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Paris Olympics 2024: Locals ask if they're worth the trouble
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The final frontier? How humans could live underwater in 'ocean stations'
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AI-powered digital colleagues are here. Some 'safe' jobs could be vulnerable.
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Russia: LGBT groups could be declared 'extremist' in court ruling
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The Internet is Worse Than Ever – Now What?
Go to https://ground.news/nutshell to get 30% off unlimited access to Ground News - a website and app that gathers the world’s news in one place so you can compare coverage and find common ground. Sources & further reading: https://sites.google.com/view/sources-why-we-hate-each-other/ In 2022 n
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PrEP: Preventative HIV drug highly effective, study says
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What if we aimed the Hubble Telescope at Earth?
Get a copy of What If? 2 and Randall’s other books at: https://xkcd.com/books More serious answers to absurd questions at: https://what-if.xkcd.com/ If you pointed the Hubble telescope at the Earth, what could you see? Could you read over your neighbor’s shoulder? Or would it all just be a big
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'Perfect solar system' found in search for alien life
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What we can learn from the ancient art of wayfinding
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Stephen Fry reads Nick Cave's stirring letter about ChatGPT and human creativity
In August of this year, as part of his Red Hand Files correspondence project, legendary musician Nick Cave was asked questions about creativity and ChatGPT by two fans, Leon and Charlie. Nick replied with a single letter, which Stephen Fry joined us to read at the 10th anniversary Letters Live sho
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A shark nursery may be a stone's throw from Miami's bright lights
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How Hamas built a force to attack Israel on 7 October
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Samuel Paty: Six French teenagers on trial over teacher's murder
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Harvard under fire for helping elite skip the queue
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Tyrian purple: The lost ancient pigment that was more valuable than gold
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The last places on Earth to see truly dark starry nights
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The Self-Levitating Kingsbury Aerodynamic Bearing
The first 100 people to go to https://blinkist.com/stevemould will get unlimited access for 1 week to try it out. You'll also get 25% off if you want full membership. Hydrodynamic bearings are really cool! The Kingsbury aerodynamic bearing is a brilliant example as is an ordinary glass syringe. A
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Korean true crime fan murdered stranger 'out of curiosity'
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A23a: World's biggest iceberg on the move after 30 years
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Could airports make hydrogen work as a fuel?
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Napoleon and Josephine: Was their great love affair a myth?
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Pakistan charging refugees $830 to leave
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China says no 'unusual or novel pathogens' after WHO queries respiratory outbreaks
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