Post Overview
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Current Event
7 years ago
+18 18 0It Happened: Kim Jong Un met with Xi Jinping in China
It's the first meeting between the North Korean leader Kim Jong Un Chinese President Xi Jinping.
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Analysis
7 years ago
+14 14 0Study: Living abroad leads to a clearer sense of self
Living abroad can clarify your sense of self, according to new research by a team of social scientists at Rice University, Columbia University and the University of North Carolina.
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Current Event
7 years ago
+10 10 0Tim Cook Takes His Turn to Dunk on Facebook, Demanding Data Privacy Regulations
Mark Zuckerberg and his social media platform Facebook remain under dark clouds this week as things over its Cambridge Analytica scandal continues to get more complex. Facebook’s stock price fell 13% this week which increased the pressure over Facebo ...
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Current Event
7 years ago
+2 2 0'Serial bomber' behind deadly Texas blasts
Police say the latest explosion, following deadly parcel bombings, may have been tripwire-activated.
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Analysis
7 years ago
+25 25 0 x 1Is Water The Secret To Perfectly Crispy Bacon?
Regardless, it's changing the way we cook bacon forever.
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Current Event
7 years ago
+39 39 0 x 1Australian telescope picks up brightest fast radio burst space signal ever detected
Fast radio bursts (FRBs) are strange, extremely bright and mysterious signals from space. Now, astronomers at Australia’s Parkes Observatory have recorded three new signals in relatively quick succession – one of which is the brightest FRB ever detec ...
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Video/Audio
7 years ago
+2 2 0Early Rider Moments: "Is There No One Driving That Car?"
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Current Event
7 years ago
+9 9 0Russia demands nerve agent samples in standoff with UK over poisoned spy
Russia has summoned the UK’s ambassador to Moscow to protest against accusations that it ordered last week’s nerve agent attack in Salisbury and to warn that any British sanctions against Russia would be answered in kind. Among other measures, Moscow ...
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Current Event
7 years ago
+36 36 0 x 1Larry Page’s Flying Taxis, Now Exiting Stealth Mode
New Zealand has opened its skies to self-piloted electric planes financed by one of Google’s founders.
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Analysis
7 years ago
+23 23 0An inside look at how Sweden is building the world’s second-longest tunnel
Bridges would be easier, but it doesn't want to disturb the surroundings.
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Expression
7 years ago
+32 32 0 x 1Seven years after tsunami, Japanese live uneasily with seawalls
When a massive earthquake struck in 2011, Japanese oyster fisherman Atsushi Fujita was working as usual by the sea. Soon after, a huge black wave slammed into his city and killed nearly 2,000 people.
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Expression
7 years ago
+25 25 0How Two Photographers Unknowingly Shot the Same Millisecond in Time
On March 3rd, during a large East Coast winter storm, I headed to the ocean to capture some wave action. My travels eventually took me to Great Island Commons in New Castle, New Hampshire, where Whaleback Lighthouse is prominently featured .8 miles o ...
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Current Event
7 years ago
+3 3 0'No dancing': Saudi concert edict stirs ridicule
A "No dancing or swaying" instruction on tickets to Egyptian pop sensation Tamer Hosny's upcoming concert in Saudi Arabia has triggered an avalanche of mockery and ridicule on social media. Thousands of fans were taken by surprise when ...
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Expression
7 years ago
+33 33 0 x 1German cars have the most to lose from a changing auto industry
Coddled by successive governments, the industry is dogged by dieselgate, lagging in electric vehicles and unsure about driverless cars
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Analysis
7 years ago
+24 25 1Depth Of Russian Politician's Cultivation Of NRA Ties Revealed
Alexander Torshin's links to NRA leaders are deeper than previously known, NPR has learned. He claims to have met Donald Trump in 2015 and served as a U.S. election observer in 2012 through the NRA.
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Current Event
7 years ago
+4 4 0DoorDash raises $535M, now valued at $1.4B
Restaurant delivery service DoorDash is joining the unicorn club with its latest round of funding.
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Analysis
7 years ago
+2 2 0The Lottery Hackers
Winning millions of dollars seemed as good a retirement plan as any.
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Current Event
7 years ago
+1 1 0Alex Jones Accused of Sexual Harassment, Bullying at InfoWars
InfoWars owner Alex Jones allegedly bullied, discriminated, and sexually harassed a number of his employees, according to Equal Employment Opportunity Commission complaints obtained by the Daily Mail. Rob Jacobson, who worked at the conspiracy site f ...
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Current Event
7 years ago
+7 7 0Brave Boston bombing officer criticizes Florida cops in high school shooting
A Massachusetts officer who knows exactly what it's like to risk his own life for the safety of others criticized Florida cops who stood outside a high school building last week as more than a dozen students and staff members were murdered by a ...
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Current Event
7 years ago
+13 13 0New data shows Netflix's number of movies has gone down by thousands of titles since 2010 — but its TV catalog size has soared
Netflix's movie catalog has decreased dramatically in recent years, while its amount of TV shows to stream has significantly increased.




















