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1 year ago+16 16 0‘Not something you want to be listening to all night long:’ Nanaimo store using ‘Baby Shark’ to deter overnight loitering
A downtown business owner is trying a novel way to keep his storefront safe, secure and clean overnight. Before leaving for the day, NYLA Fresh Thread owner Leon Drzewiecki begins playing the viral children’s song “Baby Shark” by Pinkfong on the spea ...
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1 year ago+33 33 0 x 1How Finland Is Teaching a Generation to Spot Misinformation
The Nordic country is testing new ways to teach students about propaganda. Here’s what other countries can learn from its success.
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1 year ago+14 14 0Compound extreme heat and drought will hit 90% of world population
More than 90% of the world's population is projected to face increased risks from the compound impacts of extreme heat and drought, potentially widening social inequalities as well as undermining the natural world's ability to reduce CO2 em ...
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1 year ago+4 4 0‘Avatar: The Way of Water’ Takes Down ‘Jurassic World’ as Seventh-Highest Grossing Film in History With $1.7 Billion
Isla Nublar has nothing on Pandora. James Cameron’s blockbuster sequel “Avatar: The Way of Water” has grossed $1.708 billion globally, overtaking “Jurassic World” ($1.67 billion) as the seventh-highest grossing movie in box office history. After only ...
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1 year ago+13 13 0The Best PlayStation Games of 2022
These were the 40 highest-scoring games released for PlayStation consoles in 2022.
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1 year ago+29 29 0Cauliflower and Broccoli Cheese
I have always loved cauliflower cheese, it was my childhood favourite. It was one of the first meals my children enjoyed and a family favourite. In my opinion cauliflower cheese is one of the best ways to eat cauliflower. What’s not to like, a cheesy ...
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1 year ago+19 19 0FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried arrested in the Bahamas after U.S. files criminal charges
Bankman-Fried's arrest is the first concrete move by regulators to hold individuals accountable for the multi-billion dollar implosion of FTX last month.
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1 year ago+14 14 0Chinese rocket body disintegrates into big cloud of space junk
Part of a Chinese rocket that launched the Yunhai 3 satellite last month is now a debris cloud of around 350 pieces. The Long March 6A rocket launched from Taiyuan, north China, on Nov. 11, successfully inserting the Yunhai 3 environmental monitoring ...
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1 year ago+23 23 0This is probably the most annoying thing about the iPhone right now, and it needs a fix
It shouldn’t have come to this, but here we are. It’s becoming impossible to browse Twitter on your iPhone while listening to music or a podcast. The app just interrupts what’s playing every time you scroll over an ad. It’s not just Twitter either – ...
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1 year ago+17 17 0Government Scientists ‘Approaching What is Required for Fusion’ in Breakthrough Energy Research
Scientists hoping to harness nuclear fusion—the same energy source that powers the Sun and other stars—have confirmed that magnetic fields can enhance the energy output of their experiments, reports a new study. The results suggest that magnets may p ...
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1 year ago+15 15 0ICE accidentally released the identities of 6,252 immigrants who sought protection in the U.S.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement accidentally posted the names, birthdates, nationalities and locations of more than 6,000 immigrants who claimed to be fleeing torture and persecution to its website on Monday.
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1 year ago+23 23 0AI experts are increasingly afraid of what they’re creating
AI gets smarter, more capable, and more world-transforming every day. Here’s why that might not be a good thing.
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1 year ago+19 19 0Is Mick Herron the Best Spy Novelist of His Generation?
In his “Slough House” thrillers, the screwups save the day—and there’s a very fine line between comedy and catastrophe.
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1 year ago+16 16 0Counties in Arizona, Pennsylvania fail to certify election results by legal deadlines
Around 164,000 people's votes for the midterm elections are at risk after Arizona's Cochise County and Pennsylvania's Luzerne County failed to certify local results by their states' deadlines.
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1 year ago+15 15 0Researchers 3D-printed a fully recyclable house from natural materials
With the United States facing a historic housing shortage, researchers from the University of Maine believe they may have found a solution to the problem. Using one of the world’s largest 3D printers, the university’s Advanced Structures and Composit ...
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1 year ago+25 25 0The Feds Raided a UFO Blogger's Houses
What were the feds looking for when they went rifling through the homes of the man who runs dreamlandresort.com so early in the morning?
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1 year ago+26 26 0 x 1A plot twist for video game novels: As TV shows ascend, books fade
Even as TV and streaming services are snapping up video game IP, their popularity in the literary world is waning.
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1 year ago+20 20 0Scarce City Launches Bitcoin ECommerce Platform SatsCrap
Scarce City, a bitcoin-focused marketplace, has launched a marketplace that sells anything in exchange for bitcoin known as SatsCrap, per a release sent to Bitcoin Magazine. SatsCrap allows users to list or purchase products with bitcoin and thus mai ...
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1 year ago+11 11 0‘Like Finding a Unicorn’: Researchers Rediscover the Black-Naped Pheasant-Pigeon, a Bird Lost to Science for 140 Years
A successful expedition in Papua New Guinea captured photos and video of the chicken-size pigeon, highlighting the value of local ecological knowledge as scientists seek out other long-missing species.
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1 year ago+4 4 0New study undermines the theory that depressed people are just more realistic
Are depressed people simply more realistic in judging how much they control their lives, while others view the world through rose-colored lenses, living under the illusion that they have more control than they do? That’s the general idea behind “depr ...