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Bring Back Eisenhower Socialism
Beware of the specter of socialism! Anytime a politician proposes a wildly popular idea that helps ordinary people, a few grumpy conservatives will call them “socialists.
Mueller Leaves Obstruction Question to Barr, Who Clears Trump
Obstruction of justice is a crime that requires more than overt acts. It also requires intent. That principle helps explain Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s decision to veer away from pressing an obstruction case against President Donald Trump and instead leave it up to the Justice Department.
Oil won't last forever, so Dubai is betting big on science and tech
Dubai drops away behind us, its comic-book skyline replaced by khaki sand dunes and the occasional wild camel.
The Irreconcilable Differences of This Presidency
I don’t think I can do this anymore. I’m afraid we’re at an impasse. I’m not sure it’s fixable. Initially I held out hope that we could find some compromise here; that we could make an uneasy peace, that despite our differences of opinion we could forge some tenuous truce moving forward.
U.S. Has Spent Six Trillion Dollars on Wars That Killed Half a Million People Since 9/11, Report Says
The United States has spent nearly $6 trillion on wars that directly contributed to the deaths of around 500,000 people since the 9/11 attacks of 2001. The U.S.
The deep roots of modern resentment
SOON after the Soviet Union imploded, Pankaj Mishra reminds his readers, The Economist felt able to assert that “there was no serious alternative to free-market capitalism as the way to organise economic life.
The world’s first genderless AI voice is here. Listen now
Voice assistants like Apple’s Siri and Amazon’s Alexa are women rather than men.
Scientists just found a new way to make fuel from seawater
Though hydrogen fuel eliminates tailpipe pollution, most hydrogen fuel is made from natural gas, a fossil fuel. It is possible to make it from a cleaner source: water. With electrodes in water, electricity can split the hydrogen from oxygen, giving you pure hydrogen.
Tech companies should stop pretending AI won’t destroy jobs
I took an Uber to an artificial-intelligence conference at MIT one recent morning, and the driver asked me how long it would take for autonomous vehicles to take away his job. I told him it would happen in about 15 to 20 years. He breathed a sigh of relief.
Why PhDs Don't Become Billionaires
Why PhDs Don't Become Billionaires. Why we might be pushing our kids in the wrong direction
Mueller delivers final Russia report to Justice Department
WASHINGTON (AP) — Special counsel Robert Mueller has concluded his investigation into Russian election interference and possible coordination with associates of President Donald Trump.
Atheism Is Inconsistent with the Scientific Method, Prizewinning Physicist Says
Marcelo Gleiser, a 60-year-old Brazil-born theoretical physicist at Dartmouth College and prolific science popularizer, has won this year’s Templeton Prize. Valued at just under $1.
Social Democratic Nations Rank Happiest on Global Index (Again). US Ranking Falls (Again).
The social democracy of Finland was once again ranked number one on the United Nations' World Happiness Report, released on Wednesday, while the corporate-dominated United States fell one place to rank at 19th.
MEGAPIXELS: Doctors can now see everything inside you at once
This image is not a photograph, at least not in the traditional sense. Rather, it’s more like a collection of the shadows cast by all the organs and bones in this person’s body.
Meet 'Dick Run Claire,' the Woman Who Draws Dicks With Running Apps
For a little over three years, Claire has been running the streets in the shape of dicks. The 33-year-old New Jerseyan says it started as an accident on Thanksgiving 2015 when she visited her brother in Kansas City, went for a run, and got lost.
Master the Internet of Things with this Raspberry Pi hacker bundle
It might be small, but the Raspberry Pi is a very capable little computer. You won’t find a better platform for building your own projects or learning about electronics, programming and the Internet of Things.
Millions could die prematurely without ‘unprecedented’ action to clean air and water, a new U.N. report warns
The United Nations released its sixth Global Environment Outlook report on Wednesday.
