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Current Event aj0690Belkin’s Boostup wireless dock can charge three Apple devices at once
It’s not quite AirPower, but Belkin’s latest charging dock gives you a convenient way of charging up to three Apple devices simultaneously. The Boostup Wireless Charging Dock has a pair of elevated wireless charging pads to power your iPhone and Apple Watch, and a USB Type-A port for charging a third device, like an AirPods case.
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11 hours ago
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Opinion | Let Teenagers Sleep In
Starting schools before 8:30 a.m. shows a tragic disregard for both the mental health of children and for science.
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11 hours ago
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The untold story of the vegetable peeler that changed the world
Smart Design’s Davin Stowell shares the origin story of the OXO Swivel, one of the great icons of 20th-century industrial design.
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North Carolina’s Famous Wild Horses Emerge from Hurricane Florence Unscathed
We’re thrilled to report that the herds of wild horses that roam North Carolina’s Outer Banks have emerged from Hurricane Florence unscathed. Cape Hatteras National Seashore and Corolla Wild Horse Fund both confirmed on social media over the weekend that their equine populations are safe and sound following Hurricane Florence’s lashing last week. Corolla Wild Horse Fund herd manager Meg Puckett told The News & Observer that the wild herd found higher ground and grouped together against...
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2 days ago
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Scientists Just Made Human Egg Cells from Human Blood for the First Time
It’s the first step toward being able to mass produce human eggs using other people’s body tissues or blood.
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2 days ago
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PlayStation Classic Will Not See Post-Launch Games, Has No PSN Functionality
With the PlayStation Classic's reveal earlier this week came the confirmation of five of the 20 games to be included in the nostalgic console, as well as what players would be getting for the $99.99 price point. Still, some questions lingered about functionality for the system, and how it might differ from what we've seen in Nintendo's NES and SNES Classic mini consoles. Speaking to IGN via email, a PlayStation spokesperson confirmed that, similarly to those consoles, the initial ...
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2 days ago
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A new antenna using single atoms could usher in the age of atomic radio
The team tested their device by recording themselves singing
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3 days ago
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Red Sox fan electrocuted train surfing from Yankee Stadium
A Red Sox fan on his way home from Yankee Stadium died Wednesday when he tried to climb on top of a Metro-North train and was electrocuted by overhead wires, creating a chaotic situation where riders were trapped for more than two hours, MTA officials and riders said. The Metro-North train from Yankee Stadium to New Haven, Conn., left the ball field just before 11 p.m. on Wednesday. As the train was running from Larchmont to Mamaroneck about half an hour later, a pair of brothers tried to climb ...
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3 days ago
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Sharky's loses liquor license after agents buy drugs, lap dances with food stamps
Sharky's Lounge in Harrison Township is losing its liquor license at the end of the business day today. The Ohio Liquor Control Commission revoked the adult entertainment club's license, according to the Ohio Investigative Unit. Agents with the OIU had began investigating Twenty Two Fifty, Inc. which is also known as Sharky's in May of 2017. During the investigation, agents say they were able to buy drugs and lap dances by using food stamps. During the five-month long investigatio...
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3 days ago
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My guess is that 70% of all the current jobs of today will be gone to robots/automation in 30 years.
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3 days ago
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Spiders Have Exploded Over This Greek Town, Coating Everything in a 1,000-Foot Web
If you aren't fond of spiders, this scene will sound like a nightmare. A 300-metre-long (1,000-foot) field of spiderweb has sprung up in western Greece in the town of Aitoliko.
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3 days ago
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Norway's Newest Ships Give a Glimpse Into the Future of Sustainable Seafaring
The country is using oil and gas riches to engineer emission-free vessels
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5 days ago
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Your mistake, your problem. Pay up.
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5 days ago
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Isolated Nomads Are Under Siege in the Amazon Jungle
Protected forests in Brazil and Peru hold some of the world’s last remote indigenous groups, increasingly threatened by resource-hungry outsiders.
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5 days ago
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'For me, this is paradise': life in the Spanish city that banned cars
In Pontevedra, the usual soundtrack of a Spanish city has been replaced by the tweeting of birds and the chatter of humans
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6 days ago
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Mexico uses refrigerated trucks to store dead bodies as morgues fill
Mexican officials have promised to investigate after a truck filled with 157 bodies ended up dumped in a field as the country struggles with a record murder rate. The bodies were loaded on to the refrigerated lorry in Jalisco state after morgues ran out of space, before it ended up behind a residential building. Those living in the nearby city of Guadalajara eventually complained about the smell, prompting local officials to launch a probe into how it ended up there.
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7 days ago
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Our obscene hypocrisy on animal rights
Would you eat a cat or dog? If Congress has its way, consuming our four-legged companions could soon land you a $5,000 fine.
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7 days ago
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Yes, Animals Think And Feel. Here's How We Know
The author of a new book also says that animals can feel empathy, like the humpback whale that rescued a seal.
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8 days ago
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Mueller: Manafort used ‘Obama’s Jews’ to smear Ukrainian leader
Paul Manafort tried to use misleading charges of antisemitism against a senior Obama administration official to pressure the former president to go soft on his Ukrainian client, Viktor Yanukovych, in 2012, according to documents released on Friday by Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s office.
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8 days ago
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Brazil Nuts Are Brought to You by Rodents
The snack wouldn’t exist without the help of one furry critter and its unusually sharp teeth.
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9 days ago
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I would not want to get in the way of one of those, jeez
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9 days ago
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Trump Doubles Down on Puerto Rico Conspiracy Theory
President Trump late Friday renewed his claim that Puerto Rico’s death toll from Hurricane Maria was doctored, even after receiving widespread criticism for casting doubt on the deaths of nearly 3,000 people. Citing a Washington Post report that mentioned the fact that Puerto Rican officials initially told Trump only 16 people had died in the hurricane, the president questioned how the death toll then climbed to 64. “Then, like magic, ‘3000 PEOPLE KILLED,’” he tweeted.
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11 days ago
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Financial crisis hit millennials hardest, IFS says
Earnings for UK workers are still lower than they were in 2008, having failed to recover in the 10 years since the financial crisis and millennials are the hardest hit, according to figures from the Institute for Fiscal Studies. GDP is just 11 per cent higher than it was was at the peak of the crisis, meaning the economy is 16 per cent, or £300bn, smaller than it would have been based on pre-crisis trends. The “most direct effect of this has been to hit workers’ pay packets”, the IFS said.
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11 days ago
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'Single piece of plastic' can kill turtles
New study: Ingesting even a single piece of plastic exposes sea turtles to a 20% chance of death.
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11 days ago
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Scientific publishing is a rip-off. We fund the research – it should be free
Those who take on the global industry that traps research behind paywalls are heroes, not thieves, says George Monbiot
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