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1 day agoCurrent Event distant
Man crushed to death by urinal in London
A pop-up urinal crushed a man to death in London’s theater district Friday, police said.
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4 days agoAnalysis distant
Re-carbonizing the sea: Scientists to start testing a big ocean carbon idea
Imagine showers of little green sand grains drifting through the ocean: collecting on coral reefs, rolling off the backs of whales, sprinkling schools of tuna — and helping to save all those creatures, and humanity, too. At least that’s the idea. These green showers are crushed olivine, an abundant volcanic mineral, delivered by a fleet […]
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12 days agoCurrent Event distant
Porn Actor Ron Jeremy Has Been Declared Incompetent To Stand Trial On Dozens Of Sexual Assault And Rape Charges
Jeremy's attorney told BuzzFeed News that the 69-year-old porn actor has "cognitive deficiencies" and cannot assist in his defense "because his memory is not there."
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13 days agoCurrent Event distant
Scientists Are Getting Eerily Good at Using WiFi to 'See' People Through Walls in Detail
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University developed a method for detecting the three dimensional shape and movements of human bodies in a room, using only WiFi routers. To do this, they used DensePose, a system for mapping all of the pixels on the surface of a human body in a photo. DensePose was developed by London-based researchers and Facebook’s AI researchers. From there, according to their recently-uploaded preprint paper published on arXiv, they developed a deep neural network that maps ...
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13 days agoExpression distant
The Corrupt World Behind the Murdaugh Murders
In isolated, poor regions of South Carolina, coming from an élite family offered a feeling of impunity. Did this license lead Alex Murdaugh to commit fraud after fraud—and then kill his wife and son?
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13 days agoCurrent Event distant
Stephen Colbert to Adapt One of George R.R. Martin’s Favorite Books Into TV Series
Roger Zelazny's long-gestating 'The Chronicles of Amber' adaptation might finally get made thanks to the CBS late-night host and fantasy superfan getting on board.
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2 weeks agoExpression distant
These young leaders are driving action on nature and climate
Twenty-six youth delegates will meet at Davos 2023 to focus on nature and climate education, advocacy, innovation and entrepreneurship to safeguard the planet.
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1 month agoCurrent Event distant
Barbara Walters, trailblazing TV icon, dies at 93
Barbara Walters, the trailblazing news broadcaster, has died at 93.
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1 month agoCurrent Event distant
Pelé, Brazil’s mighty king of ‘beautiful game,’ has died
SAO PAULO (AP) — Pelé, the Brazilian king of soccer who won a record three World Cups and became one of the most commanding sports figures of the last century, died Thursday.
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1 month agoCurrent Event distant
Sherlock Holmes will finally escape copyright this weekend
Along with a wealth of silent films.
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1 month agoExpression distant
Is Honey Vegan? Everything You Need to Know About Why Bees Make Honey
Is honey vegan? It tends to be a sticky subject. Here’s what you need to know about why bees make honey and whether or not it’s ethical to eat.
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1 month agoCurrent Event distant
Alien planet found spiraling to its doom around an aging star
For the first time, astronomers have spotted an exoplanet whose orbit is decaying around an evolved, or older, host star. The stricken world appears destined to spiral closer and closer to its maturing star until collision and ultimate obliteration. The discovery offers new insights into the long-winded process of planetary orbital decay by providing the first look at a system at this late stage of evolution.
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1 month agoCurrent Event distant
House passes bill allowing Puerto Rico to vote on statehood, independence
The U.S. House has passed a bill that would allow Puerto Rico to hold the first-ever binding referendum on whether to become a state or gain some sort of independence.
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1 month agoCurrent Event distant
Cancer mRNA vaccine completes pivotal trial
It uses the same messenger-RNA technology as some Covid-19 vaccines.
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1 month agoReview distant
‘Avatar: The Way of Water’ Review: James Cameron’s Sequel Is What the Theatrical Experience Was Made for
Even the filmmaker’s true believers were skeptical about going back to Pandora, but “The Way of Water” is a staggering improvement over the original “Avatar.”
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1 month agoAnalysis distant
Just 8% of Americans have a positive view of cryptocurrencies now, CNBC survey finds
The survey shows 43% of the public with a negative view of cryptocurrencies, up from 25% in March.