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10 years ago+11 11 0Help wanted in Fukushima: Low pay, high risks and gangsters
Tetsuya Hayashi went to Fukushima to take a job at ground zero of the worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl. He lasted less than two weeks.
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10 years ago+13 13 0'Spy Rocks' Could Be the Military's New Secret Weapon
Warfare technology has come a long way since the days of throwing stones, but that won’t keep the military from incorporating rocks into their arsenal of weapons. This week at the annual AUSA Army meeting in Washington, D.C., Lockheed Martin showcase ...
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10 years ago+1 2 1How many countries are in the world? (You're wrong)
Don’t Google this, just try to answer: How many countries are in the world? One hundred ninety-six? One hundred eighty-nine? Somewhere around that, right? Actually, it’s a little more complicated than counting them on a map or looking up the question ...
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10 years ago+12 12 0The Three Kinds of People Who Live in the United States
According to a new study in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, psychological traits really do vary by region.
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10 years ago+4 5 1Roller coaster technology: 'Bigger! Faster! Scarier!'
Technology has transformed the theme park thrill ride, fuelling a global arms race to create the fastest, tallest, scariest roller coasters the world has ever known. Alton Towers in Staffordshire has just opened the world's first 14-loop roller ...
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10 years ago+7 7 0It’s “Wicked” to Oppose Genetically Modified Golden Rice
The genetically modified organism could save millions of lives.
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10 years ago+12 12 0Nintendo 2DS Hands-On Impressions
The 2DS is ugly. I picked mine up this morning, took it out of the box, looked at it, and thought "Man, that thing is ugly." If I had let my first impression end there, I would have done a disservice to a remarkable new piece of gaming hard ...
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10 years ago+15 15 0Vampire Diaries Star Nina Dobrev Goes Topless To Promote Obamacare
The Vampire Diaries star was only covered by a card that read #getcovered, a reference to President Obama’s ‘Affordable Care Act’.
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10 years ago+16 16 0Are shelter drop boxes safe for animals?
Some shelters say the after-hours buildings save animals' lives, but critics argue that drop boxes actually put animals at risk.
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10 years ago+13 13 0 x 1Why do we live in three dimensions?
New Scientist's MacGregor Campbell gives us the rundown on why – of all the dimensions – we live in the third one. What is the deal with space's essential... three-ness?
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10 years ago+7 7 0Lionel Messi appears in Spanish court over tax fraud
Barcelona footballer Lionel Messi has appeared before a Spanish judge as part of a tax fraud investigation. The 26-year-old Argentine, four times Fifa World Player of the Year, and his father Jorge Messi are accused of defrauding the authorities of m ...
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10 years ago+15 15 0The harm that casinos do
David Frum says a new report makes clear the damage casinos do.
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10 years ago+12 12 0The Curious Case of Summer's Hottest Food Item: The Pretzel Roll
If you’re like me and watch far too much television, this summer’s pretzel roll ads felt like salty lasers incessantly burning their promotions into your hungry heart. No fewer than five large American restaurant chains peddled an offering encased in ...
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10 years ago+10 10 0World timekeepers wrangle over scrapping leap second
Timekeeping experts failed Friday to reach a decision on scrapping the four-decade-old practice of adding extra seconds to clocks, a system opponents say causes headaches in a hi-tech, interconnected world.
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10 years ago+8 8 0 x 15 Facts You Didn't Know About The Beatles
The Beatles are probably the most influential musicians of the 20th century, but did you know they really wanted to star in a movie version of Lord of the Rings? Thankfully, Stanley Kubrick had the good sense to turn them down.
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10 years ago+9 9 0How the Internet is killing innovation
I believed the same lies that you still believe, for a long time. I was in college during the early days of the World Wide Web, and like others, I rejoiced in the incredible access to knowledge it provided, and diversity of thought it promoted. So wh ...
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10 years agoCurrent Event+1 2 1Thousands rally against Mexico oil reforms
More than 40,000 people march in Mexico City to reject plans to overhaul tax system and privatisation of energy sector.
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10 years ago+12 12 0HTC executives arrested over leaked trade secrets
Three HTC design executives were arrested on suspicion of leaking trade secrets, sending the Taiwanese smartphone maker's shares tumbling on Monday as its troubles deepened amid a wave of senior staff departures and disappointing sales.
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10 years ago+10 10 0Watch the first U.S. surgery transmitted live over Google Glass
Google Glass is still in beta testing, but the product is already finding its place in the medical field: the operating room.
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10 years ago+10 10 0Doctors should provide smoking interventions for children, report suggests
According to new recommendations from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF), primary health care providers should offer interventions to help stop children and adolescents from smoking tobacco.