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4 days agoCurrent Event rawlings
California is about to begin the nation’s largest dam removal project. Here’s what it means for wildlife
Scientists in the Klamath Basin have begun prepping for the return of an untamed river...
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4 days agoUnspecified rawlings
Even Amazon can’t quite figure out what Astro is for
Amazon's cute little Astro robot has been scurrying its way around my apartment for the past few weeks. It has no arms to scratch its own head in confusion.
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7 days agoCurrent Event rawlings
'Pharma bro' Martin Shkreli released from prison, sent to halfway house
Martin Shkreli, a former pharmaceutical investor convicted of securities fraud, has been released from prison after having served part of a seven-year sentence. In a statement, the Federal Bureau of Prisons said Shkreli was transferred Wednesday from a federal correctional facility in Pennsylvania to a "community confinement" program that is the equivalent of a halfway house. It said he is projected to be released from federal custody on Sept. 14.
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11 days agoCurrent Event rawlings
CNN accidentally sent welcome baskets to employees who had been laid off after the CNN+ streaming service flopped
"This is an incredible time to be part of CNN," said one note on a welcome basket for the shuttered CNN+ streaming service.
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13 days agoAnalysis rawlings
Discovery reveals blocking inflammation may lead to chronic pain
Findings may lead to reconsideration of how we treat acute pain.
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2 weeks agoExpression rawlings
GPU prices could soon drop below MSRP triggering a ‘surge’ of gamers building PCs
Corsair has some predictions for graphics cards and the broader PC market
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2 weeks agoExpression rawlings
What do you do with books you don’t want any more?
My fairytale home library dream is dead. Am I just hoarding books?
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2 weeks agoExpression rawlings
Netflix's #1 movie has a 0% Rotten Tomatoes score — why are people watching?
Critically reviled films can be the most popular — but this is a lot to take in
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2 weeks agoCurrent Event rawlings
Elon Musk thinks he can double Twitter’s revenue through subscriptions alone
Elon Musk — the world’s richest man and Twitter’s new owner — expects Twitter to earn almost $10 billion in revenue from subscriptions by 2028, a projection that doubles the $5 billion in total revenue the platform made last year, according to a report from The New York Times.
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2 weeks agoAnalysis rawlings
Eating one-fifth less beef could halve deforestation
Model suggests that switching to microbial ‘meat’ can cut carbon emissions.
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3 weeks agoCurrent Event rawlings
Bitcoin mining could be heating homes in North Vancouver next year
North Vancouver could become the first city in North America to warm people’s homes using an unconventional method: harnessing the heat emitted from an entire room of code-cracking Bitcoin servers.
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3 weeks agoCurrent Event rawlings
'People are caught up in magical thinking': was the oldest woman in the world a fraud?
Jeanne Calment was 122 when she died. But last year a Russian scientist claimed she was a con artist, sparking an international dispute over the woman who may still hold the secret to eternal life
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3 weeks agoCurrent Event rawlings
South Korea is building the world’s first self-sustaining “floating city”
The trio of pre-fabricated platforms will have a combined surface area of 15.5 acres and support the full range of urban infrastructure—apartment buildings, offices, energy grids, and hydroponic farms.
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3 weeks agoCurrent Event rawlings
The EU, US, and 32 other countries just announced a ‘Declaration for the Future of the Internet’
Member states agree to fight a "splinternet" future.
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1 month agoAnalysis rawlings
Over 21% of reptile species at risk of extinction
At least one in five reptile species are threatened with extinction, including more than half of turtles and crocodiles, according to the first major global assessment of the world's so-called cold-blooded creatures.
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1 month agoAnalysis rawlings
Apps that plant trees are booming. But are they helping?
There are dozens of apps that promise to plant trees in exchange for your usage, but critics say not all of them are making a positive impact on the climate.
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1 month agoAnalysis rawlings
Europe's Lost World (And The Megaflood That Ended It)
The ultimate Trip To The Seaside Where Everything Went Wrong.