The Downfall of the Republican Party
On Friday, Republicans in the United States Senate—with the exception of Mitt Romney and Susan Collins—voted to prevent John Bolton, Donald Trump's former national security adviser, from testifying in the impeachment trial of the president. The reason they did so is undeniable: They did not want to hear from the most credible fact witness of all, one whose account would further implicate the pres
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Vil du i form? Her er tre grunde til at droppe fitnesscenteret og træne udenfor i stedet
Naturen belønner hjernen, og du får mere ud af løbetræningen.
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Moscow wants to be sure it can control the thawing waterways and resources in the Arctic. In order to do that, Russia is militarizing its presence there. The Kremlin aims to solidify Russia's position as a dominant power in the Arctic primarily to secure uncontested access to economic resources
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What a to-do! How to write the perfect list
Looking for freedom from that familiar nagging feeling? Here's how to get stuff done without overwhelming yourself It is simple and elegant and ordered. In theory, the to-do list is the answer to all your productivity problems. First, write "write to-do list" at the top, just so you have something to tick off immediately, then list all the things you need to get done. Work your way through, then
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Coronavirus will hit global growth
China's place in the world economy has grown dramatically since the US triggered earlier recessions
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Have we solved the black hole information paradox? The answer is maybe. And as a bonus, we may soon have a new understanding of nature at a qualitatively different and deeper level than ever
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Historic blizzard highlights need for severe weather preparedness: The historic Jan. 17 blizzard dropped more than 76 centimetres of snow on St. John's amid winds gusting over 150 kilometres per hour, breaking a record for single-day snowfall in the city
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Am I the only one who can't get over the fact that future generations will live forever while we have to die?
I just don't know how to deal with it. Thourgh the day when I have ton of coping mechanisms I'm can manage. But at night it hits me. When whole reality of situation hits and realization what I'm missing out on. It's just unfair. We can see progress now but everyone deep enough in it and who isn't selling snake oil says it's coming soon but now that soon. But still soon enough to be there in few g
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Wives now out-earn their husbands nearly a third of the time
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Three in four Lithuanians think climate change is a threat to their generation. In Lithuania, climate change is affecting precipitation patterns, causing more frequent heavy rains followed by periods of drought as well as strong winds and squalls
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Surviving Mars
Settling humans on Mars needs pragmatism at least as much as vision — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Somalia declares emergency over locust swarms
Parts of east Africa see the largest invasion of the insects in 25 years, threatening food supplies.
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Engineering Bugs, Resurrecting Species: The Wild World of Synthetic Biology for Conservation
Imagine a world where a mosquito bite is just an itchy annoyance. No malaria. No dengue fever. Last month, scientists announced they had taken one more step toward that vision. A paper in the journal PLOS Pathogens described how they synthetically engineered mosquitoes to stop the spread of dengue fever, a viral tropical disease that sickens as many as 100 million people each year. Now imagine ge
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The Endings That Princess Carolyn and Diane Nguyen Deserved
The first relationship that Princess Carolyn enters into on BoJack Horseman is an obvious farce. Back in Season 1, the titular antihero's ex-girlfriend and then-agent (voiced by Amy Sedaris) sought respite from one of BoJack's many selfish schemes by asking a stranger to buy her a drink. When asked for his name, the shadowy figure panicked: "Vincent … Adultman," he answered. Virtually everyone bu
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29-årige Mathias elsker at løse gåder: Nu hjælper han Harvard-forskere med at forstå kræft
Den forskning, Mathias laver, er et skridt på vejen til at kunne bekæmpe kræft.
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Meet the Chinese crowdsourcers fighting coronavirus censorship
Faced with information suppression and untrustworthy news, citizens in China and Hong Kong do their best to chronicle the coronavirus outbreak and sift fact from fiction.
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Uber in Vancouver, a Vehicle Ban in SF, and Other Car News
British Columbia finally welcomes ride hail, while San Francisco's main drag goes car-free.
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Mike Bloomberg's Awkward Dog Encounter Tops This Week's Internet News Roundup
The Democratic presidential candidate had folks very confused last week over his preferred canine-greeting method.
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Schweizisk robot griber uden at røre<>robot
Ved hjælp af ultralyd har et hold schweiziske forskere bygget en prototype på en robotgriber, der kan flytte emner, helt uden at komme i direkte kontakt med det emne, der skal flyttes
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Toy Commercials Are Being Replaced by Something More Nefarious
Mike Morris, a father of three daughters in a suburb of Dallas, hasn't had a traditional cable-TV subscription at his house since 2014. When his family visits his father-in-law on holidays, he feels good about that decision all over again. At home, Morris's two youngest, ages 8 and 4, only watch shows on streaming services like Netflix and Amazon Prime, which don't show commercials. But at their
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What is a super spreader?
