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1 day ago
Current Event junglmanWhen Space Science Becomes a Political Liability
Representative John Culberson, an 8-term Texas Republican and staunch supporter of NASA and planetary exploration, lost his re-election bid to Democrat Lizzie Fletcher last week. Many factors played into this outcome, but one bears consideration by space advocates: his support for the scientific search for life at Europa was seen as a weakness and attacked accordingly.
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3 days ago
Uggh those already exist
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3 days ago
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You can't copyright taste, top court rules
Court of Justice was asked to rule in a copyright case involving two Dutch cream cheese products.
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3 days ago
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Illegal 'Whale Jail' Has Been Spotted in Russia, Lifting The Lid on a Massive Animal Exploitation Industry
Over 100 captured whales are being held in small, crowded enclosures in a so-called 'whale jail' off the coast of Russia, where they await suspected sale to Chinese theme parks, according to local media reports.
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4 days ago
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Japanese fear automation will take more jobs than foreigners
The Japanese public is happier about the economy than at any time in nearly two decades, though few think the next generation will have it as good. People's biggest fear is automation, not foreigners, taking jobs from local workers. While 44% of respondents to a Pew Research Center survey said the current economic situation is good, 15% answered that today's children will be better off than their parents.
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2 weeks ago
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Alex Jones Just "Came Out" as a Gay Frog, and It's Amazing
If you know anyone who needs to escape bad news, show them Alex Jones hopping around dressed as a frog.
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2 weeks ago
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Your native language affects what you can and can’t see
By Emma Young. This is the first demonstration that language affects whether we consciously perceive a stimulus or not.
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2 weeks ago
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What billionaires want: the secret influence of America’s 100 richest
A new study reveals how the wealthy engage in ‘stealth politics’: quietly advancing unpopular, inequality-exacerbating, highly conservative policies
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2 weeks ago
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'Spectacular': A look inside Calgary's New Central Library on opening day
Decades in the making, Calgary’s long-awaited $245-million downtown library opened its doors to the public Thursday, boasting 240,000 square feet of spectacular architecture.
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2 weeks ago
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Seaweed coffee cups could help ditch single-use plastics
A significant amount of the single-use plastics that we use ends up in our oceans. As people increasingly ditch these plastics, seaweed—also known as macroalgae—and microalgae could be the solutions to the world's plastic food packaging problem. These are being used to develop everyday items, from edible water bottles to coffee cups to biofuels.
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2 weeks ago
Analysis junglman
Are we wrong to assume fish can't feel pain?
The long read: We like to think fish have no feelings. And yet the idea that they have both memory and a capacity for suffering is gaining ground among scientists
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3 weeks ago
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Scientists Back Efforts to Pull CO2 from the Atmosphere
A new report from the National Academics calls for concerted research into “negative emissions technologies”
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3 weeks ago
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AI and Human Creativity Go Hand in Hand
What does AI look like? You might say it looks like a robot, or flashing LEDs, or a waveform on a screen. But what would AI say AI looks like? To find out, IBM Research asked AI to draw us a picture… of itself. AI’s self-portrait was published in The New York Times today and, looking at the image, I am amazed not only with the result, but also the journey we took to get there.
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3 weeks ago
Current Event junglman
Verizon temporarily unlocks all Pixel 3 phones after complaints
Verizon will allow all of its Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL phones to immediately be used on different carriers, a spokesperson has confirmed to The Verge by email. When the phone went on sale yesterday, buyers noticed that the Pixel 3 was locked to Verizon’s network until it was activated. Once activated with a Verizon SIM, the device would be unlocked overnight for use with other carriers.
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1 month ago
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Marvel Movie Dropped From 2020 Release Schedule
With the Disney shifting Jungle Cruise's release date to July 24, 2020, the studios simultaneously removed the scheduled July 31, 2020 Marvel Studios film from the slate. With Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 having been put on hold seemingly indefinitely since the firing of its director James Gunn in July, the shift might mean only two Marvel Studios films will arrive in 2020. Whether or not the film was slated for July 31, 2020 or the May 1, 2020 date (therefore having the July film moved u...
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1 month ago
Analysis junglman
Slavery was never abolished – it affects millions, and you may be funding it
Slavery still exists and it happens in plain sight.
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1 month ago
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If Educational Videos Were Filmed Like Music Videos
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1 month ago
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A Bose-Einstein condensate has been produced in space for the first time
An international team of researchers has successfully produced a Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) in space for the first time. In their paper published in the journal Nature, the group describes creating a small experimental device that was carried on a rocket into space and the experiments that were conducted during its freefall.
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1 month ago
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The FBI of the National Park Service
The 33 special agents assigned to the Investigative Services Branch handle the most complex crimes committed on NPS land. When a day hike in Rocky Mountain National Park ended in a grisly death, ISB veteran Beth Shott hit the trail, where she began unraveling a harrowing case.