Post Overview
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5 years ago+18 18 0Ex-inmate to keep making podcast that helped him win freedom
A man who co-hosted a podcast from inside a California prison is staying on the show after gaining his freedom
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Video/Audio
5 years ago+26 26 0Aliens under the Ice – Life on Rogue Planets
Out in the vast coldness of outer space, there are planets that travel alone through darkness without the boundaries of a system. Here’s how this can happen – and why these frozen deserts might secretly harbor alien life.
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Analysis
5 years ago+21 21 0Top Amazon boss privately advised US government on web portal worth billions to tech firm
Exclusive: Emails show how tech firm has tried to gain influence and potentially shape lucrative government contracts
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5 years ago+27 27 0Fortnite was 2018’s most important social network
The game is an excuse to stay connected
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5 years ago+39 39 0 x 1There Is No Such Thing as Conscious Thought
Philosopher Peter Carruthers insists that conscious thought, judgment and volition are illusions. They arise from processes of which we are forever unaware
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Analysis
5 years ago+32 32 0 x 1FBI Secretly Collected Data on Aaron Swartz Earlier Than Believed
Nearly two years before the U.S. government’s first known inquiry into the activities of Reddit co-founder and famed digital activist Aaron Swartz, the FBI swept up his email data in a counterterrorism investigation that also ensnared students at an ...
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5 years ago+35 35 0 x 1A newly discovered, naturally low-caffeine tea plant
Tea drinkers who seek the popular beverage’s soothing flavor without its explosive caffeine jolt could soon have a new, naturally low-caffeine option. In a study appearing in ACS’ Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, scientists report that a r ...
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5 years ago+29 29 0 x 1Inside China's audacious global propaganda campaign
The long read: Beijing is buying up media outlets and training scores of foreign journalists to ‘tell China’s story well’ – as part of a worldwide influence campaign of astonishing scope and ambition
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5 years ago+29 29 0 x 1Gut bacteria may offer a treatment for autism
A common probiotic holds the key
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5 years ago+18 18 0Google releases Chrome 71 with features to block abusive ads
Along with billing warning screens.
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5 years ago+18 18 0A novel way to stop the spread of antibiotic-resistant bacteria
Expose them to sunlight and mix in viruses
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Expression
5 years ago+34 34 0 x 2The Friendship That Made Google Huge
Coding together at the same computer, Jeff Dean and Sanjay Ghemawat changed the course of the company—and the Internet.
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Analysis
5 years ago+14 14 0'Will I have existed?' The unprecedented plan to move an Arctic city
The world’s biggest iron ore tunnel mine is about to swallow the Swedish city of Kiruna. The company’s answer? Move the city
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Current Event
5 years ago+19 19 0Magnus Carlsen Beats Fabiano Caruana to Win World Chess Championship
After three weeks of draws failed to produce a winner, the players settled the title in rapid chess, with Carlsen retaining his title.
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5 years ago+30 30 0Graduate School Can Have Terrible Effects on People's Mental Health
Ph.D. candidates suffer from anxiety, depression, and suicidal ideation at astonishingly high rates.
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5 years ago+37 37 0 x 1China blacklists millions of people from booking flights as dystopian 'social credit' system introduced
Officials say aim is to make it ‘difficult to move’ for those deemed ‘untrustworthy’
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5 years ago+24 24 0The Homeless Crisis Is Getting Worse in America’s Richest Cities
A toxic combination of slow wage growth and skyrocketing rents has put housing out of reach for a greater number of people.
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Expression
5 years ago+27 27 0 x 1The Plague of Pointless Work
In his new book, David Graeber examines the decoupling of work from meaningful activity.
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Analysis
5 years ago+34 34 0 x 1Nigerian police say “fake news” on Facebook is killing people
Nigerian police say “fake news” on Facebook is killing people. BBC Africa EYE investigates how viral misinformation and hate speech is inflaming tensions in a region already ablaze with ethnic violence.
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5 years ago+16 16 0The remote UK community living off-grid
Photographer Ed Gold lived alongside the off-grid community of Scoraig in the Highlands of Scotland.