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France has passed a law protecting the sounds and smells of the countryside
France has passed a law protecting the "sensory heritage" of its rural areas, in the face of complaints about the noises and smells typical of the countryside. Senators voted to approve the law, which passed through the lower house of parliament last year, on Thursday, according to a statement from Joël Giraud, the Minister for Rural Affairs.
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Apple Watch credited with helping police locate kidnapped Texas woman
Police in Selma, Texas are crediting the Apple Watch with helping them locate a kidnapped woman. As reported by Fox San Antonio, the kidnapped woman used her Apple Watch to call for help, and police were able to use a cellular ping to track her.
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Food Truck Sells Out of 1,000 Servings of 3D-Printed Vegan Meat in Five Hours
Israeli company Redefine Meat attracted 600 customers to a small village in Israel with its innovative vegan Alt-Meat, which will soon be available at local butcher shops and restaurants thanks to a partnership with meat distributor Best Meister.
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Cancel culture comes for the moderates
In the history of cancel culture, it’s hard to find a case where, after an inappropriate firing, an employer had the courage to admit that it had acted rashly and rehire the victim.
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Covid job losses lead MPs to call for trials of universal basic income
A cross-party group of MPs has called on the government to allow councils to run universal basic income trials in response to mass unemployment triggered by the Covid-19 pandemic. A letter to the chancellor, Rishi Sunak, signed by more than 500 MPs, lords and local councillors says pilot schemes are urgently needed as the pandemic unleashes widespread economic disruption and drives up redundancies at the fastest rate on record this winter.
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What If You Never Get Better From Covid-19?
Some patients could be living with the aftereffects for years to come. Recent research into another persistent, mysterious disease might help us understand how to treat them.
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A moon rock in the Oval Office: President Joe Biden's lunar display
Joe Biden was three weeks from taking office as a freshman U.S. senator when the moon rock that is now on display in the White House was collected by astronauts on the lunar surface. Biden and lunar sample 76015,143 will now share the Oval Office.
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Massive Apple VR leak reveals headset price, release window
A new report from Bloomberg's Mark Gurman says Apple's first VR headset will cost well over $900 and have a chip faster than the M1 Mac.
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Building Earth's largest telescope on the far side of the moon
NASA engineers are planning a robotically constructed kilometre diameter radio telescope that will fit in a giant crater and study radio waves from the big bang.
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Page refresh: how the internet is transforming the novel
The internet shapes how we see the world, and now it’s changing the stories we tell, writes author Olivia Sudjic.
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Space station detectors found the source of weird ‘blue jet’ lightning
The origins of an enigmatic type of lightning in the upper atmosphere has been traced to a 10-microsecond flash of bright blue light.
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Tim Cook gifted Trump first 2019 Mac Pro off assembly line
Trump toured the Flex plant in Austin, Texas, in late 2019 to prop up his administration's promise to boost American production might. Apple has used Flex to build Mac Pro models since at least 2013. While the visit to Flex, and Apple's new Austin campus, was well documented, Cook's Mac Pro gift was only today revealed in a financial disclosure report highlighted by The New York Times reporter David Enrich.
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A Bitter Archaeological Feud Over an Ancient Vision of the Cosmos
The Nebra sky disk, which has been called the oldest known depiction of astronomical phenomena, is a “very emotional object.”
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President Biden's FCC appointment is a big step toward net neutrality's return
Opinion: Jessica Rosenworcel, who's been pro-net neutrality for years, has been named the Federal Communications Commission's acting chairwoman.
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Psychologists use "The Sims 3" video game to study how psychopathic individuals target their victims
New findings published in Evolutionary Psychological Science suggest that psychopathic people view the absence of aggression as an indicator of weakness.
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This Bluetooth Attack Can Steal a Tesla Model X in Minutes
The company is rolling out a patch for the vulnerabilities, which allowed one researcher to break into a car in 90 seconds and drive away.
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Biden restoring rolled back environmental rules could take years
President Joe Biden, vowing to restore environmental protections frayed over the past four years, has ordered the review of more than 100 rules and regulations on air, water, public lands, endangered species and climate change that were weakened or rolled back by his predecessor.
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This nun was killed by priest and sister she caught engaged in a sex act. Nearly 3 decades later, justice is served
The dead nun's slippers were scattered on the convent kitchen floor -- one near the entrance, the other by the fridge. Her white veil was found snagged on the door. An open bottle of water was leaking onto the tiles. In the corner of the room was an ax.
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A Texas doctor has been charged with stealing 9 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine 'for friends and family'
A Texas doctor faces charges alleging that he stole nine doses of the COVID-19 vaccine from his place of work. Dr. Hasan Gokal stole the single vial on December 29 while working at the county vaccination site in Humble, Texas, according to the Harris County prosecutor's office.
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Chipmaking is being redesigned. Effects will be far-reaching
The global semiconductor business is becoming at once more diverse and more concentrated. This brings opportunities—and risks