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6 days ago
Analysis rookshookHow a fraudster got $12 million out of a Canadian university: They just asked for it
In the most comprehensive picture of the case ever published, StarMetro follows the money stolen from Edmonton’s MacEwan University as it crosses the ocean and back before being reinvested in Vancouver real estate.
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8 days ago
Analysis rookshook
Deep in Human DNA, a Gift From the Neanderthals
Long ago, Neanderthals probably infected modern humans with viruses, perhaps even an ancient form of H.I.V. But our extinct relatives also gave us genetic defenses.
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8 days ago
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A Mysterious Fossil Points to the Origins of Lizards and Snakes
The ancestors of today’s squamates were lost in time. Now paleontologists have identified the earliest known example: Meet Megachirella.
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9 days ago
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2 weeks ago
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China Censors Bad Economic News Amid Signs of Slower Growth
New directives betray a mounting anxiety among Chinese leaders that the country could be facing a worsening slump as the trade war with the United States intensifies.
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2 weeks ago
Analysis rookshook
In El Chapo’s Trial, Extraordinary Steps to Keep Witnesses Alive
Prosecutors have not only kept the names of those who will testify secret, but they have placed those witnesses under round-the-clock protection.
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3 weeks ago
Analysis rookshook
Apple is reportedly being a huge prude with its TV shows
Apple’s mythical entertainment business is finally starting to take shape, and that shape is anodyne, family-friendly, and thoroughly non-confrontational.
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1 month ago
Analysis rookshook
Italy’s famous dome is cracking, and cosmic rays could help save it
Filippo Brunelleschi left no detailed blueprints for how he built his famous structure.
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2 months ago
Comment rookshook
Google Docs for me.
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2 months ago
Analysis rookshook
Extreme temperatures 'especially likely for next four years'
Cyclical natural phenomena that affect planet’s climate will amplify effect of manmade global warming, scientists warn
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2 months ago
Expression rookshook
Notes Nearing Ninety: Learning to Write Less
Donald Hall, who died in June this year at the age of eighty-nine, compiled one final book of essays before his death.
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2 months ago
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12 Common Mistakes New Bloggers Make and How to Avoid Them
Warning: The 4,500 word post you’re about to read is PACKED with helpful tips and musings, resources, and proven strategies to make it in…
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3 months ago
Comment rookshook
Are they blank because they are still unwritten?
Posted in: The three unwritten rules of life.
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3 months ago
Analysis rookshook
Why diagnosing Alzheimer’s today is so difficult—and how we can do better
Bill Gates believes we need a better way of diagnosing Alzheimer’s before we’re able to slow the progression of the disease.
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3 months ago
Analysis rookshook
Archaeologists in Egypt discover mummification workshop
Archaeologists in Egypt stumbled upon a new discovery dating back to more than 2,500 years ago near Egypt's famed pyramids at an ancient necropolis south of Cairo.
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3 months ago
Analysis rookshook
Crop circle reveals ancient ‘henge’ monument buried in Ireland
A mysterious crop circle in an Irish farmer's field is actually the outline of a buried monument from 5,000 years ago, archeologists say.
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3 months ago
Comment rookshook
If these aren't crimes against humanity, then I don't knwo what is
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3 months ago
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3 months ago
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I can't believe this even had to be clarified by the court...
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3 months ago
I checked their IMDB and you're right it's scored under 4 and that's usually worse than shitty.