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USC Scientist Identifies New Species of Giant Flying Reptile
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USC Scientist Identifies New Species of Giant Flying Reptile

A University of Southern California (USC) scientist and colleagues have identified a new species of giant flying reptile that once soared over what is now North America. The creature is similar to the largest pterosaurs known, yet key characteristics gleaned from a cache of bones unearthed in Canada show it’s actually part of a new...

Why Won’t Democrats Say They Want Government to Solve Problems?
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Why Won’t Democrats Say They Want Government to Solve Problems?

All 10 Democratic candidates in the Houston debate Sept. 13 spoke about investing public money – taxpayer dollars – in education, health care and economic opportunity for Americans. Those ideas depend on an underlying point none of them came out and said directly: Government can help citizens live better lives and achieve their dreams. Why...

Strategies to Connect with Barricaded Buyers
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Strategies to Connect with Barricaded Buyers

Researchers from Clemson University and University of Kentucky published a new paper in the Journal of Marketing, which examines several means by which suppliers can enhance their competitiveness when selling to barricaded buyers. The study, forthcoming in the November issue of the Journal of Marketing, is titled “Selling to Barricaded Buyers” and authored by Kevin Chase and...

How Marketers Can Shape Customer Sentiment During Events
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How Marketers Can Shape Customer Sentiment During Events

Researchers from University of Tennessee, IESEG School of Management, and Georgia State University published a new paper in the Journal of Marketing that investigates the role of firms’ customer engagement initiatives in social media and analyzes how firms seek to influence digital sentiment by shaping customers’ experiential interactions. The study, forthcoming in the November issue of the Journal...

Study Show That Drinking Tea Improves Brain Health
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Study Show That Drinking Tea Improves Brain Health

A recent study led by researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) revealed that regular tea drinkers have better organized brain regions – and this is associated with healthy cognitive function – compared to non-tea drinkers. The research team made this discovery after examining neuroimaging data of 36 older adults. “Our results offer the...

Repeated Periods of Poverty Accelerate the Aging Process
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Repeated Periods of Poverty Accelerate the Aging Process

Genetics, lifestyle and environment are all factors that somehow influence when and how we all age. But the financial situation is also important. Now, researchers from the Center for Healthy Aging and the Department of Public Health have found that four or more years with an income below the relative poverty threshold during adult life...

Trapped by a Flexible Schedule: The Pain and Price of Freelance Work
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Trapped by a Flexible Schedule: The Pain and Price of Freelance Work

A flexible schedule is one of the main advantages of freelance work. But don’t rejoice in your freedom just yet: self-employment often disrupts the balance between life and work and takes up more time than traditional office work. HSE University researchers Denis Strebkov and Andrey Shevchuk investigated the downsides of independent work. Disadvantages of the Benefits The advantages of self-employment...

Gucci Says It Will Be Completely Carbon Neutral by the End of September
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Gucci Says It Will Be Completely Carbon Neutral by the End of September

Gucci is going carbon neutral. The Kering-owned brand announced on Thursday that it is upping the ante in its existing decade-long sustainability plan, and confirmed that it will be completely carbon neutral by the end of September. “A new era of corporate accountability is upon us and we need to be diligent in taking all steps...

Weinstein May Be a Monster, but the Lawyers Who Enabled Him Are the Real Villains in #Metoo Takedown ‘She Said’
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Weinstein May Be a Monster, but the Lawyers Who Enabled Him Are the Real Villains in #Metoo Takedown ‘She Said’

In the greater arc of the #MeToo movement, lawyers have lurked in the shadows, unnamed scribes formalizing agreements meant to stay secret. But in “She Said,” the behind-the-scenes story of how Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey brought down Harvey Weinstein, the lawyers finally come into view. And it’s not a pretty picture. As a professor...

Vija Celmins: To Fix the Image in Memory
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Vija Celmins: To Fix the Image in Memory

Throughout an accomplished career that spans more than 50 years, Vija Celmins (American, b. 1938) has sustained a practice of deep focus and extraordinary skill in a wide range of media. Vija Celmins: To Fix the Image in Memory, the artist’s first major retrospective in more than 25 years, will be on view at The...