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10 hours ago+5 5 0Potty Trained Cows Are No Joke for the Climate
Researchers are teaching cows to pee in designated places where the urine can be collected, sharply reducing methane emissions.
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11 hours ago+4 4 0Libraries struggle to afford the demand for e-books and seek new state laws in fight with publishers
Libraries across the U.S. are struggling to cover the cost of e-books, which have grown in popularity.
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11 hours ago+3 3 0The Philadelphia Phillies are scrapping $1 hot dog nights following unruly fan behavior
The Philadelphia Phillies have scrapped their popular $1 hot dog nights for the 2024 season.
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1 day ago+12 12 0Bread in the Middle Ages
Kings, knights, monks, peasants - everyone in the Middle Ages ate bread. It was also the food that caused bitter religious disputes and could make you go insane.
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2 days ago+6 6 010,000 bees ground a CHP helicopter. A beekeeper comes to the rescue
Almost 10,000 bees swarmed a California Highway Patrol helicopter last week, leaving officers scrambling for how to safely respond.
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5 days ago+27 27 0Unreleased preview of Microsoft’s OS/2 2.0 is a glimpse down a road not taken
Microsoft's involvement in IBM's OS/2 project ended before v2.0 was released.
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8 days ago+40 40 0Shock of the old: the amazing, infuriating history of the electric car – in pictures
Believe it or not, battery-powered vehicles have been around since Victorian times – everything from private automobiles to taxis, ambulances and tricycles. We’ve got the photos to prove it
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11 days ago+21 21 0Rivers Reborn: Alewives Continue to Make a Recovery in the Penobscot Watershed in Maine
Alewife fish populations are continuing to journey back home to Maine's Penobscot River thanks to the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act which is helping to reconnect and restore fish passages.
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2 weeks ago+28 28 0An Energy Saving House from 3400 Years Ago
It is probable that more prehistoric houses with a construction of two wattles were built than has been estimated so far—thus making use of the good insulation.
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2 weeks ago+17 17 0How Much Should a Sandwich Cost?
With inflation affecting the price of food, you might wonder if expensive sandwiches are worth it.
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2 weeks ago+24 24 0Swiss Maps Are Full of Hidden Secrets
Find the Easter eggs—or the naked lady.
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2 weeks ago+31 31 0Causal AI: AI Confesses Why It Did What It Did
Causal artificial intelligence focuses on understanding cause and effect rather than recognizing data patterns.
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2 weeks ago+24 24 0The sins committed in the name of Agile development
The premise behind the Agile Manifesto is that developers, the users they serve, and business stakeholders all benefit by working together. But too often, organizations are faking true change by plastering a new label on older software development pr ...
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2 weeks ago+16 16 0Wasabi could help preserve ancient Egyptian papyrus artefacts
Ancient and fragile papyrus samples are at risk of being damaged by fungi, but a wasabi-based treatment can disinfect them without damage
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3 weeks ago+29 29 0The Hidden Butterfly Trade
How the lucrative market could spark conservation.
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3 weeks ago+22 22 0Utah Bill that requires statewide removal of school library books deemed pornographic by 3 districts close to passage
Bill sought to refine legislation passed 2 years ago that floor sponsor Sen. Todd Weiler, R-Woods Cross, said led to ‘some ludicrous results where people were challenging the Qur’an, the Bible and other books of scripture.’
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3 weeks ago+25 25 0Our Company Is Doing So Well That You’re All Fired
"You all have done an amazing job ushering in a new era of success for this company. So amazing, in fact, that we have no choice but to let you all go."
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3 weeks ago+38 38 0How Google is killing independent sites like ours
And why you shouldn’t trust product reviews from big media publishers ranking at the top of Google.
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3 weeks ago+22 22 0Death, Lonely Death
We thought we knew how Voyager would end. The power would gradually, inevitably, run down. The instruments would shut off, one by one. The signal would get fainter. Eventually either the last instrument would fail for lack of power, or the signal ...
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3 weeks ago+20 20 0The US pepper that was nearly lost
Once grown almost solely by enslaved people, the fish pepper was nearly lost forever until a chance find in a freezer revived the plant and it's now more popular than ever.