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1 year ago+18 18 0Julie Powell, Author Behind ‘Julie & Julia,’ Dead at 49
Powell’s popular blog was later turned into Nora Ephron’s final film starring Amy Adams and Meryl Streep.
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1 year ago+21 21 0Haunting Sound Of Earth's Magnetic Field Released By European Space Agency
The European Space Agency (ESA) has released a spooky, crackling audio which reveals how the Earth's magnetic field sounds like. The magnetic field isn't something we can actually see, but is a complex and dynamic bubble that keeps us safe ...
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1 year ago+17 17 0Did Supermassive Black Holes Collapse Directly out of Giant Clouds of gas? It Could Depend on Magnetic Fields
Roughly half a century ago, astronomers realized that the powerful radio source coming from the center of our galaxy (Sagitarrius A*) was a “monster” black hole. Since then, they have found that supermassive black holes (SMBHs) reside at the center o ...
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1 year ago+12 12 0US economy grew significantly in 3rd quarter, ending 6 months of shrinking
The U.S. economy expanded significantly to kick off the second half of the year, marking a dramatic reversal from the contraction experienced over the first six months, government data showed. U.S. gross domestic product grew 2.6% over the three mont ...
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1 year ago+20 20 0Dark personalities perceive pro-environmental behaviors as more costly and less beneficial
People with “dark” personality traits tend to behave in less environmentally friendly ways in everyday life, and view pro-environmental behaviors as imposing a greater burden, according to new research published in Frontiers in Psychology. The findin ...
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1 year ago+18 18 0iPhones are calling the police when their owners ride rollercoasters
Apple’s iPhones are automatically calling the police to notify them that their owners have been in car crashes during roller coaster rides. The Cupertino tech giant’s newest iPhone had sent the notifications sent from owners phones while they were at ...
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1 year ago+3 3 0Wildfires are getting worse. Can scientists save California’s forests from going up in smoke?
As California struggles with an increase in extreme wildfires, researchers are studying exactly what a healthy or fire-resistant forest looks like.
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1 year ago+19 19 0Steve Jobs Passed Away 11 Years Ago Today
Today marks the 11th anniversary of Steve Jobs passing away at the age of 56, one day after Apple introduced the iPhone 4S and Siri. Laurene Powell...
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1 year ago+3 3 0Asteroid that killed the dinosaurs also triggered global tsunami
The asteroid that struck Earth 66 million years ago, wiping out three-quarters of the planet's plant and animal life (most famously the dinosaurs), also triggered a worldwide tsunami with mile-high wa
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1 year ago+22 22 0Mark Zuckerberg Is No Longer One Of The 10 Richest Americans
The Facebook CEO has lost more than half his fortune since last year.
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1 year ago+7 7 0GTA 6 gameplay leaks online in 90 videos
Footage of Grand Theft Auto VI, Rockstar’s next entry in its open-world franchise, has leaked online. PC Gamer reports that a user on the GTA Forums has posted a 3GB file full of 90 videos of GTA VI footage. It’s not exactly clear how the footage was ...
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1 year ago+27 27 0Google Scientist's Paper Claims AI Will "Likely" Annihilate Humankind
Researchers at Google Deepmind and the University of Oxford have concluded that it's now "likely" that superintelligent AI will spell the end of humanity — a grim scenario that more and more researchers are starting to predict. In a re ...
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1 year ago+18 18 0Bose’s new noise-canceling earbuds tune themselves to your ears
Bose doesn’t want Apple to hog all the limelight today. On the day Apple showed off its latest AirPods Pro model, Bose showed off the QuietComfort Earbuds II — $299.99 wireless earbuds that claim to deliver the “world’s best noise cancellation,” acco ...
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1 year ago+11 12 1Time Is Running Out to File a Claim in Facebook's $90 Million Data-Tracking Settlement
There are only a few weeks left before the filing deadline. Find out if you're eligible.
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1 year ago+14 14 0Chileans reject new constitution in referendum
Early referendum results suggest Chileans have rejected a new progressive constitution backed by leftist President Gabriel Boric.
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1 year ago+22 22 0Microsoft will start delivering combat-ready HoloLens goggles to the U.S. military
After years of controversy, Microsoft’s HoloLens project just got a first order from the U.S. military. Bloomberg reported Thursday that Microsoft would deliver the initial units of its Integrated Visual Augmentation System (or IVAS) goggles to the m ...
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1 year ago+13 13 0North Korea Sees Suspected COVID-19 Cases After Victory Claim
North Korea on Thursday said it found four new fever cases in its border region with China that may have been caused by coronavirus infections, two weeks after leader Kim Jong Un declared a widely disputed victory over COVID-19.
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1 year ago+14 14 0Meteor crater: The hole from space that keeps on giving
Research payoffs from the out-of-this-world Meteor Crater are ongoing.
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1 year ago+23 23 0 x 1Total Control: Why Central Bank Digital Currencies are a Catastrophic Idea
The year is 2050. Cash has largely disappeared from everyday life. Anyone caught with any form of paper money is considered suspicious. Drugs? Money laundering? Sabotage? Cash is dirty. The currency is digital now. But: Our digital payment transactio ...
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1 year ago+17 17 0'Synthetic' mouse embryo with brain and beating heart grown from stem cells
Researchers from the University of Cambridge and Caltech have created model mouse embryos from stem cells—the body's master cells, which can develop into almost any cell type in the body—that have beating hearts, as well as the foundations for a ...
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