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Hong Kong
Someone Is Doxing Hong Kong Protesters And Journalists — And China Wants Them To Keep Going
buzzfeednews.com - Rosalind Adams and Jane Lytvynenko
Days after an activist was doxed, thugs brutally attacked him outside his home. The site with information on him and more than 100 others is being …
1 day ago
Climate
Former intelligence analyst says White House tried to delete "basic science" from climate change report
CBS News - Margaret Brennan
An intelligence analyst for the State Department resigned in protest in July after the White House blocked his report on the national security …
2 days ago
Geology
Real-life Atlantis: Lost continent found under Europe is revealing Earth's missing history
NBC News - By Corey S. Powell
Research has turned up lost continents buried beneath Europe and in the Pacific Ocean, and there may be more. More than 2,000 years ago, Plato wrote about a land called Atlantis, where a mighty empire
2 days ago
Climate
Photos: What the youth climate strike looks like around the world
Vox - Brian Resnick
This story is part of Covering Climate Now, a global collaboration of more than 250 news outlets to strengthen coverage of the climate story. Friday may be remembered as the largest global demonstration
2 days ago
Chainsaws
We Can't Stop Watching This Helicopter Chainsaw Slice Up Tree Limbs
Popular Mechanics - By Jennifer Leman
If you've been on the internet today, you've probably seen this video of a giant chainsaw suspended from the bottom of a helicopter: The contraption—a long aluminum tube with 10 spinning blades—swings
3 days ago
Surveillance
White House also involved in advising DNI not to share whistleblower complaint
CNN - By Pamela Brown, Evan Perez, Kevin Liptak, Manu Raju
(CNN) — The White House and the Justice Department have advised the nation's top intelligence agency that a controversial complaint involving President Donald Trump isn't governed by laws covering intelligence
3 days ago
News
Former Bush staffer urges 'fellow Latinos' to vote Trump out of office in 2020
ABC News - Matthew M. Ley
A former staffer in the George W. Bush White House has urged his “fellow Latinos” to vote President Trump out of office, saying Republicans "have …
3 days ago
Science
Here Are New Pics of That Weird Substance China Found on the Moon
futurism.com - Victor Tangermann
China’s Yutu-2 lunar lander just sent back new images of a strange substance it found near a small crater on the far side of the Moon. Last month, the …
3 days ago
Geek
Submerged for Decades, Spanish ‘Stonehenge’ Reemerges After Drought
Gizmodo - George Dvorsky
Receding water levels in Spain’s Valdecañas Reservoir has exposed a stone monument dating back to between 4,000 to 5,000 years ago. Unusually warm …
3 days ago
Stratford
Stratford paid $75,091 to end recent cyber attack
ctvnews.ca - CTV Kitchener
The City of Stratford has released new details about April’s ransomware attack. They say staff first noticed issues on April 14, when several crucial …
3 days ago
Evolution
I Was Never Taught Where Humans Came From
The Atlantic - Olga Khazan
Many American students, myself included, never learn the human part of evolution. Here’s what I remember from biology class at my public high school in Texas: We learned everything there is to know about
3 days ago
Offbeat News
Scientists Discover Previously Unknown Mysterious Antarctic Creatures From 11,500 Feet Below the Ice
laughingsquid.com - Lori Dorn
In 2015, the NZNIWA RV Tangaroa set sail out of Wellington, New Zealand on her way to Terra Nova Bay, Antarctica. Aboard this ice strengthened, deep …
3 days ago
Business
‘Worse Than Anyone Expected’: Air Travel Emissions Vastly Outpace Predictions
The New York Times - Hiroko Tabuchi
This article has been revised to reflect the following correction: An earlier version of this story misstated the nature of a global aviation summit meeting in Montreal next week. While industry representatives
3 days ago
Science
DNA reveals first look at enigmatic human relative
National Geographic - Maya Wei-Haas
For nearly a decade, researchers have puzzled over what the Denisovans looked like. Now, we have our best model yet of the species' skeleton. Gokhman, then a Ph.D. student at the Hebrew University of was
3 days ago
Birds
Birds Are Vanishing From North America
The New York Times - Carl Zimmer
The number of birds in the United States and Canada has fallen by 29 percent since 1970, scientists reported on Thursday. There are 2.9 billion fewer birds taking wing now than there were 50 years ago.
