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Pinterest Blacklists PJ Media, Other Conservative Sites and This Is Just the Tip of the Censorship Iceberg
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5 years ago
This week we learned from a brave whistleblower that Pinterest, a site known primarily for recipes and home decorating ideas, is blocking content from websites that their Orwellian-monikered...
The U.S. Is Purging Chinese Cancer Researchers From Top Institutions
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5 years ago
The dossier on cancer researcher Xifeng Wu was thick with intrigue, if hardly the stuff of a spy thriller. It contained findings that she’d improperly shared confidential information and...
The Viral Sunburn Tattoo Trend Is Seriously Dangerous—Here’s Why
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5 years ago
Sure it looks like harmless summer fun. But no matter how you spin it, sunburn tattoos are extremely dangerous and can put you at serious risk of skin cancer. "In order for the stencil, or...
The Hidden Ocean Beneath Europa’s Frozen Crust May Contain Basic Table Salt
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“The potential habitability of Europa’s subsurface ocean depends on its chemical composition, which may be reflected in that of Europa’s geologically young surface,” opens a new study...
The Moon’s largest crater is hiding something, and astronomers don’t know what
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5 years ago
In a new study published in Geophysical Research Letters , researchers reveal the discovery of a huge mass hiding beneath the crater. An incredibly dense area under the lunar surface...
Mar-a-Lago Comes for British Health
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5 years ago
Probably everyone who followed Donald Trump’s visit to Britain has a favorite scene of diplomatic debacle. But the moment that probably did the most to poison relations with our oldest ally...
Take a Moment to Admire These Passing Clouds on Mars
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Curiosity is currently exploring the lower regions of Mount Sharp in Gale Crater, where it’s doing some important drilling and other fun science. From May 7 to May 17, the rover snapped...
10 Types of Internet Trolls You'll Meet Online
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5 years ago
An Internet troll is a member of an online social community who deliberately tries to disrupt, attack, offend or generally cause trouble within the community by posting certain comments,...
China’s Chang’E-4 may have landed near pieces of the Moon’s interior
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While some of the details are still being worked out , it's generally agreed that the Moon formed when a Mars-sized body collided with the early Earth. Some of the debris put into orbit by...
The Quest to Make a Bot That Can Smell as Well as a Dog
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5 years ago
He pulls up a video to show me what he means. In it, a black dog named Lucy approaches a series of six stations, each separated by a small barrier. At every one, a glass cup of human...
China’s lunar rover is helping to unravel a Moon mystery
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5 years ago
In the days that followed, the lander deployed a rover, snapped photos, and even grew some plants . Its rover had some work of its own to do as well, and a new research paper published in...
The moon is shrinking, and a new study shows it's racked by moonquakes
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5 years ago
By Jaclyn Jeffrey-Wilensky The moon may look serene and unchanging from a distance. But we’ve known for years that it’s slowly shrinking, and a surprising new study suggests the change may be...
NASA Says Metals Fraud Caused $700 Million Satellite Failure
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5 years ago
Sapa Profiles falsified thousands of aluminum test results A metals manufacturer faked test results and provided faulty materials to NASA, causing more than $700 million in losses and two...
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