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4 years ago+4 4 0'Huge drugs bust' at Gatwick Airport found to be vegan cake mix
Bags of white powder seized as part of a "huge drugs bust" at London's Gatwick Airport actually contained vegan cake ingredients, the British Transport Police said. A member of staff at Purezza, a vegan restaurant with stores in London ...
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4 years ago+2 2 0Bill Gates-led $1 billion fund expands its portfolio of startups fighting climate change
The world needs to deploy and scale technologies that cut emissions—and fast. Breakthrough Energy Ventures (BEV), a $1 billion fund led by Bill Gates, aims to fund those technologies. Founded in 2016, the fund’s pursuits are supported by Gates’s bill ...
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4 years ago+11 11 025 Editing Tips for Tightening Your Copy and Improving Your Writing
Before sharing your writing with the world, apply these editing tips. We show you exactly how to make edits to your own work.
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4 years ago+20 20 0Good for Google, Bad for America
At its core, artificial intelligence is a military technology. Why is the company sharing it with a rival?
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4 years ago+10 10 0Starting a Podcast? Avoid These 7 Common Mistakes
Podcasting is a billion-dollar industry and growing.
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4 years ago+31 31 0Beyond Meat says its burgers are healthier than beef. Health experts aren't so sure
Beyond Meat markets its plant-based burger as a healthier alternative to meat, which is associated with certain health risks. But some experts say the data doesn't exist yet to show that a processed plant-based patty trumps beef.
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4 years ago+15 15 0Final Huawei Mate X specs leak ahead of release date
Huawei Mate X was supposed to launch last month, but there's still no sign of the foldable flagship phone on the horizon. However, that could soon change, according to a new listing by China's TENAA certification board. New details about t ...
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4 years ago+33 33 0The Slackification of the American Home
Stretched for time, some households are starting to operate more like businesses.
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4 years ago+4 4 0Are you paying too much for chicken? Feds are investigating poultry price-fixing claims.
The U.S. government is investigating price-fixing charges against the country's biggest poultry companies, a fact revealed by a filing in Chicago federal court.
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4 years ago+9 9 0Televangelist's show sells $45 Trump coin as 'point of contact' to God
"The Jim Bakker Show" recently promoted a coin decorated with President Trump's face as a "point of contact" with God. In a viral clip of the promotion, evangelical author Lance Wallnau described the $45 coin as a means for ...
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5 years ago+36 36 0Your Car Knows When You Gain Weight
Vehicles collect a lot of unusual data. But who owns it?
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5 years ago+19 19 0What makes ramen noodles so special?
Welcome to The Takeout’s Asian Noodles Week, a tribute to the O.G. pasta bowl.
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5 years ago+14 14 0 x 120 photos of bees that will make you say "damn, bees are beautiful"
Celebrate National Pollinator Week with these surprisingly gorgeous portraits of bees.
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5 years ago+39 39 0 x 1Woman wakes after 27 years in a coma
A woman from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) who was seriously injured in a traffic accident in 1991 has made a seemingly miraculous recovery after emerging from a 27-year-long coma. Munira Abdulla, who was aged 32 at the time of the accident, suffere ...
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5 years ago+3 3 0Meal Kits Have A Smaller Carbon Footprint Than Grocery Shopping, Study Says
Meal kit delivery services like Blue Apron or HelloFresh promise gourmet meals without the hassle of shopping for ingredients. But the environmentally conscious consumer may feel guilty about seeing all the plastic and cardboard it takes to bring tha ...
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5 years ago+20 20 0The key to glorifying a questionable diet? Be a tech bro and call it ‘biohacking.’
One night in college, a member of my four-person study group showed up with a bunch of Snickers bars from a campus giveaway. The only man in the group picked one up and casually read the nutrition label. “Whoa,” he said, “You’d never guess how many c ...
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5 years ago+8 8 0It's Not Socialism; It's What the People Want
"Socialism," snarled Donald Trump at a recent pep rally of far-right Republicans. And the obedient crowd of faithful Trumpistas snarled back in unison: "So-shull-izz-ummm!" And there you have the entire intellectual content of the ...
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5 years ago+18 18 0Truck drivers messing with Tesla owner turns into great ad for Summon feature
Tesla owner and Youtuber Marques Brownlee came back to his Model S in a parking lot to find his vehicle partially blocked on each side by large trucks. It gave Brownlee a rare opportunity to use Tesla’s Summon feature and nullify what appeared to be ...
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5 years ago+3 3 0Australian Science Teacher Uses Experiment To Demonstrate The Crazy Amount Of Sugar In A Soda!
A science teacher shows how much sugar is in a fizzy soda drink, by boiling away all the water and leaving the unhealthy residue behind. After about 2 hours and once all the water had evaporated, the sugar caramelised into toffee. With further heatin ...
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5 years ago+9 9 0How to Stop Overthinking Your Writing
Overthinking is one of the biggest things that holds writers of all levels back. Yep, even seasoned writers overthink new ideas. Especially if it’s a new genre or medium. But experimenting in new genres and mediums is one of the best ways to flex ...