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  • Gaining Respect One Clothing Item at a Time

    Gaining Respect One Clothing Item at a Time4

    Whenever I fly, I do my best to dress somewhat professionally, even if I’m only heading out to see a friend for a brief visit. My travel outfits aren’t fancy—a nice top and a skirt (the latter going no longer than the knee to avoid getting pulled over by TSA)—but they do look respectable. Doing

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  • Friday Comic: Early Life0

    Credit: OwenComics (store) Twitter: @owenbroadcast. Instagram: @owenbroadcast Save this article to favorites

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  • For the Love of English, Stop Changing Definitions

    For the Love of English, Stop Changing Definitions10

    There has long been a debate in linguistics about how to approach language and how language should be used by native speakers. The two traditional schools of thought are prescriptivists and descriptivists. The former are concerned with establishing norms for language and formulating rules and proper ways of using said language. On the other hand,

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  • A Rural, Waldorf Microschool Gets Shut Down By State Regulators

    A Rural, Waldorf Microschool Gets Shut Down By State Regulators2

    Ariel Maguire gathered together with other moms in her rural area of the Big Island of Hawaii to create a child-centered educational solution for local families. It was late 2021 and the parents realized that nearly two years of pandemic policies had left their kids behind both academically and socially. There weren’t a lot of

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  • Pride Goes Before a Fall

    Pride Goes Before a Fall2

    Named for Juno, the Roman goddess of women, marriage, and childbirth, June remains one of the most popular months for weddings. Its temperate climate also wins accolades, as from poet James Russell Lowell: “And what is so rare as a day in June? / Then, if ever, come perfect days.” In our present age, June

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  • Why Are Scientists Boasting of Creating ‘Synthetic Human Embryos’?

    Why Are Scientists Boasting of Creating ‘Synthetic Human Embryos’?1

    A scientist working in Cambridge and California has just announced that she and her colleagues have made a ‘synthetic human embryo’. They took a human embryonic  stem cell line and used it to make what looks like an early human embryo. This ‘synthetic human embryo’ has been cultivated past the legal limit for experimenting on

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