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2 days agoCurrent Event ilyas
Giuliani associate told ex-CIA officer a Trump pardon would 'cost $2m’ – report
John Kiriakou, who was jailed in 2012 for identity leak, said his pursuit of a pardon came up in a meeting with Giuliani last year
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5 days agoExpression ilyas
The bunker builders preparing for doomsday
For some, the current crisis is a dummy run for long-term lockdown. Across the world, luxury bunkers are being built for a lucky few to survive calamity and collapse.
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8 days agoCurrent Event ilyas
Trump reportedly considering pardons for rappers Lil Wayne and Kodak Black
Trump is expected to issue a flurry of pardons in his final week in office. Lil Wayne and Kodak Black are facing or serving time on federal charges.
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9 days agoExpression ilyas
2021 will demand new kinds of video conferencing
People will need more than the market's current offerings.
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12 days agoExpression ilyas
Microsoft tried to buy Nintendo, but got laughed out of the room
Specifically, the Xbox was unveiled at CES in 2001 — to commemorate that launch, Bloomberg has published an in-depth oral history of how the console came to be. It’s a fascinating read, but one particular passage stands out: details on Microsoft’s efforts to secure games for the brand-new console. While the company implored third-party developers to work on the Xbox, Microsoft also considered using its considerable financial might to buy developers.
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2 weeks agoAnalysis ilyas
If You Can Do This Many Pushups in a Row, Harvard Scientists Say Your Risk of Heart Attack Is Over 30 Times Less
And even if you can't, every pushup you can do over a certain number can reduce your risk.
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2 weeks agoExpression ilyas
Great, Now Boston Dynamics' Eerie Humanoid Robots Can Dance Better Than Us
This choreographed dance number is no mere bot scootin' boogie.
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2 weeks agoCurrent Event ilyas
Banksy's Disturbing Stuffed Animals Truck Roams New York
Leave it to Banksy to mix the cute and the cuddly with the totally disturbing. In the 11th work of his Better Out Than In exhibit happening on the streets
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3 weeks agoAnalysis ilyas
Like Titan, Pluto’s atmosphere is hazy, but for a different reason
Simple organic ices dominate, rather than bigger organic molecules.
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3 weeks agoCurrent Event ilyas
'Growing Pains' stars call out Kirk Cameron for maskless caroling
Kirk Cameron's former co-stars are definitely not in harmony with the onetime "Growing Pains" actor. Cameron has recently been making headlines for organizing and attending maskless caroling events in California, to protest the state's stay-at-home order to avoid spreading COVID-19 further.
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1 month agoInteractive ilyas
Introducing the Open Library Explorer
Try it here! If you like it, share it.
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1 month agoCurrent Event ilyas
A new satellite can peer inside buildings, day or night
Cloud cover, and even in some cases walls, can't block this ultra-precise satellite's view.
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1 month agoCurrent Event ilyas
The President of France wants to add climate targets to the constitution
French President Emmanuel Macron has announced a referendum on increasing the fight against climate change and the need for conservation in the French Constitution.
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1 month agoExpression ilyas
Tsundoku: The art of buying books and never reading them
Do you have a habit of picking up books which you never quite get around to reading? That's tsundoku.
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1 month agoCurrent Event ilyas
China Turns On Its Artificial Sun: China's Nuclear Fusion Reactor
China has switched on its record-setting “artificial sun” tokamak, state media reported today. This begins a timeline China hopes will be similar to the one planned by the global International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) project.
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1 month agoAnalysis ilyas
Strategies for survival: How to reverse biodiversity loss
Biodiversity sustains us and all life on Earth. But unchecked human activity is pushing a record number of species to extinction. These strategies are used to bring some back from the brink.