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Obama Says Sony ‘Made a Mistake’ Canceling Filmwsj.com
President Obama criticized Sony Pictures for pulling a movie out of theaters in response to a hack attack U.S. officials blame on North Korea, saying it sets a bad precedent and could encourage further censorship. -
Quantum physics just got less complicatedphys.org
Here's a nice surprise: quantum physics is less complicated than we thought. An international team of researchers has proved that two peculiar features of the quantum world previously considered distinct are different manifestations of the same thing. ... -
The Unbreakable Laura Hillenbrandnytimes.com
Racked for years by a mysterious illness, the author of “Seabiscuit” and “Unbroken” has defied the odds to write indelible works of history. - teslamotors.com
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Brazil's Pirahã Tribe: Living without Numbers or Time - SPIEGEL ONLINEspiegel.de
The Pirahã people have no history, no descriptive words and no subordinate clauses. That makes their language one of the strangest in the world -- and also one of the most hotly debated by linguists. -
The Dominant Life Form in the Cosmos Is Probably Superintelligent Robotsmotherboard.vice.com
The NASA scientists, philosophers, and futurists who believe that the aliens we meet most likely won't be a life form at all. -
Kepler Spacecraft Finds New ‘Super-Earth’ 180 Light-Years Awaynytimes.com
The planet, about two and a half times the size of Earth, is in a category of planets called super-Earths that do not exist in our solar system. -
NASA's Kepler Spacecraft Finds 1st Alien Planet of New Missionnews.yahoo.com
NASA's Kepler space telescope is discovering alien planets again. "Like a phoenix rising from the ashes, Kepler has been reborn and is continuing to make discoveries," study lead author Andrew Vanderburg, of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophys... -
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TextIt Open Sources Technology Platform as RapidProblog.textit.in
We've been a bit quiet on this blog for the past six months but today we're at last ready to tell you why. As most of you already know, TextIt was born from Nyaruka's experience building custom... -
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Worlds Without End - Issue 3: In Transit - Nautilusnautil.us
It might sound strange to you, but a telescope is no less a vessel of exploration than the ones used by ancient explorers to discover… -
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FBI Says North Korea Behind Sony Hackwsj.com
The Federal Bureau of Investigation said Friday evidence points to North Korea as the culprit behind a hack of Sony Pictures that led the studio to pull the movie “The Interview” out of theaters. -
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Find local banks and invest in growing your community | BankLocalbanklocal.info
Find great local banks and invest in growing your community. Our interactive map and bank report cards arm you with knowledge you need to make the right choice. -
Instagram deletes millions of accounts in spam purgem.bbc.co.uk
Photo-sharing app Instagram has removed millions of accounts believed to be posting spam, angering many legitimate users.