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PollutionOne of many trucks that move Target goods nationwide. Justin Sullivan/Getty ImagesDid you receive a mail-order package this week? Carriers in the U.S. shipped 64 packages for every American in 2022, so it’s quite possible. That commerce reflects the expansion of large-scale retail in recent decades, especially big-box chains like Walmart, Target, Best Buy and Home Depot that sell goods both in stores and online. This has led to the growth of dis…See the Story
Large retailers don’t have smokestacks, but they generate a lot of pollution − and states are starting to regulate it
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United States · United StatesJust how 'open' is the U.S. after all? Nancy Nehring/Moment via Getty ImagesGiven the spate of news about international trade lately, Americans might be surprised to learn that the U.S. isn’t very dependent on it. Indeed, looking at trade as a percentage of gross domestic product – a metric economists sometimes call the “openness index” – the U.S. is one of the least trade-oriented nations in the world. In 2022, the U.S. trade-to-GDP ratio was 2…See the Story
The US is one of the least trade-oriented countries in the world – despite laying the groundwork for today’s globalized system
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Lina Khan · United StatesLina Khan, the Federal Trade Commission's chair, announced the ban. Graeme Jennings/Pool via APMost American workers are hired “at will”: Employers owe their employees nothing in the relationship except earned wages, and employees are at liberty to quit at their option. As the rule is generally stated, either party may terminate the arrangement at any time for a good or bad reason, or none at all. In keeping with that no-strings-attached spirit…See the Story
Biden administration tells employers to stop shackling workers with ‘noncompete agreements’
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Boulder, Colorado · BoulderViolence and harassment on the job are all too common: More than 1 in 5 workers worldwide have experienced it, according to the International Labor Organization, with women slightly more likely to be affected than men. In the U.S., more than 2 million workers face violence on the job each year – and those are just the cases that get reported. The effects of workplace violence are profound, including physical and emotional suffering, destroyed ca…See the Story
The costs of workplace violence are too high to ignore
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NASAThe equipment planned to help bring samples back from Mars. NASA/JPLA critical NASA mission in the search for life beyond Earth, Mars Sample Return, is in trouble. Its budget has ballooned from US$5 billion to over $11 billion, and the sample return date may slip from the end of this decade to 2040. The mission would be the first to try to return rock samples from Mars to Earth so scientists can analyze them for signs of past life. NASA Admini…See the Story
The Mars Sample Return mission has a shaky future, and NASA is calling on private companies for backup
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Racine · RacineIceCube sits on tons of clear ice, allowing scientists to make out neutrino interactions. Cmichel67/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SAAbout a trillion tiny particles called neutrinos pass through you every second. Created during the Big Bang, these “relic” neutrinos exist throughout the entire universe, but they can’t harm you. In fact, only one of them is likely to lightly tap an atom in your body in your entire lifetime. Most neutrinos produced by o…See the Story
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects
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San Francisco, California · San FranciscoIt's not just TikTok. Solen Feyissa/Flickr, CC BY-SAWhen President Joe Biden signed a US$95 billion foreign aid bill into law on April 24, 2024, it started the clock on a nine-month window for TikTok’s China-based parent company, ByteDance, to sell the app. The president can extend the deadline by three months, and TikTok has indicated that it plans to challenge the law in court. If the law stands and the company fails to sell the app, TikTok w…See the Story
Banning TikTok won’t solve social media’s foreign influence, teen harm and data privacy problems
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Celebrity · Coconut GroveRap mogul Rick Ross, right, speaks in a hospitality class hosted by entrepreneur David Grutman. Chaplin School of Hospitality & Tourism Management, Florida International University (FIU)
Uncommon Courses is an occasional series from The Conversation U.S. highlighting unconventional approaches to teaching. Title of course: “The David Grutman Experience” What prompted the idea for the course? The first time David Grutman, a Miami businessman who…See the Story
Celebrities routinely drop in on this Florida university’s hospitality course
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