Tag: history
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Dear Abby: Woman who suffered from severe postpartum depression is pressured to have another child
[ad_1] DEAR ABBY: When my grandchild was born five years ago, my daughter suffered from severe postpartum depression and had to be hospitalized. Her father, who is not in good health, and I lived seven hours away and traveled as often as we could to help out. At one point my son-in-law called and told ... -
How China could use generative AI to manipulate the globe on Taiwan
[ad_1] Chinese researchers are already investigating how to use generative AI tools—similar to ChatGPT—to manipulate audiences around the world and will likely use such tools to shape perceptions about Taiwan, according to researchers from RAND. “Given the [People’s Liberation Army] and the Chinese Communist Party’s prior intentions, their prior actions…we think is logically the next ... -
New Chinese research examines how to get drones to target without GPS
[ad_1] A recent academic paper out of China proposes a new method for controlling drones and steering them to targets in environments where GPS is under attack, a new sign of the growing importance of drones in conflicts where adversaries have advanced electromagnetic jamming capabilities. The paper, published at the end of July in the ... -
Who Does School Reform Serve?
[ad_1] Camika Royal knows the Philadelphia school system, and not just because she was a student there in her childhood. For her doctoral research at Temple University, Royal dug into the turbulent history of school reform in the city from the 1960s up to now, including reading through the minutes of every school board meeting ... -
How Podcasting Is Changing Teaching and Research
[ad_1] Ian Cook, a longtime professor and social anthropologist, still remembers the first podcast he ever heard. It was a podcast version of the BBC radio show In Our Time, where a panel of academics discussed the history of ideas. The podcast included not just the radio show, but an extended conversation, where the guests ... -
Marines say gearbox problem caused fatal Osprey crash
[ad_1] The MV-22B Osprey crash in California last June, which killed five Marines, was caused by a gear problem the military had long known, according to a 436-page redacted command dossier released Friday. In a statement, the Marine Corps said a “dual hard clutch engagement” caused the engine and interconnected drive system to fail, leading ... -
Franchetti Named First Female U.S. Navy Commander
[ad_1] President Joe Biden has named Deputy Chief of Naval Operations Lisa Franchetti as the next Chief of Naval Operations, according to U.S. officials, who is poised to break two glass ceilings. If confirmed by the U.S. Senate, Franchetti would be the first female CNO and the first woman to serve on the Joint Chiefs ... -
Traders say Prime Day 2023 went well
[ad_1] Andrey Klen is happy with how things went for his business on Amazon.com on Prime Day this year. The Petcube co-founder and chief marketing officer said, “Prime Day performed much better compared to the previous year. Compared to an average day, we saw a double-digit multiple on sales. We were able to beat optimistic ...











