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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/27/us/drought-widens-economic-divide-for-californians.html?smprod=nytcore-iphone&smid=nytcore-iphone-share COMPTON, Calif. — Alysia Thomas, a stay-at-home mother in this working-class city, tells her children to skip a bath on days when they do

The man who wants to control the weather with lasers – CNN.com http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/24/tech/laser-cloud-seeding-mci/ (CNN)Is there anything laser can’t do? From cutting diamonds to preserving endangered

Navy researchers make bulletproof glass out of clay http://www.engadget.com/2015/04/24/navy-researchers-make-bulletproof-glass-out-of-clay/?ncid=rss_truncated The US Naval Research Laboratory announced a major breakthrough in materials science on Thursday. After decades

http://worldhappiness.report OVERVIEW The World Happiness Report is a landmark survey of the state of global happiness. The first report was published in 2012, the second in 2013, and the third on

Trader’s Arrest Raises Concerns About Market Rigging – NYTimes.com http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/04/23/business/dealbook/traders-arrest-raises-concerns-about-market-rigging.html?_r=0&referrer= The arrest of a little-known futures trader this week drew back the curtain on one

Trader’s Arrest Raises Concerns About Market Rigging – NYTimes.com http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/04/23/business/dealbook/traders-arrest-raises-concerns-about-market-rigging.html?_r=0&referrer= The arrest of a little-known futures trader this week drew back the curtain on one

House passes bill allowing corporations to share your data http://www.engadget.com/2015/04/23/house-passes-protecting-cyber-networks-act/?ncid=rss_truncated If you wanted to explain the dilemma of privacy versus security to a curious relative,

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/23/us/politics/computer-attacks-spur-congress-to-act-on-cybersecurity-bill-years-in-making.html?smprod=nytcore-iphone&smid=nytcore-iphone-share WASHINGTON — Responding to a series of computer security breaches in government and the private sector, the House passed an expansive measure Wednesday that

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/22/us/oklahoma-acknowledges-wastewater-from-oil-and-gas-wells-as-major-cause-of-quakes.html?smprod=nytcore-iphone&smid=nytcore-iphone-share Abandoning years of official skepticism, Oklahoma’s government on Tuesday embraced a scientific consensus that earthquakes rocking the state are largely caused by the underground

http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/04/15/the-right-dose-of-exercise-for-a-longer-life/?smprod=nytcore-iphone&smid=nytcore-iphone-share Exercise has had a Goldilocks problem, with experts debating just how much exercise is too little, too much or just the right amount to