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Whether in villages on the coast of Ghana or in the mountains of Rwanda, asking for people's poop is a good icebreaker, Mathieu Groussin says. "Everybody laughs," says Groussin, a microbiologist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge. "Especially when we stress that we need the whole fecal sample and show them the big bowl."
When is it too much?
When does a city whose cursed baseball team fed a gargantuan sense of civic grievance and self-pity lose something by winning again and again?


How big of a problem hate speech is in Las Vegas is unclear because it is difficult to track, experts say.


There are just five days left until voters hit the polls next Tuesday for the mid-term elections. The silver state is set to play a big part in the balance of power on capitol hill.

There are just five days left until voters hit the polls next Tuesday for the mid-term elections. The silver state is set to play a big part in the balance of power on capitol hill.

The Kepler telescope has run out of fuel and officially entered retirement. Luckily, there is a replacement on the way to continue our observation of the stars.


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CBS News' "Red & Blue" visited Las Vegas and 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ to cover the 2018 election. The show aired live from 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ's campus and featured interviews with 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ faculty and students.