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Joe Biden Must Use Presidential Powers to Deliver on Promises

Ross Barkan The Guardian
It’s not good enough to blame Joe Manchin for failures when Biden isn’t using the full scope of presidential powers to help ordinary Americans. It’s vital Biden begins to use the full extent of his presidential powers to make far-reaching change

The Space Station Race

Rebecca Heilweil Vox
The ISS will burn up in Earth’s atmosphere in a few years, paving the way for new businesses in space.

Where is the Antimatter?

Sabine Hossenfelder BackReaction
Because there wasn’t an equal amount of matter and anti-matter in the early universe? That solves the problem. Case closed? Of course not. Because physicists make a living from solving problems - so they have an incentive to create problems.

The Constitutional Right We Have Bargained Away

Carissa Byrne Hessick The Atlantic
Instead of protecting defendants’ right to have their guilt or innocence decided by their peers, judges routinely punish defendants for exercising that right.
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