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  US retail jobs are bad — but it doesn’t have to stay that way

  Fiat Lux - Stan Paul

  “The United States has a bad jobs problem, and retail jobs are at the heart of it.” That’s the first line of a new book, “Where Bad Jobs are Better: Retail Jobs Across Countries and Companies,” co-authored by Chris Tilly, professor of urban planning in the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs, and …

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  Animations that are true to life

  Fiat Lux - Jason Alvarez

  Imagine going to see the latest Pixar movie. You’re sitting in the theater enjoying the film, when you begin to notice the astounding level of detail in the animation. On screen, water is rippling and leaves are flittering with an almost uncanny realism. It’s art imitating life with incredible …

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  Revolution Foods, Back to the Roots remake school meals | Berkeley-Haas

  berkeley.edu - Kim Girard

  When the Today Show aired a back-to-school segment on how school food is being disrupted by healthier options, producers turned to two companies …

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  Why ‘Dreamers’ at UC should feel very lucky

  sacbee.com - Sacramento Foon

  When María Blanco took a new job at the end of 2014, no one knew that a billionaire reality TV star would launch a long-shot presidential bid by …

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  Squid ink may replace dental poking and prodding

  newatlas.com - By Ben Coxworth

  You know when you go to the dentist, and they shove that little measuring-stick-like tool up between each of your teeth and the overlapping gum …

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  Above Devastated Houston, Armies of Drones Prove Their Worth

  WIRED - Aarian Marshall

  After the hurricane, professional drone pilots get to work. Less than a week after the last drops of Hurricane Harvey fell, Houston is just beginning …