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• Andrew Stroup

  

  2 days ago

  Have we all been duped by the serotonin myth?

  VICE - Kyle MacNeill

  Another new study suggests low serotonin might not be the cause of depression – and it turns out medical experts knew all along. Serotonin is cruelly elusive to many of us; but if you’re looking for some, turns out the entire internet is flooded with the stuff. From Insta memes to Twitter gags to …

• Andrew Stroup

  

  Aug 3

  The U.S. made a breakthrough battery discovery — then gave the technology to China

  NPR - Courtney Flatt, Laura Sullivan

  When a group of engineers and researchers gathered in a warehouse in Mukilteo, Wash., 10 years ago, they knew they were onto something big. They scrounged up tables and chairs, cleared out space in the parking lot for experiments and got to work. They were building a battery — a vanadium redox flow …

• Andrew Stroup

  

  6 days ago

  Maps in Four States Were Ruled Illegal Gerrymanders. They’re Being Used Anyway.

  The New York Times - Michael Wines

  WASHINGTON — Since January, judges in Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana and Ohio have found that Republican legislators illegally drew those states’ congressional maps along racial or partisan lines, or that a trial very likely would conclude that they did. In years past, judges who have reached similar …

• Andrew Stroup

  

  6 days ago

  Turning Off the Lights Is Actually a Really Useful Way to Save Money

  CNET - Erin Gobler

  High electric bills? A simple flip of a light switch can help.

• Andrew Stroup

  

  Corporate America's 'greedflation' window of opportunity is closing as consumers tighten their purse strings - and the markets will feel the pinch, experts say

  Business Insider - Zahra Tayeb

  Inflation has been the bane of Americans' lives for months now, but for companies, it has offered an opportunity to make bumper profits against a backdrop of a slowing economy. As the cost of groceries, gasoline and other services has risen, customers have become adapted - so far at least - meaning …

• Andrew Stroup

  

  Mosquito bites: Why are some people more likely to get them?

  Medical News Today - Katharine Lang

  Relaxing outside on a summer evening — what could be nicer? Then, someone gets a mosquito bite, and the onslaught begins. As the mosquitoes feast on …