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14 hours agoCurrent Event bradd
Deere in the Headlights as 21 states consider Right to Repair
Right to Repair continues at a rapid pace in 2021, as we now have 33 active bills in 21 state legislatures. It really does feel like this is the year for a major breakthrough. Here is a quick update about our work over the last month.
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1 day agoAnalysis bradd
US Pentagon's space-based energy beam could one day power entire cities
Scientists have reassured it would be 'exceedingly difficult, if not impossible' to weaponise the solar energy.
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1 day agoAnalysis bradd
Perception of time slowing may influence the suicidal process
New research provides evidence of a link between time perception and suicide.
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1 day agoExpression bradd
Plant-based burgers aren’t a health food. That’s a good thing
The point is to get people to stop eating meat, not fix their diets.
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5 days agoCurrent Event bradd
Not a single case of flu detected by Public Health England in 2021
Experts say decline in infections could justify continued use of hand sanitiser and masks following coronavirus pandemic
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13 days agoCurrent Event bradd
Researchers propose that humidity from masks may lessen severity of COVID-19
Masks help protect the people wearing them from getting or spreading SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, but now researchers from the National Institutes of Health have added evidence for yet another potential benefit for wearers: The humidity created inside the mask may help combat respiratory diseases such as COVID-19.
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2 weeks agoAnalysis bradd
A new way to look for life-sustaining planets
It is now possible to capture images of planets that could potentially sustain life around nearby stars, thanks to advances reported by an international team of astronomers in the journal Nature Communications.
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2 weeks agoExpression bradd
Lucian Freud and the Truth of the Body
The painter captured the imperfections of the flesh so completely that they became a kind of perfection.
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3 weeks agoExpression bradd
Astronomer Avi Loeb Says Aliens Have Visited, and He’s Not Kidding
In conversation, the Harvard University professor explains his shocking hypothesis—and calls out what he sees as a crisis in science
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3 weeks agoReview bradd
Bowser's Fury is possibly the strangest Super Mario game since Sunshine
Lighthouse family.
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1 month agoCurrent Event bradd
Snowy Owl Stops in Central Park for the First Time Since 1890
The bird attracted a crowd of about 100 birdwatchers, a territorial hawk and several crows
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1 month agoCurrent Event bradd
Apple surpasses $100 billion in quarterly revenue for first time in its history
iPhone 12 demand is strong, and Macs continue to sell very well during work-from-home life.
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1 month agoAnalysis bradd
What kind of digital hoarder are you? Study identifies 4 distinct types
How often do you clear out old photos on your phone or tidy up your email inbox? You just may be a digital hoarder, and researchers from Northumbria University have identified four distinct types.
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1 month agoCurrent Event bradd
Google Maps will soon show COVID vaccine locations
Vaccine site listings will show access requirements and appointment info.
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1 month agoExpression bradd
What If You Never Get Better From Covid-19?
Some patients could be living with the aftereffects for years to come. Recent research into another persistent, mysterious disease might help us understand how to treat them.
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1 month agoCurrent Event bradd
Synthetic cornea helped a legally blind man regain his sight
A legally blind 78-year old man has regained his sight after being the inaugural patient to receive a promising new type of corneal implant.
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1 month agoCurrent Event bradd
Apple launches major new Racial Equity and Justice Initiative projects to challenge systemic racism, advance racial equity nationwide
Apple’s $100 million Racial Equity and Justice Initiative launches new projects that fight educational and economic inequity.
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1 month agoExpression bradd
Stopping Trump’s Last Pipeline Will Take All of Us
A report from occupied Palisade, where Water Protectors confront a dying, but still deadly, energy behemoth.
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1 month agoExpression bradd
Happy Birthday, Wikipedia
Lessons from the success of a different sort of tech titan