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1 day ago
Comment kxhSurely he's in contention for a Darwin award!
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2 days ago
Analysis kxh
Wollemi pines are dinosaur trees
Wollemi pines have survived for hundreds of millions of years. Once covering Australia, they now survive in a few isolated spots – but they're coming back in a big way.
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2 days ago
Comment kxh
$100 Million a huge fine? A gentle slap on the wrist with a soggy lettuce leaf more likely. Pocket change for Citibank.
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2 days ago
Analysis kxh
Particles Have Been Entangled 'on Demand' For The First Time, And It's a Game Changer
Quantum technology promises big things for digital security and computing power, but the very thing it relies upon - quantum entanglement - has so far proven too fickle to reliably control.
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2 days ago
Comment kxh
Does Warner Bros own the copyright to the books now?
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2 days ago
Analysis kxh
Harry rotters: Warner Bros cracks down on Potter fan festivals in US
Studio says unauthorized commercial activity needs to be halted but fans liken move to Dementors sucking the joy out of fun
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2 days ago
Expression kxh
Stephen Colbert explains Jesus' position on ripping children from their parents to Jeff Sessions
Stephen Colbert explains Jesus' position on ripping children from their parents to Jeff Sessions, but Colbert -- a devout Catholic -- begs to differ.
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3 days ago
Achievement kxh
Rapid Response
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3 days ago
Comment kxh
Obama owned Crimea?
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3 days ago
Comment kxh
Is that some kind of weird self-deprecating method of advertising?
Posted in: Blue Apron | Realistic Marketing, Inc.
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3 days ago
Analysis kxh
Do left-handers really die young?
A paper in the influential scientific journal Nature 25 years ago suggested that left-handed people die younger than right-handed people - but the research was flawed.
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4 days ago
Analysis kxh
Copyleft Terms May Become Unenforceable in 11 Countries under CPTPP | Linux Journal
The Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) is an enormous (roughly 6,000-page) treaty between Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore and Vietnam that was signed in Chile on March 8, 2018. So far, only Mexico and Japan have ratified it. CPTPP is almost identical to the original TPP, which included those 11 countries plus the United States. In early 2017, the US withdrew from the treaty, which its President had...
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4 days ago
Comment kxh
The bible countenances slavery too.
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4 days ago
Comment kxh
Damn it. Popsci does this stupid thing. It has a different version geolocated in Australia at http://www.popsci.com.au so this article doesn't show for me.
I'll have to ungeolocate myself to see it.
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4 days ago
Analysis kxh
Mammals are increasingly embracing the nightlife to avoid humans
Humans have been displacing wildlife since, well, forever — and according to a new study, we're leaving some mammals no choice but to adjust their daily schedules and seek refuge in the night.
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4 days ago
Expression kxh
'No flamingos around here': Meet one of the world's only croquet ball manufacturers
It's a sport that conjures up royals and manicured English gardens, but Australia's only croquet ball maker works his magic a world away in a Humpty Doo shed near a croc-infested river in the Top End.
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4 days ago
Comment kxh
He can't pardon himself for this, he can only pardon offences under federal law.
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4 days ago
Current Event kxh
Sarah Sanders uses Bible to defend Trump's separation of families at border
Press secretary rejects criticism of Jeff Sessions citing Romans 13 to justify policy and says ‘it is very biblical to enforce the law’
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4 days ago
Comment kxh
Actually, I think all his actions are Trump first.
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4 days ago
Analysis kxh
Apple is making it harder for police to collect evidence from iPhones of suspected criminals
“There is a method by which the security of the [iPhone] can be compromised by devices law enforcement can purchase. There’s not really any reason to think only law enforcement will ever have those devices.”
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4 days ago
Comment kxh
Probably the only way to get him to take notice.
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5 days ago
Analysis kxh
Trump talks America First but his actions are China First
Donald Trump promised to put America, and especially American workers, first in every decision, but his actions make clear that he is pursuing a strategy of Make China Great Again with his “China First” foreign-trade policy. David Cay Johnston tells you everything you don’t know about the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) — and should. …
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6 days ago
Analysis kxh
Inca Doctors Were Better at Skull Surgery Than American Surgeons 400 Years Later
Scientists studying the skulls of long-dead Incas have made a startling discovery: the patients somehow had twice the survival rate after skull surgery than those operated on during the American Civil War - some 400 years later.
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8 days ago
Analysis kxh
We've designed a 'flux capacitor', but it won't take us Back to the Future
Physicists have designed an electrical component that break's time-reversal symmetry. Not quite the time machine from Hollywood but it should help with communication technology and quantum computing.
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9 days ago
Analysis kxh
Why emergency braking systems sometimes hit parked cars and lane dividers
Recent Tesla Autopilot crashes hold a lesson for the whole industry.
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