2015年2月2日 星期一

2015-02-03 U.S. Spotlight


Top breakout candidates for 2015   
ESPN (blog)
During my chats this offseason, one question that always comes up: Who do you like as a breakout performer? There are certainly obvious candidates to that question. The harder part is coming up with guys like Josh Donaldson or Josh Harrison or Dallas ...


   


The Surprising Power of Blue-State Republicans   
New York Times
There is a basic mystery at the heart of modern Republican presidential politics. The party's voters, despite electing conservatives to the House and Senate, have repeatedly chosen relatively moderate nominees, like Mitt Romney and John McCain, in the ...


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PBS NewsHour
   
Does spaceflight accelerate immune system aging?   
PBS NewsHour
Long-term space travel may not be kind on the human immune system. Photo by NASA. Human expeditions to asteroids and Mars are potentially looming on the horizon, with programs such as Mars One even looking to establish a permanent human colony ...


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National Geographic
   
Can Sun and Wind Make More Salt Water Drinkable?   
National Geographic
Here are four arid regions looking to renewables for the energy-intensive work of squeezing drinkable water from the ocean. Picture of a proposed desalination plant in Carlsbad, California. The $1 billion Poseidon Water desalination plant (shown above in an ...


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New York Times
   
The 'Pay What You Want' Experiment at Synagogues   
New York Times
WEST BLOOMFIELD, Mich. — For more than four decades, Temple Kol Ami financed its operations as most American synagogues do: it charged annual dues. But as the synagogue here approached its 50th anniversary, leaders started noticing some ...


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Budget priorities and nonstarters according to the GOP   
PBS NewsHour
How are Republicans responding to President Obama's 2016 budget? Gwen Ifill gets reaction from Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, on issues like sequestration, the deficit, infrastructure spending and economic growth for the middle class. COMMENTS ?

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National Geographic
   
How Backpacking Can Put You in Touch With Your Inner Saint   
National Geographic
Frequent mileposts break down the roughly 2,200-mile Appalachian Trail, which runs from Georgia to Maine. Photograph by Michael Melford, National Geographic Creative. Picture of the cover of Backpacking with Saints by Belden C. Lane. Photograph ...


   


New York Times
   
Closing the Math Gap for Boys   
New York Times
ON a recent afternoon, the banter of boisterous adolescents at Edwin G. Foreman High School, in a poor, racially and ethnically mixed Chicago neighborhood, echoed off the corridor walls. But Room 214 was as silent as a meditation retreat. Inside, 16 ninth- ...


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Poll: Scientists and public differ on what's 'dangerous'   
PBS NewsHour
A new study conducted by the Pew Research Center found a large gap between what the public believes is dangerous and what scientists believe. Pew's Lee Rainie joins William Brangham from Washington with more. RELATED. RELATED. A recent study ...


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TIME
   
The Long, Strange History of Birth Control   
TIME
The father of the birth control pill — who died Jan. 30 — was part of the extensive history of people trying to prevent pregnancy. Birth Control Choices. More. The Future of Birth Control: Remote Control Fertility · The Second Most Popular Form of Birth Control ...


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