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1 year ago+3 3 0What Would Happen if the Solar System Gained a Super-Earth?
Our Solar System is odd because it has no Super-Earth. But what would happen if it did? Simulations show that we're better off without one.
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1 year ago+24 24 0As U.S. Supreme Court weighs YouTube's algorithms, 'litigation minefield' looms
In 2021, a California state court threw out a feminist blogger's lawsuit accusing Twitter Inc of unlawfully barring as "hateful conduct" posts criticizing transgender people. In 2022, a federal court in California tossed a lawsuit by L ...
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1 year ago+21 21 0Paramount+ to Raise Subscription Prices for Premium and Essential Tiers
Paramount Global will raise the monthly subscription price for its rebranded streaming service Paramount+ with Showtime in the third quarter of 2023, executives said on an earnings conference call on Thursday after reporting fourth-quarter results th ...
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1 year ago+16 16 0Forensic study finds Chilean poet Pablo Neruda was poisoned
The toxin clostridium botulinum was in his body when he died in 1973, days after Chile’s military coup
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1 year ago+11 11 0Well, it's over: Netflix to remove Arrested Development from library
As we’ve all learned extensively over the last year, streaming services can and will unceremoniously remove any series from their library at the drop of a hat—even the critic darlings and once-saved series. Over at Netflix, Arrested Development’s tim ...
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1 year ago+3 3 0How a shipping error 100 years ago launched the $30 billion chicken industry
The accidental origins of the chicken on your plate, explained.
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1 year ago+4 4 0‘Avenue 5’ Canceled At HBO After Two Seasons
Armando Iannucci’s space comedy Avenue 5 officially has been canceled by HBO. The Warner Bros. Discovery premium cable network has finally confirmed that the series will not return for a third seas…
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1 year ago+12 12 0Tech Volunteers Rush to Save Turkey’s Earthquake Survivors
Within hours of the disaster, software engineers were rolling out applications to help locate people in need and distribute aid.
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1 year ago+3 3 0LeBron James passes Kareem Abdul-Jabbar to set NBA’s all-time scoring record
James surpassed Abdul-Jabbar’s vaunted total of 38,387 points in fewer games, with a higher scoring average and at a younger age.
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1 year ago+15 15 0How Wikipedia Distorts Indigenous History
Native editors are fighting back.
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1 year ago+2 2 0Shark Tank's Kevin O'Leary says 3.5 billion people in poverty is 'fantastic news'
"What can be wrong with this?" investor asks
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1 year ago+12 12 0UAE lunar rover will test 1st artificial intelligence on the moon with Canada
A Canadian company is testing technology on the Rashid rover that will help machines tell minerals apart.
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1 year ago+4 4 0Asteroid 2023 BU about to pass Earth in one of closest ever encounters
No danger, says Nasa, from delivery truck-sized asteroid that was discovered on Saturday and will pass lower than communication satellites
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1 year ago+4 4 0Scientists discover anti-aging gene that rewinds heart age by 10 years
Researchers from England and Italy have discovered an anti-aging gene in a population of centenarians that can halt decay in heart function and rewind the heart's biological age.
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1 year ago+24 24 0Tesla plans $3.6 bln Nevada expansion to make Semi truck, battery cells
Tesla Inc said on Tuesday it would invest more than $3.6 billion to expand its Nevada Gigafactory complex with two new factories, one to mass produce its long-delayed Semi electric truck and the other to make its new 4680 battery cell.
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1 year ago+3 3 0Bacteria are eating plastic dumped in the sea
The mystery of where plastic goes after it is dumped in the ocean has long puzzled scientists.
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1 year ago+2 2 0Binary Dwarf Stars Found Orbiting Each Other Every 20 Hours. They Were Once Almost Touching
A team of astrophysicists has discovered a binary pair of ultra-cool dwarfs so close together that they look like a single star. They’re remarkable because they only take 20.5 hours to orbit each other, meaning their year is less than one Earth Day. ...
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1 year ago+16 16 0Amazon Begins Its Largest-Ever Layoffs: 18,000 People
Amazon.com Inc. is set to begin a round of layoffs ultimately affecting more than 18,000 employees in the largest job cull in its history, which it announced earlier this month. The cuts come as the retailer grapples with slowing online sales growth ...
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1 year ago+16 16 0‘Avatar: The Way Of Water’ Nears $1.9B WW
The estimated global cume through Sunday is $1.894B. Avatar 2 still ranks as the No. 7 biggest movie of all time. Ahead of it at No. 6 is Spider-Man: No Way Home with $1.921B, so it should overtake that early this week.
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1 year ago+21 21 015 years of MacBook Air: The iconic Steve Jobs unveil, the troubled years, and the future
The MacBook Air was announced by Steve Jobs 15 years ago today, on January 15, 2008. The event has become one of the most iconic Apple events ever, thanks in large part to the moment Jobs pulled the MacBook Air out of a manila envelope.