Post Overview
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Current Event
10 years ago+38 38 0 x 1Google balloons, “cell towers in the sky,” can serve 4G to a whole state
A single Project Loon balloon can cover an area the size of Rhode Island.
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Expression
10 years ago+27 27 0 x 1I was a professor at four universities. I still couldn’t make ends meet.
One former adjunct describes a system that's untenable.
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10 years ago+33 33 0 x 1uTorrent's latest update installs a cryptocurrency miner
uTorrent's latest update may be hijacking computers to turn a profit.
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10 years ago+18 18 0Your DNA is everywhere. Can the police analyze it?
Supreme Court weighing if we must live in sealed bubbles to maintain DNA privacy.
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10 years ago+13 13 0Short on machine guns, German army armed turrets with broomsticks
After big-ticket drone program, others fall flat, Bundeswehr is short on basics.
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10 years ago+29 29 0 x 1Report: Apple has “several hundred” staffers building an electric car
Minivan-styled machine's development driven by at least one former Ford designer.
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Analysis
10 years ago+15 15 0Locking More People Up is Counterproductive
A new report identifies the many causes of the continuing decline in crime, and finds that soaring prison populations played only a minor role.
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Analysis
10 years ago+33 33 0 x 2How One Stupid Tweet Blew Up Justine Sacco’s Life
The unique 21st-century misery of the online shaming victim.
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10 years ago+7 7 0If you’re going to Pyongyang, be sure to check out the foreigner-only Wi-Fi
But first you need a North Korean SIM at $200 for setup, plus $22 per month.
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Expression
10 years ago+15 15 0The Politics of Measles - The New Yorker
Vaccine legislation will alleviate the crisis; partisan games won’t.
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10 years ago+12 12 0Craigslist personals associated with 16 percent boost in HIV infections
Quick and easy personals could potentially have a serious downside.
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Image
10 years ago+16 16 0Treating China’s Internet Addicts
The photographer Fernando Moleres spent three days documenting patients at an Web-addiction treatment center outside Beijing.
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Expression
10 years ago+16 16 0Learning to Drive
Reaching middle age and still don't know how to drive. How hard could it be?
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Analysis
10 years ago+21 21 0How the Camera Doomed Google Glass
By including a recording device, the first-gen smart specs went from dorky to disturbing.
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Analysis
10 years ago+6 6 0The Real Knockouts of Women’s Boxing
Even the sport’s reigning champions have trouble making a living without turning themselves into sex symbols.
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Current Event
10 years ago+14 14 0RadioShack could file for bankruptcy protection as soon as next month
Even RadioShack admits it's had a "prolonged downturn in our business."
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Expression
10 years ago+7 7 0How Tobogganing Works in 2015
Whether on the slopes or back at home, modern parents have forgotten how to let kids have fun on their own
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Analysis
10 years ago+23 23 0 x 1The Life-Giving Defiance of the Charlie Hebdo Cartoonists
The artists at Charlie Hebdo were braver than most of us in going up against the deadly foes of our civilization, armed only with a talent for ridicule.
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Analysis
10 years ago+15 15 0Is Social Media Ruining Comedy?
Controversy has always been the lifeblood of comedy. The best comedy has to be offensive, or at least offensive to someone, to prove that it is good.
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Review
10 years ago+25 25 0 x 1The Early History of Football’s Forward Pass
The forward pass was ridiculed by college football’s powerhouse teams only to be proved wrong by Pop Warner and his Indians