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Thursday, August 06, 2026 12:12 PM ET

UPI - Opinion

Voices - Taxi drivers rarely die of Alzheimer's -- mental maps protect brain - Taxi and ambulance drivers are less likely than workers in almost any other job to die of Alzheimer's disease.

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How hackers attack city water systems -- and why they're vulnerable

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World noticed Korea's chip schools before Korea did

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Trump admin moves to block environmental protection law enforcement

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Exclusive interview: Science diplomat Paul Arthur Berkman -- Strategic competition across the Indo-Pacific region presents challenges for nation-states and their ability to coexist within contested spaces.

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1876 massacre of Black men turned racial terror into political power -- As the U.S. celebrates its 250th anniversary, its citizens commemorate a democracy more diverse, free and inclusive than it's ever been.

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Mexico's cartel fight requires partnership, not intervention -- Mexico is not a state run by drug cartels. It is a U.S. security and economic partner whose government is making progress against organized crime.

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Preeclampsia rates in minorities highlight maternal health disparities -- During the first two years of the COVID-19 pandemic, a nearly 25% prevalence rate of preeclampsia was observed among 176 Latinas in El Paso.

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Latin America's commodity boom and the lost opportunity -- Latin America has spent decades trapped in a cycle of disappointing economic growth that contrasts sharply with its enormous potential.

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The Batanes Islands: A strategic hinge in the Luzon Strait -- Chinese scholars raised new South China Sea sovereignty questions by asserting that the Philippines' Batanes Islands legally belong to China.

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Cholera is far from history in places without clean water -- While cholera has nearly disappeared from wealthy countries, it remains one of the world's deadliest waterborne diseases.

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The 5,000 year old ideology behind unification -- There is no state or government that defines Korean heritage. For unification to become successful, all Koreans need to rely on each other.

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Cyclosporiasis sickens some worse -- diarrhea could be more explosive -- As you may have seen in news headlines or social media memes, there's explosive diarrhea going around.

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Vietnam's trust gap: Independent analysis matters in South China Sea -- The debate over independent research in Vietnam is often framed as a question of political openness.

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It's getting hotter in classrooms and on playgrounds -- Retrofitting old classrooms with air conditioners, even when necessary to maintain a cool classroom, isn't always financially possible.

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The real question isn't why North Koreans don't resist -- People believe the first world they encounter is the normal one. For North Koreans, dictatorship is that kind of presence -- they way things are.

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Should paper checks be abolished like the penny? -- Germany is getting rid of paper checks at the end of 2027. Australia is bidding them farewell by 2030.

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Replacing gas stoves with electric greatly reduces asthma symptoms -- Cooking on natural gas stoves is an under-recognized and important source of indoor air pollution, creating nitrogen dioxide and other compounds.

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Rescuing satellites is harder than it looks -- A commercial satellite is the key to a difficult mission that aims to rescue NASA's Swift telescope in orbit.

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The U.S. is controlling global access to the world's most powerful AI -- The U.S. ordered Anthropic to prevent all foreign nationals from using the artificial intelligence company's two most advanced large language models.

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