Post Overview
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Expression
3 years ago
+4 4 0Netflix’s ad-supported tier is reportedly off to a slow start
Company execs say it’s playing the long game.
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Current Event
3 years ago
+12 12 0A Powerful Recoil Effect Magnified NASA’s Asteroid Deflection Experiment
Scientists continue to pore over the results of NASA’s stunningly successful DART test to deflect a harmless asteroid. As the latest findings suggest, the recoil created by the blast of debris spewing out from Dimorphos after impact was significant, ...
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Expression
3 years ago
+4 4 0Ford dumped toxic sludge on tribal land. Years later, it’s still making people sick
A lawsuit filed by New Jersey will attempt to hold Ford accountable for decades of environmental damage to native lands. Richard Hall talks to the residents still fighting for justice.
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Current Event
3 years ago
+18 18 0EU sets December 28th, 2024 deadline for all new phones to use USB-C for wired charging
We finally have a final official deadline for when new phones sold in the European Union — including future iPhones — will have to use USB-C for wired charging: December 28th, 2024. That’s because the EU’s new USB-C legislation has just been publishe ...
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3 years ago
+2 2 0Michael Avenatti Sentenced To 14 Years In Prison For Defrauding Clients
Attorney Michael Avenatti, once a cable news fixture for his commentary on Donald Trump, has been sentenced to 14 years in prison for defrauding clients and for obstructing an IRS collection effort
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3 years ago
+12 12 0Italy’s Budget Bill Encourages Crypto Investors to Disclose Holdings
Italian lawmakers have proposed in the budget bill to encourage taxpayers to declare their crypto assets as of Jan. 1, 2023, and pay a 14% tax, according to Bloomberg. The move comes as a part of Italy’s plan to tighten digital assets regulation and ...
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3 years ago
+4 4 0Archaeologists Ask Netflix to Reclassify Graham Hancock's 'Unfounded' Netflix Docuseries 'Ancient Apocalypse' as Fiction
This week, the Society for American Archaeology published an open letter to Netflix and the television production house ITN requesting that they re-classify its new series Ancient Apocalypse as a work of fiction rather than a docuseries. The show cen ...
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Current Event
3 years ago
+20 20 0Sci-fi-like space elevators could become a reality in the "next 2 or 3 decades"
The space elevator — a structure that reaches into the sky — might feel like a distant, farfetched concept, but it could be closer than we think. In an op-ed for Scientific American, Physics professor Stephen Cohen at Vanier College in Montreal, Queb ...
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Current Event
3 years ago
+1 1 0China’s 26-storey pig skyscraper ready to slaughter 1 million pigs a year
The world’s biggest single-building pig farm has opened in Hubei province, but critics say it will increase the risk of larger animal disease outbreaks
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3 years ago
+15 15 0Apple Executive Phil Schiller Deactivates Twitter Account
Apple's Phil Schiller, responsible for Apple events and the App Store, has deactivated his Twitter account following recent developments on the platform. Schiller often used his account to promote new Apple products, services, software, and init ...
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Current Event
3 years ago
+4 4 0As the Colorado River is stretched thin by drought, can the 100-year-old rules that divide it still work?
Cowboy Michael Klaren heaved hay bales onto his wagon, climbed aboard and urged his two workhorses to drag it across a meadow, the ground spongy with the meltwater from a snowstorm. Wet boots had raised his spirits on this March morning, as had two w ...
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Expression
3 years ago
+3 3 0Can Germans Save Their Beloved Rhine?
Germany has embarked on an ambitious and expensive effort to preserve the river’s historical role as a vital transportation link. But will it work?
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Current Event
3 years ago
+14 14 0If bumblebees can play, does it mean they have feelings? This study suggests yes
When put to the test, bees have proved over and over again that they've got a lot more to offer than pollinating, making honey and being fiercely loyal to a queen. The industrious insects can count and alter their behavior when things seem diffi ...
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3 years ago
+4 4 0Energy prices: Gamers playing late at night to avoid peak electricity costs amid cost of living crisis
New research has found that more than half of gamers asked (52%) are now sharing new gaming purchases with friends and 62% say they are not buying new games at all - instead focusing on secondhand purchases or freebies.
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Current Event
3 years ago
+13 13 0Feeling low? Take a walk down memory lane. Study says nostalgia improves psychological well-being
Nostalgia, or the good feeling one gets when thinking about the past, may not be getting the respect it deserves. A recent study in the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology concludes that the more nostalgic one is, the more authentic one feels, ...
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3 years ago
+2 2 0The Middle East is going green — while supplying oil to others
The world’s green spotlight is tilting towards the Middle East as Egypt and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) prepare to host the next two major world summits on climate change. Egypt’s Sharm El-Sheikh resort will be the site of the next United Nations ...
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3 years ago
+12 12 0Fifth Circuit Ruling Chills Consumer Financial Protections
In Community Financial Services Association of America v. CFPB, a three-judge panel for the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit became the first federal court to find that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s funding structure is unconsti ...
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3 years ago
+14 14 0Climate Pledges Are Falling Short, and a Chaotic Future Looks More Like Reality
With an annual summit next month, the United Nations assessed progress on countries’ past emissions commitments. Severe disruption would be hard to avoid on the current trajectory.
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Current Event
3 years ago
+12 12 0Can a meat-free filet mignon convert carnivores?
When it comes to recreating the taste, texture and look of real meat, whole cuts have been called the “holy grail” of plant-based products. But producing them is not easy. “Whole-muscle products are challenging to mimic because of their fibrous textu ...
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3 years ago
+3 3 0Here's How She-Hulk's Head Writer Hilariously Smashed Every Internet Troll
"She-Hulk: Attorney at Law" wrapped up its first season, going full comic book mode with Jen Walters (Tatiana Maslany) confronting the Marvel Studios writers to get a better ending. Throughout its season, "She-Hulk" never shied aw ...




















