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What’s 250 Million Light-Years Big, Almost Empty, and Full of Answers? - Issue 16: Nothingness - Nautilusnautil.us
The darkest hole in the universe lies near the constellation Boötes, the plowman of the northern sky. This region, called a void,… -
The Case Against Adverbs : Teachers at Work : Thinkmap Visual Thesaurusvisualthesaurus.com
Thinkmap Visual Thesaurus: Teachers at Work - One of the students in my Fiction Writing Workshop told a classmate to take a red pen and cross out the multitude of adverbs he had strewn throughout his story. The rest of the class nodded their heads in a... -
EE Times - RISC-V: An Open Standard for SoCseetimes.com
Just as Linux has become the standard OS for most computing devices, Berkeley researchers envision RISC-V becoming the standard ISA for all computing devices. -
Hacker Redirects Traffic From 19 Internet Providers to Steal Bitcoins | Threat Level | WIREDwired.com
Among all the scams and thievery in the bitcoin economy, one recent hack sets a new bar for brazenness: Stealing an entire chunk of raw internet traffic from more than a dozen internet service providers, then shaking it down for as many bitcoins as pos... -
How Wall Street Tobacco Deals Left States With Billions in Toxic Debtpropublica.org
Politicians wanted upfront cash from a legal victory over Big Tobacco, and bankers happily obliged. The price? A handful of states promised to repay $64 billion on just $3 billion advanced. -
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Why Distruptive Innovation Can Help Market Leadersknowledge.wharton.upenn.edu
New research on disruptive innovation shows that disrupters and incumbents sometimes end up as collaborators, rather than one displacing the other. - kevindowd.com
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Bikanta’s Tiny Diamonds Find Cancer Before It Spreads | TechCrunchtechcrunch.com
Y Combinator-backed biotech company Bikanta wants to find and stop cancer at its source by inserting tiny, fluorescent diamonds inside your body. The.. -
The Three Unexplained Mysteries of Taxi Tipping Behaviorbusinessweek.com
When it comes to human behavior in a yellow cab, sometimes the data doesn't quite make sense no matter how you scrutinize it -
Hired Now Helps Tech Companies Find Executives | TechCrunchtechcrunch.com
Hired, a startup working to make recruiting more efficient, has expanded to include a category for VPs of engineering and chief technical officers (CTOs)... -
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Weeklygetweekly.co
With Weekly, manage your life one week at a time. Adding a task is as simple as picking a day of the week, and completing a task takes just one click. No more messing with complex lists and slow... -
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How a new type of "evercookie" tracks you onlineeconomist.com
INTERNET firms want to gather as much information as possible about web users' browsing habits, so they can serve more accurately targeted (and hence more lucrative)... -
The Making of Aprilzero: Part 2aprilzero.com
This is the story of designing & launching this site while traveling around the world, continued from part 1.