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Scientists research man missing 90% of his brain who leads a normal life ~science medicine biology psychology.cognitive Article 361 words, published Apr 17 2023 27 votes
Archaeology student unearths seven spectacular Viking-era curled silver arm rings north of Denmark's second-largest city Aarhus ~humanities.history Article 312 words 9 votes
Ukraine's Kursk offensive: The lessons and risks of Ukraine's push into Russia ~news russia.kursk ukraine Video 1:05:44 40 votes
The LLMentalist effect: how chat-based large language models replicate the mechanisms of a psychic's con ~tech Article 4404 words, published Jul 4 2023 29 votes
The rise and fall of Usenet: How the original social media platform came to be ~tech social media Article 1237 words 9 votes
The gigantic and unregulated power plants in the cloud ~tech security.cyber Article 2240 words 12 votes
Google threatened tech influencers unless they 'preferred' the Pixel ~tech google android social media Article 908 words 28 votes
Another game, another milestone for Erling Haaland, who keeps getting better and better – Norway striker marked his 100th Manchester City appearance with his 91st goal ~sports.football Article 163 words 6 votes
She faked her chimp's death; then things went apeshit ~life.pets Article 5386 words, published Jul 30 2022 14 votes
Could Britain's soaring taxes push energy companies to Norway? Taxes on oil and gas profits have risen from 40% to about 78%, prompting several to think about pulling out. ~enviro energy Article 576 words 7 votes
US Federal Trade Commission bans fake online reviews, inflated social media influence; rule takes effect in October ~tech internet social media Article 52 votes
Flame Fatales 2024, a week-long charity event featuring speedruns, is live (runs August 18 - 24) ~games Link 10 votes
American Red Cross national blood inventory plummets 25% in July - declares emergency blood shortage ~health Article 896 words 54 votes
Sustainability of FOSS: The Next Generation Internet ecosystem ~tech internet.next generation Article 1591 words 14 votes
Arundhati Roy and Toomaj Salehi announced as joint winners of the Vaclav Havel Center’s 2024 ‘Disturbing the Peace’ Award to a Courageous Writer at Risk ~books Article 1430 words, published Aug 15 2024 5 votes
Scientists are now preparing to drill into the rock of Krafla in Iceland to learn more about how volcanoes behave ~enviro energy Video 6:09, published Aug 4 2024 3 votes
Burners eat big losses in desperate race to sell unwanted Burning Man tickets ~arts Article 1159 words 31 votes
Form Energy to build world’s largest battery energy storage system in Maine ~enviro Article 1456 words 18 votes
The water myth (how much water do you need?) ~health Article 1166 words, published May 15 2018 13 votes
There is an obvious way for Red Bull to escape its driver crisis, one it has shown no signs of even contemplating: Valtteri Bottas ~sports.motorsports Article 893 words 16 votes
Star Trek live-action comedy series in development ~tv Article 273 words, published Jul 27 2024 24 votes
How trans autistic people are using joy as political resistance in the US ~lgbt transgender Article 2343 words 22 votes