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1.4KBusinessGoogle, Facebook, Microsoft Modify Pistol Emojis
Google, Facebook and Microsoft have modified their realistic handgun emojis into less lethal looking variants in a nod to the growing movement...
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1.3KLifestyle‘A Persistent Puzzle’: Californians Embrace Medicaid — But Food Stamps? Not So Much.
This story additionally ran on NPR. This story could be republished totally free (details). Millions of low-income Californians eligible for meals stamps...
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1.2KLifestyleAs Proton Centers Struggle, A Sign Of A Health Care Bubble?
The Maryland Proton Treatment Center selected “Survivor” because the theme for its grand opening in 2016, invoking the reality-TV present’s tropical units...
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1.5KEnvironmental issueGlobal Fishing Fleets Tracked in First Study of its Kind
An extensive global view of the commercial fishing industry shows that fishing occurs in 55% of the world's oceans and seas. In...
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1.7KEnvironmental issueNew Graphene Film Quickly Makes Dirty Water Drinkable
Australian scientists from the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) have developed a filtration technique using a graphene film with microscopic...
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1.5KEnvironmental issueFlorida Bridge Collapse Might have been Caused by Hasty Construction
Haste seems to be a key reason for the sudden and completely unexpected collapse of a modern pedestrian bridge spanning a highway...
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1.4KEnvironmental issueExposure to Air Pollution throughout Pregnancy Linked to Brain Abnormalities in Babies
A study for the first time reveals a relationship between air pollution exposure during pregnancy to brain abnormalities, and also to difficulties...
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1.4KEnvironmental issueWorld’s First System that Removes Floating Plastic Trash to be Tested on the Pacific Ocean
The world's first-ever -- and the largest -- system built to remove masses of floating plastic trash from the world's oceans will...
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1.3KEnvironmental issueLegendary LGBT Rights Lawyer David Buckel Commits Suicide in protest towards the ecological destruction of the Earth
It was a heroic but misguided gesture. David Buckel, the activist lawyer renowned for his successful defense of gay and transgender rights...
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1.5KEnvironmental issueWater Can now be Extracted from Dry Desert Air
Devices that extract water from air have been around for decades, but these devices only work in regions with high humidity. Extracting...