Cory Booker Gets Real, Hits “Senators” for Bragging About Pot Use While Drug Charges Still Dog Regular People
In Davenport, Iowa this weekend, Sen. Cory Booker twice offered veiled criticism of the lighthearted way that two of his rivals for the Democratic presidential nomination, Sens. Kamala Harris and Bernie Sanders, have joked about their past use of marijuana.
DAVID WEBBER: Legal rights for nature — not such a crazy idea
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Gun-toting GOP candidate vows to back Trump in first ad of US House special election
Note: This story has been updated to clarify Greg Murphy’s position. One of 17 candidates vying for the Republican nomination in North Carolina’s 3rd Congressional District special election will begin airing television ads in the Greenville market Tuesday.
A Russian 'troll slayer' went undercover at a troll factory and found that hundreds of Russians were working as paid trolls in rotating shifts
Slaying online trolls can be a lonely business. Just ask Russia's Lyudmila Savchuk, who first exposed the story of Russia's disinformation campaign back in 2014.
You are not gluten intolerant, you are glyphosate intolerant
Study blames Roundup herbicide for gluten intolerance and celiac disease epidemic.
The Three-Story Thrift Shop Near Detroit That’s Almost Too Good To Be True
When you’re in the mood for a bit of treasure-hunting, nothing beats a fantastic thrift shop. After all, these destinations are often overflowing with unique finds, quirky items, and all sorts of vintage delights.
There will soon be a whole community of ultra-low-cost 3D-printed homes
Over the past year, in a lab in Austin, a team of engineers and materials scientists tweaked and tested the design of the “Vulcan II,” a massive, 33-by-11-foot machine that can 3D print the frame of a small house in less than a day.
Are we all multiple personalities of universal consciousness?
There’s a reason they call it the “hard problem.” Consciousness: Where is it? What is it? No one single perspective seems to be able to answer all the questions we have about consciousness. Now Bernardo Kastrup thinks he’s found one.
New 3D body scanner uses 40 times less radiation than PET scans
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Your Brain Limits You to Just Five BFFs
Back in the 1990s, the British anthropologist Robin Dunbar noticed a remarkable correlation between primate brain size and the social groups they formed. This correlation was simple: the bigger their brains, the larger their social groups.
A Real World 'Star Trek' Replicator Is Now Possible Thanks To New Breakthrough
New York-based Mattershift has managed to create large-scale carbon nanotube (CNT) membranes that are able to combine and separate individual molecules. "This technology gives us a level of control over the material world that we've never had before," said Mattershift Founder and CEO Dr.
DARPA is trying to build an unhackable open-source voting system
The US Defense Department’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded a $10 million contract to design and build a secure voting system, Motherboard reports. The details: DARPA has handed the project to Oregon-based tech firm Galois.
US official reveals Atlantic drilling plan while hailing Trump’s ability to distract public
Joe Balash, the assistant secretary for land and minerals management, was speaking to companies in the oil exploration business at a meeting of the International Association of Geophysical Contractors, or IAGC, last month.
Trump Just Said His Friends in the Military, Police, and a Biker Group Might Get “Tough” on Democrats
Breitbart published an interview with President Donald Trump on Wednesday in which he suggested that his supporters in the military and police would rally to his side in a way that would be “very bad, very bad” if things get “to a certain point.
People in open-concept homes are realizing the walls were there for a reason
When Brenda Didonna was house-hunting the last time around, she knew what she wanted: a home where the kitchen, living room, and dining room were one big, uninterrupted space. She got her togetherness, all right, in a glorious new house in Millbury.
A quick way to calculate cash flow, for real
For landlords and wholesalers who sell to landlords, this video shows the RIGHT way to calculate cash flow on single family homes. Rent - principal, interest, taxes, and insurance does not = cash flow!
The trolls are winning, says Russian troll hunter
Slaying online trolls can be a lonely business. Just ask Russia’s Lyudmila Savchuk, who first exposed the story of Russia’s disinformation campaign back in 2014. The posts were all too similar. The verbal assaults too coordinated.
