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Facebook’s bid to tighten its grip on news media is looking smarter and smarter every day. A new survey from the Pew Research Center reveals that 61 percent of American millennials (18 – 33 years old) said that in the past week they got political or government-related news from Facebook. That’s considerably higher than the percentage of millennials who said
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Now, it’s love that’s raining down on Austin’s furry friends. After a severe storm on Monday night flooded Town Lake Animal Center (TLAC), a no-kill shelter in Austin, Texas, dozens of cats and dogs were displaced. Austin Pets Alive!, a rescue organization housed inside of TLAC, posted a plea for help on Facebook, and just hours later a long line
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Most interview subjects don’t begin the conversation with an unprompted speech. But when I sat down with Jeff Nunokawa, the author of Note Book, a compilation of brief essays previously published as Facebook notes, he could hardly wait to launch into a full monologue about the book. Nunokawa’s irrepressible loquaciousness makes sense, if you know him; a long-time English professor
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If you had to describe your state in ONE food, what would it be? Sure, pizza might come to mind for New Yorkers, and cheese might reign supreme for those in Wisconsin. But to find the most popular dishes beyond the obvious, well that requires a bit more sleuthing. In an effort to pinpoint the “most unique” dish in each
» Read moreHere’s yet another reminder that women totally kick ass in any field they want. Shrinivas Kulkarni, astronomy and planetary science professor at the California Institute of Technology, was featured in an interview with NPR on Saturday. While speaking on astronomers, the professor said, “many scientists … are what I call ‘boys with toys.’ I really like playing around with telescopes.
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