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+12China’s Cryptocurrency Plan Has a Powerful Partner: Big Brother
Facebook’s Libra project led Beijing to accelerate its efforts. The government could soon know a lot more about how people are spending.
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+8The China Connection: How One D.E.A. Agent Cracked a Global Fentanyl Ring
Fentanyl is quickly becoming America’s deadliest drug. But law enforcement couldn’t trace it to its source — until one teenager overdosed in North Dakota.
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+15Are These the World's First Baby Bottles?
Animal milk sustained infants 5,000 years ago—just as it does in many parts of the world today.
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+18Indonesia's Ancient 'Hobbits' May Have Evolved Really, Really Quickly
Another example of how, biologically, islands are deeply weird.
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+18Hollywood Should Follow 'South Park' and Stand Up to Tyrants
The entertainment industry has a duty not only to stand behind Trey Parker and Matt Stone, but to follow their lead, writes Hollywood Reporter executive editor Stephen Galloway.
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+10The NYPD Is Requesting Rappers Be Removed From Shows. What’s Next?
The NYPD sent a letter asking for five New York rappers to be removed from Rolling Loud, and those artists might be missing future shows. Is it legal?
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+11Why white married women are more likely to vote for conservative parties
Women are swinging elections in the US and Australia in ways analysts have struggled to predict. Two recent studies can help explain.
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+31How Apple, Google and Blizzard Are Silencing Hong Kong Protesters
The tech world reacts
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+34Chinese firms are taking a different route to driverless cars
The path to a world of self-driving remains long and winding
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+12Are China's Tantrums Signs of Strength or Weakness?
China is supposed to be savvy. So why is it throwing a fit about a tweet, an app, and a gamer in a mask in the absence of any real threat?
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+23Tech Companies Didn’t Plan for Chinese Censorship
Tech companies are censoring information about the demonstrations in Hong Kong. Civil liberties experts say this is symptomatic of larger problems.
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+21Dealing With China Isn’t Worth the Moral Cost
We thought economic growth and technology would liberate China. Instead, it corrupted us.
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+20First signs found of humans conserving food
Early humans living 200,000-420,000 years ago were previously not thought capable of such planning.
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+29Chile’s attempts to move up the lithium value chain are not working
One problem is the country’s distance from manufacturing centres
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+18Doxxing has become a powerful weapon in the Hong Kong protests
Having your private information leaked for political reasons may become the new normal
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+15Everything you need to know about visiting Hong Kong right now
The definitive guide to travelling to Hong Kong during the protests
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+18Hidden upside-down 'rivers' eroding Antarctic ice shelves
‘Warm water circulation is attacking undersides of ice shelves at their most vulnerable points’
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+159 Drinks That Only People Who Grew Up In The '70s Will Understand
Somehow, during the 1970s, people were able to drink a bunch of heavy cream-laced cocktails, put on tight pants, and go dancing.
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+17California’s climate dystopia comes true
"Out go the lights."
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+12How Australia's smallest state wound up in the middle of America's biggest drug crisis
Australia's island state is known for its rich history and pristine environment — it also plays a huge part of supplying the raw materials that make the painkillers at the centre of the United States' opioid crisis.