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7 months ago+29 29 0 x 1Poland shaken by documentary about pedophile priests
A new documentary revealing new cases of pedophilia by priests has deeply shaken Poland, one of Europe's most Roman Catholic societies, eliciting an apology from the church hierarchy and prompting one priest to leave the clergy.
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1 year ago+22 22 0How Does the Brain Represent the Objects We Touch?
A hypothetical model to understand how “touch” is represented in the brain.
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1 year ago+35 35 0 x 1A Betrayal
The teenager told police all about his gang, MS-13. In return, he was slated for deportation and marked for death.
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1 year ago+5 6 1President Trump's daughter-in-law taken to hospital after suspicious letter
Vanessa Trump was taken to a Manhattan hospital as a precaution after a letter with an unidentified substance was mailed to husband Donald Trump Jr.
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1 year ago+32 32 0 x 1Can Planet Earth Feed 10 Billion People?
Humanity has 30 years to find out.
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1 year ago+33 33 0Stormy’s Story: Did Donald Trump Pay Porn Star Stormy Daniels to Keep Quiet About an Affair?
Not long after the 2016 Republican National Convention, I got a tip from a friend of mine. An old acquaintance of his in California was close to a woman in the adult-film industry who claimed to have had an affair with Donald Trump. I reached my fri ...
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2 years ago+22 22 0A third of animals are vanishing as roads spread through forests
The world’s forests are being criss-crossed by roads and clearings, and as a result many backboned animals are becoming less abundant.
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2 years ago+34 34 0 x 1My life as a hostage of al-Qaeda
Stephen McGown set off from London on his motorbike for a trip of a lifetime to South Africa. But in Timbuktu he was kidnapped by Islamist militants.
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2 years ago+41 41 0 x 1Dark chocolate is now a health food. Here’s how that happened.
The Mars company has sponsored hundreds of scientific studies to show cocoa is good for you.
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2 years ago+30 30 0 x 1Raccoons solve an ancient puzzle, but do they really understand it?
Scientists have been using an ancient Greek fable written by Aesop as inspiration to test whether birds and small children understand cause and effect relationships.
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2 years ago+8 8 0Zealandia drilling reveals secrets of sunken lost continent
South Pacific landmass may have been closer to land level than once thought, providing pathways for animals and plants
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2 years ago+37 37 0 x 1The bad news is that fish are eating lots of plastic. Even worse, they may like it.
So it’s up to people to keep dangerous trash out of the ocean’s food supply.
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2 years ago+34 34 0 x 1‘Remember, we only kill black people,’ Georgia police officer told a woman
A Georgia police officer has been accused of making racist statements to a woman during a traffic stop, telling her the officers “only kill black people.” Dash-cam video shows the Cobb County police officer, who has been identified by local news orga ...
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2 years ago+12 12 0Why the Media Refuses to Understand Antifa
While establishment pundits fret over civility, the antifascist movement in America is working for peace.
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2 years ago+23 23 0Chemists Say You Should Add A Little Water To Your Whiskey. Here's Why
It's a common refrain from whiskey enthusiasts: Adding a few drops of water to a glass opens up the flavors of the drink. Chemists in Sweden provide a molecular explanation for why this works.
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2 years ago+10 10 0This 50-Year-Old Singaporean Photographer Stunned The World With The Body Of A 20-Year-Old
Meet Chuando Tan, the Singaporean photographer who will make you wonder just what the hell you're doing wrong in life. Because believe it or not, Tan is actually 50-years-old. Yes. That's right. Five zero. And he seems to be getting younger ...
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2 years ago+35 35 0 x 1Microsoft signals end of Paint program
Paint has been part of the Windows operating system since its release in 1985.
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2 years ago+13 13 0Swiss glacier reveals couple lost in 1942
Their 79-year-old daughter says she has found peace from the discovery after a life-long search.
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2 years ago+48 48 0 x 1Latest health care bill collapses
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell was handed devastating news Monday evening just hours after the Senate was gaveled back into session: Two more defections on his health care bill.
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2 years ago+20 20 0Richie Schley Demolishes The Iconic Devil's Peak
Skid into mountain bike history as Schley links in with fellow Mountain Bike Hall of Fame member Brett Tippie, who drops in from another spire and links into the original Devil's Peak line – lean back and heavy on the brakes, this is old school ...