Exclusive: Meet the startups in Backstage Capital’s first accelerator cohort
When venture firm Backstage Capital announced last fall that it would be launching a four-city accelerator program for underrepresented founders, more than 1,800 applications poured in.
Trump's Proposed Budget Would Devastate National Parks
To understand any budget, all you need to see are the numbers. And when you look at the Trump administration’s 2020 budget proposal for the Department of the Interior, those numbers paint a pretty clear picture.
Iranian lawyer who defended women’s right to remove hijab gets 38 years, 148 lashes
After two trials described by Amnesty International as “grossly unfair,” Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh has been sentenced to a total of 38 years in prison and 148 lashes.
Obama expanded overtime pay to 4 million workers. Now Trump is scaling that back.
A four-year fight to expand overtime pay to millions of workers may soon be over. About 1.2 million workers will win and 2.8 million will lose.
Can a body of water have rights like a human? Lake Erie Bill of Rights faces challenge
TOLEDO, Ohio (Legal Newsline) – A new law that gives Lake Erie legal rights that are normally reserved for humans is expected to have a difficult time surviving appeals, but that’s little comfort to Ohio’s farmers right now. He added, “The potential risk is immense.
Good Vibes Are Contagious
One of my favorite threads of research shows just how interconnected we humans are.
Want to code? You better start teaching yourself
Most programmers are partly self-taught—and anyone looking to get involved in the industry better follow suit. So says a new survey of 39,000 software developers published by HackerRank. All by myself: About 74 percent of software developers are at least partially self-taught.
How America’s food giants swallowed the family farms
Across the midwest, the rise of factory farming is destroying rural communities. And the massive corporations behind this devastation are now eyeing a post-Brexit UK market When the vast expanse of rural Iowa was carved up for settlers in the 19th century, it was often divided into 160-acre lots.
Trump once again requests deep cuts in U.S. science spending
For the third year in a row, President Donald Trump’s administration has unveiled a budget request to Congress that calls for deep spending cuts at many federal science agencies, including a 13% cut for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and a 12% cut for the National Science Foundation (NSF)
New alternative to Trump's wall would create jobs, renewable energy, and increase border security
"What should the U.S. do about The Wall?" is a question that's destined to divide many Americans. But there's one proposal for the U.S.-Mexico border that, at least in theory, seems agreeable to everyone.
The Big Cheat of 2018: Corporations Make Billions in Profits, Demand Tax Refunds from the American Public
Many of our country's largest corporations make billions of dollars in income, use deferrals and write-offs and credits to underpay their current tax bills by staggering amounts, and in some cases claim foreign profits and U.S.
17 F*cks You Should Finally Stop Giving When You’re A Grown And Mature Person
We arrive in this world completely clueless, expecting life to be this pinky, Utopian place where justice is always served, milk flows instead of rivers, and people are actually nice to each other. And, if you ask me, that is a place I truly wish to be in.
'Moment of reckoning': US cities burn recyclables after China bans imports
The conscientious citizens of Philadelphia continue to put their pizza boxes, plastic bottles, yoghurt containers and other items into recycling bins.
Better Technology Isn’t The Solution To Ecological Collapse
It’s hard to ignore the headlines these days, with all their warnings about ecological breakdown. Last year brought troubling news on everything from plastic pollution to soil depletion to the collapse of insect populations. These crises are worsening as our demands on the Earth intensify.
Delaware Attorney General Kathleen Jennings Has Unveiled a Startlingly Progressive Reform Agenda
Don’t believe what anybody tells you about “progressive prosecutors.” It’s not the new wave. It should be. Hell, it can be, but it isn’t yet. Of the more than 2,400 elected prosecutors across the country, we’d be lucky to identify a few dozen true reformers out of the whole lot.
Is This the End of Recycling?
Americans are consuming more and more stuff. Now that other countries won’t take our papers and plastics, they’re ending up in the trash. After decades of earnest public-information campaigns, Americans are finally recycling.
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