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The nuclear bomb didn't beat Japan — Stalin did
Have 70 years of nuclear policy been based on a lie?
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It turns out parenthood is worse than divorce, unemployment — even the death of a partner
A new study shows that the happiness of a first-time parent falls after the baby arrives. That may be why so many don't end up having a second.
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About 12 years ago, I co-founded a startup called Basecamp: A simple project collaboration tool that helps people make progress together…
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Are Black Holes Actually Dark Energy Stars? - Facts So Romantic - Nautilus
George Chapline believes that the Event Horizon Telescope will offer evidence that black holes are really dark energy stars. NASAWhat…
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40 years ago we stopped the practice of separating American Indian families. Let’s not reverse course.
Randall Akee argues a recent court ruling could have disastrous consequences for the health and well-being of American Indian children.
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'The Guy Who Defended Company That Caused Worst Oil Spill in US History' Just Confirmed to Head DOJ's Environmental Division
"Clark's blatant hostility toward environmental protection is good news for polluters, but awful news for the rest of us."
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Untitled
The social media platform wanted to see if they can be more focused and productive when there aren’t endless Slack notifications.
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The 555 and How It Got That Way
There’s a certain minimum set of stuff the typical Hackaday reader is likely to have within arm’s reach any time he or she is in the shop. Soldering station? Probably. Oscilloscope? May…
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What happened when this tech company stopped using Slack on Fridays
The social media platform wanted to see if they can be more focused and productive when there aren’t endless Slack notifications.
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Manipulating type-I and type-II Dirac polaritons in cavity-embedded honeycomb metasurfaces
Manipulating the properties of artificial graphene systems without changing the lattice has proven difficult. Here, Mann et al. theoretically show that changing the photonic environment alone can modify the fundamental properties of emergent massless Dirac polaritons in honeycomb metasurfaces.
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Relax, Ladies. Don’t Be So Uptight. You Know You Want It
In 1982, Donald Trump was 36 years old and he preferred Hanes pantyhose. Not because other leading brands constricted his balls, but because women belonged in dresses; it pleased the male eye. If…
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How Do You Take a Picture of a Black Hole? With a Telescope as Big as the Earth
Credit Illustration by Andy Gilmore Skip to contentSkip to site index A planet-spanning virtual observatory, years in the making, could change how we think…
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Inside the Guts of the World’s Strongest Men
No one talks about powerlifters’ epic bathroom problems — but aside from winning, it’s all they’re thinking about
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Public bathrooms are terrible. What will it take to fix them?
Inside one man’s journey to find a way for people to pee in peace.
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Kavanaugh Conservatives vs. Booker Democrats
Years from now, perhaps only days from now, when people are no longer quite so inebriated with partisanship, those who wish Brett Kavanaugh well and those who wish him ill will probably agree on one thing: His defiant September 27 statement denying the charges leveled against him in the course of…
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An Absurdly Complete Guide to Understanding Whiskey
Everything anyone could ever want to know about whiskey and why it tastes the way it does.
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4chan: The Skeleton Key to the Rise of Trump
Trump’s younger supporters know he’s an incompetent joke; in fact, that’s why they support him.
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How a TV Sitcom Triggered the Downfall of Western Civilization
I want to discuss a popular TV show my wife and I have been binge-watching on Netflix. It’s the story of a family man, a man of science, a genius who fell in with the wrong crowd. He slowly descends…
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Chevy Chase can’t change
The man who helped revolutionize TV comedy with SNL in the ’70s is a tangle of contradictions.
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The Case for Making Cities Out of Wood - Facts So Romantic - Nautilus
An Alphabet subsidiary is planning to build a futuristic neighborhood, not out of concrete and steel, but wood—and wood is looking…
