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What would you see on a journey to the centre of the Earth? | New Humanistnewhumanist.org.uk
Crystals as big as cities and a sea of liquid metal are just some of the wonders you would see. -
Why Circa failedtheverge.com
A front page led by the day’s biggest news. A selection of stories, chosen by editors, arranged more or less by importance. And inside, a bundle of sections highlighting various subjects: arts and... -
If you think DNA is a foolproof way to convict criminals, look a little closerfusion.net
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How Adobe keeps key employees from quittingfortune.com
Ditching annual performance reviews has paid unexpected dividends. -
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Humankind’s Existentially Lucky Numbersnytimes.com
Bump the dials just barely on figures like alpha’s value or the mass of the Higgs boson, and nothing like our universe could exist. - cs.gmu.edu
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High court rules against raisin board in dispute over setting aside crops to prop up priceslatimes.com
Striking down one of the last New Deal-era farm programs, the Supreme Court has sided with a California raisin grower in his decade-long legal battle over a federal raisin board's seizure of his crop to reduce supply and prop up prices. -
The $80 Million Fake Bomb-Detector Scam—and the People Behind Itvanityfair.com
When Baghdad bought tens of millions of dollars’ worth of British-made A.D.E. 651s, advertised as a foolproof bomb detector, the Iraqi government thought it would be saving countless lives. But the devices were laughable—based on a toy—and in the end h... -
Netflix U.S. Viewing to Surpass ABC, CBS, Fox and NBC by 2016: Analystsvariety.com
If Netflix were a Nielsen-rated TV network, the No. 1 streaming service would, within a year, attain a larger 24-hour audience than each of the major broadcast networks — ABC, CBS, Fox and NBC — ac... -
Google has quietly launched a GitHub competitor, Cloud Source Repositoriesventurebeat.com
Google hasn't announced it yet, but the company earlier this year started offering free beta access to Cloud Source Repositories, a new service for storing and editing code on the ever-expanding Google Cloud Platform. -
Harry Beck, Salutamus.londonhistorians.wordpress.com
I tend to avoid stuff that is widely covered, especially if I can't bring anything significantly new or different to the party. But the occasion must be marked. Today it's exactly 80 years since th... - xman.tw
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The Ten Commandments of egoless programmingtechrepublic.com
While trawling over some of our older content on Builder AU I came across a noteworthy article about egoless programming. - code.facebook.com
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Leaving mobile behind: The indie developers heading back to PCventurebeat.com
The flooded mobile market is stifling innovation and driving away smaller game studios. -
Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head: A Mosquito’s Lamentphenomena.nationalgeographic.com
This, in case you were wondering, is a mosquito. This is a raindrop. And here’s a puzzle. Raindrops aren’t mosquito friendly. If you’re a mosquito darting about on a rainy day, those ... -
The future of car making: Small teams using fewer materials - O'Reilly Radarradar.oreilly.com
Around two billion cars have been built over the last 115 years; twice that number will be built over the next 35-40 years. The environmental and health impacts... -
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