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Mike Pence warns Nato it must boost defence spending
bbc.co.uk
US Vice-President Mike Pence has warned members of the Nato alliance to meet their defence spending targets. Speaking in Brussels, Mr Pence said that the American people could lose patience with Nato if
Islamic State battle: View from Iraq's front line
bbc.co.uk
The BBC's Quentin Sommerville joins government forces as they resume their push towards western Mosul, the last major stronghold of so-called Islamic State in Iraq.
Russia's UN ambassador Vitaly Churkin dies at work
bbc.co.uk
Russia's ambassador to the United Nations has died. Vitaly Churkin, who would have celebrated his 65th birthday on Tuesday, died suddenly while at work in New York on Monday, Russia's foreign ministry
Visit a Ghost Village at the Foot of an Angry Indonesian Volcano
WIRED - Laura Mallonee
Indonesia's Mount Sinabung erupted last weekend, coughing up a 22,000-foot plume of ash that clouded the sky for days. It was yet another in a series …
Lady Gaga's Isolated Vocals from the Super Bowl Are Proof She's a Living Legend
Good Housekeeping - Gina Mei
That voice! Even when she's giving her all to a super taxing dance routine while wearing a sky-high pair of heels, Lady Gaga is somehow still capable …
French tiny house comfortably fits family of three
Curbed - Selina Cheah
Featuring a private bedroom for the child There are many ways to design a tiny house fit for two, but when you add a third person—and a child at that—things sure get interesting. In this new Calypso tiny
Cells Divide by ‘Bricklaying On Moving Scaffolding’
scienceandtechnologyresearchnews.com - Ray Rasmussen
They investigated the process by viewing individual bacteria through advanced microscopes. This involved putting coloured labels on the cell wall …
These Unbelievable Photos of Lake Erie Show How Powerful Nature Can Be
House Beautiful - By Jenae Sitzes
Photographer Dave Sandford gets up close and personal to capture the "liquid mountains" in action. When the weather starts to get colder, Lake Erie comes alive. And when it does, you'll often find Canadian
Code for firefly protein makes mouse glow in the dark
futurity.org - Taylor Kubota-Stanford
Chemists and gene therapy experts have a new way to insert the code for modified proteins into the cells of mice. They’ve used firefly proteins to …
Portable brain-scanning helmet could be future for rapid brain injury assessments
The Guardian - Hannah Devlin Science correspondent in Boston
Stroke victims and those felled by head injuries on the sports pitch or battlefield could benefit from a new wearable scanner currently being tested A transportable brain-scanning helmet that could be
Major report prepares ground for genetic modification of human embryos
The Guardian - Ian Sample Science editor
US institutions cautiously endorse future use of gene editing procedures to prevent people passing serious medical conditions to their children Powerful gene editing procedures could one day be allowed
China sees 50% drop in severe weather since 1960
futurity.org - Liam Jackson-Penn State
The frequency of hail storms, thunderstorms, and high wind events has decreased by nearly 50 percent on average throughout China since 1960. The …
Weird Life Found Trapped in Giant Underground Crystals
National Geographic - Victoria Jaggard
Floating in pockets of fluid, the microbes are likely new to science and may be up to 50,000 years old, a NASA researcher says. 5 Minute Read By Victoria Jaggard Creatures that thrive on iron, sulfur,
PocketCHIP handheld Linux computer
boingboing.net - Mark Frauenfelder
Donald Bell of the Maker Project Lab checks out the PocketCHIP handheld Linux computer. It cost $69 and has a keyboard and color display. It's mainly …
KKK leader murdered by own family
boingboing.net - Jason Weisberger
This would suggest that people who hide beneath white sheets while cowardly attempting to scare the rest of us are no pleasure to live with. Frank …
US-born NASA scientist was detained at the border until he unlocked his phone
boingboing.net - Mark Frauenfelder
Sidd Bikkannavar, a scientist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), still doesn't know why he was detained by US Customs and Border Patrol and …
A robot that walks like an ostrich designed to “be the standard for legged autonomy”
boingboing.net - Mark Frauenfelder
Cassie is a two-legged robot that walks like an ostrich. It was developed by Agility Robotics. From Quartz: The legs are only the beginning. …
RIP Raymond Smullyan, Puzzle-Creating Logician
boingboing.net - Mark Frauenfelder
When I was in college I read and greatly enjoyed Raymond Smullyan logical puzzles books, especially What Is the Name of This Book? He died last week …
80-year-old lady surprised when TSA finds sword inside her walking cane
boingboing.net - Rob Beschizza
The AP reports that an 80-year-old South Carolina woman had no idea her cane contained a sword until she attempted to board a plane and it was …
Oh, She Glows! All the Scoop on Chrissy Teigen's Grammys Glam
People - Jackie Fields
The model's makeup artist reveals every product that went into the making of Chrissy Teigen's bronzy red carpet beauty moment At the Grammy Awards there seemed to only be one fashion rule: Skin is in.
Confirmed: These 6 Beauty Trends Are the Next Big Thing
byrdie.com - by Hallie Gould
Fashion week—eight full days of running around (in the snow), overanalyzing your outfit, drinking too much coffee (and a few cocktails), and picking …
Is racism why Adele beat Beyoncé at the Grammys?
CNN - By Lisa Respers France, CNN
(CNN) — Even Adele thinks Beyoncé should have won the album of the year Grammy over her. When the British pop star tearfully accepted the ceremony's top award Sunday night, she shined a spotlight on the
Who's Going To Stop Me?
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Make Your Space Look Bigger: 10 Lofted Bedrooms
dwell - Dwell
We believe that there are many awesome advantages to having a loft in your home. Loft design is a stylish and effective way to maximize space in any room of the house - especially the bedroom. If you mind
Ancient signals from the early Universe could unlock secrets of the Big Bang
Wired UK - Abigail Beall
iStock/agsandrew For the first time, physicists have revealed what the gravitational waves produced at the start of our Universe would have looked …
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One Green Planet - Sean McCarthy
California's dam crisis highlights the surprisingly deadly history of hydroelectric power
Business Insider - Dave Mosher
Dams can be amazing sources of renewable, carbon-free energy. Just build a sturdy wall, let a reservoir naturally fill up with water, and allow gravity to drive electric generators and power nearby towns
8 Widespread Water Myths, Debunked - Myth: National parks protect us by banning bottled water.
firstwefeast.com - Jean Trinh
Myth: All water mostly tastes the same. Riese says: “This is my big takeaway: all bottled waters are not the same. There are two huge differences that …
Lash Enhancement Tattoos Are About to Be the Hottest New Trend
Allure - Chantel Morel
It wasn’t long ago that we created our definitive guide to microblading due to its recent growth in popularity. Now, it appears that lash enhancement tattoos are the next beauty treatment on the rise.