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UPI - Opinion

Voices - New tech adds phone tracking to license plate readers - SignalTrace, a system marketed by the security company Leonardo, is designed to work alongside automatic license plate readers.

13 hours ago

Adam Smith and Christian morality

13 hours ago

Cyclospora spreads through human waste -- so how did it get on food?

18 hours ago

Unlike Washington, Tokyo bets on India

1 day ago

Venezuela: Two earthquakes that exposed institutional failure -- The extent of the damage from earthquakes depends on the quality of construction and whether safety standards are enforced.

13 hours ago

The typical gig worker is changing -- and struggling more than ever -- The next time you call an Uber ride or order food delivery, there's a good chance that the gig worker you meet is getting government benefits.

18 hours ago

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.

1 day ago

How hackers attack city water systems -- and why they're vulnerable -- Hackers tried to break into at least 30 municipal water systems in Minnesota in July. Since then, several other states have reported similar attacks.

1 day ago

World noticed Korea's chip schools before Korea did -- Foreign chip and equipment makers from South Korea and abroad court graduates of Chungbuk Semiconductor High School in a small Korean town.

1 day ago

Trump admin moves to block environmental protection law enforcement -- When Congress passed many environmental protection laws it didn't want to leave enforcement to the executive branch.

4 days ago

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.

5 days ago

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.

6 days ago

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.

7 days ago

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.

8 days ago

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.

8 days ago

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.

11 days ago

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.

11 days ago

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.

12 days ago

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.

12 days ago

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.

13 days ago