An infectious disease expert explains.
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Here's what's below an unstable glacier
Antarctic robot gathers information at the all-important grounding line.
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Catching frame dragging in action
A 20-year commitment verifies Einstein's prediction of general relativity.
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Science history: Roy Plunkett's accident that stuck
Recognising novelty led to the development of Teflon.
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Expect More Interstellar Visitors Like 'Oumuamua
We live in a galaxy teeming with wandering tiny worlds, and some astronomers predict they'll be detecting them at least once per year.
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The Microsoft Edge Browser Features You Should Check Out First
Microsoft has totally retooled its browser. Here's where to start if you want to give the new Edge a shot.
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Physicists do something very cool
Taking a nanoparticle to ground state opens new possibilities at the quantum level.
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Insurers in the spotlight over coronavirus
Policyholders and lawyers are poring over contracts to see if epidemic is covered
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Australia's Marine Animals Will Be Bushfires' Unseen Victims
Ash and silt washed into rivers and coastal areas will choke underwater ecosystems — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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China's reaction to the coronavirus violates human rights | Frances Eve
The WHO has praised country's response, but heavy-handed approach could make things worse When the World Health Organization declared the 2019nCoV coronavirus outbreak a global health emergency, it effusively praised China's response to the outbreak. The WHO issued a statement welcoming the government's "commitment to transparency", and the WHO director general, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, twe
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Trump's Iran Strategy Isn't Working as Well as He Thinks
The killing of the Iranian general Qassem Soleimani by drone strike in early January, along with Tehran's notably limited retaliation, has given President Donald Trump reason to believe his strategy toward Iran is working. Widely condemned at first as a rash over-escalation, the Soleimani strike instead disrupted Iran's expectations in a way that created both risks and opportunities. Trump and hi
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The Real Story of the 49ers
San Francisco's professional football team, the 49ers, was named in honor of the men who came to California during the Gold Rush. The old 49er has long been a beloved figure in the state's lore. He's often portrayed as a grizzled prospector sporting a bushy beard, a floppy felt hat, a carefree smile, and a pickax on his shoulder. This version of the legend, Sourdough Sam, will be on full display
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What Do Wolfdogs Want?
Shadow did not want to be caged. Sylphlike and snow colored, the animal paced her closet-size concrete-and-wire enclosure, ears pinned back, body tense, back and forth, back and forth, back and forth. Nor did the small town of Tooele, Utah, want to keep her caged. It did not want her there at all. Shadow is a wolfdog—a wolf-dog hybrid. That makes her an exotic animal in the eyes of Tooele's law e
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How to Stream Super Bowl 2020 (and Puppy Bowl, Kitten Bowl)
Our full guide to streaming Super Bowl LIV for free online (and the Puppy Bowl and Kitten Bowl).
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A Foundation Built on Oil Embraces the Green Revolution
In a WIRED Q&A, Rockefeller Foundation President Rajiv Shah calls on tech companies to help in fighting the world's inequities.
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Dashlane's Super Bowl Ad Proves Password Managers Have Arrived
A company you've never heard of is spending millions of dollars to let you know it can make your online life easier.
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A lazy cave salamander didn't move from the same spot for 7 years
Olm are salamanders that spend all their lives in pitch-black caves, and it turns out they don't move very much – sometimes lurking in the same spot for years
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Spørg Fagfolket: Hvordan holder man et skib på 196.000 ton fortøjret?
En læser har undret sig over, hvordan et containerskib på næsten 200.000 ton kan holdes fortøjret i fralandsvind og søgang. Det svarer Danske Rederier på.
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Does drone warfare reduce harm? Maybe not.
There has been a huge increase in drone usage since the war on terror. Proponents of drone warfare claim it reduces civilian casualties and collateral damage, that it's cheaper than conventional warfare tactics, and that it's safer for U.S. military personnel. The data suggests those claims may be false, says scholar Abigail Blanco. Drones are, at best, about equivalent to conventional technologi
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Is the 'forever transaction' business model ethical?
How can you build a subscription model that continues to satisfy your consumer while avoiding fatigue and potential ethical downfalls? According to business consultant and speaker Robbie Kellman Baxter, you must first determine whether your service really requires a subscription in the first place. And if it does, be careful not to overwhelm the customer, which can lead to subscription guilt. Tru
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Coronavirus: 11 more UK nationals to be flown back from China
Foreign secretary confirms evacuation as Philippines reports first death outside China Dominic Raab has confirmed that 11 British nationals will be flown back from the Chinese city at the centre of the coronavirus outbreak on Sunday, on a French-chartered plane, after they missed a UK evacuation flight on Friday. Speaking on the BBC's Andrew Marr Show, the foreign secretary said the government wa
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Canberra fire downgraded as heatwave eases
A fire that threatened Canberra's southern suburbs was downgraded early Sunday, allowing firefighters to strengthen containment lines and protect residents.
