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Volunteers get seasick for science

Researchers at Imperial College London got volunteers to test a new approach to treating motion sickness by spinning around in a specially-designed chair in the lab. They found that mild electrical current to the scalp helped prevent nausea. Source

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Stephen Colbert on marrying the girl next door

In this preview of an interview to air on “Sunday Morning,” comedian Stephen Colbert, the new host of “The Late Show,” talks to correspondent Mo Rocca about his wife, Evie, and how a gazebo factored into his marriage proposal. Source

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Examining the lack of affordable internet access in the U.S.

Some Americans still do not have proper access to high-speed internet, which puts a strain on the economy and is leaving minorities and low-income families with an education deficit. President Biden’s $3 trillion infrastructure plan could begin to tackle the issue, but there is still more to be done. CBS News political contributor and BluePrint Strategy founder Antjuan Seawright and Simmons University associate professor Colin Rhinesmith joined CBSN’s Lana Zak to discuss. Source

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Salman Rushdie on new novel, freedom of speech and Europe’s migrant crisis

The author’s new novel, “Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights,” offers a way to see the threats the world faces and he has confronted. Rushdie explores those conflicts through ancient themes and spectacular magical events. Reviews call it “a swirling tale of genies and geniuses” and “tremendously inventive and timely.” When you do the math, the title adds up to 1,001 nights, inspired by Rushdie’s favorite childhood fables. Rushdie joins “CBS This Morning” to discuss his book and current events. Source

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