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Russians impersonating U.S. State Department aide in hacking campaign: researchers
Reuters - By Christopher Bing
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Hackers linked to the Russian government are impersonating U.S. State Department employees in an operation aimed at infecting computers of U.S. government agencies, think tanks and
Military
A basic military technique I learned in a 3-day training for journalists heading to war zones could save your life
Business Insider - Harrison Jacobs
• I recently completed a three-day training for journalists and aid workers heading to dangerous places. As Business Insider's international correspondent, I'm regularly traveling the world. • Over the
Humor
Saudi Arabia’s Investigation of Jamal Khashoggi’s Murder Is a Tragic Farce
The New Yorker - Robin Wright
With a straight face, the Saudi foreign minister, Adel al-Jubeir, explained the murder of Jamal Khashoggi to a group of journalists on Thursday by saying, dismissively, “Sometimes mistakes happen.” The
Donald Trump Jr
Taxpayers’ cost for Trump Jr.’s business trip to India nearly $100K, documents show
The Washington Post - By Annie Gowen
Donald Trump Jr.’s trip to India to sell his family’s luxury condominium projects cost U.S. taxpayers nearly $100,000, documents obtained by The Washington Post show. The Department of Homeland Security,
Commonwealth Bank
Banking royal commission: What you need to know about the final round of hearings
abc.net.au - Daniel Ziffer
Missed the banking royal commission? Maybe heard something about charging dead people fees and conflicts of interest but didn't tune in? Don't worry, …
Tony Blair
EU Battlegroups: The European 'army' that politicians can't agree how to use
abc.net.au - Michael Vincent
Deep in the lush Belgium countryside, a European fighting force is already training and waiting, training and waiting. Two EU Battlegroups (EUBG) are …
Natural Gas
Report: 90% of Pipeline Blasts Draw No Financial Penalties
ecowatch.com - Lorraine Chow
A striking report has revealed that 90 percent of the 137 interstate pipeline fires or explosions since 2010 have drawn no financial penalties for …
Natural Gas
The EPA Gave Its Website a Pro-Fracking Makeover
VICE - Sarah Emerson
A new report from the Environmental Data & Governance Initiative has chronicled the changes the EPA made to its webpage on fracking. In January this year, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) revamped
Space
NASA Just Detailed a Magnetic Explosion Right in Earth's Atmosphere
Science Alert - MIKE MCRAE
Every now and then, Earth's protective magnetic cage changes its stripes, sending explosive showers of charged particles spilling into the atmosphere. …
Science
Observations from Mariana Trench Show Inner Earth Is Sucking Up Far More Water Than Previously Thought
Gizmodo - Ryan F. Mandelbaum
The Earth around the Mariana Trench, which contains the deepest point on the planet, could be slurping up at least 4.3 times more water than …
Atlantis
Could this be Atlantis? Ancient ruins flooded off the Spanish coast are the lost city declare UK satellite experts
dailymail.co.uk - Harry Pettit For Mailonline
The location of the lost city of Atlantis may finally have been discovered, according to one team of historians. Ancient ruins examined using …
Liberal View
What happens when the intelligence community decides that Trump is too dangerous to be president?
alternet.org - Jefferson Morley, Independent Media Institute
Trump’s “ignorance and psychosis” shakes CIA veterans.A surge of public activism by former CIA personnel is one of the most unexpected developments …
Environment
Orangutans Just Became The Only Non-Human Primates We Know of Who Can Talk About The Past
Science Alert - JACINTA BOWLER
Dogs, cats, or goldfish probably can't have conversations with each other about times long gone by – it's a feature we've thought was exclusive to …
New Zealand
Watch Divers Encounter a Bizarre Sea 'Creature' That Looks Like a Giant Tube
Science Alert - MICHAEL BRICE-SADDLER, THE WASHINGTON POST
From the video, the amorphous blob seems to stretch on for a mile as it snakes through the water, dwarfing the two divers who surround it. For …
World News
Inmate confesses to 90 deaths; investigators corroborate 30
Associated Press - By DAVID WARREN, Associated Press
DALLAS (AP) — A man convicted of three California murders and long suspected in numerous other deaths now claims he was involved in about 90 killings nationwide spanning nearly four decades, and investigators
Molecular Biology
What Lurks Beneath the Surface?
scientificamerican.com - Victoria Christensen
From about 1680 until 1870, French-Canadian fur traders traveled in birch bark canoes, exploring lakes and rivers in the remote wilderness along what …
The Future
SpaceX rocket successfully launches 'hammy' satellite
CNET - by Eric Mack
