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3 days ago
Analysis mariogiThe moon is shrinking and shaking, Nasa says
Our neighbour has shrivelled up like a raisin
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4 days ago
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Petition to remove judge who gave leniency to pastor who raped teen daughter surpasses 11,000 signatures
On Thursday of last week, former pastor David L. Richards Jr. was sentenced to 12 years in prison after he was convicted for raping his adopted daughter over a period of two years, starting when she was 14. Richards’ sentence went viral not for the punishment he received, but for the punishment he didn’t receive. According to the Knoxville News Sentinel, the sentence was 60-years less than what prosecutors were seeking because the judge was so impressed with Richards’ life as a pastor and ...
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5 days ago
Analysis mariogi
What It's Like To Work On Ultra-Violent Games Like Mortal Kombat 11
Mortal Kombat 11 is a brutal game. That’s what you come for — sensational, over-the-top violence that’s inventive and gratuitous on a level that doesn’t exist anywhere else. It can be shocking in its detail and funny in its execution, but it’s always arresting.
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5 days ago
Comment mariogi
It better be 2019, so sick of waiting
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7 days ago
Current Event mariogi
US Policy: Mass Murder of Migratory Birds Not Our Problem
Birds are, quite literally, the proverbial “canary in the coal mine.” How birds fare in the world indicates how all wildlife and habitat, and by extension human populations, will fare. It is not just poetry that led Rachel Carson to title her seminal work Silent Spring. All the past administrations for which we have worked have struck a balance and worked diligently and in good faith with industries that had significant impacts on birds...
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9 days ago
Analysis mariogi
A mathematical method for calculating black-hole properties from gravitational-wave data
Sean McWilliams, an assistant professor at West Virginia University, has developed a mathematical method for calculating black hole properties from gravitational wave data. He has written a paper describing his method and posted it on the arXiv preprint server. The paper has been accepted for publication in Physical Review Letters.
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12 days ago
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UK Couples Are Having Less Sex, Revealing a Deeper, "Disquieting Trend"
In bedrooms all over England, things have changed since 2001. According to analysis released Tuesday in the BMJ, couples in the UK just aren’t getting it on like they used to in the early 2000s. This represents a dearth in sexual activity that scientists say is just as “interesting” as it is “unexplained.”
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13 days ago
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Chinese Ivory Queen has been sentenced to 15 years in a Tanzanian prison
Tanzania has charged a Chinese businesswoman for leading the country’s most notorious ivory poaching ring. Yang Fenglan was sentenced to 15 years in prison for smuggling the tusks of more than 350 elephants worth millions of dollars over several years to Asia. Two Tanzanian men were also found guilty of involvement in the ring. The verdict ended years of prosecution and dealt a major blow against elephant poaching and ivory smuggling operations in the country, especially given the high profile...
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2 weeks ago
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Microsoft Solitaire inducted into World Video Game Hall of Fame
It joins Doom, Tetris, Pokémon, and The Legend of Zelda
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2 weeks ago
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Fans Have Decided That ‘Game of Thrones’ Season 8 “Sucks”
Upsetting things that have happened on Game of Thrones season 8: Jon Snow rejected Ghost without so much as giving him a pat on the head. Jaime left Brienne after sleeping with her, completely abandoning his redemption arc in the process. Another dragon was killed. Bran Stark keeps claiming he can see everything and then not even bothering to warg over to King’s Landing and get details about Cersei’s plan. Oh, and the Battle of Winterfell was so dark that half the viewers couldn’t even see it.
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2 weeks ago
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Half A Billion Fewer Animals Were Killed Per Year Since 2007 Because People Are Eating Less Meat
Have you transitioned to a plant-based diet? Do you make an effort to reduce the amount of animal products you are consuming on a regular basis? If so, it is thanks to you that 500 million lives have been spared this year, and with continued awareness, that number continues to rise.
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2 weeks ago
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Boeing 737 with passengers skids off runway into Florida river
A 737 with more than 100 people on board overshot the runway at NAS Jacksonville and crashed into the St. Johns River late Friday evening. There were 136 passengers and seven crew members aboard the Miami Air aircraft, and all were safe and accounted for, officials said.
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2 weeks ago
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Apple sets sights on services as iPhone revenue continues to fall
Today, Apple shared its fiscal second-quarter results with shareholders. After a tumultuous first quarter that saw CEO Tim Cook revise the company's guidance weeks before the earnings report was made public, investors and analysts were looking for Apple to divulge some good news—particularly surrounding iPhone sales, its services business, and the situation in China.
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2 weeks ago
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Innovative treatment restores sight in patient
Innovative treatment has improved the vision of a patient suffering from a rare cancer-related syndrome affecting the eye, new research in the journal JAMA Ophthalmol reports.
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2 weeks ago
Comment mariogi
Dont get my hopes up
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2 weeks ago
Analysis mariogi
Artificial intelligence is helping old video games look like new
Modders are taking advantage of AI tools to update old graphics.
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3 weeks ago
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Climate change and population growth are making the world’s water woes more urgent
As it scours the universe for signs of extraterrestrial life, nasa has a motto-cum-mission-statement: “Follow the water”. About 70% of the human body is made up of water, it says, and 70% of Earth’s surface is covered in the stuff. “Water creates an environment that sustains and nurtures plants, animals and humans, making Earth a perfect match for life in general.”