አጣብቂኝ ውስጥ የከተተው ሽመልስና ኢትዮጵያን እንዴት እናድን?

ብሔር ሳይኖር የብሔር ፖለቲካ የበጣጠሳት ኢትዮጵያ እንዴት ወደ ትክክለኛው ታሪካዊ ዱካ (historical trajectory) ልትመለስ ትችላለች? በሪፖርተር ጋዜጣ ከሁሴን አዳል መሐመድ በተጻፈው ላይ ተመርኩዞ ፈታ ዕለታዊ (Feta Daily) እንዳቀረበው።

Several hundred NIH employees sign a letter of protest to the agency’s director (Anil Oza)

Nearly five years ago, Jay Bhattacharya, then a Stanford professor, was part of a trio that published an open letter calling for less stringent public health protections against the Covid pandemic. They called it the Great Barrington Declaration, and its opposition to vaccine mandates and school closings thrust him into the public eye. He became a frequent …

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Social Entropy and Normative Network (Emil Dinga , Cristina-Roxana Tănăsescu , Gabriela-Mariana Ionescu )

Abstract The paper introduces a new concept of social entropy and a new concept of social order, both based on the normative framework of society. From these two concepts, typologies (logical and historical) of societies are inferred and examined in their basic features. To these ends, some well-known concepts such as entropy, order, system, network, …

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FUNDING BIOTECHNOLOGY’S FOUNDATIONS FUEL PRIVATE SECTOR INNOVATIONS (Drew Endy)

WHY BIOTECHNOLOGY MATTERS AS A TECHNOLOGYBiology is the next-to-mature general purpose technology.4 Anything whose production orbehavior we can learn to encode in DNA becomes growable or deployable when and whereneeded. We already use biotechnology to grow essential medicines, foods, fuels, and somematerials.5 Going forward we can leverage biotechnology to help grow data storage systems,6electronics,7 energetics, …

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Hoover Conference Asks How Markets Can Advance Environmental Quality and Promote Responsible Growth

Experts on energy and environmental policy, journalists, advocates, and Native American tribal leaders gathered at the Hoover Institution on May 13 to consider how environmental policies based more on markets than mandates can drive natural resource conservation and responsible economic growth. Hoover Institution (Stanford, CA)—Experts on energy and environmental policy, journalists, advocates, and Native American …

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How to Spur Economic Growth in Africa’s Fragile and Conflict-Affected States (Wenjie Chen, Michele Fornino, Hamza Mighri, Can Sever)

Enhancing institutions, improving governance, strengthening public engagement, and building international partnerships are critical to overcome fragility More than half of sub-Saharan Africa’s population lives in fragile and conflict-affected states (FCS)—economies that face profound challenges such as stagnant economic growth, weak institutions, inadequate public services, extreme poverty, war, and forced internal displacement. Some countries have transitioned …

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Europe’s Integration Imperative (ALFRED KAMMER)

The case for closer economic union has become more compelling as external challenges multiply. Europe faces the most daunting set of challenges since the Cold War. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the first major war of aggression on European soil since 1945, has forced a fundamental questioning of old certainties. Geopolitical ructions have shaken supply chains, …

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Federal vs. state power at issue in a hearing over Trump’s election overhaul executive order (Leah Willingham)

BOSTON (AP) — Democratic state attorneys general on Friday sought to block President Donald Trump’s proposal for a sweeping overhaul of U.S. elections in a case that tests a constitutional bedrock — the separation of powers. The top law enforcement officials from 19 states filed a federal lawsuit after the Republican president signed the executive order in March, arguing …

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Medicaid Is Overdue for a Big Beautiful Overhaul (John F Cogan)

The program’s funding mechanism lends itself to bloat and inefficiency. The Senate can set this right. National health-insurance coverage has been a top priority for the American left for decades. Medicaid has been the main vehicle for reaching this goal since 1965. The program now accounts for more than half of the 150 million Americans …

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