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Soaring mortgage rates have combined with high housing prices to push homebuying out of reach for many people, causing major knock-on effects on their lives.

Mental and emotional health is on a par with physical health and financial security when it comes to negative impacts on overall well-being, researchers say.

Dr. Mark Ghaly will be stepping down as head of the California Health and Human Services Agency, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced.

'Something that Sunrise has taught me, and that I've learned from the world around me, is that hope comes through collective action but is also something that you need to practice.'

An AI chatbot was able to persuade people to reconsider their beliefs in conspiracy theories about the JFK assassination, the moon landing and election fraud.

When tech companies present their products as sleek autonomous computers, that ignores the labor powering the machines.

As artificial intelligence and cloud storage hoover up more and more space on the nation's computer servers, real estate developers are racing to build new data centers or convert existing buildings to data uses.

Infrastructure expansion will enable rapid ingestion, homogenization of new multi-omics and real-world data for accelerated delivery of multidimensional insights to inform drug development

Microfluidic chips that mimic the complex human cervical environment provide a platform to study the reproductive tract and associated infections like bacterial vaginosis.

An ancient campsite discovered in the Great Lakes can tell us how these ancient humans used to live.

New application of Raman spectroscopy imaging allows scientists to probe the chemical composition of sailors lost at sea over 500 years ago.

My first 18 years saw a lot of pets — a cat, a dog, two rabbits, some fish, a frog and a snake…

The 'Sicko Mode' rapper is expanding his Houston music festival to two days while the 'Cars' hitmaker is set to perform his new album 'Intruder' live at an online concert.

Two Chinese faces peep out from the front pages of the papers this week: Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao and activist Ai Weiwei.

This explains a lot.

A Narcissist's Prayer That didn't happen. And if it did, it wasn't that bad. And if it was, that's not a big deal. And if it is, that's not my fault. And if it was, I didn't mean it. And if I did You deserved it. by Dayna EM Craig The Trauma Survivor Mantra It did happen. It was bad. It was a big deal. It doesn't matter if they meant it. I reject the shame. I didn't deserve it. by Dr. Elayna Fernández ~~~~~ Elayna Fernández is a happy, smiling, festive, wise powerhouse who lives oh so large. A joy to read, I cannot help but smile. I was/am so glad to come across her take on A Narcissists Prayer -- honest, painful, human, smart. A Narcissists Prayer is the best description of the animal I've ever come upon, in six lines (!) no less. Craig gives it to us dead on. Fernández in The Trauma Survivor Mantra nails it, gives us the sane and healthy response to insane unhealthy people.

The world population is going up, and human-wildlife overlap is increasing. That can lead to negative outcomes, including spread of disease and species extinction. There can be benefits, too, but it will require some planning. That's the focus of a new study out of the University of Michigan. WEMU's David Fair spoke with Associate Professor in Conservation Science Dr. Neil Carter about the study and what can be done right here in Washtenaw County.

Cortex and I decided to make up for lost time after the delayed previous episode by knocking out another one quick-like, and here it is! Catching up on what we can of the last couple of months of MeFi, and also ranting and philosophizing a little bit about recent seismic changes in the social media sphere and also about design skeuomorphism and the semiotics of interfaces? That last bit is probably overselling it a little? Anyway, runs about 90 minutes.

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Copyright 2020 NPR. To see more, visit STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Seventy five years ago this summer, the United States brought an end to the Second World War. An American battleship anchored in Tokyo Bay in 1945 - Japanese officials and top hats came aboard and formally surrendered to General Douglas MacArthur, who gave a speech. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) DOUGLAS MACARTHUR: It is my earnest hope and, indeed, the hope of all mankind, that from this solemn occasion a better world shall emerge out of the blood and carnage of the past. INSKEEP: Having invaded China and attacked the U.S., Japan ended the war in ruins. That's the overall story. But what was the experience for people in the wreckage of Japanese cities? Japanese civilians lived and died in U.S. fire bombings, atomic bombings and a years-long U.S. occupation as they rebuilt their devastated country. The writer Asako Serizawa says her parents and grandparents were among those civilians. She imagines the stories of such people

Vannesa Daza habla sobre el problema de mala calidad de aire

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Analistas analizaron el aumento del precio del dólar; debatieron los desafíos humanitarios ante migraciones y criticaron las peleas políticas de las figuras de oposición.

Panelistas creen que países de la región no están comprometidos en darle un sentido humano al problema migratorio para resolverlo; creen que Estados Unidos tiene “la sartén por el mango”.

Panelistas consideran que no hay sistematicidad, creen que se desconocen elementos como los efectos de los bloqueos y critican la reacción del gobierno ante el contenido de los documentos.

Panelistas analizaron las condiciones de los jóvenes colombianos ante los desafíos en la calidad de la educación; la oferta en el campo laboral y la porción de jóvenes que ni estudian ni trabajan.

Panelistas explican que en definitiva el Estado tiene zonas vetadas donde el control es de ilegales. En el propósito político creen termina beneficiando a la derecha.

Panelistas consideran que por ahora casi todas las fórmulas elegidas pueden sumar. Creen que es bueno esperar si a futuro logran sumar otros sectores.

Panelistas analizaron que debe haber responsabilidad política y civil ante los errores que se cometieron en la operación. Consideran que hubo grave violación al DIH.

Panelistas analizaron a partir de los resultados de primera vuelta y las últimas encuestas, el panorama de sumas y restas para ganar la presidencia.

El alcalde Pumarejo aseguró que, si no hay respuesta favorable por parte de las empresas generadoras de energía, se recurrirá al legislativo.

Dos gobernadores, la alcaldesa de Bogotá, un analista y un negociador de paz analizan los hechos con los que el país inicia la semana.

Seis expertos analizaron las causas del conflicto, la respuesta de Israel y las eventuales salidas tras los ataques generados por Hamas desde Gaza.

Panelistas reflexionaron sobre el plano humanitario en los conflictos, el fracaso de los sistemas internacionales y sobre lo que podemos hacer como sociedad con la espiral de dolor que atravesamos

Panelistas consideran que En agosto nos vemos no se refleja la vasta obra del nobel de literatura colombiano. Otros consideran haberla disfrutado.

Analistas consideran que el trabajo desde el territorio y tener en cuenta las dinámicas económicas locales es clave para lograr el desarrollo.

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