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7 months ago+36 36 0How a mere 12% of Americans eat half the nation's beef, creating significant health and environmental impacts
A new study has found that 12% of Americans are responsible for eating half of all beef consumed on a given day, a finding that may help consumer groups and government agencies craft educational messaging around the negative health and environmental ...
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7 months ago+36 36 0Five million bees escape after crates of hives fall off truck in Canada
Beekeepers at site near Toronto in Ontario eventually managed to recapture most of the insects, although some remained on the loose
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7 months ago+25 25 0India's moon rover confirms sulfur and detects several other elements near the lunar south pole
India’s moon rover has confirmed the presence of sulfur and detected several other elements on the surface near the lunar south pole a week after the country’s historic moon landing.
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7 months ago+39 39 0Nicaraguan government bans Jesuit order and says all its property will be confiscated
Nicaragua's government has declared the Jesuit religious order illegal, and ordered the confiscation of all its property.
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7 months ago+47 47 0First cargo ship powered by ‘green methanol’ has begun maiden voyage
First cargo ship powered by ‘green methanol’ has begun maiden voyage
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7 months ago+48 48 0Donald Trump's Mug Shot Released, a Historic First for Any U.S. President
The release of Donald Trump's Fulton County booking photo comes as the former president answers to his fourth set of felony charges this year, the latest in relation to his and his allies' alleged attempts to overturn the results of Georgia ...
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8 months ago+32 32 0A Wolf-Rayet star will likely morph into a magnetic monster
Magnetars are the most magnetic objects in the universe and we know surprisingly little about their origins and formation.
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8 months ago+42 42 0AI-generated art cannot be copyrighted, rules a US Federal Judge
“Human authorship is a bedrock requirement of copyright.”
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8 months ago+42 42 0Google AI breakthrough could dramatically reduce planes’ global warming impact
Contrails currently account for a third of global warming from aviation
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8 months ago+40 40 0China warns Australian businesses will 'become victims' if TikTok and WeChat bans expand
The Chinese Communist Party mouthpiece, The Global Times, has warned Australian businesses will suffer if the government decides to ban China-based social media sites TikTok and WeChat.
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8 months ago+36 36 0Twitter gets special permission to be ‘X’ in the iOS App Store
Twitter may have gotten an iOS App Store exception.
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9 months ago+37 37 0This LiDAR-equipped, 30-pound robot dog can be yours for $1,600
It's not quite as good as a Boston Dynamics bot, but it is a lot cheaper.
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9 months ago+25 25 0Federal Complaint Says Harvard Legacy Preferences in Admissions Violate Civil Rights Act
Three Black and Latinx groups filed a civil rights complaint against Harvard Monday morning alleging that the University’s consideration of legacy and donor preferences in the admissions process violates the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
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9 months ago+20 20 0Ukraine warns of nuclear disaster as Russia orders staff to leave power plant
Ukrainian officials and intelligence officers warned Russia could be preparing to blow up a nuclear power station, leading to a radioactive environmental disaster. After the Kakhovka dam destruction last month, Kyiv fears the Kremlin plans to organiz ...
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9 months ago+35 35 0The FTC plans to file a huge antitrust suit against Amazon, accusing it of punishing sellers who don't pay to use its logistics services, report says
The antitrust suit is likely to focus on allegations that Amazon punishes sellers who don't use its warehousing and shipping services, per Bloomberg.
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10 months ago+32 32 0EU must be joking — Salty union demands Apple makes 10-year-old Android phones
Apple and the EU have been in a bit of a spat over the past year. Well the next big Brussels blow comes to the iPhone’s battery, as a set of new approved rules require that smartphone batteries are easily replaceable by 2027.
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10 months ago+36 36 0Scientists successfully unfroze rat organs and transplanted them — a ‘historic’ step that could someday transform transplant medicine
In an ‘historic’ first, scientists freeze, thaw, and transplant rat organs — bringing transplant medicine one step closer to sci-fi dreams of stopping biological time.
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10 months ago+15 15 0Insulin grown in lettuce can be taken orally
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have found a way to harvest insulin grown in lettuce — and unlike today’s synthetic insulin, this kind wouldn’t require any painful injections. The challenge: Our bodies use the hormone insulin to convert ...
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10 months ago+18 18 0Boeing sued for allegedly stealing IP, counterfeiting tools used on NASA projects
Wilson Aerospace, a family-run tools company based in Colorado, is suing Boeing for a wide range of claims concerning allegedly stolen intellectual property.
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10 months ago+27 27 0FTC Says Ring Employees Illegally Surveilled Customers, Failed to Stop Hackers from Taking Control of Users' Cameras
The Federal Trade Commission charged home security camera company Ring with compromising its customers’ privacy by allowing any employee or contractor to access consumers’ private