Each is entangled with many interacting variables, making it hard to isolate a single cause (e.g., coffee, a teaching method) for a specific outcome (e.g., heart disease, reading proficiency). For ...

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The National Literary Institute reported that low literacy levels cost the country up to $2.2 trillion a year.

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The last Year of the Wood Snake occurred in 1965, completing the zodiac’s 60-year cycle, which pairs the 12 zodiac animals with the five elements—Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, and Water. Several signs ...

A place to put it. For hackers like [Christian], everything is a hoard of priceless electronic components. His solution is using small zipper bags, either regular plastic or anti-static.

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