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KFC to sell Beyond Meat's plant-based 'fried chicken' in the southern US ~food restaurants.chain meat Article 358 words 18 votes
Facebook to pay $550 million to settle a class-action lawsuit over its use of facial recognition technology in Illinois ~tech facebook privacy social media Article 846 words 9 votes
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The opening of the long-awaited Munch Museum in Oslo has been postponed until the autumn due to delays in the building process ~arts art painting Article 370 words 3 votes
Megadrill to build power highway below Stockholm's landmarks – Sweden's growing capital needs more electricity for homes and new industries ~enviro energy Article 3 votes
Australian scientists first to grow Wuhan coronavirus outside China ~health Article 356 words 13 votes
Chinese embassy to Denmark wants Jyllands-Posten to apologize for publishing a drawing that depicts China's flag with virus symbols instead of five stars ~news denmark journalism china Article 11 votes
NASA selects Axiom Space to build commercial space station module ~space spaceflight.commercial Article 639 words 5 votes
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How will you measure your life? Clayton Christensen’s advice on how to determine success. ~life Article 4171 words, published Jul 1 2010 3 votes
A journalist in Japan looks at how much single-use plastic he accumulates in a week, then attempts to spend a week without using any ~enviro recycling plastics.single use Article 2583 words 17 votes
The Muslim world’s question: ‘What happened to us?’ ~humanities.history Article 3066 words, published Jan 25 2020 5 votes
The mafia is more powerful than it’s ever been ~life Article 2088 words, published Jun 16 2018 8 votes
Uber tests feature allowing some California drivers to set fares ~transport Article 92 words, published Jan 21 2020 5 votes
Svalbard: Minute By Minute – Norway's state-owned NRK is about to air its longest and most ambitious show yet ~tv Article 514 words 8 votes
Boeing enjoys rare moment of brightness as massive 777X makes first flight ~transport Article 1382 words 7 votes
Missouri charmer led double life, masterminded one of the biggest frauds in farm history ~food Article 4963 words 6 votes
A writer who’s afraid to tell people what they don’t want to hear has chosen the wrong trade ~misc Article 2775 words 11 votes
Australia confirms first case of coronavirus as protective masks sell out ~health Article 545 words 12 votes
You can track your assets, including everything from ROVs to containers anywhere in the world with Iridium’s new IoT tracking capability ~tech Article 998 words 5 votes
Greenpeace loses Norway Arctic oil lawsuit appeal – Oslo appeals court approved Norway's plans for more oil exploration in the Arctic ~enviro climate change Article 591 words 7 votes
NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine on the year ahead: ‘A lot of things have to go right’ ~space spaceflight.commercial Article 1793 words 10 votes
Why we should change Australia Day ... to the fourth Friday in January ~life Article 489 words 5 votes
DirecTV fears explosion risk from satellite with damaged battery ~space satellites.geo Article 440 words 7 votes
America’s radioactive secret: Oil-and-gas wells produce nearly a trillion gallons of toxic waste a year ~enviro Article 8598 words 10 votes
Smartphones have blurred the distinction between different spaces by turning anywhere into a place you can work, watch TV/videos, talk with friends, and more ~tech Article 2356 words, published Jan 16 2020 10 votes
In Paris, the rebuilding of Notre Dame is being shaped by history, myth, and Emmanuel Macron ~design architecture Article 2075 words 10 votes
Gender neutral toilets in use for first time at Australian Open ~lgbt transgender Article 410 words 10 votes
Iceland's melting glaciers are nothing to panic about ~enviro climate change Article 1020 words 2 votes
Norway made an outspoken right-wing lawmaker who once called wind turbines 'white monsters' its oil and energy minister ~enviro energy.renewable Article 357 words 9 votes
Denmark's government wants a planned bridge over the Kattegat sea between Aarhus and Copenhagen to carry trains as well as cars, more than doubling the cost ~transport Link 6 votes
Prohibition was a failed US experiment in moral governance ~humanities.history Article 475 words 13 votes
Three US airports to check passengers for a deadly Chinese coronavirus ~health Article 957 words 8 votes
Power loss halves GEO satellite Eutelsat 5 West B capacity, while ESO hosted payload spared ~space spaceflight.commercial spaceflight.communications satellites.geo Article 427 words 4 votes
Sierra Nevada explores other uses of Dream Chaser ~space spaceflight.commercial Article 724 words, published Jan 14 2020 4 votes