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Animals
Animals Keep Evolving Into Crabs, Which Is Somewhat Disturbing
Popular Mechanics - By Caroline Delbert
It's okay if this weirds you out. We knew the long quarantine was making us all crabby, but this is extreme: People now feel fully betrayed by the long history of crabification (technically, “carcinization”)...
9 hours ago
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George Washington
England gave up on trying to take over American colonies 239 years ago today
americanmilitarynews.com - Ryan Morgan
On Oct. 19, 1781, British Gen. Charles Cornwallis surrendered to the American Gen. George Washington, ending the 21-day siege of Yorktown, Va., the …
9 hours ago
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Mathematics
An Infinite Universe of Number Systems
Quanta Magazine - Kelsey Houston-Edwards
The p-adics form an infinite collection of number systems based on prime numbers. They’re at the heart of modern number theory. The rational numbers …
18 hours ago
MarkB Smith
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Michael Gove
Theresa May Caught On Camera Ridiculing Michael Gove’s Brexit Claims
HuffPost UK - By Arj Singh
“What?!” - former prime minister is dumbfounded as her old nemesis suggests Brexit will help “intensify” the UK’s security. Theresa May has ridiculed …
17 hours ago
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Foxconn
Trump and Scott Walker Linked Up For One of the Great Public-Private Scams in American History
Esquire - By Charles P. Pierce
The Foxconn deal looks worse by the day for the state of Wisconsin. Yes, sir. And no later than this morning. I went to my work as usual at ten o'clock, but the door was shut and locked, with a little...
1 day ago
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Tsunamis
Small tsunami generated by magnitude 7.5 earthquake that prompted evacuation orders
CNN
(CNN) — The magnitude 7.5 earthquake near Sand Point, Alaska, generated a tsunami, Scott Langley with the National Tsunami Warning Center said Monday afternoon. Langley said the tsunami sent two waves,...
10 hours ago