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‘Life as Research Scientist’: Angel Byrd, Cell Biologist

For years, Brown University M.D./Ph.D. student Angel Byrd had dedicated herself to studying how immune system cells capture invading fungal pathogens. Like those cells, called neutrophils, she had seized on seemingly every opportunity that had come her way. (more…)

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All levels of American Families Reeling From Economic “Shock”

More than 93% of American households experienced “substantial economic shock” in 2008-2009, according to a Rockefeller Foundation-supported study headed by political science professor Jacob Hacker.

The study report, titled “Standing on Shaky Ground: Americans’ Experiences with Economic Insecurity,” was launched at a press event at the New America Foundation in Washington, D.C. on Dec. 14. According to organizers of the event, the study, which is the first to detail the impact of economic insecurity on the well-being of Americans, suggests that increased risk of economic hardship has become the rule, not the exception, for many Americans — even in good times. (more…)

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10 Practical Steps That You Can Take To Insulate Yourself (At Least Somewhat) From The Coming Economic Collapse

Most Americans are still operating under the delusion that this “recession” will end and that the “good times” will return soon, but a growing minority of Americans are starting to realize that things are fundamentally changing and that they better start preparing for what is ahead. These “preppers” come from all over the political spectrum and from every age group.  More than at any other time in modern history, the American people lack faith in the U.S. economic system.  

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