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2 days agoCurrent Event TentativePrince
How "Ugly" Labels Can Increase Purchase of Unattractive Produce
According to a recent report by the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine (2020), each year in the U.S. farmers throw away up to 30% of their crops, equal to 66.5 million tons of edible produce, due to cosmetic imperfections. Such food waste has detrimental consequences for the environment: 96% of wasted food is left to decompose in landfills, releasing methane and contributing to climate change.
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4 days agoCurrent Event TentativePrince
Poland to introduce retirement benefits for police dogs and horses
Poland’s government is seeking to introduce retirement benefits for dogs and horses that have served in the police force. Currently, service animals receive no support from the state after finishing work. In practice, this means that retired police dogs are usually adopted by their handlers, who look after them at their own expense, reports Polsat News.
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12 days agoExpression TentativePrince
Adult film star Stormy Daniels recalls alleged sex with Donald Trump, says 'worst 90 seconds of her life'
New York: In yet another explosive interview, porn star Stormy Daniels fired shots at former US President Donald Trump and recalled having sex with him as the "worst 90 seconds of her life". Interestingly, she made the revelations during an interview with Trump's former attorney Michael Cohen.
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2 weeks agoCurrent Event TentativePrince
Machines Are Inventing New Math We've Never Seen
Pushing the boundaries of math requires great minds to pose fascinating problems. What if a machine could do it? Now, scientists created one that can. A good conjecture has something like a magnetic pull for the mind of a mathematician. At its best, a mathematical conjecture states something extremely profound in an extremely precise and succinct way, crying out for proof or disproof.
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2 weeks agoCurrent Event TentativePrince
The Ugly Secrets Behind the Costco Chicken
Probably like many of you, I think of Costco as an enlightened company exemplifying capitalism that works. One ranking listed it as the No. 1 company to work at in terms of pay and benefits — a prime example of a business that is both profitable and humane.
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2 weeks agoCurrent Event TentativePrince
CBD does not appear to alter functional activity in the brain's reward circuit
A single large dose of cannabidiol (CBD) does not alter brain activity in several reward-related brain regions, according to a new double-blind, placebo-controlled study. The findings appear in the Journal of Psychopharmacology.
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3 weeks agoCurrent Event TentativePrince
Teenager emerging from 10-month coma has no knowledge of pandemic
A teenager who is emerging from a 10-month long coma has no knowledge of the coronavirus pandemic despite having caught the disease twice. Joseph Flavill, 19, was hit by a car while walking in Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, on 1 March last year, three weeks before Britain’s first national lockdown began. He has spent months in a coma after he suffered a traumatic brain injury but is slowly beginning to recover and has started responding.
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3 weeks agoCurrent Event TentativePrince
'The Inbetweeners' and Its Disgustingly Accurate Depiction of High School
“How much LEGO can you get up your bum?” Honestly, if this isn’t a question you’ve asked your closest pals, are you even really friends in the first place? In The Inbetweeners, it’s just another casual conversation between classmates. Scaringly, though, it’s the most accurate depiction of what it’s really like to be in high school.
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1 month agoCurrent Event TentativePrince
A Texas doctor has been charged with stealing 9 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine 'for friends and family'
A Texas doctor faces charges alleging that he stole nine doses of the COVID-19 vaccine from his place of work. Dr. Hasan Gokal stole the single vial on December 29 while working at the county vaccination site in Humble, Texas, according to the Harris County prosecutor's office.
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1 month agoCurrent Event TentativePrince
Police arrest over 2,000 at Russia protests backing jailed Kremlin foe Navalny
Police detained over 2,000 people and used force to break up rallies across Russia on Saturday as tens of thousands of protesters ignored extreme cold and police warnings to demand the release of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny.
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1 month agoCurrent Event TentativePrince
House oversight head asks FBI to investigate Parler
A number of Jan. 6 rioters have been charged after posting their activities that day to Parler and major social networking sites popular in the U.S.
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1 month agoCurrent Event TentativePrince
Google TV is the new Android TV, coming to Sony smart TVs this year
New Sony TVs join Google's own Chromecast in running the updated streaming platform.
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1 month agoCurrent Event TentativePrince
Apple Shares Trailer for Upcoming Tom Holland Movie 'Cherry'
Apple today shared the official trailer for "Cherry," an upcoming Apple TV+ film starring Tom Holland. Cherry is premiering in theaters on...
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1 month agoCurrent Event TentativePrince
Elon Musk's Starlink satellite internet service has been approved in the UK, and people are already receiving their beta kits
The UK has given the green light for SpaceX's Starlink satellite internet service, and users in the country have already received their kit for the company's public beta test. Ofcom granted Elon Musk's aerospace company authorization for Starlink in November, a spokesman for the regulator told Insider on Monday. SpaceX began running a Starlink beta in the US in late 2020.