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The Mighty collaborates with The Marfan Foundation for Marfan Syndrome Awareness Month to ask their communities: "What's one 'hidden' symptom of living with Marfan syndrome?"
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The United States, which is among dozens of Western nations to recognize opposition leader Juan Guaido as Venezuela's legitimate president, has been stockpiling aid in the Colombian frontier town of Cucuta to ship across the border this weekend. With tensions running high after Guaido invoked the c...
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"We are alarmed that Microsoft is working to provide weapons technology to the U.S. Military, helping one country's government 'increase lethality' using tools we built,” said the workers in a letter that began circulating throughout the company on Friday. The letter, addressed to Microsoft Chief E...
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Microsoft employees are protesting against a $480m (£374m) contract to create an augmented reality headset to "increase lethality" of American soldiers, claiming they have been unwittingly turned into "war profiteers". Hundreds signed a letter to chief executive Satya Nadella...
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government ordered a review of the Trans Mountain Project taking into account its impact on killer whales after the Federal Court of Appeal blocked it over concerns for the marine mammals. The National Energy Board (NEB) said the project would have "significant adver...
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“Well we’re not doing anything right now,” Trump told reporters when asked about an executive order. “I guess there’s a question as to whether or not that’s being included in the agreement,” Trump said in the Oval Office during a meeting with Chinese Vice Premier Liu He as trade talks continued. T...
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An elementary school girl in Ohio died the same day she was told she had the flu and strep throat, her school and family says.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Virgin Galactic's rocket plane reached space for a second time in a test flight over California on Friday, climbing higher and faster than before while also carrying a crewmember to evaluate the long-awaited passenger experience.
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With Washington's allies poised for victory against Islamic State fighters who are making a final stand in a pocket near the Iraqi border, the White House announced plans on Thursday to keep "a small peacekeeping force" in Syria. The announcement partially reversed Trump's abrupt decision in Decemb...
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Oil prices touched their highest since mid-November on Friday and posted weekly gains for the second week in a row, boosted by hopes that U.S.-China trade talks would soon produce a deal, although new record U.S. oil supply limited gains. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures gained 30 c...
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You can't remember something you never heard and you can't follow directions if you didn't hear them right.
science / science - 5 years ago
William Happer is a National Security Council technology adviser spearheading an initiative to create a presidential committee on climate. Scientists see his proposal as part of a disturbing trend in which the Trump administration elevates ideological opponents of established scientific views.
science / science - 5 years ago
The stylophoran was weird. At long last, scientists know how to classify it.
science / science - 5 years ago
The Morgan Stanley loans, signed in the final days of 2018, represent about $50 million in new borrowing. Musk, with a $23.4 billion fortune, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, is among ultra-wealthy property owners including Mark Zuckerberg, Ken Griffin, and Beyonce and Jay-Z who have...
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Part of the pressuriser, a primary circuit component of the reactor, is vibrating at levels that exceed safety limits, said Pekka Valikangas, the regulator's section head for nuclear reactor regulation, ahead of an important assessment which is due to be published on Monday. "The test results show...