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The Fonts Used in Political Messages Aren't as Innocent as You'd Think
Is there a hidden meaning?
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China steps in to support financial system as virus spreads
Liquidity boost planned as trading set to resume on Monday after extended break
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I'm a psychotherapist, but therapy didn't ease my grief
A sudden bereavement tore my life apart. But even though I'm a trained therapist, I couldn't find comfort on the couch Five years ago I flew over the Connecticut hospital mortuary where thousands of feet below my husband's dead body lay. The map on the screen flashed up New Haven as we headed east over the Atlantic… leaving him behind. During the six-hour flight back to London I sat bolt upright,
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Koalas found dead on Australia logging plantation
Australian animal protection groups are attempting to rescue about 120 animals from the site.
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What next for the pound after the UK quits the EU?
Market Questions is the FT's guide to the week ahead
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Grafik: Digital næse lugter om fisken er frisk
PLUS. Et nyt digitalt værktøj skal hjælpe fødevarevirksomheder med at blive bedre til at fastslå friskheden af kød og fisk. Den 'digitale næse' fastslår koncentrationen af forrådnelse og reducerer tvivl om, hvorvidt fødevaren er frisk. Målet er mindre madspild.
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The menopause isn't so scary that young women need to sign up for costly surgery | Catherine Bennett
The benefits of tissue harvesting to delay a supposed middle age hell are doubtful Against a background of tasteful pastel – which signals from the off that we are in the land of discretionary spending on faulty female anatomy – the ProFaM website makes its unique bid for women's money. Ovarian tissue storage! And not only for fertility-related reasons. Who'd want a menopause? "Will you be ready?
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You can now design and buy bathrooms using your phone
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Moscow court case challenges city's facial recognition use after launch
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1984 & Language
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Wearing an Exoskeleton which reduces 40% muscular strain
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Alphabet Has a Second, Secretive Quantum Computing Team – Google's parent touted its quantum supremacy achievement last year. It doesn't talk about a group at X working on software.
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The five: large telescopes
As the most detailed images of the sun are released this week, we look at other huge telescopes and their discoveries This week astronomers released the highest resolution of images taken of the sun's stormy surface . The Daniel K Inouye Solar Telescope in Hawaii is the largest solar telescope in the world. The images reveal the nugget-like structures that make up the solar surface, each the size
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Tunes for training: High-tempo music may make exercise easier and more beneficial
A new study has shown that listening to high-tempo music increases the benefits of exercise for physical fitness and reduces the perceived effort involved. This effect was more pronounced in people performing endurance exercises, such as walking, than in those undergoing high-intensity training, such as weightlifting. The researchers hope that their findings could help people to improve their work
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Philippines confirms first coronavirus death outside China
President Duterte orders ban on visitors from China, Hong Kong and Macau
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Superb Owl Sunday IV
A special Sunday event: our fourth annual photographic essay celebrating these magnificent birds of prey. These nocturnal hunters hail from Europe, Asia, North America, and South America, and are captured here in photos from recent years. If you have some time today before the big game (or are skipping the event entirely), I invite you to take a look; it's always a hoot to put this together.
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Coronavirus Live Updates: Death in Philippines Is First Outside China
As the overall death toll passed 300, a quarantine is being expanded in Wuhan, the central Chinese city where the coronavirus began.
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Se hur svårstoppade megabränder kan bilda egna vädersystem
Megabränder blir allt vanligare i världen och har nyligen orsakat enorm förödelse i Australien.
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Barkborrar ökar risk för nya skogsbränder
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Nanospirals that form as molten metals solidify could be key to new materials—and invisibility
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Elon Musk: "Alien Technology" Is Coming
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Some salamanders can regrow lost body parts. Could humans one day do the same? In recent decades, the idea of human regeneration has evolved from an 'if' to a 'when'.
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A team of researchers affiliated with multiple institutions in China and one in Korea has developed a micro-robot system that regenerated knee cartilage in rabbits.
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With the launch of MicroBachelors, MOOC platform edX lays the groundwork for a fully online undergraduate degree taught by multiple universities.
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Inside the hidden 'power tunnels' of London
Deep underneath the streets of the capital is a hidden network, powering the network.
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