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7 days ago+16 16 0James Webb Space Telescope spies hot, gritty clouds in skies of huge exoplanet with 2 suns
NASA's prolific James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has made yet another stunning discovery. The pioneering observatory just peered directly into the atmosphere of a giant exoplanet with two suns (like Tatooine from "Star Wars") known as ...
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8 days ago+17 17 0iPhone users complain Apple’s autocorrect is ‘ruining their lives’
“Not trying to sound dramatic but iPhone autocorrect is literally ruining my life,” said one user furious with Apple’s latest iOS update.
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2 weeks ago+3 3 0“Boiling Frog” Syndrome and Why People Stay in Bad Relationships
Have you heard of the Boiling frog syndrome? Despite working as a Psychologist for nearly two decades I hadn’t heard of it until fairly recently. Apparently, the expression originates from a fable about a frog that gets put into boiling water.
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2 weeks ago+15 15 0‘We Have to Interrogate How We Feel About Our Heroes’
Spoilers follow for the season finale of The Last of Us, “Look for the Light.” Craig Mazin will carry The Last of Us with him forever — literally. On the showrunner, writer, and director’s upper arm is his first tattoo: a rendering of Ellie’s switchb ...
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2 weeks ago+3 3 0Artificial turf potentially linked to cancer deaths of six Phillies ball players – report
A report on a possible link between a rare brain cancer that killed six professional US baseball players and toxic chemicals in artificial turf is raising a new round of questions over whether synthetic sports fields pose a health threat to athletes ...
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3 weeks ago+17 17 0Are you mindlessly scrolling? Here’s how to tame your bad tech habit.
Even a good digital habit can cross the line into an unhealthy compulsion. How to tell good digital habits from bad ones and break the hold of compulsions.
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3 weeks ago+18 18 0Tesla re-thinks 100-year-old automaking model, aiming to halve costs
Tesla told investors it can reduce costs by 50%, by expanding on the modular, parallel manufacturing innovations it developed for the Model Y. Tesla's next-gen vehicles will be built and tested in chunks that won't come together until the f ...
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3 weeks ago+24 24 0After flying four astronauts into orbit, SpaceX makes its 101st straight landing
A Falcon 9 rocket blasted into the starry sky above Florida early on Thursday morning, sending four astronauts safely on their way into low-Earth orbit. This mission, flown by SpaceX for NASA, will deliver the astronauts to the International Space St ...
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1 month ago+27 27 0Capitalism Makes Everyone Bend to Its Will, Rich and Poor Alike
In his new book Mute Compulsion, Søren Mau argues that to understand and end capitalism, we need to analyze how it not only subordinates the poor to the rich but in fact exerts economic power over everyone — including capitalists themselves.
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1 month ago+14 14 0Missing Miami tabby cat found 1,400 miles from home
Authorities in a Kansas city made a startling discovery over the weekend, scanning a lone cat’s microchip and finding the feline had somehow made it to the Midwest all the way from South Florida. The orange tabby, aptly named “Lucky,” was spotted in ...
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1 month ago+24 24 0Solar paint: the next big thing in renewable energy?
As of 2023, the U.S. solar industry is attracting private investment activity worth tens of billions of dollars. When that kind of serious cash starts flooding an industry, you know new innovation isn't far behind. And what sounds more innovativ ...
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1 month ago+4 4 0An Abandoned, Industrial Ruin Bursts With New Life in Delaware
A gray afternoon in winter is not usually considered the best time to visit a garden, but it’s perfect for my first glimpse of this extraordinary place. A battered sign reads: “Positively No Admittance!” Paul Orpello, my guide, opens a creaky gate an ...
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1 month ago+18 18 0Interpreting ambiguous social cues as positive decreases symptoms of social anxiety over time
In seeking to understand the consequences of distorted thinking on social anxiety symptoms, researchers have found that those who experience positive interpretation biases experience improvement in their social anxiety symptoms after a 4-week period. ...
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1 month ago+3 3 0Bitcoin ‘fixes democracy’ and fights corruption: Human Rights Foundation
Bitcoin fixes broken democracies and fights government corruption by limiting its power to control its people, argues Bitcoin advocate and chief strategy officer of the Human Rights Foundation, Alex Gladstein.
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1 month ago+2 2 0Scientists are finally taking a serious look at psilocybin for the treatment of cluster headaches
The results from the first randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study to systematically investigate the effects of psilocybin in cluster headache has been published in the scientific journal Headache. The initial study provides useful informa ...
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1 month ago+22 22 0The Supreme Court is about to hear 2 major cases that could transform the internet
Next week the U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear two major cases involving big technology companies, with key aspects of the internet on the line with its rulings later this year. First up, on Feb. 21, is Gonzalez v. Google. The underlying lawsuit was ...
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1 month ago+4 4 0Climate change denialism is on the rise on French Twitter, researchers find
A large group of over 10,000 accounts has grown since the summer of 2022. According to a study, the majority have shared pro-Kremlin propaganda about the war in Ukraine. Many have held anti-vaccine views and are aligned with the far right.
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1 month ago+19 19 034-year-old's online business brings in $66,000/month: 'I never thought I could make money doing what I love'
I spent most of my childhood playing video games, and I won my first cash prize tournament at 17 years old. But I never thought I could make money doing exactly what I love. So I did what I thought I was expected to do: Go to college and get a tradit ...
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1 month ago+17 17 0This tiny flying robot could work as an artificial pollinator
The decline of pollinators, particularly bees, is having a grave impact on agriculture and human health. Scientists estimate that 4.7% of the world’s total production of fruit, 3.2% of vegetables, and 4.7% nuts is now lost because of inadequate polli ...
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1 month ago+17 17 0Twitter reportedly had only 180,000 subscribers in the US last month
Elon Musk may have to think of a lot more ways to make Twitter Blue appealing to potential subscribers if he wants the subscription service to be a major source of revenue. According to The Information, only 180,000 people in the US have been paying ...