Is Making Us Miserable | The New Yorker
In an attempt to work more effectively, we’ve accidentally deployed an inhumane way to collaborate.
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Clean energy shift hits a snag in North Dakota : NPR
Across the country, coal plants are shutting down. Wind turbines are going up. But the transition can be rocky. In North Dakota, some officials are trying to defend coal by blocking new wind turbines.
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Unsung Economists: Arthur Lewis — The Indicator from Planet Money — Overcast
Arthur Lewis changed our understanding of how poor countries can improve their economies — and became the first Black economist to win the Economics Nobel
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Inside the Making of Facebook’s Supreme Court | The New Yorker
The company has created a board that can overrule even Mark Zuckerberg. Soon it will decide whether to allow Trump back on Facebook.
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Procurement is a powerful tool to start building markets for other products’
The billionaire philanthropist offers four bold ideas to help business take on the climate crisis
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Electric Cars Are Coming, and Fast. Is the Nation’s Grid Up to It? - The New York Times
GM’s decision this week to phase out gasoline vehicles is the latest in a major shift that will mean drastic new demands on electric utilities. Here are four things that will need to happen.
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Busting Myths About Exercise — Fresh Air — Overcast
Paleoanthropologist Daniel Lieberman says the concept of “exercise” is a relatively new thing. His new book, ‘Exercised,’ examines why we run, lift and walk for a workout, when our ancestors didn’t. W...
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