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Surveillance Tech Didn't Stop the Uvalde Massacre
Robb Elementary's school district implemented state-of-the-art surveillance that was in line with the governor's recommendations to little avail.
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1 day agoCurrent Event jerrycan
Beyond the official clichés: The Texas school shooting reveals the advanced sickness of American society
The mass shooting of 19 children and two teachers, and the wounding of 17 more people, at the Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas on Tuesday was a genuinely horrific event. The students killed were 9, 10 and 11 years old, in the second, third and fourth grades. The adults killed, both women, were fourth-grade teachers. The perpetrator of the crime barricaded himself inside a classroom and opened fire with a lightweight semi-automatic rifle that he had obtained a day after his 18th birthday, ...
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3 days agoCurrent Event jerrycan
Men who pose shirtless on Tinder are perceived as less competent and more prone to risky sexual behavior
Men who maintain a sexualized presence on dating apps are less appealing to women, according to findings published in Sex Roles: A Journal of Research. The study found that women rated a man lower in competence and more prone to risky sexual behavior when his Tinder profile featured a shirtless photo or indicated an interest in casual sex.
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3 days agoCurrent Event jerrycan
World’s largest vats for growing ‘no-kill’ meat to be built in US
The building of the world’s largest bioreactors to produce cultivated meat has been announced, with the potential to supply tens of thousands of shops and restaurants. Experts said the move could be a “gamechanger” for the nascent industry. The US company Good Meat said the bioreactors would grow more than 13,000 tonnes of chicken and beef a year. It will use cells taken from cell banks or eggs, so the meat will not require the slaughter of any livestock.
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3 days agoCurrent Event jerrycan
Monarch Butterfly Count Up 35% in WWF-Mexico Survey
After many years of plummeting populations of migrating monarch butterflies, a WWF-Mexico survey brings good news: during the 2021-2022 overwintering period, the monarch butterfly presence observed in the forests of Mexico was 35% higher than the previous year. While the butterflies are still vulnerable and require more conservation efforts, the survey gives some hope for recovery.
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3 weeks agoAnalysis jerrycan
Eating one-fifth less beef could halve deforestation
Model suggests that switching to microbial ‘meat’ can cut carbon emissions.
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3 weeks agoCurrent Event jerrycan
Tesla cancels employee bonuses tied to delivery quotas, raises salaries to compensate
Tesla has decided to cancel any employee bonuses tied to its quarterly delivery quotas. The automaker is also raising base salaries for sales and delivery employees to compensate for the bonuses going away. However, it looks like it will result in an overall reduction in compensation for most of those Tesla employees.
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3 weeks agoCurrent Event jerrycan
Pastor said “God wanted” underage girl to be his spouse. So the church approved.
The victims' family pressured church leaders to approve of the sexual abuse, saying that it was like Joseph and Mary, because Mary was also a child bride...
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1 month agoCurrent Event jerrycan
More than one million African children protected by first malaria vaccine
More than a million children in Ghana, Kenya and Malawi have now received at least one dose of the first anti-malaria vaccine, the World Health Organization said Thursday.
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1 month agoCurrent Event jerrycan
Beyond Meat Expands Its Chicken Tenders Footprint to Get a Leg Up
California-based Beyond Meat continues its drive to satisfy plant-based consumers by expanding the presence of its chicken tenders in high-profile retailers. Beginning April 12, Beyond will add Albertsons, CVS, Sprouts, and Whole Foods Market stores nationwide to its roster. Krogers and its brands (Fry’s, Food 4 Less, QFC, Ralph’s) will add the product throughout April. Beyond’s September 2021 announcement of the new product revealed an initial slate of retail partners led by Walmart.
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1 month agoCurrent Event jerrycan
Aging clocks aim to predict how long you’ll live
These clocks promise to measure biological age and help identify anti-aging drugs, but there are lingering questions over their accuracy.
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1 month agoAnalysis jerrycan
Giant space telescopes could be made out of liquid
The Hubble space telescope has a primary mirror of 2.4 meters. The Nancy Grace Roman telescope also has a mirror measuring 2.4 meters, and the James Webb Space Telescope has a whopping 6.5 meter primary mirror. They get the job done that they were designed to do, but what if… we could have even bigger mirrors?
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1 month agoCurrent Event jerrycan
The creator of the CRISPR babies has been released from a Chinese prison
He Jiankui created the first gene-edited children. The price was his career. And his freedom.
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2 months agoCurrent Event jerrycan
Apple Silicon Mac Pro could combine two M1 Ultra chips for speed
The Apple Silicon Mac Pro may follow the lead of the Mac Studio's M1 Ultra, a rumor claims, by effectively combining two M1 Ultra chips into a single 40-core SoC. Apple's "Peek Performance" event included a brief tease for a Mac Pro using Apple Silicon, opening the door to speculation about the inbound update. In one rumor, it is said that Apple will go one stage further than it did with the Mac Studio in reusing its existing chips in new ways.
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2 months agoCurrent Event jerrycan
‘No planet B’: Groups call for $60bn increase in annual biodiversity funding
International conservation groups are calling on countries in the Global North to provide billions more dollars every year to protect the world’s biodiversity. “The future of humanity is literally at stake. People are destroying and consuming nature at devastating rates,” Patricia Zurita, the CEO of BirdLife International, said at a virtual press conference on March 1. “Wealthy countries must support and agree to a target of providing at least 60 billion US dollars annually for internati...
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2 months agoCurrent Event jerrycan
A top Wikipedia editor has been arrested in Belarus
The editor had been doxxed prior to the arrest
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2 months agoExpression jerrycan
Inside Project Texas, TikTok’s Big Answer To US Lawmakers’ China Fears
TikTok is rebuilding its systems to keep US user data in the US and putting a new US-based team in control. But for now, that team reports to executives in China.