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Classrooms become the latest COVID-19 casualty

Commentary / World Mar 17, 2020

Classrooms become the latest COVID-19 casualty

Online learning — a wonderful workaround during a contagion — is an educational experiment in a world where teachers are no longer considered authority figures.

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Could robots whip up the perfect pizza?

The smartest people in the world are working hard to automate the much-loved meal.

Fifteen predictions for the new year

Commentary / World Dec 31, 2019

Fifteen predictions for the new year

The U.S. presidential election will end in a tie and other educated guesses.

Stop with the gifting and just give

Commentary / World Dec 10, 2019

Stop with the gifting and just give

The most wonderful time of the year has developed an irritating verbal tic.

U.S. baseball fans are too old, too white and too few

Commentary / World Nov 4, 2019

U.S. baseball fans are too old, too white and too few

One thrilling World Series can't make the sport's viewership problems go away.

A long history of resisting self-service

Commentary / World Sep 14, 2019

A long history of resisting self-service

Attempts to ban self-checkout are in line with previous controversies over ATMs and self-serve gas.

Greenland's rapid melting is a hugely underplayed story

Commentary / World Aug 13, 2019

Greenland's rapid melting is a hugely underplayed story

It's officially time to panic — or at least pay more attention.

Get off the bandwagon of banning plastic bags

Commentary / World Aug 6, 2019

Get off the bandwagon of banning plastic bags

When used just once plastic bags can cause problems, but many people repurpose them.

The day hope landed on the moon

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The day hope landed on the moon

Fifty years later, it's hard to convey how much joy there was when the Eagle finally landed.

No news is bad news for civil discourse

Commentary / World Mar 31, 2019

No news is bad news for civil discourse

The disappearance of local newspapers is making national politics more polarized.

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