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1 month ago
Comment maelstormI find the "on the vine" tomatoes still have some flavor (and the aroma of the stems). A little pricey sometimes but worth every penny.
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1 month ago
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1,000-Year-Old Psychedelic Drug Kit Contains Traces of Cocaine and Ayahuasca
Archaeologists in the Bolivian Andes have discovered a 1,000-year-old ritual bundle—basically a stash of drug paraphernalia—containing traces five different psychoactive substances, including cocaine and the active ingredients found in ayahuasca.
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1 month ago
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The ‘Dark Ages’ Weren’t As Dark As We Thought
There can be few more damning or more useless terms than “the Dark Ages.” They sound fun in an orcs‐and‐elves sort of way and suggest a very low benchmark from which we have since, as a…
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3 months ago
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Mysterious Type Of Killer Whale, Sought After For Years, Found In Southern Ocean
The notion that there might be some new kind of killer whale emerged in 1955, when photos from New Zealand showed a bunch of unusual-looking whales stranded on a beach.
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3 months ago
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Why a Grape Turns Into a Fireball in a Microwave
Nuking a grape produces sparks of plasma, as plenty of YouTube videos document. Now physicists think they can explain how that energy builds up.
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4 months ago
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Major iPhone FaceTime bug lets you hear the audio of the person you are calling … before they pick up
A significant bug has been discovered in FaceTime and is currently spreading virally over social media.
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4 months ago
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“The Linux of social media”—How LiveJournal pioneered (then lost) blogging
George RR Martin's platform switch reminds us of an early blogging giant greatly changed.
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4 months ago
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The Treasure Behind the Wall
Something in the new Oscar de la Renta boutique in Paris was not what it seemed.
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4 months ago
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John C. Bogle, Founder of Financial Giant Vanguard, Is Dead at 89
Beginning in 1974, Mr. Bogle built Vanguard Group into one of the world’s largest mutual fund companies, attracting investors in droves.
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5 months ago
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When Too Cute Is Too Much, The Brain Can Get Aggressive
Adorable babies and cute puppies can make us happy. But researchers say their cuteness can be so overwhelming that it unleashes some ugly thoughts.
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5 months ago
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Japan to restart commercial whale hunts
One conservation group warns that the move shows "a troubling disregard for international rule".
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5 months ago
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Why We Love Dinosaurs
People have always known of dinosaurs, though they have called them by many names. Old legends that place Western dragons in caves…
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6 months ago
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The Yoda of Silicon Valley
Donald Knuth, master of algorithms, reflects on 50 years of his opus-in-progress, “The Art of Computer Programming.”
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6 months ago
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Why Are We Still So Fat?
Only bariatric surgery reliably leads to long-term weight loss. Now scientists hope to duplicate the effects with a pill.
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6 months ago
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Firefox 64 Released
The year's last release of Firefox bundles together goodies for all, including multi-tab management in the interface, new CSS features, devtools improvements, better privacy protections, add-ons updates, and more.
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6 months ago
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Don Jr. is laying low due to looming Mueller indictment, but still picking fights with Ocasio-Cortez
"It's definitely a 'very, very large brain' idea to troll a member of a body that will have subpoena power in a month."