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Marrakech: The Style | Mustapha Blaoui’s Showroom
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Lemurs, Madagascar
Photo: Stephen AlvarezDecken’s sifakas appear right at home in their karst home in western Madagascar. These lemurs live...
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Of each dollar the federal government spends, how much goes to defense? How much goes to Social Security? How much goes to interest on the debt? And how has this sort of thing changed over time?
This graphic answers these questions. It shows the major components of federal spending 50 years ago, 25 years ago, and last year.
Read more here.
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According to a new Pew study, increasing your earning potential may require literally moving on up: If you aim to climb the income ladder in the United States, your best bet might be to move north and east—and definitely stay out of the south.
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According to a new report from the Pew Hispanic Center, net migration from Mexico is now zero. In fact, the report suggests that more Mexican-born people may now be leaving the US than arriving. This means the end of the largest and most sustained immigration trend in American history.
The co-author of the report and senior demographer with the Pew Hispanic Center, Jeff Passel, says the reasons include the economic downturn in the United States; the comparative prosperity of Mexico; tougher border controls; increased deportation of undocumented immigrants. More.
A new study finds that 16- to 34-year-olds without driver’s licenses rose to 26 percent in 2010 from 21 percent a decade earlier. At the same time, biking, walking, and other driving alternatives rose among young people in the past decade. (Photo by Richard Masoner, Flickr)
Samantha Henderson from Denver gave her reasons for not driving as, ” 1) Damn, gas is expensive, and 2) Greener alternatives: awareness and availability (biking, busing, walking, etc).Also, the motor vehicle is no longer as novel an item as it once was for older generations.”
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The science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) students of today are tomorrow’s scientists. They’re the future disease curers, bridge builders, space explorers, and in many STEM fields, they’re nearly half women. In the past decade, the number of degrees that women earned at all levels has steadily increased, which will help close the STEM gap in America’s workforce. Women still have fields where they make up a small minority, but supporting women in these fields is one way to insure a steady pipeline of bright scientists to lead the future of American competitiveness and innovation. Check out our latest infographic that shows how STEM fields stack up in overall growth, and how they break down between men and women.
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A local ABC station is reporting that an F/A-18 Navy jet has crashed near Virginia Beach, VA. CNN’s Janelle Rodriguez has tweeted that the “2-member crew ejected according to official.”
Photo via @Kandidrops.
Cherry blossoms and the Washington Monument (photo by Flickr user robeposse).
The cherry trees in Washington D.C. will soon be busting out all over. It was a hundred years ago, back in 1912, that Japan gave the U.S. 3,000 cherry trees. A gift from the people of Japan to America.
The cherry trees were planted along the Tidal Basin in the nation’s capital and their pink and white flowers are a sure sign that spring has sprung. During the 100th anniversary National Cherry Blossom Festival later this month, more than a million people will stop and smell the flowers and take in the intoxicating sight.
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Hundreds of women silently line up outside of the Virginia state Capitol to protest legislation that would require women to undergo ultrasounds before being granted abortions.
Bob Brown / Richmond Times Dispatch
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Who’s behind the recent assassinations and bombings in Iran? Scott Shane, national security correspondent for The New York Times, said on The Takeaway this morning:
“Most of the people that I talked to believe that most of this activity — at least the violent part — is probably being carried out by Israel. There is a little bit of debate about the US role is. US officials tend to indicate that we don’t have any role in the lethal actions, but it’s quite clear that the US has been involved in cyber attacks, sabotage, and perhaps encouraging Iranian scientists to defect to the West.”
Mostafa Ahmadi-Roshan, a nuclear scientist was killed in a car explosion in Tehran on Wednesday. A motorcyclist stuck an apparent bomb to Ahmadi-Roshan’s car, and he and another unidentified person were killed in the attack.
Several Iranian nuclear scientists have been assassinated in recent years, with Iran blaming Israel and the US. Both countries deny the accusations.
