Reflections 0n life chained to the phone

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In 2017 I was struck by how students at the universitywhere I teach were often ignoring personal contact(s) while focused solely on their phones. One particular incident led me to craft a short piece for The Drabble website - which challenges authors to submit stories of 100 words or less. They accepted it and published it. The content is below, along with a direct link to the site: Lives Short-Circuited by The Screen APRIL 3, 2017 ~ THE DRABBLE By Mark Marchand It’s a rainy Wednesday afternoon at the university where I teach. As I enter…

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Detail of the surface of Pluto, from NASA' New Horizons space probe. 2016

Scientists gather in Boston to discuss research and battle anti-science political agenda

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In the city that helped launched the great democracy experiment known as America, scientists from around the world gathered last month to discuss and share their latest research — and to draw battle lines against the ideological, anti-science platform of the new administration in Washington.

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