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The Humans Who Dream Of Companies That Won't Need Usfastcompany.com
How would Ethereum's network autonomously run transportation apps, delivery services, and other companies? And would we even want that? -
Is the world running out of food?economist.com
Not in the short term. Stocks of grain and other foods are high, with another bumper harvest due in the northern hemisphere this year. Food prices have been dropping... -
How for-profit prisons have become the biggest lobby no one is talking aboutwashingtonpost.com
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Stanford researcher declares that the sixth mass extinction is herenews.stanford.edu
Paul Ehrlich and others use conservative estimates to prove that species are disappearing faster than at any time since the dinosaurs' demise. -
Ask Well: Can You Drink Too Much Water?well.blogs.nytimes.com
Dehydration can be dangerous during exercise, but is it possible to drink too much water? -
Ralph Roberts, Cable TV Pioneer Who Built Comcast, Dies at 95nytimes.com
Mr. Roberts turned a small cable service in Tupelo, Miss., into the largest cable television company in the nation. - warm-ridge-8132.herokuapp.com
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The Brain Agethelongandshort.org
The brain age: We could be entering a time of great neuro-discovery – along with the neuro-hype to match. Are you ready for it? By Steven Poole - incomsystems.biz
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Blood donors in Sweden get a text each time they save someone's lifeindependent.co.uk
With blood donation rates in decline all over the developed world, Sweden’s blood service is enlisting new technology to help push back against shortages. -
You Draw It: How Family Income Predicts Children’s College Chancesnytimes.com
Draw your guess for every income level, then compare it with the actual data on college enrollment and the drawings of other readers. -
入(rù-lang)ru-lang.org
ru-lang is a functional language build on top of clojurescript datastructure and macros. powed by mori and sweet.js -
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How I Grew My Company From $100 to $400 Millionentrepreneur.com
I first had to seek "the truth" in my business, which meant seeking its value to customers. -
A Bestiary of Sir Thomas Brownepublicdomainreview.org
Hugh Aldersey-Williams takes a tour through Thomas Browne's Pseudodoxia Epidemica, a work which sees one of the 17th-century's greatest writers stylishly debunk all manner of myths, in particular those relating to the world of animals. -
Hit Counters: The Analytics Tool of the Early Webpriceonomics.com
Hit counters tracked how many views a web page ever had. They were ugly, hackable, and shallow. But they were also the predecessor to present day web analytics. -
eBay Inc. Sells Equity Interest in craigslist | eBay Inc.ebayinc.com
eBay, Inc. announced today it has sold its equity interest in craigslist back to craigslist. In 2004, eBay acquired a 28.4% equity interest in craigslist. Under a confidential settlement agreement, craigslist has repurchased all of eBay's equity and ... -
European Copyright Madness: Court Strikes Down Law Allowing Users to Rip Their Own CDseff.org
Today the High Court of the United Kingdom handed down an excellent decision—excellent because the result is so unreasonable, so out of touch with reality, and so divorced from the needs and expectations of ordinary users, that it provides a textbook i... -
Ebay sells Craigslist stake back to Craigslistnews.yahoo.com
(Reuters) - EBay Inc said it has sold its 28.4 percent stake in Craigslist Inc back to the online classified advertising company. Under a confidential settlement agreement, all litigation between the companies will also be dismissed, eBay said in a blo...