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Are environmentalists merely indifferent to paupers or do they actually hate them ?
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9 years ago
Does my headline sound extreme ? Keep reading . You may change your mind ... The government has established a rule called the RFS [Renewable Fuel Standard] . It requires the US gasoline supply to...
The ‘Selfish’ Force of R2d2 Awakens
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9 years ago
In the journal Molecular Biology and Evolution , researchers report that the genetic element, responder to meiotic drive on chromosome 2 ( R2d2 ), rapidly transmitted itself across diverse mouse...
Researchers find that Earth may be home to 1 trillion species - Largest analysis of microbial data reveals that 99.999 percent of all species remain undiscovered
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9 years ago
Earth could contain nearly 1 trillion species, with only one-thousandth of 1 percent now identified, according to the results of a new study. The estimate, based on universal scaling laws...
Medical Error is Third Cause of Death
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9 years ago
A new study has found that unreported/underreported medical errors are third cause of death. https://www.propublica.org/article/study-urges-cdc-to-revise-count-of-deaths-from-medical-error
2 siblings have inherited a disease that will stop them from ever sleeping again
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9 years ago
A brother and a sister have inherited a disease that will stop them from ever sleeping again — and that will eventually kill them. Lachlan and Hayley Webb from Queensland, Australia, suffer...
Why do girls want labiaplasty? They're told to hate every inch of themselves
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9 years ago
Jessica Valenti Despite all the feminist progress we’ve made, women and girls are still subject to mixed messages about how their bodies must be perfect. I t would almost be easier if...
Billions of cicadas are about to take over the Northeast
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9 years ago
Billions of cicadas are about to take over the Northeast April 14, 2016 iStock Seventeen years ago, President Bill Clinton was acquitted in impeachment proceedings, Bill...
'Drone' hits British Airways plane approaching Heathrow Airport
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9 years ago
A plane approaching Heathrow Airport is believed to have hit a drone before it landed safely, the Metropolitan Police has said. The British Airways flight from Geneva was hit as it approached...
Sarah Palin Doesn’t Think Bill Nye Is A Real Scientist
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9 years ago
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/sarah-palin-bill-nye_us_57101cefe4b0018f9cb993a1 Former Alaska governor and 2008 Republican vice presidential hopeful Sarah Palin argued Thursday that Bill...
Here’s What Happened When A Group Of Scientists Went To Confront Their Congressional Tormentors
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9 years ago
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/scientists-congress-tormentors_us_570fcfefe4b03d8b7b9fbedf It turns out their “wasteful” research serves a purpose. Sam Stein Senior Politics Editor, The...
U.S. firms target investment in Israeli cannabis Research & Development
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9 years ago
A worker harvests Cannabis plants at a plantation near the Northern Israeli town of Nazareth. (Reuters) Already a pioneer in high-tech and cutting-edge agriculture, Israel is starting to...
U.S. firms target investment in Israeli cannabis R&D
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9 years ago
A worker harvests Cannabis plants at a plantation near the Northern Israeli town of Nazareth. (Reuters) Already a pioneer in high-tech and cutting-edge agriculture, Israel is starting to...
U.S. firms target investment in Israeli cannabis R&D
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9 years ago
A worker harvests Cannabis plants at a plantation near the Northern Israeli town of Nazareth. (Reuters) Already a pioneer in high-tech and cutting-edge agriculture, Israel is starting to...
U.S. firms target investment in Israeli cannabis R&D
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9 years ago
A worker harvests Cannabis plants at a plantation near the Northern Israeli town of Nazareth. (Reuters) Already a pioneer in high-tech and cutting-edge agriculture,...
OBSESSION OBSESSION OBSESSION OBSESSION OBSESSION OBSESSION OBSESSION OBSESSION
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9 years ago
Obsession Photo by: AISPIX An obsession is a persistent (continuous) and recurring thought that a person is unable to control. A person suffering from obsessive thoughts often has...
Lack of a dislike button on Facebook protects narcissists and special snowflakes
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9 years ago
http://computingforever.com/2015/10/12/lack-of-a-dislike-button-on-facebook-protects-narcissists-and-special-snowflakes/ Lack of a dislike button on Facebook protects narcissists and special...
The Sweetest Sip: Drinking From A Tree At The Sugar Bush Camp (healthy food)
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9 years ago
Courtesy Tamie Rodenwald A young camper pours maple sap into a bucket. The Sweetest Sip: Drinking From a Tree at Sugar Bush Camp Alysa Landry 3/28/16 Everything depends on the...
Robert De Niro pulls anti-vaccination film from Tribeca film festival
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9 years ago
Actor and co-founder of festival says he ‘did not believe film contributes to or furthers the discussion I had hoped for’ A controversial film about the discredited link between autism and...
De Niro Defends Screening of Anti-Vaxxer Film
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9 years ago
(Newser) – Robert De Niro says he's not anti-vaccination—he's just in favor of screening an anti-vaccination documentary made by a disgraced medical researcher. The actor is defending his...
For first time, drone delivers package to residential area
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9 years ago
By SCOTT SONNER From Associated Press March 25, 2016 6:42 PM EST RENO, Nev. (AP) — A drone has successfully delivered a package to a residential location in a small Nevada town in what...
Twitter taught Microsoft’s AI chatbot to be a racist asshole in less than a day
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9 years ago
It took less than 24 hours for Twitter to corrupt an innocent AI chatbot. Yesterday, Microsoft unveiled Tay — a Twitter bot that the company described as an experiment in "conversational...
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