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Are You Sure You Actually 'Like' Your Private Health Insurance?
Via: bob-nelson
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Health, Science & Technology
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5 years ago
When I talk to friends , family, and colleagues about Medicare for All, sometimes someone asks, “but don’t people like their insurance?” It’s not hard to see where they got that idea. Even...
The long-awaited upgrade to the US weather forecast model is here
Via: bob-nelson
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Health, Science & Technology
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5 years ago
Weather forecaster s need a ton of knowledge and a fair bit of experience with local weather patterns to do their job well. They also need a good forecast model. These computer models take in...
Pinterest Blacklists PJ Media, Other Conservative Sites and This Is Just the Tip of the Censorship Iceberg
Via: heartland-american
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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
Via: bob-nelson
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Health, Science & Technology
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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
Via: jasper2529
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Health, Science & Technology
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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
Via: bob-nelson
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Health, Science & Technology
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5 years ago
“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
Via: bob-nelson
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Health, Science & Technology
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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...
5G: A Plan To Depopulate Earth?
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Health, Science & Technology
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5 years ago
5G: A Plan To Depopulate Earth? By Marilyn M Barnewall, News With Views, June 2nd, 2019 Do you use a cordless telephone? A cell phone? A Smart phone? A Smart television?...
Take a Moment to Admire These Passing Clouds on Mars
Via: bob-nelson
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Health, Science & Technology
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5 years ago
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...
Why The US Has No High-Speed Rail
Via: tig
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Health, Science & Technology
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5 years ago
We have vested interests in the private sector that do not want to see an efficient transportation infrastructure that lessens the demand on individual vehicles. On top of that, the safety...
10 Types of Internet Trolls You'll Meet Online
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Health, Science & Technology
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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
Via: bob-nelson
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5 years ago
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
Via: bob-nelson
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Health, Science & Technology
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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...
How to Understand Extreme Numbers
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5 years ago
T he late statistics wizard Hans Rosling , who died in February of 2017 at age 68, brought at least 10 toilet paper rolls to some of his beloved presentations. He would stack them into a...
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...