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5 years ago+21 21 0Earth's Wildlife Populations Have Dropped By 60 Percent Since 1970
And humans are mostly to blame, according to the World Wildlife Fund's 2018 Living Planet Report.
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5 years ago+2 2 0Vancouver-area measles: Low vaccination rates made outbreak ‘inevitable’
The misinformation that has fueled the decline in vaccination rates, largely born from a debunked assertion that vaccines cause autism, seems to be as contagious as measles itself.
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5 years ago+19 19 0"Decadent life” banned in short videos... but netizens don’t know what that means
Global viral sensation TikTok began life as short video app Douyin in China
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5 years ago+16 16 0Chinese Scientists Have Cloned a Genetically Altered Primate For The First Time
This time last year, the first primates cloned through a nucleus transfer technique made headlines around the world. Now, Chinese researchers have pushed the envelope even further – by breaking a regulatory gene in macaques before cloning them.
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5 years ago+2 2 0Health experts applaud Canada’s new food guide, though some question lack of portion sizes
Doctors, dietitians and medical groups seem generally supportive of Canada's new food guide recommendations.
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5 years ago+15 15 0Speechwriting tip – harness the Power of Three
Repetition is a powerfully persuasive tool. Here’s how to make any speech (or article or blog post) more persuasive.
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5 years ago+3 3 0David Tennant left red-faced after finding out what the aubergine emoji means
After a sexual harassment training video taught him its symbolism, the actor was thankful he'd never asked if any castmates wanted to come over for babaganoush
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5 years ago+21 21 010 Small Business Predictions for 2019
Successfully owning and operating your small business means staying relevant. Small business owners don’t have the giant marketing budgets and brand recognition that big box stores do, which means that they need to make sure that their business pract ...
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5 years ago+14 14 0Google is Partnering With WordPress to Develop a News Publishing Platform
Google is partnering with Automattic/WordPress to develop a low-cost system specifically designed for publishing local news.
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5 years ago+16 16 0Pay Survey 2019: What 1,400+ Freelancers Get Paid to Write
How much do freelancers get paid to write? Check out the results of our survey about freelance writing rates in 2019 to find out.
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5 years ago+9 9 0How to choose a job that will make you happy
There's more to happiness on the job than choosing what you do. Here are some even more important factors to consider.We spend a third of our waking hours on the job. If our job sucks, it's hard t
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5 years ago+22 22 0What tweet words reveal about Canadians
How important is our choice of words? A study of 40 million tweets reveals the true nature of being Canadian. So, are Canadians nicer than Americans? It would be nice to think so. But our tweets tell us only that we are happier. And that’s pretty nic ...
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5 years ago+11 11 0China bans political satire and sexy moaning from video apps
Making memes of Communist Party leaders, political satire and overly sexual moaning have all been banned on China’s thriving short video app industry. ...
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5 years ago+4 4 0Don't be deceived: these fluffy bunnies enjoy devouring meat
Snowshoe hares eat meat, and they don't seem all that picky about what kind of animal it comes from. A natural history paper published recently in the journal Northwestern Naturalist documents hares in Yukon's boreal forest scavenging on gr ...
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5 years ago+10 10 0Apple Hammers Google and Amazon Over Privacy
Apple isn’t at the Consumer Electronics Show this week, but it’s making a big impression with an eye-catching billboard that goes after the privacy inadequacies of its major rivals.
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5 years ago+2 2 0Six Ways to Profit by Promoting Other Businesses | Socialnomics
One thing entrepreneurs are told over and over is that they have to promote their business. What if I told you there are several clever ways to make more money by promoting other businesses?
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5 years ago+2 2 0Aquaman—Yes, Aquaman—Is Officially the Biggest Ever DCEU Movie
The Jason Momoa-led blockbuster has formally out-paced Batman and Superman at the box-office.
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5 years ago+17 17 0New food guide to encourage Canadians to eat more plant-based protein
A draft document of Canada's upcoming food guide emphasizes plant-based sources of protein.
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5 years ago+13 13 0GCHQ had a brilliant response to that Dalek attack in Doctor Who's New Year's special
The Government Communications Headquarters tweeted about Jodie Whittaker's first special
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5 years ago+3 3 052 things I learned in 2018 – Fluxx Studio Notes – Medium
This year I edited another book, worked on fascinating projects at Fluxx, and learned learnings.