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2 years ago+16 16 0A new kind of atheism can help us tackle the religious crises facing America
There are two pressing crises tied to the state of religion in America today. A new style of atheism can help answer both of them.
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2 years ago+34 34 0 x 1Anker 675 USB-C Docking Station 12-in-1 monitor stand wins award
The Anker 675 USB-C Docking Station (12-in-1, Monitor Stand, Wireless) has won a 2023 CES Innovation Award. The company suggests the product can help you to streamline your desk setup with a 100 W USB-C port to connect to your laptop. You can connect ...
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2 years ago+13 13 0"Willow" Gives Us the Lesbian Disney Princess We've Been Waiting For
If I had a dollar for every time I’ve had to write about some Disney character or Marvel superhero who was definitely for sure absolutely no doubt going to be gay this time, and stayed straight anyway, I’d have enough money to make my own lesbian pri ...
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2 years ago+12 12 0One man’s lonely quest to save the world’s corals draws a following
After working in obscurity for decades, Anuar Abdullah is emerging as an increasingly influential, somewhat unlikely expert on how to revive the world's coral reefs.
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2 years ago+26 26 0Top A.I. Powered Tools Not Named ChatGPT
If I had more time, I’d like to dive into A.I. and Generative A.I. tools. I’m sure you might as well, while I think it’s early days for A.I. tools in 2023, it might be useful to take a short survey of some of the ones that are trending.
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2 years ago+10 10 0A Lecturer Showed a Painting of the Prophet Muhammad. She Lost Her Job.
After an outcry over the art history class by Muslim students, Hamline University officials said the incident was Islamophobic. But many scholars say the work is a masterpiece.
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2 years ago+22 22 0Inventor of the world wide web wants us to reclaim our data from tech giants
The internet has come a long way since Tim Berners-Lee invented the world wide web in 1989. Now, in an era of growing concern over privacy, he believes it’s time for us to reclaim our personal data. Through their startup Inrupt, Berners-Lee and CEO J ...
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2 years ago+13 13 0Rick Singer, head of the college admissions bribery scandal, gets 42 months in prison
Rick Singer, the man behind the notorious "Varsity Blues" college admissions bribery scandal, was sentenced Wednesday to 3 1/2 years in prison and ordered to pay more than $19 million — about half as restitution to the IRS and the other hal ...
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2 years ago+2 2 0UK sets new record for wind power generation
New record of 87.2% also set for share of electricity on grid coming from renewables and nuclear
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2 years ago+13 13 0Three’s a crowd: how farmers are cutting out the supermarkets
Giving up police work to grow passion fruit might be considered an unconventional career move, but that is what Sergio Quijada Domínguez did when a hereditary heart condition forced him to retire at the age of 32 after 14 years in Spain’s Guardia Civ ...
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2 years ago+14 14 0Study suggests psilocybin increases mindfulness, especially when accompanied by mystical experiences
Arecent study published in Frontiers in Psychology investigates the relationship between psilocybin, mindfulness, mystical-type experiences, and serotonin receptors in the brain. Following participants for three months after a dose of psilocybin, the ...
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2 years ago+16 16 0Child body weight has limited effects on mood and behavioural disorders, study suggests
The results suggest that some previous studies, which have shown a strong link between childhood obesity and mental health, may not have fully accounted for family genetics and environmental factors. Children with obesity are more likely to be diagno ...
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2 years ago+25 25 0Flexibility is key to building a carbon neutral power system
To manage future electricity demand in line with the EU's Energy Roadmap 2050, power grids need to rely on both supply and demand flexibility and be structured as a system of systems.
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2 years ago+17 17 0All 32 fighting roosters rescued in Austin have found new homes
About 30 roosters rescued from cockfighting last month have evaded euthanasia and found new homes, Austin Pets Alive announced Wednesday. The nonprofit animal rescue has been trying to find sanctuaries for these fighting roosters over the last few we ...
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2 years ago+4 4 0FTX's Gary Wang, Alameda's Caroline Ellison plead guilty to federal charges, cooperating with prosecutors
FTX co-founder Gary Wang and former Alameda Research co-CEO Caroline Ellison have both pleaded guilty to federal charges, the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, Damian Williams, said Wednesday.
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2 years ago+22 22 0Girl Scout mom kicked out of Radio City and barred from seeing Rockettes after facial recognition tech identified her
An attorney from a law firm suing the parent company of Radio City Music Hall was kicked out of the venue after facial recognition technology identified her when she tried to see a Rockettes performance with her daughter and a pack of Girl Scouts.
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2 years ago+17 17 0Hotels say goodbye to daily room cleanings and hello to robots as workers stay scarce
Nearly three years into the pandemic, travel has returned but hotel staff have not. Unable to find workers, hotel owners and managers are having to adapt to what they believe is the new normal.
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2 years ago+14 14 0The best space photos of 2022
In 2022, space missions provided entirely new way of looking at the cosmos, from the celestial backyard of our solar system to incredibly distant galaxies that were created shortly after the big bang.
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2 years ago+21 21 0The $11,500 toilet with Alexa inside can now be put inside your home
It’s Alexa... in a toilet...
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2 years ago+3 3 0The Last Of Us: Craig Mazin On Adapting ‘The Greatest Story Ever Told In Video Games’
For decades now, it’s been apparent that translating video games into riveting movies and series is no easy feat. While there are a handful of success stories (notably animated series Arcane, and the box office-smashing Sonic movies), there are count ...