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15 hours ago
Expression belangermiraIf You Shut Down the Government, You Slow Down the Economy
President Trump, you surely could not have wanted your partial government shutdown, your tariffs, your corporate tax cuts and your war on undocumented immigrants to hobble economic growth and to hurt farmers, factory workers, airline passengers, government contractors, retailers, Coast Guard members and F.B.I. agents. But the economy can take only so many bad policies. A $19.4 trillion economy is losing momentum as fast as your approval ratings.
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3 days ago
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China's moon lander sprouted a plant, but now it's dead
There once was a miniature garden growing on the far side of the moon. The China National Space Agency's Chang'e 4 lander is exploring the mysterious side of our lunar neighbor that faces away from Earth. It also had some unusual guests on board and -- in a first for the moon -- one of them sprouted. Xinhua announced the sprout Tuesday and posted a series of progress images covering the course of nine days and showing a seedling reaching up inside the habitat. The experiment didn'...
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3 days ago
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120 Movies, $13 Billion in Box Office: How Samuel L. Jackson Became Hollywood's Most Bankable Star
The box office king and Trump golf antagonist beat a crack addiction to build a film career unrivaled in modern stardom, and the 70-year-old 'Glass' actor aims to work well into his 80s — if Marvel and the rest of Hollywood can afford him: "I'm a gunslinger now."
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6 days ago
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Why Bitcoin Fundamentals Thrived Amid 2018 Downturn
It goes without saying that bears weren’t kind to the crypto industry in 2018. The aggregate value of all cryptocurrencies fell like a “falling knife,” as retail investors pulled out of this market en-masse and hype dissipated. Yet, even amid this devastating downturn, which beat this market to hell and back, Bitcoin (BTC) quickly became shelter from the storm.
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6 days ago
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Facebook, TikTok, Instagram, Snapchat, and Vigo Video were the top 5 social apps installed in 2018
Facebook continues to be the number 1 social networking app on overall downloads, especially due to the first position in the Google Play store. However, on Apple Store, TikTok was the number 1 app installed worldwide, according to SensorTower data. Julia Chan, Market Analyst at SensorTower, says Facebook and TikTok accounted for 50 percent of the top 10 apps’ total installs.
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7 days ago
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Craig Brewer To Direct Eddie Murphy In ‘Coming To America 2’ For Paramount
Paramount Pictures is setting Craig Brewer to direct Coming To America 2, finally bringing to the starting gate the sequel to the 1988 blockbuster comedy. Eddie Murphy is poised to reprise his role as Akeem, the pampered African prince who became bored of potential marriage partners in the kingdom too in awe of him, and who traveled to Queens to go undercover and find a woman with a strong will that he could respect.
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11 days ago
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"Gone forever."
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11 days ago
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Scientists have discovered a new planet twice the size of Earth, and it could have liquid water on its surface
Astronomers have discovered a planet twice the size of Earth, and it's within a zone that could allow liquid water to exist on its surface. The finding comes from data from NASA's Kepler space telescope, which ran out of fuel in October 2018. K2-288Bb, as the new planet is called, is located within its star's habitable zone, which is why liquid water is a possibility.
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12 days ago
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China says its navy is taking the lead in game-changing electromagnetic railguns
China’s landing of a rover on the far side of the moon grabbed headlines around the world this week. Less noticed, the country’s state media reported on progress in another arena: game-changing naval weaponry. The state-run Global Times said on Thursday (Jan. 3) that Chinese warships will soon be equipped with electromagnetic railguns that fire projectiles with “incredibly destructive velocity,” and that the underlying technology was based on ”fully independent intellectual property,...
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12 days ago
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Using gene drives to control wild mosquito populations and wipe out malaria
What is the deadliest animal on earth? It’s a question that brings to mind fearsome lions, tigers, sharks and crocodiles. But the answer is an animal that is no more than 1 centimeter long. A few mosquito species, out of the thousands that populate different environments, are the deadliest animals on earth. Anopheles mosquitoes alone, transmit malaria through their bite and annually infect more than 200 million people, and are responsible for 400,000 deaths per year, of which 70 percent are ch...
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2 weeks ago
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Cafe opens in Tokyo staffed by robots controlled by paralyzed people
Dawn is an inspirational marriage of technology and humanity.
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2 weeks ago
Expression belangermira
That Time a Heineken Distributor Convinced the Masses That Corona Contained Human Urine
For many beer aficionados “tastes like warm piss” is perhaps the most withering insult one can hurl in the general direction of a given beer. While you wouldn’t begrudge a member of the public making such a claim about a particular beer, you’d think brewers themselves would have a little more decorum.
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3 weeks ago
How-to belangermira
How to Make Roasted and Fresh Dandelion Tea From Your Garden
Cutting caffeine but love the taste of coffee? Dandelion tea is your answer. Learn how to make dandelion tea out of roots, flowers, and leaves.
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3 weeks ago
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A History of Flavoring Food With Beaver Butt Juice
No, castoreum is not a cheap substitute for strawberries; it’s luxe, artisanal secretions from a beaver's rear end.
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3 weeks ago
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Street Fighter 5’s in-game ads are gone, for now
Street Fighter 5: Arcade Edition’s in-game ads have come and gone. The garish and intrusive ads, optional though they may be, no longer display in Capcom’s fighting game, and Street Fighter series producer Yoshinori Ono said the company is looking at ways to improve them. Sponsored content came to Street Fighter 5 in early December. While the initial pitch for in-game ads seemed tolerable at best, the implementation was ugly and comically bad. Ads for the Capcom Pro Tour were slathered over ...
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3 weeks ago
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Growing up poor has a lasting impact on brain development, study shows
Growing up in a less well-off family may negatively impact the brain, according to research showing how socioeconomic status can have a lasting impact on a person’s development. US researchers found brain regions responsible for learning, language and emotional development tended to be more complex in people whose parents were educated to a higher level or who worked in professional rather than manual jobs.
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1 month ago
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This shrinking exoplanet may explain the origins of hot super-Earths
Astronomers have discovered a bizarre, Neptune-sized exoplanet located less than 100 light-years from Earth that's shedding its atmosphere so quickly it may help researchers finally answer the long-standing question: Where did all the hot Neptunes go? According to the new research, which was published December 13 in the journal Astronomy and Astrophysics, the shrinking world, named GJ 3470b, is rapidly losing its atmosphere as it's bombarded by a steady stream of energetic charged part...
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1 month ago
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Penny Marshall, 'Laverne & Shirley' Star Turned Director, Dies at 75
She starred for eight seasons on the ABC ratings hit, created by her late brother Garry Marshall, and directed such films as 'Big,' 'A League of Their Own' and 'Awakenings.'
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1 month ago
Analysis belangermira
Baby gene edits could affect a range of traits
Gene targeted for its role in HIV is linked to increased severity of other infectious diseases — and could affect learning in mice.
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1 month ago
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Cannabis oil saves boy, 7, so he can learn about Father Christmas for first time
Grinning from ear to ear with his endearing gappy smile as Santa hands him a present, Alfie Dingley is thrilled to bits. Like most children, the seven-year-old has been looking forward to meeting Father Christmas. But, unlike most youngsters his age, Alfie has only just understood who Santa is. So, for the first time since he was born with a rare form of epilepsy – and thanks to a landmark drugs ruling – his family can at last celebrate the festive season properly.