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2 years ago+4 4 0Dead NASA satellite to crash to Earth this weekend
A defunct NASA satellite is expected to reenter Earth's atmosphere on Sunday evening (Jan. 8). The U.S. military predicts that the 5,400-pound (2,450 kilograms) Earth Radiation Budget Satellite (ERBS) will crash back to its home planet Sunday ar ...
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2 years ago+11 11 0The Hottest Gen Z Gadget Is a 20-Year-Old Digital Camera
Young people are opting for point-and-shoots and blurry photos.
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2 years ago+10 10 0Is mining in space socially acceptable?
Traditional mining has been subject to a negative stigma for some time. People, especially in developed countries, have a relatively negative view of this necessary economic activity. Primarily that is due to its environmental impacts—greenhouse gas ...
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2 years ago+19 19 0Scientists Have Used Mushrooms to Make Biodegradable Computer Chip Parts
The skin off the legs of a mushroom could potentially offer a sustainable alternative to insulative substrates in computing chips. As production of electronic devices continues to increase, scientists are looking to insert a bit of nature and biodegr ...
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2 years ago+16 16 0Husband buries wife alive, smashes Apple Watch to stop her calling for help
A Washington state man has pleaded not guilty to attempted murder after burying his wife alive and breaking her Apple Watch with a hammer after she used it to call police. Chae An, a 53-year-old man living in Lacey, Washington, has now pleaded not gu ...
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2 years ago+23 23 0Actor tells jury Kevin Spacey abused him when he was 14
An actor who’s accused Kevin Spacey of making a sexual advance on him as a 14-year-old recounted the episode for a New York City jury on Friday, testifying he felt helpless when Spacey climbed on top of him in bed.
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2 years ago+17 17 0Archaeologists discover the earliest use of Opium
The oldest documented instance of opium use in antiquity was uncovered by Israeli researchers who found traces of the drug in ceramic items from the 14th century B.C.E.
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2 years ago+12 12 0Instagram is working on 'nudity protection' technology for messages
Unsolicited nude photos are a massive problem on social media, but Instagram is reportedly working on a tool that could help. An early screengrab tweeted by researcher Alessandro Paluzzi indicates that "Nudity protection" technology "c ...
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2 years ago+20 20 0‘This is the future’: rural Virginia pivots from coal to green jobs
Region’s long awaited energy and economic transition will be substantially boosted by US’s first climate legislation, the Inflation Reduction Act.
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2 years ago+18 18 0Are octopuses too intelligent to eat?
Oil-crisped tentacles, paper-thin carpaccio and octopus meat plump from slow-cooking have been popping up on restaurant menus across the country, where the long-time Mediterranean ‘superfood’ is fast being adopted as the British gourmand’s dinner-pla ...
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2 years ago+14 14 0A sweet, simple, salt-of-the-earth scruffball: why I love Columbo
If I knew it would get me a few days bantering with the greatest TV detective of all time, I’d off someone in a needlessly elaborate manner tomorrow
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2 years ago+16 16 0Prepare yourselves: The next episode of Better Call Saul is titled "Breaking Bad"
As far as TV spin-offs go, Better Call Saul has always retained a respectful distance from its parent series, Breaking Bad. Sure, the Bob Odenkirk-starring crime thriller has been happy, over the years, to introduce characters and plotlines from the ...
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2 years ago+12 12 0Tesla Gets Dedicated Lane At US-Mexico Border Crossing
There's a new, unusual sign at the Columbia Solidarity border crossing between Texas and Mexico: "Tesla," written in the company's own font. Tesla struck a deal with the Mexican state of Nuevo León to add a dedicated lane at the b ...
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2 years ago+16 16 0Jordan Peele Shuts Down Fan Who Called Him the Best Horror Director of All Time: I Won’t ‘Tolerate John Carpenter Slander’
“Nope” director Jordan Peele thought it might be taking things a little too far when a fan proposed he could be the best horror director of all time. “I know this is a hot take but at what point do we declare Jordan Peele the best horror director of ...
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2 years ago+20 20 0Innovation, inside-out: Nothing Phone seeks to radicalize smartphone tech
With the much-awaited release of the Nothing Phone (1) around the corner, the brand’s CEO Carl Pei drops the phone’s design details at its showcase during the Art Basel in Switzerland.
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2 years ago+12 12 0Chris Pratt’s ‘The Terminal List’ Is a Deranged Right-Wing Revenge Fantasy
The new Amazon series features Pratt as a PTSD-suffering Navy SEAL out to violently avenge the murder of his family and expose an elaborate government conspiracy.
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2 years ago+15 15 0Many Muslims say they see themselves on screen in a new light in 'Ms. Marvel'
There's a scene in the first episode of Disney's "Ms. Marvel" series in which protagonist Kamala Khan, a 16-year-old Pakistani American girl from New Jersey, is about to take her driving test. "Bismillah," she says while ...
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2 years ago+12 12 0‘The Lazarus Project’: the making of a mind-bending new British sci-fi show
Joe Barton, creator of Sky’s new ambitious sci-fi TV series The Lazarus Project, might be some sort of prophet. At the very least, he’s “too damn zeitgeisty for his own good”, according to one of the show’s cast, Anjli Mohindra.
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2 years ago+14 14 0You agreed to what? Doctor check-in software harvests your health data.
The doctor will sell you now. Your intimate health information may not be as private as you think if you don’t look carefully at the forms you sign at the doctor’s office. There’s a burgeoning business in harvesting our patient data to target us with ...
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2 years ago+16 16 0Paris Hilton passed on Biden DJ gig to attend Britney Spears’ wedding
The Princess of Pop takes precedence over the President. Paris Hilton chose to attend Britney Spears’ wedding over DJing for President Biden Thursday since both events were scheduled on the same night, according to the heiress.