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Elon Musk’s Brave New World: it worked for Henry Ford; why not Tesla?

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imageBut can you make an EV at half the price of that one? Maurizio Pesce/flickr, CC BY-SA

The share price of Tesla Motors shot up this week after a financial analyst said that the electric vehicle maker is “uniquely positioned to dominate” the auto industry.

Is Tesla, with its tightly integrated supply chain,...

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Who says libraries are dying? They are evolving into spaces for innovation

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imageToday's libraries are offering skill-building programsKnight Foundation, CC BY-SA

With the expansion of digital media, the rise of e-books and massive budget cuts, the end of libraries has been predicted many times over.

And while it is true that library budgets have been slashed, causing cuts in operating hours and branch...

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Ray Tensing was trained, equipped much like 32,000 other campus cops

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imageBody cam image of Tensing after the shooting.Hamilton County Prosecutor's Office/REUTERS

On July 19 2015, an unarmed African-American motorist, Samuel Dubose, was stopped for a missing front license plate by 25-year-old Ray Tensing, an officer with the University of Cincinnati Police Department (UCPD). The outcome was...

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A melting Arctic demands more – not less – research on earth science

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imageHot spot for much-needed research. NASA, CC BY-SA

The Arctic is melting rapidly. Who cares? Anyone who is concerned about the rising price of food, lives near the coast, shoveled snow all winter, can’t water their lawn anymore, pays a bigger premium now for property insurance or enjoys eating seafood. Did we leave...

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Our obsession with hereditary cancers didn't start when we discovered the breast cancer gene

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Angelina Jolie received much public attention for her decisions to undergo first a prophylactic double mastectomy and, later, prophylactic surgery to remove her ovaries and fallopian tubes.

The procedures were Jolie’s response to learning she had the BRCA 1 gene mutation, which predisposes women to a...

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Hummingbird tongues are tiny pumps that spring open to draw in nectar

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imageA juvenile male black-throated mango hummingbird (_Anthracothorax nigricollis_) extending his tongue after drinking nectar.Kristiina Hurme, CC BY-ND

Hummingbirds live life at incomprehensible speeds. Their flight acrobatics are amazing, maneuvering more like insects than birds as they flit around, flying upside down and...

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In the push for marketable skills, are we forgetting the beauty and poetry of STEM disciplines?

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imageThere is beauty in mathematical ideas and proofs.lucapost, CC BY-NC-ND

Thousands of students are preparing to begin their job searches with newly earned STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) degrees in hand, eagerly waiting to use the logical, analytical and practical skills they’ve acquired.

However,...

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