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4 hours agoCurrent Event spacepopper
Brady says he's retiring 'for good'
Tom Brady, who won a record seven Super Bowls for New England and Tampa, has announced his retirement. Brady — the most successful quarterback in NFL history, and one of the greatest athletes in team sports — posted the announcement on social media Wednesday morning, a brief video lasting just under one minute.
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1 day agoCurrent Event spacepopper
You can now sponsor refugees yourself. Here’s how.
Biden’s new Welcome Corps program offers an amazing opportunity to do good.
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1 day agoAnalysis spacepopper
Remote work hasn't actually saved Americans much time
US workers working from home save just under an hour a day by not having to commute, one of the lowest amounts of time saved among 27 countries.
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1 day agoCurrent Event spacepopper
DeepMind AI is as fast as humans at solving previously unseen tasks
DeepMind has developed an artificial intelligence that can solve tasks it has never seen before as fast and as accurately as humans – a possible step towards generally intelligent AI that could master an array of jobs in the real world. The AI, called Adaptive Agent or AdA, works in a 3D virtual world where it is asked to solve tasks that involve navigating, planning and manipulating objects.
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1 day agoCurrent Event spacepopper
How ‘The Last of Us’ Revived Linda Ronstadt’s ‘Long Long Time,’ Which Is Now Up 4,900% in Spotify Streams
Linda Ronstadt’s “Long Long Time” has soared up the streaming charts following last night’s episode of the HBO series “The Last of Us.” After the episode aired, …
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6 days agoAnalysis spacepopper
Tire Dust Is the ‘DDT Of Our Generation’
Companies know their products threaten wild fish habitats, but they have no plans to stop using the deadly chemicals.
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10 days agoExpression spacepopper
‘Primal’ Is the Most Underrated Animated Series on TV
The second season of animated-TV master Genndy Tartakovsky’s series is coming to Adult Swim and HBO Max, and it’s not to be missed.
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11 days agoCurrent Event spacepopper
Japan astronaut applicants take final exam on mock lunar surface
Aspiring Japanese astronauts have taken their final exams on a mock lunar surface at a training facility near Tokyo, with the successful candidates to be revealed next month.
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3 weeks agoCurrent Event spacepopper
India approves $2.3 billion to develop green hydrogen
The government has approved $2.3 billion to support production, use and exports of green hydrogen, aiming to make India a global hub for the nascent industry. The funding, announced late Wednesday, i s a first step toward establishing the capacity to make at least 5 million metric tons of green hydrogen by the end of this decade.
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1 month agoCurrent Event spacepopper
Failure to Change: Two Reports Examine Hollywood’s Lack of Progress Improving Diversity on Movie Sets
Hollywood employed fewer female filmmakers and directors from underrepresented communities to make its biggest films in 2022, according to a new study by USC Annenberg’s Inclusion Initiative. The USC Annenberg report found that of the 111 directors hired to make the 100 top-grossing movies last year, just 9% were women. That was down from 12.7% in 2021. At the same time, the number of Black, Asian, Hispanic/Latino and multi-racial and multi-ethnic moviemakers also fell from 27.3% in 2021 to 20...
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1 month agoCurrent Event spacepopper
Steven Tyler Accused of Sexual Assault of a Minor in New Lawsuit Over a Decades-Old Claim
Julia Holcomb claims the Aerosmith singer, who is not named in the suit, engaged in a sexual relationship with her in the mid-1970s, starting when she was 16 years old
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1 month agoExpression spacepopper
Tübingen: Europe's fiercely vegan, fairy-tale city
Located in a German region famed for its frugality, Tübingen is known for its fiercely green reputation, where veganism and environmental friendliness are the default setting.
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1 month agoExpression spacepopper
New Materials Will Bring the Next Generation of Quantum Computers
This technology is primed to become faster, more versatile, and—thankfully—cheaper.
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1 month agoCurrent Event spacepopper
FTX execs hid $8 billion in liabilities in a customer account that Bankman-Fried referred to as 'our Korean friend's account,' CFTC pro...
The case of "where did the money go" is beginning to unravel for crypto exchange FTX as finding show ghost account held liabilities.
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1 month agoCurrent Event spacepopper
TikTok banned on government devices under spending bill passed by Congress
Congress passed a large spending package that includes a bill banning TikTok from being used on government devices and new filing fees for mergers.
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1 month agoCurrent Event spacepopper
James Webb Space Telescope's 1st year in space has blown astronomers away
Just one year after launch, the James Webb Space Telescope is exceeding all expectations, and astronomers are thrilled. Launched on Dec. 25, 2021, the $10 billion infrared observatory was designed to learn how galaxies form and grow, to peer far back into the universe to the era of the first galaxies, to watch stars be born inside their nebulous embryos in unprecedented detail, and to probe the atmospheres of exoplanets and characterize some of the closest rocky worlds.
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1 month agoCurrent Event spacepopper
“We Are Fake America”: Why So Many Christmas Movies Are Filmed in Canada
A single mom who makes just enough at her local restaurant gig to provide a half-decent Christmas for her and her son. There’s her attractive next-door neighbour with impossibly white teeth who also happens to be a bit of a grinch. He not only gives her son a hard time when he plays outside their building, but demands their condo board remove the Christmas tree out front for being an “obnoxious” hazard.
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1 month agoCurrent Event spacepopper
Older adults who own dogs report better overall health and more physical activity
When it comes to pet ownership increasing the welfare of elderly people, dog really is man’s best friend. A study published in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health suggests that dog owners may be healthier than cat owners or people with no pets.
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1 month agoCurrent Event spacepopper
Couples are proposing to each other by writing 'marry me' on Ukrainian artillery shells to be fired at Russians
Emily and David met through their passionate support of Ukraine online, and then fell in love. He proposed with a message on a 155mm artillery shell.
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1 month agoCurrent Event spacepopper
Sticky plaster for punctured lungs stretches as they expand
A sticky gel plaster containing the yellow pigment in turmeric can patch up punctured lungs in rats. It also seems to help wounds heal when loaded up with sacs of biological molecules. Biodegradable gel patches often need to be glued to the body parts they are intended to help repair and can struggle to follow the movement of organs like lungs as they inflate and deflate.
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1 month agoExpression spacepopper
Would you switch your dog to eating lab-grown meat?
As environmental and ethical concerns grow over pet food, some say cultivated meat is the solution.
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1 month agoCurrent Event spacepopper
Maryland is the latest state to ban TikTok in government agencies
Maryland is banning the use of TikTok and certain China and Russia-based platforms in its executive branch. It's the latest state to address cybersecurity risks presented by the platforms.
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1 month agoCurrent Event spacepopper
Amazon accused of stealing tips from delivery drivers
Lawsuit filed by Washington, D.C., prosecutor alleges Amazon deceived customers about how their gratuities were used.