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8 months agoAnalysis canuck
Scientists grow ‘mini-organs’ from cells shed by foetuses in womb
Creating organoids from cells found in amniotic fluid could bring insights into cause and progression of malformations
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8 months agoCurrent Event canuck
Boxer Anderson charged with felony after chase
Heavyweight contender Jared Anderson was charged with third-degree felony fleeing a police officer at his arraignment Saturday morning.
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9 months agoAnalysis canuck
Caffeine use prevents stress-induced impairment of spatial memory
A study has found that adding caffeine to the drinking water of rats exposed to social isolation stress can protect them from developing memory impairments.
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11 months agoExpression canuck
Why the Dying DVD Business Could Be Headed for a Resurrection
Netflix and Best Buy said adieu to discs — but with streamers deleting titles to cut costs, could DVDs and Blu-rays mimic the revival of vinyl and CDs?
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12 months agoCurrent Event canuck
Apple admits third-party App Stores in Europe are inevitable
Apple's latest financial filings show that the company expects to be forced into allowing third-party App Store across Europe, starting in 2024.
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12 months agoCurrent Event canuck
X Says It Is Worth $19 Billion, Down From $44 Billion Last Year
The social media company’s valuation was disclosed in the paperwork for stock grants that it handed to employees on Monday.
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1 year agoExpression canuck
Sci-fi books are rare in school even though they help kids better understand science
Despite their scarcity, science fiction books are highly sought after by elementary school students.
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1 year agoCurrent Event canuck
A gigantic Navy drone is ready to surveil the ocean from above
The Triton aircraft has a wingspan wider than a Boeing 737's. The program just reached an important milestone.
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1 year agoCurrent Event canuck
California Just Became the Third State to Pass Electronics Right to Repair
Right to Repair just won in Big Tech’s backyard: California’s Right to Repair Act, Senate Bill 244, has passed the state legislature on a 50–0 vote.
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1 year agoCurrent Event canuck
Minnesota returns voting power to thousands. The question is whether they'll use it
A new law in Minnesota speeds up restoration of voting eligibility to the formerly incarcerated. Now advocates are fanning out to convince people to use those rights.
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1 year agoCurrent Event canuck
The richest Americans account for 40 percent of U.S. climate emissions
About 15 days of emissions from the richest American was equal to a lifetime of emissions for someone in the poorest 10 percent in America, research found.
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1 year agoCurrent Event canuck
Last month was the planet's hottest June on record by a huge margin
June was the hottest such month on record for the planet by a “substantial margin,” the EU’s Copernicus Climate Change Service reported Thursday.
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1 year agoCurrent Event canuck
Netflix on verge of landing Jerry Jones docu-series for nearly $50 million
The partnership between the NFL and Netflix is expanding. Next week, the first NFL property debuts on Netflix, with the Quarterback series focusing on Patrick Mahomes, Kirk Cousins, and Marcus Mariota. Eventually, Netflix will air the NFL Films docu-series focusing on Cowboys owner Jerry Jones .
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1 year agoCurrent Event canuck
Solar sprawl is tearing up the Mojave Desert. Is there a better way?
High above the Las Vegas Strip, solar panels blanketed the roof of Mandalay Bay Convention Center — 26,000 of them, rippling across an area larger than 20 football fields. From this vantage point, the sun-dappled Mandalay Bay and Delano hotels dominated the horizon, emerging like comically large golden scepters from the glittering black panels. Snow-tipped mountains rose to the west.