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How to Save the Planet From President Trump

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It’s quite possible that we’ve lost our best chance to combat climate change, but we must try to contain the damage.

December 2, 2016
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Category: Environment

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Clean Energy Victory In IL Shows We Can Still Win In The Age of Trump

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With the election of Donald Trump to the presidency this November, many on the left are rightfully frightened about what the next four years portend for the fight against climate change, when even the most basic environmental protections are now under threat.

December 2, 2016
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Category: Environment

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Experts' roundtable: The future of journalism in Trump's America

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During his campaign, President-elect Donald Trump wasn’t shy about his hostility toward journalists. His unexpected victory proved his doubters – which included many in the media – wrong.

November 30, 2016
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Category: Media

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Trump’s Carrier coup reveals credibility gap between Twitter rhetoric and economic reality

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In a political coup, President-elect Donald Trump says that his transition team has struck a deal with Carrier’s Indianapolis plant to keep 1,000 jobs in the state.

December 1, 2016
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Category: Politics

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Google’s AI Can Read Your Retinas to Prevent Blindness

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Google DeepMind created an AI that matched or exceeded the performance of experts in identifying a common form of blindness and grading its severity. Researchers trained the AI algorithm using a set of 128,000 retinal images, and tested its performance on 12,000 images.

December 1, 2016
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Category: Science

For The First Time Ever, CRISPR Gene Editing Was Used in Humans. So What’s Next?

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With Chinese scientists announcing that they have tested CRISPR on a human for the first time, the U.S. must decide soon whether it will be a leader or a follower in advancing the tech. While gene editing technology could be used in nefarious ways, it could also cure diseases and improve millions of lives, but we won't know how effective it is until we begin human trials.