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+13Say Hello to China's New Model for Controlling Hong Kong
Writer Simon Lau Sai Leung says the extradition bill is the nail in the coffin for Hong Kong’s autonomy under "One Country, Two Systems."
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+12What Is Juneteenth, How Is It Celebrated, and Why Does It Matter?
Juneteenth isn’t the "other" Independence Day, it is the Independence Day. By Jameelah Nasheed.
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+24The Forgotten Operating System That Keeps the NYC Subway System Alive
Vintage technology has powered the innards of the NYC subway system for decades—and sometimes, it surfaces in interesting ways. This one’s for you, OS/2 fans. By Andrew Egan.
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+5There Are Still 10 Chernobyl-Style Reactors Operating Across Russia. How Do We Know They're Safe?
The types of reactors that melted down at Chernobyl are still running in other parts of Russia today. How do we know they’re safe?
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+12‘If we don’t burn it, nature will’: Georgia blazes old fears, leads nation in prescribed fire
In the face of more intense and frequent wildfires, federal land managers consider adopting burning practices the Southeast has been successfully using for decades. By Maya Miller, Samantha Max.
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+14'They didn't look old enough': who filled a French art gallery with fakes?
Last year, a museum dedicated to the work of Étienne Terrus revealed most of its paintings were probably not by him. How did they get there?
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+16UK Porn Block Could be a Ticking 'Privacy Timebomb'
The Open Rights group claims that the BBFC's Age-verification Certificate Standard provides little safety assurance to people who watch porn in the UK.
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+13Study: LA Is Leaking Talent Faster Than Every Other Top Tech Hub
72% of LA's software engineering grads on AngelList left the area for their first job, compared to just 34% of Bay Area grads. Here's how LA can recover.
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+19How New York’s Skyline Is Changing to Give the Wealthy a Better View
New Yorkers are witnessing a boom of luxury residential buildings, which some see as a sign of the city’s wealth gap.
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+23China 'harvesting organs from Falun Gong prisoners'
China is murdering members of the Falun Gong spiritual group and harvesting their organs for transplant, a panel of lawyers and experts found.
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+27Above NYC - Filmed in 12K
Phil Holland, Gotham Film Works
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+24Bored at work? Your brain is trying to tell you something.
We constantly seek new information to keep our minds sharp.
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+17The Poisons Released by Melting Arctic Ice
Toxic chemicals, anthrax - even nuclear waste - could be unleashed by global warming
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+24Subway History: How OS/2 Powered The NYC Subway For Decades
Vintage technology has powered the innards of the NYC subway system for decades—and sometimes, it surfaces in interesting ways. This one’s for you, OS/2 fans.
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+17Washington state takes step forward on missing Native American women
Native American women and girls disappear at twice the per-capita rate of white Americans. Many still do not have answers as to what happened to their mothers, aunts, sisters, daughters. Some said they felt failed by authorities; they had been made to wait days by police to report a loved one’s disappearance or had their pleas for help ignored altogether.
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+10A bridge made of grass
The annual remaking of the last remaining Inca rope bridge at Q'eswachaka in Peru.
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+11The poisons released by melting Arctic ice
Toxic chemicals, anthrax - even nuclear waste - could be unleashed by global warming
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+46People are sick of drinking. Investors are betting on the 'sober curious'
Getaway in Brooklyn was comfortably full for a Saturday night, when I came in to try my first "shrub" — an acidic beverage made from vinegar, fruit, sugar, club soda and zero alcohol.
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+11Drone Over Hong Kong Protests
Team Blacksheep
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+26Hydrogen station explodes, Toyota halts sales of fuel cell cars, is this the end? - Electrek
A hydrogen refueling station exploded in Norway on Monday and the company operating the station has suspended operation at its other locations following the explosion. Now, Toyota and Hyundai are both halting sales of fuel cell vehicles in the country. Does this spell the end of fuel cell hydrogen vehicles as a “zero-emission” alternative? The …