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The story of Capannori – A Zero Waste championzerowasteeurope.eu
Nowhere is the phrase “Mighty oaks from little acorns grow” truer than in the small town of Capannori, Italy, where a small but determined movement to stop the construction of an incinerator led to an Italy-wide grassroots Zero Waste movement. [...] -
Resurrecting the 8088 Micoprocessorzixg.com
I've started a new project--building circuits around the Intel 8088 microprocessor. I am unsure how far this will go, but the idea is to hit the basics such as addressing external memory, fetching... - mozilla.org
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Disabled dog runs for the first time thanks to 3D-printed legstheverge.com
Derby the dog was born with deformed front legs that left him unable to move faster than a crawl. But now, with the help of a team of orthopedic and 3D-printing experts, he can actually run.... -
That Old PlayStation Can Aid Sciencenytimes.com
Gaurav Khanna built a supercomputer at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth physics department using 200 PlayStation 3 consoles. - freedomlayer.org
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Beyond goodbyeedition.cnn.com
Some people not only share their life but their moment of death with loved ones. Are these 'shared-death experiences' real or a mirage? - hydralist.com
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The Death of Diversitymedium.com
Has the quest for perfect produce set us up for catastrophic losses when disease strikes? - gitr.io
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Retraction wars: is science broken? – Jill Neimark – Aeonaeon.co
Scientists seek demigod status, journals want blockbuster results, and retractions are on the rise: is science broken? -
Millions were in germ war teststheguardian.com
The Ministry of Defence turned large parts of the country into a giant laboratory to conduct a series of secret germ warfare tests on the public. -
David Foster Wallace and the Nature of Factblog.longreads.com
Josh Roiland | Literary Journalism Studies | Fall 2013 | 23 minutes (5,690 words) Josh Roiland is in his second year as a visiting assistant professor in the Department of American Studies and the ... -
Actually, Raising Beef Is Good for the Planetwsj.com
Despite environmentalists’ worries, cattle don’t guzzle water or cause hunger—and can help fight climate change. - trypap.com
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