3 days ago
Liberal View
For the sake of life on Earth, we must put a limit on wealth
The Guardian - George Monbiot
It is not quite true that behind every great fortune lies a great crime. Musicians and novelists, for example, can become extremely rich by giving other people pleasure. But it does appear to be universally
3 days ago
Carbon Dioxide
A sliver of the atmosphere is about to cause big problems on Earth
Inverse - Jason West
That percentage of CO2 isn't as small as you think. I heard that carbon dioxide makes up 0.04% of the world’s atmosphere. Not 0.4% or 4%, but 0.04%! …
3 days ago
Cybersecurity
Exposed Files Leak Details on SORM, Russia's Pervasive Domestic Surveillance System
Gizmodo - Dell Cameron
A California-based security company on Wednesday revealed its researchers had discovered more than 1.7 terabytes of proprietary telecommunications …
3 days ago
Literature
Trump's communications with a foreign leader sparked whistleblower complaint
CNN - By Zachary Cohen, CNN
Washington (CNN) — A communication between President Donald Trump and a foreign leader prompted a whistleblower complaint that is now at the center of a dispute between the director of national intelligence
3 days ago
Environment
A New Jersey Soil Bacteria Is First to Break Down Toxic 'Forever Chemical'
Gizmodo - Ryan F. Mandelbaum
Scientists have found a bacteria capable of breaking down toxic “forever chemicals” in New Jersey soil. Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, called …
4 days ago
Climate Change
Yes, the Climate Crisis May Wipe out Six Billion People
thetyee.ca - William E. Rees
Creator of the ‘ecological footprint’ on life and death in a world 4 C hotter. “Carbon emissions may continue to rise, the polar ice caps may continue …
4 days ago
Malware
The CCleaner Virus: What It Is and How to Remove It
Lifewire - S.E. Slack
There you are, just trying to be proactive and use an effective tool to remove unwanted programs to organize your computer and keep it running …
4 days ago
Comets
‘This Is Clearly Coming From Outside the Solar System’
The Atlantic - Marina Koren
The second known visitor to our cosmic neighborhood from another star is making quite an entrance. No one knows where it came from, but it’s here now. And the chase is on. Astronomers around the world
4 days ago
Technology
Philippines Arrests Hundreds of Chinese For Alleged Cybercrimes
Bloomberg - Andreo Calonzo
About 600 allegedly illegal Chinese workers have been arrested in the Philippines in less than a week after Beijing’s call for a crackdown on online …
4 days ago
History of Science
The Antikythera Mechanism: the ancient Greek computer that mapped the stars
sciencefocus.com - Alexander Jones
Built over 2,000 years ago, the Antikythera mechanism calculated the movement of the Sun, Moon and planets using a system of dials and gears. Imagine, …
4 days ago
Corey Lewandowski
Corey Lewandowski: "I have no obligation to be honest with the media"
Axios - Zachary Basu
Under questioning from counsel Barry Berke during the House Judiciary Committee's impeachment hearing on Tuesday, former Trump campaign manager Corey …
4 days ago
Technology
Gootkit malware crew left their database exposed online without a password
ZDNet - Catalin Cimpanu
The criminal gang behind the Gootkit malware has made the same mistake that thousands of legitimate companies have made before them in the past years …
5 days ago
Technology
Colossal Ecuador leak exposes data of 20M individuals — including Julian Assange
TNW - Mix
Welp, 2019 is shaping up to be the year of nationwide data breaches. After Bulgaria and Chile, Ecuador has suffered a colossal data leak, containing the personal information for over 20 million individuals
5 days ago
WannaCry
City police chief urges banks to report cyber attacks after WannaCry episode - CityAM
cityam.com - Sebastian McCarthy
Major public companies decided not to report cyber attacks to the authorities during the worldwide WannaCry incident over fears that their reputation …
5 days ago
Exoplanets
Exiled exomoon may be dimming "alien megastructure" star
newatlas.com - Michael Irving
Tabby’s Star is one of the weirdest stars ever found. It flickers and fades over a few days, before flaring back up to its usual brightness in a …
5 days ago

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