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1.0KScience and technologyDwarf Planet Haumea: Small Worlds, Not Just The Big Ones Can Have Rings, Too
Scientists from the Institute of Astrophysics in Granada, Spain have spotted a ring around the dwarf exoplanet Haumea.The discovery disrupts what was...
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921Justice and rightsHomicide is Largest Contributor to Years of Lost Life among African-Americans
African-Americans are disproportionately affected by homicide and a new study now shows homicide is the largest contributor to potential years of life...
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902Science and technologyResearchers Finally Unlock Why The Durian Fruiit Has A Repulsive, Pungent Smell
A team of researchers from Southeast Asia has unlocked the secret why Durian has a repulsive and pungent smell. The findings could...
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865Science and technologyBlow Into The Tube, Please. Breath Analyzer Tells When Human Body Burns Fat.
A group of researchers in Zurich, Switzerland has developed a nanochip that would measure the level of lipid metabolites, the most volatile...
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1.0KJustice and rightsLas Vegas Shooter’s Motive: He Likely Wanted to Murder Lots of People
After chasing down well over 1,000 leads as to why Stephen Paddock shot dead 58 people and injured over 500 others, police...
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824Science and technologyBlue Origin to Take First Space Tourists into Space by 2019
Blue Origin, the space tourism company established by Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos, is adamant it will fly its first two space tourists...
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Environmental issue
Lives, Homes, and Businesses Lost to California Wildfire
Wildfires in the California wine country have so far killed at least 11 people, injured about a hundred, and tore as many...
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Justice and rights
Japan Court Orders State And Utility To Pay 500 Million Yen In Damages Over Nuclear Crisis
A district court in Japan ordered the state and the firm behind the Fukushima plant which set forth the 2011 nuclear crisis...
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Environmental issue
Japan Court Orders State And Utility To Pay 500 Million Yen In Damages Over Nuclear Crisis
A district court in Japan ordered the state and the firm behind the Fukushima plant which set forth the 2011 nuclear crisis...
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832Science and technologyThere’s a Neanderthal in All of Us, it Seems, and This is What it’s Doing
The miniscule amount of DNA from the Neanderthals, the species of archaic humans in the genus Homo that became extinct some 40,000...