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5 years ago+4 4 0How and why did religion evolve?
“This is my body.” These words, recorded in the Gospels as being spoken by Jesus during the Last Supper, are said daily at Church services around the world before the communion meal is eaten. When Christians hear these words spoken in the present, we ...
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5 years ago+30 30 0Apple said Qualcomm’s tech was no good. But in private communications, it was ‘the best.’ [Paywall]
During the roughly two years Apple was locked in a legal battle with one of its suppliers, Qualcomm, the iPhone maker publicly argued that the chip maker’s technology was worthless. But according to an internal Apple memo Qualcomm showed during the t ...
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5 years ago+4 4 0The Truth About Dentistry
In the early 2000s Terry Mitchell’s dentist retired. For a while, Mitchell, an electrician in his 50s, stopped seeking dental care altogether. But when one of his wisdom teeth began to ache, he started looking for someone new. An acquaintance recomme ...
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5 years ago+8 8 0If Impeaching Trump Is Pointless, Then Bipartisanship Is Worthless
The president of the United States routinely orders his subordinates to subvert the law. He believes that the Justice Department should comport itself as his personal detective agency — and that the attorney general’s first responsibility is to prote ...
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5 years ago+30 30 0Scientists Restore Some Function In The Brains Of Dead Pigs
The brains of dead pigs have been somewhat revived by scientists hours after the animals were killed in a slaughterhouse. The Yale University research team is careful to say that none of the brains regained the kind of organized electrical activity a ...
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5 years ago+24 24 0Tesla solar production twice its EV charging, claims huge emissions savings
Electric vehicle pioneer and energy group Tesla says its fleet of more than 550,000 EVs has already delivered savings of more than 4 million tonnes of greenhouse gases and their equivalent, and the output of its solar products is also twice that of e ...
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5 years ago+6 6 0Famed cellist Yo-Yo Ma uses music and bridges to unite cultures
Beneath a morning sun that hovered over the international bridge, the most famous cellist in the world placed his bow upon four delicate strings, and began to play. “It’s full and majestic,” said Karen Valdez, 15, surrounded by several hundred other ...
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5 years ago+19 19 0Days Gone Will Have an Install Size of 67 GB
We have finally gotten a glimpse at the install size of Sony Bend's upcoming title Days Gone and it is nothing out of the ordinary. We have finally gotten the install size for Days Gone, developed by Sony Bend studios. Their new IP will official ...
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5 years ago+29 29 0Facebook investors desperate to boot Mark Zuckerberg from chairmanship
The call to oust Mark Zuckerberg is coming from inside the house. A group of investors have teamed up in an effort to replace the Facebook CEO and board chairman with an independent voice. The plan, put forth in an April 12 SEC filing, doesn't m ...
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5 years ago+15 15 0Predicting Space Weather to Protect Spacecraft from Killer Electrons
Weather events aren't only a problem on Earth - they can cause serious issues in space too. Space storms of high-energy particles bombard satellites or spacecraft, causing serious damage. Now a study has found a way to predict the arrival of the ...
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5 years ago+15 15 0This browser extension shows you which Amazon books are available free at your local library
Wait! Stop! Before you order that copy of David Benioff's City of Thieves from Amazon (a book I highly recommend), check to see if it's available at your local library. Because free! Oh, I know what you're saying: You don't have t ...
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5 years ago+25 25 0A Simple Form of Spirituality Brings More Satisfaction Than Religion
Any number of world religions may claim to have the monopoly on enlightenment, but a study published Thursday in the journal Psychology of Religion and Spirituality challenges the idea that being religious is the most consistent way to feel satisfied ...
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5 years ago+3 3 0Historic First Images of a Black Hole Show Einstein Was Right (Again)
Albert Einstein's towering genius is on display yet again. The first-ever images of a black hole, which the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) project unveiled today (April 10), further bolster Einstein's century-old theory of general relativity ...
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5 years ago+6 6 0'Jeopardy!' Contestant Destroys Show's Single-Day Cash Winnings Record
James Holzhauer, a 34-year-old professional sports gambler from Las Vegas, Nev., just annihilated the “Jeopardy!” single-day cash winnings record. Holzhauer won $110,914 on Tuesday. The previous single-game record of $77,000 was set by Roger Craig on ...
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5 years ago+3 3 0A bipartisan group in Congress wants to make it harder for you to do taxes
Congress is set to make it illegal for the IRS to create free tax preparation software, software that could save millions of Americans from wasting their money on TurboTax, H&R Block, and other tax preparers currently profiting from the IRS’s fai ...
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5 years ago+13 13 0New York lawmakers introduce bill to end religious vaccine exemptions amid measles outbreak
New York lawmakers on Thursday called to end non-medical exemptions vaccinations for school-aged children amid an ongoing measles outbreak. The proposed legislation is backed by a group of Democratic lawmakers who say they want to close the “personal ...
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5 years ago+14 14 0IKEA has developed a curtain that reduces indoor air pollution
It will soon be possible to reduce common indoor air pollutants using just a curtain. A mineral-based surface treatment enables this new curtain from IKEA to break down air pollutants when it comes in contact with light. Air pollution is a global iss ...
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5 years ago+29 29 0Amazon wants to launch thousands of satellites so it can offer broadband internet from space
Amazon is planning to build a network of more than 3,000 satellites, federal filings reveal, in an ambitious attempt to provide global internet access.
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5 years ago+4 4 0Two Unusual Galaxies Shake Up the Dark Matter Debate, Again
When it comes to the nature of dark matter, astronomers are still largely, well, in the dark. The existence of this mysterious substance was hypothesized more than 40 years ago to explain discrepancies between the calculations of how galaxies ought t ...
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5 years ago+12 12 0Captain Marvel is now the first live-action movie directed by a woman to gross $1 billion
Captain Marvel going higher, further, faster at the box office means its co-director has made history. The Marvel superhero film has now officially grossed more than $1 billion worldwide, which means that Anna Boden is the first woman to direct a liv ...