Post Overview
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Current Event
4 years ago
+20 20 0Pay cut: Google employees who work from home could lose money
Google employees based in the same office before the pandemic could see different changes in pay if they switch to working from home permanently, with long commuters hit harder, according to a company pay calculator seen by Reuters. It is an experime ...
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4 years ago
+13 13 0Why right to repair matters – according to a farmer, a medical worker, a computer store owner
A tractor. A refrigerator. A smartphone. A ventilator. They may not seem to have much in common, but in fact they all share increasingly high tech features. And when they break, they need fixing.
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Current Event
4 years ago
+14 14 0‘What’s Covid?’ Why People at America’s Hardest-Partying Lake Are Not About to Get Vaccinated
The petite blonde bartender in ripped jean shorts bounced to each side of a square-shaped bar as women in bikinis and shirtless men lined up on a sweltering afternoon to order Bud Light, vodka and soda, and piles of nachos at this dockside retreat in ...
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Expression
4 years ago
+17 17 0Why some investors are banking on a bitcoin IRA instead of Social Security
More investors are turning to self-directed IRA accounts as a way to bet on bitcoin in their retirement portfolios.
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Current Event
4 years ago
+15 15 0How Jake Gyllenhaal Helped Marvel Create the MCU's Captain America
Captain America is no doubt one of the most recognizable characters in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, mainly because of the impressive portrayal of Chris Evans. The actor was first introduced as the Star-Spangled hero during 2011's Captain Ameri ...
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Current Event
4 years ago
+19 19 0Highly programmable quantum simulator operates with up to 256 qubits
Physicists have demonstrated a large-scale, programmable quantum simulator, featuring a precisely-arranged two-dimensional array of 256 quantum bits (qubits). Designed by a team headed up at Harvard University, the system uses arrays of highly focuse ...
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4 years ago
+15 15 0Wearable brain-machine interface turns intentions into actions
A new wearable brain-machine interface (BMI) system could improve the quality of life for people with motor dysfunction or paralysis, even those struggling with locked-in syndrome—when a person is fully conscious but unable to move or communicate.
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Current Event
4 years ago
+14 14 0Giant pandas no longer endangered but still vulnerable, says China
Giant pandas are no longer classified as endangered but are still vulnerable, Chinese officials say. The classification was downgraded as their number in the wild has reached 1,800. Experts say that the country managed to save its iconic animal throu ...
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Current Event
4 years ago
+14 14 0HBO's The Last of Us Season 1 Will Have 10 Episodes
HBO's The Last of Us TV series will have a 10-episode first season, writer and producer Craig Mazin has confirmed. Culture Crave shared the episode count for the upcoming HBO series after it was revealed by Mazin during a recent appearance on th ...
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4 years ago
+18 18 0Southern pastors are scared to promote vaccines as white Evangelicals reject science: report
As formerly Confederate states struggle with low vaccination rates as the Delta variant of coronavirus spreads across America, pastors stuck between the science of what is best for their flocks and superstitions that their congregants believe.
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Current Event
4 years ago
+4 4 0Walter Suza: Let there be justice for forced assimilation of Indigenous people
“Look to Heaven, because only in Heaven there is true justice.” Pope Francis said those words at the inauguration of the Tribunal of Vatican City State. Yet Earth still awaits justice from the forced assimilation of Native and Indigenous people. Forc ...
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4 years ago
+10 10 0Arabian oryx population surges at Abu Dhabi nature reserve as conservation efforts pay off
The number of Arabian oryx in the UAE's largest nature reserve increased by more than a fifth in less than four years, a new study revealed. Environment Agency Abu Dhabi carried out an aerial survey of the 6,000-square-kilometre Al Dhafra reserv ...
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Current Event
4 years ago
+13 13 0New York court suspends Rudy Giuliani's law license
An appeals court suspended Rudy Giuliani from practicing law in New York because he made false statements while trying to get courts to overturn Donald Trump’s loss in the presidential race. An attorney disciplinary committee said in its motion to su ...
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4 years ago
+9 9 0How I Became My Own Psychiatrist
My mental health and substance-use recovery work unearthed a history of trauma. Yet it is the benign ignorance of psychiatrists that has caused me the most pain since finding sobriety.
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Current Event
4 years ago
+4 4 0Kim Jong-nam, half-brother of North Korean leader, 'was a CIA informant'
Kim Jong-nam, the half-brother of the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, was a CIA informant before he was assassinated in Malaysia in 2017, a report has claimed.
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Analysis
4 years ago
+2 2 0The mysterious origin of the northern lights has been proven
The aurora borealis, or northern lights, could easily be described as Earth's greatest light show. A phenomenon that's exclusive to the higher latitudes, has had scientists in awe and wonder for centuries. The theory of how the aurora is cr ...
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Current Event
4 years ago
+16 16 0US charges Latvian for helping develop the Trickbot malware
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced today that a Latvian national was charged for her alleged role as a malware developer in the Trickbot transnational cybercrime organization. Alla Witte (aka Max) was charged with 19 counts of a 47-count in ...
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Current Event
4 years ago
+14 14 0Puppies’ ability to communicate with people is present almost from birth
That special social bond between dogs and humans might be a genetic trait that evolved as dogs became domesticated and diverged from wolves, according to a new study published in the journal Current Biology, looking at the cognitive and behavioral so ...
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4 years ago
+16 16 0How Religion, Education, Race And Media Consumption Shape Conspiracy Theory Beliefs
Religion, education, race and media consumption are strong predictors of conspiracy theory acceptance among Americans, according to a new survey from the Public Religion Research Institute. The survey of 5,149 adults living across the United States r ...
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4 years ago
+16 16 0‘A huge surprise’ as giant river otter feared extinct in Argentina pops up
“It was a huge surprise,” said Sebastián Di Martino, director of conservation at Fundación Rewilding Argentina. “I was incredulous. An incredible feeling of so much happiness. I didn’t know if I should try to follow it or rush back to our station to ...




















