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NASA's First Asteroid Samples Land On Earth After Release From Spacecraft | Marcia Dunn

This image taken from video provided by NASA TV shows the capsule released by the Osiris-Rex spacecraft lying on the surface near the parachute after landing to Earth, Sunday Sept. 24 2023. Credit: NASA TV via AP Marcia Dunn -- Phys.org Sept. 24, 2023 NASA's first asteroid samples fetched from deep space parachuted into the Utah desert Sunday to cap a seven-year journey. In a flyby of Earth, the ...

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Our Digital Twins Will Help Diagnose And Treat Diseases | Thomas Gull, University of Zurich

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Thomas Gull -- University of Zurich Sept. 22, 2023 Artificial intelligence is revolutionizing the world of medicine. In the future, we will be able to create ...

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US Farmers, Tech Tycoons Square Off Over Plans For Utopian City | Glenn Chapman

Swaths of rural land between San Francisco and Sacramento, in the western U.S. state of California, were secretly purchased by tech tycoons keen on building a new city. Glenn Chapman -- TechXplore ...

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Falling Solar Power And Storage Prices Make Global Climate Transition Cheaper Than Expected | Ulrich von Lampe

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Ulrich von Lampe -- Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change Sept. 22, 2023 In just the past 10 years, the cost of electricity from solar ...

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Human-Driven Mass Extinction Is Eliminating Entire Branches Of The Tree Of Life | Stanford University

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Sept. 18 (Phys.org) -- The passenger pigeon. The Tasmanian tiger. The Baiji, or Yangtze river dolphin. These rank among the best-known recent victims of what many ...

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The Untold Story of the Abuse of Palestinian Women in Hebron | Ramzy Baroud

Palestinian women rally in Gaza. (Photo: Mahmoud Ajjour, The Palestine Chronicle) Humiliation vs. Self-Respect Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust Sept. 13, 2023 The humiliation of Palestinian women by ...

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‘Bread and Circuses’: Musk, Zuckerberg and the Art of Distraction | Ramzy Baroud

"Bread and Circuses In Ceramic Tile." Bing Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust Sept. 2, 2023 "Panem et circenses," said the Romans -- "Bread and circuses." This maxim served the Romans well. In times ...

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What Are Smart Contracts? | Bing

Aug. 20, 2023 (Bing) – Smart contracts are self-executing agreements that are written in code and run on a blockchain. They allow parties to transact without intermediaries, reducing costs, risks ...

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Climate Conflagration: Maui to Montana | Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan

Amy Goodman Denis MoynihanAmy Goodman & Denis Moynihan -- Democracy Now! Aug. 17, 2023 Climate change-fueled drought and high winds created the perfect conditions for raging wildfires across the ...

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Best Way To Enter News Stories Into A Blockchain? | Bing

19 Aug. 2023 (Bing) – There are different ways to enter news stories into a blockchain, depending on the purpose and the design of the system. Here are some possible methods: Using a decentralized ...

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Israel’s Slippery Slope | Nouriel Roubini

Nouriel RoubiniNouriel Roubini -- Project Syndicate Jul 31, 2023 Israel's right-wing government has raised alarms around the world with its plans to disempower the judiciary. But while most of the ...

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3 Reasons Why the Next Crypto Bull Run Will Be Like Nothing We've Ever Experienced | Entrepreneur We are on the precipice of what could be the greatest transfer of wealth that has ever happened in human history. www.entrepreneur.com/money-finance/3-reasons-why-the-next-crypto-bull-run-will-be-like-nothing/458852

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The Colorado Sun, a pioneering for-profit/nonprofit hybrid, moves toward a fully nonprofit model | Nieman Journalism Lab "Whether I agree with it or not, whether I even like it or not, the reality is that many individuals, many institutions and philanthropic groups,… www.niemanlab.org/2023/09/the-colorado-sun-a-pioneering-for-profit-nonprofit-hybrid-moves-toward-a-fully-nonprofit-model/

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3 Big Drivers Determining the Future of Crypto in the U.S. Blockchain Association CEO Kristin Smith weighs where the digital asset industry may be in the next half decade, on the organization's five-year anniversary. www.coindesk.com/consensus-magazine/2023/09/13/3-big-drivers-determining-the-future-of-crypto-in-the-us/

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What Will Be the Next Target of the SEC's Enforcement Regime? Troutman Pepper lawyers predict that crypto wallets and TradFi firms could face the agency's wrath. www.coindesk.com/consensus-magazine/2023/09/13/what-will-be-the-next-target-of-the-secs-enforcement-regime/

Does Buddhism support romantic love?

Thich Nhat Hanh answers questions during a retreat in Plum Village (May, 2014).Question: If Buddhism supports love for Mother Nature why doesn't it...

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News podcasts: who is listening and what formats are working? | Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism Over the last few years, much has been written about a so-called golden age of podcasting, which many date from the launch of the true… reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/digital-news-report/2023/news-podcasts-who-is-listening-what-formats-are-working

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Tips to conduct investigations for TV, from ICFJ Knight Award winner Riad Kobaissi | International Journalists' Network The 2020 Beirut port blast – one of the largest non-nuclear explosions in history – killed more than 200 people and injured over 6,500. It… ijnet.org/en/story/tips-conduct-investigations-tv-icfj-knight-award-winner-riad-kobaissi

NASA's First Asteroid Samples Land On Earth After Release From Spacecraft | Marcia Dunn

Our Digital Twins Will Help Diagnose And Treat Diseases | Thomas Gull, University of Zurich

US Farmers, Tech Tycoons Square Off Over Plans For Utopian City | Glenn Chapman

Falling Solar Power And Storage Prices Make Global Climate Transition Cheaper Than Expected | Ulrich von Lampe

Human-Driven Mass Extinction Is Eliminating Entire Branches Of The Tree Of Life | Stanford University

The Untold Story of the Abuse of Palestinian Women in Hebron | Ramzy Baroud

‘Bread and Circuses’: Musk, Zuckerberg and the Art of Distraction | Ramzy Baroud

What Are Smart Contracts? | Bing

Climate Conflagration: Maui to Montana | Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan

Best Way To Enter News Stories Into A Blockchain? | Bing

Israel’s Slippery Slope | Nouriel Roubini

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