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6 months agoCurrent Event zobo
The Animal-Protection Movement Is Everything That ‘Woke’ Activism Isn’t | National Review
While young social-justice warriors playact at making a difference, those concerned for the welfare of animals do the unglamorous work of making real change.
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7 months agoAnalysis zobo
Australia’s threatened plant and animal numbers have been halved in just 2 decades
An annual, independent assessment of Australia’s environment has found several silver linings amid longer-term declines exacerbated by climate change.
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8 months agoCurrent Event zobo
NASA's ice-hunting VIPER moon rover getting ready to slither to the launch pad
"All of VIPER’s flight instruments are installed, and the rover is more than 80% built!"
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9 months agoCurrent Event zobo
An explosive Texas fire more than doubles in size as it threatens towns and forces evacuations | CNN
A massive blaze that’s raging out of control is threatening Texas Panhandle towns and forcing residents to evacuate.
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9 months agoCurrent Event zobo
Middle East Crisis: Cairo Talks on a Gaza Cease-Fire Are Extended
Two officials, one Egyptian and one American, said the negotiations would keep going for three more days.
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10 months agoAnalysis zobo
New material found by AI could reduce lithium use in batteries
Microsoft said AI and supercomputing were used to synthesise an entirely new material.
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10 months agoCurrent Event zobo
Scientists discover first new antibiotics in over 60 years using AI
A new class of antibiotics for drug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteria which was discovered using more transparent deep learning models.
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1 year agoCurrent Event zobo
'It feels like I'm not crazy.' Gardeners aren't surprised as USDA updates key map
The USDA is updating an important map for gardeners and growers picking plants and flowers. The new map shows the contiguous U.S. is about 2.5 degrees Fahrenheit warmer than the last map 11 years ago.
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1 year agoCurrent Event zobo
Ripple CEO says SEC has lost sight of mission to protect investors
Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse said he hopes the U.S. will move beyond crypto regulation by litigation to a point where federal laws are introduced by Congress.
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1 year agoAnalysis zobo
Exoplanet is first found in a quadruple system
A massive planet, 15 times larger than Jupiter, has been directly imaged revealing a complex cosmic dance involving 4 celestial bodies.
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1 year agoCurrent Event zobo
17-pound meteorite discovered in Antarctica
Antarctica is a tough place to work, for obvious reasons—it's bitterly cold, remote, and wild. However, it's one of the best places in the world to hunt for meteorites. That's partly because Antarctica is a desert, and its dry climate limits the degree of weathering the meteorites experience.
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1 year agoCurrent Event zobo
DARPA looks to laser to beam power across the world
In a move that sounds like the wildest of science fiction, DARPA has announced its new Persistent Optical Wireless Energy Relay (POWER) program that plans to use lasers relayed by airborne platforms to power machines thousands of miles away.
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1 year agoCurrent Event zobo
Quest to bring priest charged with torture in Argentina to justice
Father Franco Reverberi is wanted in Argentina on charges of murder and torture under military rule.
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1 year agoCurrent Event zobo
Child digs up 3-carat diamond in Arkansas state park
Gem is about the size of a pea, officials say
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1 year agoCurrent Event zobo
Zinc batteries that offer an alternative to lithium just got a big boost
The US Department of Energy just committed a $400 million loan to battery maker Eos.
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1 year agoCurrent Event zobo
Elliot Page opens up about powerful shirtless movie scene
The first shot of Elliot Page's new movie 'Close to You' felt 'liberating' for the actor to be on screen without a shirt on: 'I never thought I'd feel that way, so it's nice to get to act it.'