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2 days ago
Current Event capotiSlave labor found at Starbucks-certified Brazil coffee plantation
At first sight, the Córrego das Almas farm in Piumhi, in rural Minas Gerais state, seems to be a model property. “No slave or forced labor is allowed,” reads one of several signs that display international certifications — including one linked to the U.S.-based company Starbucks corporation.
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13 days ago
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Discovered: Optimal magnetic fields for suppressing instabilities in tokamaks
Fusion, the power that drives the sun and stars, produces massive amounts of energy. Scientists here on Earth seek to replicate this process, which merges light elements in the form of hot, charged plasma composed of free electrons and atomic nuclei, to create a virtually inexhaustible supply of power to generate electricity in what may be called a “star in a jar.”
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3 weeks ago
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Mazda Skyactiv-X engine range to gain plug-in hybrid variant from 2021
Mazda pledged that its next generation of petrol-engine vehicles will be cleaner than electric cars due to the use of efficiency-boosting compression ignition technology - and it'll boost that promise in 2021, when a plug-in hybrid (PHEV) drivetrain will join the range.
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3 weeks ago
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Germany returns Namibia genocide skulls
Germany has handed back the human remains of indigenous people killed during a genocide in colonial Namibia more than 100 years ago. A Namibian government delegation received the skulls at a church service in the capital, Berlin. The bones had been sent to Germany for now-discredited research to prove the racial superiority of white Europeans.
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1 month ago
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Get some AC and problemo solved.
Posted in: Colombians warned it’s too hot to have sex
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1 month ago
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Gatwick flight information screens fail
Airport staff had to write flight information on whiteboards after screens went blank.
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1 month ago
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The world's first floating farm making waves in Rotterdam
An offshore dairy farm aims to help Rotterdam produce its own food more sustainably.
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2 months ago
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US economy growing at annual rate of 4.1%, fastest pace in four years
The US economy roared ahead in the second quarter of 2018, growing at an annual rate of 4.1%, its fastest pace in four years, the commerce department announced on Friday. The growth will be a major boon for the Trump administration, which pushed through $1.5tn in tax cuts at the start of the year with a promise that they would be paid for by economic growth.
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2 months ago
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Facebook suspends US conspiracy theorist Alex Jones
Alex Jones, the American conspiracy theorist who runs the InfoWars website, has been suspended from Facebook for bullying and hate speech. The suspension will last for 30 days, and affects only Jones’s personal account on the social network, not the main InfoWars account. His profile will continue to be published, but he will not be not be able to post content until the suspension elapses.
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2 months ago
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Rising sea levels are threatening your internet connection
Underground internet cables criss-crossing coastal regions will be inundated by rising seas within the next 15 years, according to a new study. Thousands of miles of fibre optic cables are under threat in US cities like New York, Seattle and Miami, and could soon be out of action unless steps are taken to protect them. The report, presented at a meeting of internet network researchers in Montreal, is among the first to reveal the damage a changing climate will cause for the network of cables and...
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3 months ago
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Couple who murdered French nanny and burned body jailed for life
A French couple who tortured their nanny to death before burning her body on a bonfire in a bid to get away with murder have both been jailed for at least 30 years. Sabrina Kouider, 35, and Ouissem Medouni, 40, subjected 21-year-old Sophie Lionnet to weeks of punishing interrogations to extract a false confession that she had betrayed them.
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3 months ago
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Does anyone actually think this law will be respected by law enforcement? No way in hell.
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3 months ago
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Long suspected theory about the Moon holds water
A team of Japanese scientists led by Masahiro Kayama of Tohoku University's Frontier Research Institute for Interdisciplinary Sciences, has discovered a mineral known as moganite in a lunar meteorite found in a hot desert in northwest Africa. This is significant because moganite is a mineral that requires water to form, reinforcing the belief that water exists on the Moon.
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3 months ago
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Donald Trump Approves Tariffs on About $50 Billion of Chinese Goods
President Donald Trump approved tariffs on about $50 billion of Chinese goods, people familiar with the decision said, as the U.S. ratchets up its trade fight with Beijing over China’s alleged pressure on U.S. firms to transfer technology to Chinese partners. The approval followed a 90-minute meeting on Thursday of senior White House officials, national-security officials and senior representatives of the Treasury, Commerce Department, U.S. Trade Representative’s Office.
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3 months ago
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Talking to Americans about Trump’s attacks on Canada
Wayne Batchelor, a 72-year-old in northern North Carolina, tries to “love everybody,” and he would like you to know that he has nothing but love for Canadians, who are, it goes without saying, “fine people.” He does, however, strongly object to Canada’s milk tariffs, whose existence he has recently become aware of, via Fox News and other television stations, because of the complaints of President Donald Trump.
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3 months ago
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Sex on Mars is going to be risky, but it could create a new human subspecies
The idea of a colony of humans on Mars isn’t just science fiction anymore; NASA and space agencies around the world, along with independent scientists and researchers, are working hard to determine just what it would take for humanity to take root on the Red Planet. Getting there will be an immense challenge, as will setting up structures, creating sustainable sources of food, and battling the inhospitable elements, but sex might be the biggest risk of all.
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3 months ago
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21 journalists in six countries jailed on charges related to 'fake news' in 2017
A minimum of 21 journalists worldwide were imprisoned on charges connected to "fake news" last year, according to a new report from the Committee to Protect Journalists. The report cites the recent implementation of measures in countries such as Brazil, the Philippines, Singapore, Malaysia and Russia aimed at targeting the rise of fake news. Arrests blamed on fake news reportedly more than doubled from 2016.
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4 months ago
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The prescription abortion pill we could have, but don’t
Mifeprestone is offered directly to patients in places like Canada and Australia, but not in the U.S.
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4 months ago
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Scientists get more bang for their buck if given more freedom
Scientists are more efficient at producing high-quality research when they have more academic freedom, according to a recent study of 18 economically advanced countries. Researchers in the Netherlands are the most efficient of all. The existence of a national evaluation system that is not tied to funding was also associated with efficiency, the study finds.