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LOS ANGELES - After years of watching Los Angeles' 911 system buckle under routine demand, the founders of Harm.AI say they are trying to solve a narrower, stubborn piece of the problem - the calls ...

When a startup struggles, founders usually assume the solution is obvious: more marketing, more hiring, or more capital. But in my experience advising founders, the real issue is usually something ...

In 2019, Monte Leifheit, a warehouse operator at 3M, noticed his left eye was bloodshot and swollen. What began as a minor irritation turned into a yearlong medical odyssey marked by the lack of a ...

Some readers may solve the problem procedurally: line up the two numbers, add the ones column, carry the one, and add the tens to get 43. Others might instead notice a creative shortcut: 29 + 14 is ...

Over the years there is no doubt that Gillian Anderson has been a constant stream of inspiration for us. From her award-winning acting to her advocacy of sexual pleasure via her book Want, she is all ...

Last semester, I got a taste of my pre-med roommate’s academic life: Every week, I spent a good chunk of my time working on assignments for IAPA 1401: “Economic Development in Latin America.” ...

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Near Brazil’s Belo Monte dam, one of the world’s largest hydropower projects, the promise of abundant electricity has proved uneven. A household survey of 500 families in Altamira found that 86.8% ...

In parts of the Middle East and North Africa, a patchwork of sanctions, payment failures, and licensing gaps pushes people into piracy networks. In the Middle East, piracy is illegal in countries with ...

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In a dark room, in the middle of the night, a woman lies dreaming. Suddenly, her eyes beneath their lids dart crisply left-right, left-right. The eye signal means she knows she’s dreaming. Lucid ...