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Analysis gottliebKiller Tulips Hiding in Plain Sight
Thanks to the compounds used to protect precious flowers, antifungal resistance is here—and it could be just as dangerous to humans as antibiotic resistance.
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5 days ago
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70 Philosophy Books Everyone Should Read
Why am I here? How can I live a good life? What does it mean to have a mind and be a person? Since the days of antiquity, philosophers have puzzled over fundamental questions like these that sit at the very heart of our lived experience and interactions with the world. Solving these problems is not merely about increasing our knowledge of the world, to fill up academic textbooks and sit on library shelves, but to impart wisdom to aid us as we navigate through life's uncertainties and its pr...
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'Ant-Man and the Wasp' Actress Evangeline Lilly Pens Stan Lee Tribute: "Legends Never Die"
My father used to close out his emails with these incredible words by Hunter S Thompson: “Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a well-preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, wine in the other, body thoroughly worn-out and screaming “WooHoo, What a Ride!” I didn’t truly know Stan Lee. I typically connected with him at comic conventions where I would find myself utterly worn-out and growing ragged or weary.
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7 days ago
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Hitman 2: Sean Bean on video game death
Actor Sean Bean has played many roles where his character dies before the end of the film or TV series and now gamers have the chance to digitally kill him when he appears as a special guest star target in the video game Hitman 2. The Hitman games cast the player as Agent 47 who can employ a wide range of weapons to kill his target.
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8 days ago
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'A train wreck': Veterans haven't received GI Bill benefits for months
Shelley Roundtree departed the U.S. Army in 2013 after seeing friends and fellow soldiers die in combat during his tour in Afghanistan. He was committed to transitioning to civilian life, and one of his first steps was to enroll in college with tuition and housing benefits he'd earned under the GI Bill. Roundtree, 29, began studying marketing at Berkeley College in Midtown Manhattan. He dreams of working in the fashion industry, and he's close to graduating — but now there's a s...
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9 days ago
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New Research Suggests Genetically Engineered Bacteria Could Transform Mars Into A Habitable Planet
Students at Exeter University have successfully demonstrated that genetically engineered bacteria could help to create breathable air on Mars when combined with perchlorate salts. Students from Exeter University have suggested that genetically engineered bacteria has the possibility to completely transform Mars and create a habitable planet that has breathable air after new research conducted in a lab showed that salts that can be retrieved from Martian soil could help to fuel this process.
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9 days ago
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Ancient genomics is recasting the story of the Americas’ first residents
Trove of DNA from prehistoric inhabitants reveals that the continents’ early settlers moved far and fast.
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'Game of Thrones' writer George R. R. Martin says he's developing "a couple more shows for HBO"
Game of Thrones writer George R.R. Martin has revealed that he is developing some new shows for HBO, in addition to the Game of Thrones prequels he is already working on. In a new interview with The Guardian, Martin said that as well as working with HBO on the five different Game of Thrones prequels, he is developing “a couple of other shows for HBO” adding that he “can’t talk about them yet.” Martin is additionally working as an executive producer on Who Fears Death and the superhero ...
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#ProtectMueller Protesters Shut Down Streets in Midtown Manhattan: “We Have to Resist”
In addition to NY, protests from Fargo to Baltimore are happening just one day after Jeff Sessions was ousted.
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12 days ago
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The making of an opioid epidemic
The long read: When high doses of painkillers led to widespread addiction, it was called one of the biggest mistakes in modern medicine. But this was no accident
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12 days ago
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Jeff Sessions Is Forced Out as Attorney General as Trump Installs Loyalist
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Ford buys e-scooter sharing startup Spin
Turns out those rumours about Ford buying e-scooter startup Spin were true. The auto-maker has confirmed the purchase as it looks beyond car ownership to emerging modes of transport. Though it didn't disclose the financials
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'The most intellectual creature to ever walk Earth is destroying its only home' | Jane Goodall
Introducing the Guardian’s new series The Age of Extinction, the renowned primatologist describes the dramatic vanishing of wildlife she has witnessed in her lifetime – and how we can all play a vital role in halting its destruction
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3 weeks ago
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How Bhutan Avoids Being Overrun by Tourists
The Himalayan kingdom has managed to avoid the crowded, tourist-infested fate that befell many other picturesque destinations.
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3 weeks ago
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Vitamin Vaping Raises Wariness among Scientists
Companies claim e-cigarettes can deliver nutrients, but experts say the science looks shaky
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IBM acquires Red Hat
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Price is Right: Red Sox Win World Series
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Is a recent fall in overdose deaths temporary or a sign of a corner turned?
Public health experts say they see reason to be optimistic but warned against drawing firm conclusions based on a half-year’s worth of data.
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3 weeks ago
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YouTube CEO urges YouTube creators to protest European copyright law
YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki warns video makers about the threat of a controversial copyright law in the European Union and urges them to "take action immediately" and protest the ruling with videos and social media posts. "This legislation poses a threat to both your livelihood and your ability to share your voice with the world," she writes in a blog post published Monday.
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3 weeks ago
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Ethiopia gets first female president
Experienced diplomat Sahle-Work Zewde is chosen by lawmakers for the ceremonial position.
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1 month ago
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How rare minerals form when meteorites slam into Earth
The discovery of a rare mineral (reidite) at the Woodleigh meteorite impact structure in Western Australia was published this week by Curtin University honours student Morgan Cox and colleagues. Reidite – and other minerals – are sometimes formed when meteorites crash into Earth. This takes a particular set of circumstances. Only six prior discoveries of reidite had ever been reported.
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1 month ago
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Reading is like travel. You won't know much about the world if you don't do either.
Posted in: Here’s My Secret Weapon: I Read
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1 month ago
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How did Titan get its haze?
Titan, Saturn’s largest moon, is enveloped in a thick, hazy atmosphere. One new research collaboration has identified a chemical mechanism that could help to explain how the moon's haze formed. “Both space probes and land-based instruments have identified the chemical composition of the major constituents of the haze,” said Musahid Ahmed, a scientist in Berkeley Lab’s Chemical Sciences Division and co-leader of the study. “However, how some of heavier particles are formed from the...