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1 day ago
Current Event jasontSolar installation costs declined 5 to 11% in 2017, little so far in 2018
This year’s version of Berkeley Lab’s Tracking the Sun report saw residential installs fall 6% to $3.50 / W, small business fall 11% to $2.90 / W and large business fell 5% to $2.20 /W in 2017, with light changes in early 2018. However, these averages cover wide price variances in different markets.
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4 days ago
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Sugar pills relieve pain for chronic pain patients
Someday doctors may prescribe sugar pills for certain chronic pain patients based on their brain anatomy and psychology. And the pills will reduce their pain as effectively as any powerful drug on the market, according to new research. Northwestern Medicine scientists have shown they can reliably predict which chronic pain patients will respond to a sugar placebo pill based on the patients’ brain anatomy and psychological characteristics.
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4 days ago
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Could cold water swimming help treat depression?
A year ago, a 24-year-old woman with depression was given an unusual prescription by her doctor: a weekly swim in cold water. The patient, Sarah, was filmed as part of the BBC documentary series The Doctor Who Gave Up Drugs, presented by Christoffer van Tulleken, a doctor and researcher at University College London.
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8 days ago
Cars were also boxy and just large overall
Posted in: The surprising origins of the TV remote
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8 days ago
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'They were laughing at us': immigrants tell of cruelty, illness, and filth in US detention
After harrowing journeys to the US, new arrivals are held in overcrowded and unhygienic conditions, dozens of interviews reveal. All day and night they listened to the wailing of hungry children. Here, in a freezing immigration detention facility somewhere in the Rio Grande valley of south Texas, adults and children alike were fainting from dehydration and lack of food. Sleep was almost impossible; the lights were left on, they had just a thin metallic sheet to protect against the cold and there...
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8 days ago
Expression jasont
Microsoft to ‘warn’ Windows 10 users not to install Chrome or Firefox
Yet another annoying prompt
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11 days ago
Analysis jasont
National parks want you to stop picking them clean
Parks are doing what they can to keep the nation’s natural treasures safe for future generations — and out of your car's trunk.
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13 days ago
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Jet hand dryers 'aerosolise' E. coli and other harmful bugs, scientists warn
Jet hand dryers spread dangerous bacteria around bathrooms and are significantly less hygienic than traditional paper towels, scientists have found. An international study in hospitals established that modern dryers create an aerosol effect, blasting E. Coli as well as traces of faeces and the bacteria responsible for septicaemia onto surfaces. While the devices can often be activated without being touched, which is supposed to improve hygiene, they are problematic because people fail to properl...
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13 days ago
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It’s Time to Get Billionaires Off of Welfare
The working families and middle class of this country should not have to subsidize the wealthiest people in the United States. That’s absurd. That’s what a rigged economy is all about... Year after year, decade after decade, Republicans in Washington have lectured the American people about the need for “welfare reform.” In the 1980s, Ronald Reagan railed against a fictitious “welfare queen” driving a Cadillac. Just a few years ago, Republicans turned their attention to a young surfer...
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2 weeks ago
Comment jasont
This is good for hiphop (I think).
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2 weeks ago
Analysis jasont
When you should eat breakfast—and when you can probably skip it
Since childhood, we’ve constantly been told that breakfast—compared to all other meals—is the by far the most important one. But research hasn’t always shown that to be true, leading many researchers and dietitians to suggest that whether or not you eat first thing in the morning is more about personal preference and less about getting a nutritional advantage.
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2 weeks ago
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Thanks to Hyperinflation In Venezuela, You Need a Wheelbarrow of Cash to Buy Bread
Millions of Venezuelans sought emergency assistance and attempted to flee the country after inflation hit 82,700 percent in July. Venezuelans who are without a bank account are forced to carry stacks of cash. Many rushed to supermarkets to stock up on as many resources as possible to prepare themselves for another currency decrease in value. Resources in Venezuela are scarce and a majority of families are left hungry with no solution from the government.
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2 weeks ago
Comment jasont
Yes to bunk beds. No to gym. How would a gym even work with occasional turbulence etc?
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2 weeks ago
Current Event jasont
California is leading the state-by-state fight for net neutrality
Last year’s FCC decision to repeal net neutrality was arguably the most unpopular tech policy decision in the history of the modern internet. The repeal not only resulted in an unprecedented public backlash, but prompted numerous states to immediately begin exploring new state-level alternatives in the wake of the FCC’s retreat. Now, instead of one fight on the federal level, telecom giants like AT&T, Verizon and Comcast face countless state-level efforts to keep their monopoly power in ...
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3 weeks ago
Analysis jasont
The Mystery of People Who Speak Dozens of Languages
What can hyperpolyglots teach the rest of us?
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3 weeks ago
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Twitter suspends more accounts for “engaging in coordinated manipulation”
Following last week’s suspension of 284 accounts for “engaging in coordinated manipulation,” Twitter announced today that it’s kicked an additional 486 accounts off the platform for the same reason, bringing the total to 770 accounts. While many of the accounts removed last week appeared to originate from Iran, Twitter said this time that about 100 of the latest batch to be suspended claimed to be in the United States. Many of these were less than a year old and shared “divisive comme...
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3 weeks ago
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Nordic countries' 'happy' reputation masks sadness of young, says report
The Nordic countries top the polls as the happiest in the world, but the assumption that life in Scandinavia is all bicycles and big smiles disguises the sadness of a significant minority of young people, it has emerged. Among those in Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden and Iceland who do not say that life is good, some of the largest numbers are among the young – and particularly young women. While the reasons will vary from one individual and one country to another, it is thought that stress, ...
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1 month ago
Analysis jasont
Czechs still shiver from Soviet 1968 invasion
Czechs worry that too many have forgotten the 1968 Soviet-led invasion of Czechoslovakia.
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1 month ago
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Scientists accidentally create mutant enzyme that eats plastic bottles
Scientists have created a mutant enzyme that breaks down plastic drinks bottles – by accident. The breakthrough could help solve the global plastic pollution crisis by enabling for the first time the full recycling of bottles. The new research was spurred by the discovery in 2016 of the first bacterium that had naturally evolved to eat plastic, at a waste dump in Japan. Scientists have now revealed the detailed structure of the crucial enzyme produced by the bug.
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1 month ago
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Apple’s Amsterdam store evacuated after iPad battery explodes
Apple’s Amsterdam store has been evacuated and temporarily closed after an iPad battery exploded and released potentially harmful substances into the air.
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1 month ago
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Georgia police defend tasing 87-year-old grandmother
A police department in Georgia is defending its decision to tase a 87-year-old grandmother who was cutting dandelion greens outside her house. Martha Al-Bishara was tased outside her Chatsworth home when she was encountered by a local police officer as she was cutting leaves with a knife last week. After noticing the tool, the officer asked the woman to drop the knife and when she didn’t, he tased her.
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1 month ago
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The 50 Best New Board Games
Sure, the classic board games like Monopoly, Risk, and Battleship are still great fun. But the number of new games has exploded in the last several years as designers dream up space adventures, deck-building sagas, and zombie survival games. So order a pizza, invite over one to three friends, and try out the best board games released this year.