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2 days ago
Comment kxhYou mean like this, if they can fit up your arse, they are very popular in prisons for some reason!
Posted in: Where did all the small phones go?
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2 days ago
Analysis kxh
COVID made things taste weird, now 'Paxlovid mouth' sounds disgusting. What causes dysgeusia?
The effects of COVID and a new treatment for it are leaving a bad taste in the mouth for many. How do we detect what’s salty, sweet, bitter, sour or umami?
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7 days ago
Analysis kxh
Pollution from SpaceX, Blue Origin, Virgin Galactic's rockets could harm human health as well as Earth's climate, study says
The study found that the concentration of nitrogen oxides released into the atmosphere was considered "hazardous to human health" under WHO standards.
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8 days ago
Comment kxh
Lovely quote:
The developers of emerging technologies, who often portray them as disruptive and world-changing at first, are apt to paint them as merely incremental and unproblematic once regulators come knocking.
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11 days ago
Current Event kxh
Swiss voters decide to impose levy on streaming giants
Supporters of a mandatory investment by online entertainment platforms into the Swiss film industry are heading for victory in Sunday’s referendum.
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11 days ago
Analysis kxh
Caesar’s favourite herb was the Viagra of ancient Rome. Until climate change killed it off
Perfume, tonic – even love potion – silphium was prized by the ancient Romans, but in its success lay the seeds of its own downfall
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11 days ago
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Friday essay: how the West discovered the Buddha
From talk of a ‘poisonous doctrine’ to mistaken beliefs that he hailed from Africa, Western thinkers got Buddhism wrong for a long time.
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11 days ago
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One in three people are infected with Toxoplasma parasite – and the clue could be in our eyes
We looked at eye photos and found one in every 150 Australians might have scarring from a common parasitic disease.
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2 weeks ago
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Why Are People Still Blaming Facebook For Australia’s Terrible News Linking Tax Law?
We’ve talked a fair bit about Australia’s ridiculous “News Bargaining Code,” which is literally nothing more than a tax on Facebook and Google for sending traffic to media organisations, paid to Murdoch.
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2 weeks ago
Analysis kxh
Revealed: the ‘carbon bombs’ set to trigger catastrophic climate breakdown
Exclusive: Oil and gas majors are planning scores of vast projects that threaten to shatter the 1.5C climate goal. If governments do not act, these firms will continue to cash in as the world burns
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2 weeks ago
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A Pair of Twins Grew Up in Different Countries, Then Scientists Compared Them
Researchers have taken advantage of a rare opportunity to study identical (aka monozygotic) twins who were separated early in life, before being raised in different countries by different families – and there are some surprising results to report.
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3 weeks ago
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A ‘beyond-quantum’ equivalence principle for superposition and entanglement
The physics of the microrealm involves two famous and bizarre concepts: superposition and entanglement. Both are described mathematically by quantum theory, but many physicists believe that one day quantum theory will need to be replaced by an ultimate theory of reality that lies beyond quantum theory. Now, a team of physicists and mathematicians has discovered a new connection between these two weird properties that does not assume that quantum theory is correct. Their work, partially funded by...
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1 month ago
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At last, my precious, you're truly FREE
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1 month ago
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1 month ago
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Massive Study Finds We Need Better Therapies Than Antidepressants. Here's Why
Antidepressants are the mainstay for treating depression, but their use is clouded by questions about lasting efficacy. A new study now suggests antidepressants may not improve people's quality of life in the long run, compared to depressed people w
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1 month ago
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The Two Drivers of Massive Insect Population Die-Off Have Finally Been Identified
They help us put food on our tables through pollination and nutrient recycling. They break down and dispose of organic waste, and are food for many animals.
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1 month ago
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There's a Surprising Upside to Imposter Syndrome, Research Shows
Many of us are familiar with imposter syndrome: feelings of doubt about our skills and intelligence, and a sense that we're going to get exposed as frauds at any moment. It can be a debilitating mental condition, but new research has found a positive
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1 month ago
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From wolf to chihuahua: new research reveals where the dingo sits on the evolutionary timeline of dogs
The first high-quality Australian dingo genome gives a multi-thousand-year-old snapshot into the evolutionary history of dogs.
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1 month ago
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Researchers Again Show How Major VPNs Quietly Undermine User Security
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1 month ago
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Researchers Again Show How Major VPNs Quietly Undermine User Security
Given the seemingly endless privacy scandals that now engulf the tech, telecom, and adtech sectors on a near-daily basis, many consumers have flocked to virtual private networks (VPN) to protect an…
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1 month ago
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Researchers Have a Controversial New Hypothesis For How Civilization First Started
The dawn of human civilization is often pinned down to the rise of farming. As food production grew, so did human populations, trade, and tax.
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1 month ago
Review kxh
They Said Foundation Couldn't Be Filmed, and It Still Hasn't Been
A few great performances do not save Apple TV+'s faithless adaptation of Isaac Asimov's classic sci-fi series.
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1 month ago
Current Event kxh
Man's Tesla froze while speeding down highway at 83 mph
A man was stuck behind the wheel of a speeding Tesla as the car’s computer froze while driving at 85 mph. The man says all of the controls stopped working — including the turn signal, hazard …
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1 month ago
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It’s Still Stupidly, Ridiculously Difficult To Buy A ‘Dumb’ TV
Historically, “smart” TVs aren’t always particularly smart. They’ve routinely been shown to have lax security and privacy standards. Last year Vizio noted it made nearly as much in one quarter just from tracking and monetizing consumer viewing and usage data as from hardware.