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US ACCUSED OF FEEDING DEAD KITTENS TO HEALTHY ONES IN ANIMAL CANNIBALISM EXPERIMENTS SINCE 1982

Politics
animal cannibalism

In a long animal cannibalism experiment, the US is accused of feeding dead kittens to healthy ones since 1982. The experiment used over 3000 cats.

Al Pacino’s Iconic Laughter Scene in …And Justice for All: A Moment of Despair and Disillusionment

Arts
al pacino

Al Pacino’s laughing scene in the movie “And Justice For All” is one of the most hilarious and spontaneous laughing scenes in the history of cinema.

Linus Torvalds Was Approached by the NSA for Backdoor in Linux

Politics
linus torvalds

Linus Torvalds was approached by the National Security Agency for backdoor in Linux, according to his father Nils Torvalds.

The Fed Won’t Let Germany Inspect Its Own Gold

Politics
gold

The Federal Reserve refused in 2013 to let Germany inspect its own gold stored in the US. This raised questions about whether it still in the vaults or not.

LINUX KERNEL 5.0 INITIAL REVIEW

Technology
linux kernel

Initial review of the new kernel 5.0 of Linux operating system.

How to Recover Gold From Computer Motherboard

Misc
computer gold

Computer motherboard has a small but valuable amount of gold in it. This video describes an easy process of extracting that gold.

NIXON AND REAGAN ADVISER CLAIMS LBJ KILLED JFK

History
jfk lbj

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THE TRUE COLORS OF EUROPE ANCIENT STATUES

History
europe colors

The true colors of the ancient statues of the Greek and Roman civilizations.

CROCODILE JOINS COUPLE IN THE POOL

Misc
crocodile wtf

Crocodile joins a couple who were having a romantic moment in the swimming pool.

Amazon HQ: Texas Experience Shows Why New Yorkers Were Right to Be Skeptical

Politics
amazon headquarters

New York offered Amazon US$3 billion to build a second HQ on the promise of 25k jobs. Later, Amazon backed out, citing political opposition to its plans.

JFK ASSASSINATION: WHO WAS THE UMBRELLA MAN?

History
umbrella man

Who was the umbrella man in the JFK assassination footage?

New Evidence for a Human Magnetic Sense That Lets Your Brain Detect Earth’s Magnetic Field

Science
magnetic

Do human beings have a magnetic sense? Biologists know other animals do. They think it helps creatures including bees and birds navigate through the world.

What Happens to the Natural World If All the Insects Disappear?

Science
bugs

Despite their ubiquity in the animal kingdom, a report warned of a “bugpocalypse”, as surveys indicated that insects are declining at an alarming rate.

What the Coincheck Hack Tells Us About How Australian Regulators Will Handle a Cryptocurrency Hack

Technology
cryptocurrency

In the past eight years, more than a third of all cryptocurrency exchanges have been hacked. The total losses exceed US$1 billion.

How the Ford F150 Became King of Cars

Misc

Ford F-150 is the best-selling vehicle in the US, a title it has held for the last 36 years. More than 40 million F-Series trucks have been sold since 1948.

The Promise of the Learn to Code Movement

Technology
Teaching coding UC San Diego

Computer science and programming education must suit the needs of 21st-century learners. Otherwise, the cost will be a disillusioned workforce.

Lessons From Spider Man: How a Video Game Could Change Science Education

Misc
spider man

The millions of people playing “Spider-Man” video game have been unwittingly introduced to principles of quantum mechanics.

Why Don’t Big Companies Keep Their Computer Systems up To Date?

Technology
data center

When senior executives at companies aren’t tech-savvy, they often lack understanding of what’s at stake and how to quickly protect valuable information.

Drug and Device Makers Pay Thousands of Doctors With Disciplinary Records

Politics
drugs

Critics of industry payments to doctors say they can influence recipients to prescribe drugs that cost more, may not be necessary or are similar to cheaper generics.

Scientists Have a Word for Studying the Post-Truth World: Agnotology

Arts
truth

Agnotology is not often discussed, because studying the absence of something, in this case knowledge in the post truth world, is incredibly difficult.

Civilization VI: Gathering Storm Shows Video Games Can Make Us Think Seriously About Climate Change

Technology
civilization video games

Civilization VI, the latest in a popular series of video games adds new features, most notably climate change and natural disasters.

Could Consciousness All Come Down To the Way Things Vibrate?

Science
consciousness

Why is my consciousness here, while yours is over there? Why is the universe split in two for each of us, into a subject and an infinity of objects?

Endangered Species Could Be Saved From Extinction by Mathematical Models

Science
barbary ape

It’s now possible to predict how likely an endangered species is to go extinct, with mathematical models acting as windows into the future.

Women Are Better Than Men at the Basketball Free Throw Line

Sports
basketball

Women shoot basketball free throws at 3 percent higher consistency than men. Men and women are very close, but the women edge out the men.

How Big Pharma Is Hindering Treatment of the Opioid Addiction Epidemic

Politics
opioid addiction

Drugs do exist to reverse opioid overdoses or treat long-term opioid addiction. But while opioids have become easier and easier to obtain through illicit markets and sellers on the dark web, a drug that could save countless lives has become increasingly out of reach.

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