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Toe Fossil Provides Complete Neanderthal Genome
Scientists say the accuracy of the new genome is of similar quality to sequencing the DNA of a living person.
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Inside the Web's $156 billion invisible industry
Data brokers, the companies that track our every move and then sell private details about our personalities to businesses, have become a $156 billion industry—that’s more than half of the entire Internet ecosystem—and it's almost completely invisible.
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Why the Web Won't Be Nirvana (Article from 1995)
The truth in no online database will replace your daily newspaper, no CD-ROM can take the place of a competent teacher and no computer network will change the way government works.
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WWII footage in color
Der Ostfeldzug - Treue Bis Zum Ende 1945
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Royalty and a beggar in 1925
King George V, centre, with Henry, Duke of Gloucester travelling by carriage at Epsom races, receive a somewhat unwanted request from a gypsy man requesting money, as he runs alongside offering his cap.
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How I introduced a 27-year-old computer to the web
Reviving an old computer is like restoring a classic car: there’s a thrill from bringing the ancient into the modern world. So it was with my first “real” computer, my Mac Plus, when I decided to bring it forward three decades and introduce it to the modern web.
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Views of Los Angeles from 100 Years Ago
Los Angeles in 1913 had a population of 465,000, and boasted of over 600 miles of graded and graveled streets, of its position as the commercial capital of southern California, and of its spacious homes. The following photographs are from Frank W. Staley’s Views of Los Angeles.
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The UK Government Is Already Censoring The Global Internet
The new intellectual property crime unit PIPCU uses threats, not due process, to get copyright-infringing domains off the Internet
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Peter Higgs: I wouldn't be productive enough for today's academic system
Peter Higgs, the British physicist who gave his name to the Higgs boson, believes no university would employ him in today's academic system because he would not be considered "productive" enough.
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New York City from Above
A look at New York City from the air.
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Your Voice Tells People How Tall You Are
Talk about a cool finding: You can tell the relative heights of others just by the sound of their voices, according to new research.
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Diving in the beautiful crystal cave in depths of Russia
It looks like the set of a Hollywood action movie but these images were taken by a team of expert cave divers in the depths of Russia.A team of daring cave divers have produced an incredible photo-reportage of the longest underwater gypsum crystal cave in the world.
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Who Is The Real Satoshi Nakamoto? One Researcher May Have Found The Answer
The Internet did something strange last week. When a researcher named Skye Grey posted a detailed analysis of textual biases in the writing of shadowing.
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A Red-Eyed tree frog riding a Hercules Beetle
A Red-Eyed tree frog riding a Hercules Beetle
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The Death Dealer
When James Arthur Ray lifted the heavy tarp door and beckoned his devotees into a wood-frame dome, they obeyed. Tall and confident, Ray watched them enter one by one, more than 50 of them.
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How a Gawker Editor Picks the 'Viral' Content Readers Can't Resist Sharing
Neetzan Zimmerman doesn't like to be called a machine. That word implies something cold and inhuman about how he works, and Mr. Zimmerman believes that what makes him so good at his job is precisely the opposite sensibility: Unlike a computer, he understands the emotions that might compel a human being to click on something online.
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New protein could hold the key to stopping Parkinson's
Tigar, a newly discovered protein in the world of Parkinson's, could be the key to stopping the degenerative disease according to research from the University of Sheffield.
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Italian Pietro Coppo's World Map from 1520
Notice how unknown the rest of the world was, especially the Americas.
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Awesome Dutch F-16
Dutch F-16
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Everything You Need to Know About Gmail's Latest Update
The latest version of the web's favorite email client comes with a host of new features, ready to help you reach Inbox Zero. But with new updates rolling out every month or so, it's hard to keep track of the latest tools. Just when you think you know it all, one little change can completely impact your whole experience.
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Snapzu listed as one of web's top destinations according to reddit & mashable
Unraveling the ever-changing World Wide Web to find the very best websites can be a daunting and time consuming task. Or, you could just ask Reddit.
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Bitcoin under pressure
Virtual currency: It is mathematically elegant, increasingly popular and highly controversial. Bitcoin’s success is putting it under growing strain.
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Court Orders Google, Microsoft & Yahoo to Make Pirate Sites Disappear
While its common for search engines to receive DMCA takedown requests for specific URLs, events in France have taken things to a whole new level. In order to protect the copyrights of film producers, the High Court of Paris has concluded a 2011 case by ordering Google, Microsoft and Yahoo to completely de-list 16 video streaming sites from their search results.
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The Bizarre, Beautiful, Fascinating World Beneath Antarctic Ice
Rob Robbins and Steve Rupp have been diving under the Antarctic sea ice for a combined 60 years. Hang around their dive headquarters at McMurdo Station and you’ll see rows of oxygen tanks, wetsuits, and breathing apparatus.
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What happened to my Netflix?! Here’s why you’re not always getting HD
Netflix says the show you want to watch is available in HD, but that's not what it looks like. We explain why that may be and what you can do about it.
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Cats recognise their owners' voices but never evolved to care, says study
Any cat owner will tell you that although they are sometimes kept as pets, felines are beholden to no one.
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The Real Walter White
When AMC's Breaking Bad premiered in 2008, one of Alabama's most successful meth cooks was already knee deep in building a massive meth empire. His name? Walter White. In this documentary, Walter tells us the secret behind his product, how he stacked up thousands of dollars per day, and why his partner is now serving two life sentences.
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Arctic Seafloor Releasing Methane Twice As Fast As Originally Estimated
According to the results of the research published Sunday in the journal, Nature Geoscience, the East Siberian Arctic Shelf, or ESAS, which encompasses more than two million square kilometers of seafloor in the Arctic Ocean, is releasing at least 17 teragrams of methane into the atmosphere each year, compared to previous estimates of eight teragrams of methane. A teragram is equal to 1 million tons.
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Unusual ice circle forms in North Dakota river
When George Loegering saw a large spinning circle of ice in the Sheyenne River while out hunting with relatives, the retired engineer couldn't believe his eyes.
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Migingo Island, Kenya: Population 131
Migingo is a tiny 2,000-square-metre (half-acre) island, about half the size of a football pitch in Lake Victoria. A rocky and rugged piece of land with little vegetation, Migingo is one of three small islands in close proximity.
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