Post Overview
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Current Event
6 years ago
+33 33 0 x 1Secret filming shows sick cows slaughtered for meat in Poland
Undercover film raises fears of serious health risks from major EU exporting country
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Analysis
6 years ago
+19 20 1Despite Bitcoin’s Dive, a Former Soviet Republic Is Still Betting Big on It
Tax breaks, land deals and cheap energy have spurred cryptocurrency mining in Georgia, which wants to be a digital data leader.
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Analysis
6 years ago
+30 30 0Coming Soon to a Police Station Near You: The DNA ‘Magic Box’
With Rapid DNA machines, genetic fingerprinting could become as routine as the old-fashioned kind. But forensic experts see a potential for misuse.
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Current Event
6 years ago
+44 44 0 x 1NBA star stands tall against Turkish president, now fears assassination
A day after Turkish prosecutors issued an international warrant for his arrest, NBA star Enes Kanter skipped a game in London, citing fears he could be killed by the Turkish government.
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Analysis
6 years ago
+56 56 0 x 1Study Identifies The Most Effective Mental Strategies That People Use To Get Through Aversive Challenges
By Christian Jarrett. Trait self-control and effective strategy use may represent two separate routes to greater persistence.
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Analysis
6 years ago
+19 19 0The Plot to Kill George Washington
In The First Conspiracy, thriller writer Brad Meltzer uncovers a real-life story too good to turn into fiction
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Analysis
6 years ago
+41 41 0 x 1Our pets: the key to the obesity crisis?
Even animals that aren’t eating too much or exercising too little are getting fat. If we can figure out why, we may have the key to our own obesity crisis – and how to stop it.
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Analysis
6 years ago
+51 51 0 x 1There's a simple reason your new smart TV was so affordable: It's collecting and selling your data
Smart TVs have never been more affordable. Turns out there's a reason for that.
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Analysis
6 years ago
+39 39 0 x 1What’s Causing the Rise of Hoarding Disorder?
Now that the DSM lists severe hoarding as a disorder apart from OCD, psychologists are asking what explains its prevalence.
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Analysis
6 years ago
+41 41 0 x 1How we know the oldest person who ever lived wasn’t faking her age
A researcher claims that identity theft was at play in the case of Jeanne Calment, the world’s oldest person, but experts say that evidence is weak.
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Expression
6 years ago
+25 25 0Skin printer wipes years from your face
Procter & Gamble has developed a handheld device that precisely covers blemishes.
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Analysis
6 years ago
+35 35 0 x 1Microsoft Bing not only shows child pornography, it suggests it
Illegal child exploitation imagery is easy to find on Microsoft’s Bing search engine. But even more alarming is that Bing will suggest related keywords and images that provide pedophiles with more child pornography.
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Current Event
6 years ago
+18 18 0Kidnappers demand €9m in cryptocurrency for Norwegian billionaire's wife
The wife of one of Norway’s richest men has been abducted from her home outside Oslo, with the kidnappers demanding a ransom of €9 million in cryptocurrency.
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Current Event
6 years ago
+26 26 011,000 Digitized Books From 1923 Are Now Available Online at the Internet Archive
Whether your interest is in winning arguments online or considerably deepening your knowledge of world cultural and intellectual history, you will be very well-served by at least one government agency from now into the foreseeable future.
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Analysis
6 years ago
+8 8 0California wants all its buses to be 100% electric
As of 2023, 25% of all buses bought by agencies in the Golden State will have to be electric, rising to 100% by 2029.
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Analysis
6 years ago
+48 48 0 x 1The Sounds That Haunted U.S. Diplomats in Cuba? Lovelorn Crickets, Scientists Say
Diplomatic officials may have been targeted with an unknown weapon in Havana. But a recording of one “sonic attack” actually is the singing of a very loud cricket, a new analysis concludes.
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Analysis
6 years ago
+39 39 0 x 1Learning China’s Forbidden History, So They Can Censor It
Thousands of low-wage workers in “censorship factories” trawl the online world for forbidden content, where even a photo of an empty chair could cause big trouble.
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Current Event
6 years ago
+31 31 0 x 1Lawrence Roberts, Who Helped Design Internet’s Precursor, Dies at 81
Dr. Roberts worked with other engineers to create the underpinnings of the Arpanet, making many crucial decisions. But his work did not make him rich.
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Current Event
6 years ago
+29 29 0Galapagos fireworks ban to save wildlife
Authorities in Ecuador say animals suffered elevated heart rates and anxiety after pyrotechnic shows.
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Analysis
6 years ago
+24 24 0British Doctors May Soon Prescribe Art, Music, Dance, Singing Lessons
Campaign is expected to launch across the entire U.K. by 2023




















