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1 month ago+20 20 0How the Supreme Court's conservatives influenced the ruling against the CDC mask requirement
Justice Alito in 2020: "The Covid crisis has served as a sort of constitutional stress test and in doing so, it has highlighted disturbing trends that were already present before the virus struck."
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1 month ago+7 7 0Commented in This Smart Toilet Identifies You by Your Butthole
Wooosh, cold water spray -- you're not welcome here!
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3 months ago+20 20 0AI Machines Have Beaten Moore's Law Over The Last Decade, Say Computer Scientists
Computational performance has followed Moore's Law since the dawn of the computer age. Not any more.
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3 months ago+11 11 0Hard-To-Recycle Plastics Are Now Being Made Into Zero Waste “Concrete” Blocks
Though we try our best to recycle the single-use plastic items we use daily, there are some plastics that take a lot more effort to reuse than just tossing them into the recycle bin. And because extra effort is needed, those plastics often end up in ...
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3 months ago+15 15 0Comedian Bob Saget died of head trauma, family says
Comedian and actor Bob Saget, who was found dead in a hotel room in Orlando, Fla., last month at age 65, died from head trauma after accidentally hitting his head, his family said on Wednesday.
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3 months ago+15 15 0Pandemic still top priority as B.C. NDP throne speech promises action on housing, climate change
Two years into the pandemic, keeping British Columbians healthy and safe from COVID-19 remains the top priority of the provincial government, according to Tuesday’s throne speech.
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3 months ago+17 17 0Ottawa declares state of emergency as police boost enforcement, target protest's fuel supply
The City of Ottawa declared a state of emergency Sunday afternoon in response to ongoing protests in the downtown core, while Mayor Jim Watson described the situation in the nation's capital as the "the most serious emergency our city has e ...
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3 months ago+22 22 0How to plan a weekly menu that you'll stick to
From feeling overwhelmed to feeling bored, expert advice for overcoming specific dinnertime hurdles.
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3 months ago+24 24 0Bob Saget Apparently Died in His Sleep, No Suffering
Bob Saget apparently died in his sleep without suffering.
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4 months ago+10 10 0Bonsai and the power of tiny trees
Max Falkowitz started the pandemic with little work and limited human contact, but through the art of bonsai, has found a sense of peace in the midst of a turbulent world.
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8 months ago+30 30 0 x 1The Unbelievable Grimness of HermanCainAward, the Subreddit That Celebrates Anti-Vaxxer COVID Deaths
This is not a forum that attempts to change minds. It’s much darker.
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9 months ago+12 12 07 great free tools for improving your writing
Whether you need inspiration or help with grammar, quality wordsmithing has never been easier or more affordable.
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9 months ago+26 26 0 x 1Deepfakes Are Now Making Business Pitches
The video technology, initially associated with porn, is gaining a foothold in the corporate world.
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9 months ago+18 18 0How Tesla's Model 3 triggered The Osborne Effect, and caused the ICE market to melt
Global new car sales have fallen steady since 2017, when Tesla released the Model 3. Many consumers are waiting to buy the right EV for them.
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10 months ago+9 9 0NASA Releases First Detailed Map of the Insides of Mars
NASA’s InSight mission revealed Mars’s inner workings down to its core, highlighting great differences of the red planet from our blue world.
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10 months ago+26 26 0 x 1This simple word test reveals how creative you are, scientists say
Take four minutes to think of 10 nouns that are unrelated to one another and as far apart from each other in meaning as possible. Your score will reveal how creative you are, according to scientists studying how to measure creativity.
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11 months ago+19 19 0The Isolator: A 1925 Helmet Designed to Eliminate Distractions & Increase Productivity
The anti-distraction device is the modern mousetrap: build a better one, and the world will beat a path to your door.
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12 months ago+8 8 0Japan doctors union warns games could lead to 'Tokyo Olympic' virus strain
IOC member John Coates has said the Olympics could be held even under a COVID-19 state of emergency, an opinion the union's leader said was infuriating.
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12 months ago+29 29 0 x 1Bitcoin rival Chia 'destroyed' hard disc supply chains, says its boss
Chia, a cryptocurrency intended to be a green alternative to bitcoin, has led to hard disc shortages – much to the surprise of Gene Hoffman, the president of Chia Network
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12 months ago+15 15 0Eric Carle, writer and illustrator who gave life to ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar,’ dies at 91
Simply told and radiantly illustrated, his books have been story-time staples for decades.