A Falcon 9 rocket carried a satellite to orbit equipped with some special gear for ham radio operators.
Contempt of Court
'Defamation is back big time', says senior judge, but warns victories may be Pyrrhic
abc.net.au - By Hagar Cohen
Australia is seeing a rise in #MeToo defamation cases coming to court, but our legal system is not equipped to handle them, according to a senior …
Science
Extremely Metal Study Shows Celts Removed Their Enemies’ Brains
Inverse
A bloody rumor gets a science fact-check. Archeological evidence hints that during the Iron Age, almost all of Western Europe was at war. But the …
Opinion
Saudi Arabia’s latest account of Khashoggi’s death is shocking in its audacity
The Washington Post - By Editorial Board
THE NEW account of Jamal Khashoggi’s death offered by Saudi Arabia on Thursday was shocking in its audacity. Having previously acknowledged that the journalist was the victim of premeditated murder, authorities
Quantum Mechanics
Physicists just discovered that some elements don't follow the normal rules of quantum mechanics
futurism.com
“It’s almost like being in an alternate universe because you’re seeing chemistry you simply don’t see in everyday elements,” said Albrecht-Schmitt in …
Donald Trump
Trump Just Blurted Out, Unprompted, That He Installed His Pet Attorney General Over the Russia Probe
Esquire - By Jack Holmes
If you wait long enough, the president will tell you outright that he did the shady thing. Wednesday, we explored the career timeline of Matthew Whitaker, the man whom Donald Trump, American president,
U.S. Politics
Matthew Whitaker’s denial about his company’s alleged fraud just suffered a major blow
The Washington Post
By Aaron Blake Aaron Blake Senior political reporter, writing for The Fix Email Bio Follow New questions are being raised about alleged fraudulent activity at a company where acting attorney general Matthew
Trump Administration
Trump administration's reported effort to 'barter' a US resident to convince Turkey to ramp down Khashoggi probe stuns foreign
INSIDER - Sonam Sheth and John Haltiwanger
• National-security and foreign-policy veterans were floored by a bombshell report that the US weighed extraditing one of Turkish President Recep …
Larry Summers
Larry Summers: 50 percent chance of a US recession by 2020
CNBC - David Reid
Former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers has put the chances of a U.S. recession at 50 percent within the next two years. The economist told CNBC's …
Science
When NASA pointed its Spitzer telescope at Oumuamua they couldn’t even see it
bgr.com - Mike Wehner
If there’s one space story that 2018 will be remembered for its the numerous ongoing investigations of the first interstellar object ever to be …
Environment
First Major Rain in Centuries Triggers Wave of Death in Earth's Driest Desert
Gizmodo - George Dvorsky
After not experiencing any meaningful amounts of precipitation for at least 500 years, Chile’s Atacama Desert is finally getting some rain. Quite …
U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security
The Hail Mary Plan to Restart a Hacked US Electric Grid
WIRED - Lily Hay Newman
In his years-long career developing software for power grids, Stan McHann had never before heard the ominous noise that rang out last Wednesday. …
Molecular Biology
Scientists crack the mystery of Xenothrix
newatlas.com - James Holloway
The mystery of the evolutionary history of a highly unusual Caribbean monkey has finally been solved. Xenothrix, a long-extinct primate, was so unlike …
Health Care
A Patient Complained About The Cost Of Her Medical Care. Here's How Her Doctor Responded.
Forbes - Peter Ubel
The oncologist had prescribed Xgeva hoping it would strengthen her bones while also delaying the progression of Angela Kahn’s breast cancer. But Kahn (a pseudonym) couldn’t get over the price of the drug.

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Russians impersonating U.S. State Department aide in hacking campaign: researchers

A basic military technique I learned in a 3-day training for journalists heading to war zones could save your life

Saudi Arabia’s Investigation of Jamal Khashoggi’s Murder Is a Tragic Farce

Taxpayers’ cost for Trump Jr.’s business trip to India nearly $100K, documents show

Banking royal commission: What you need to know about the final round of hearings

EU Battlegroups: The European 'army' that politicians can't agree how to use

Report: 90% of Pipeline Blasts Draw No Financial Penalties

The EPA Gave Its Website a Pro-Fracking Makeover

NASA Just Detailed a Magnetic Explosion Right in Earth's Atmosphere

Observations from Mariana Trench Show Inner Earth Is Sucking Up Far More Water Than Previously Thought

Could this be Atlantis? Ancient ruins flooded off the Spanish coast are the lost city declare UK satellite experts

What happens when the intelligence community decides that Trump is too dangerous to be president?

Orangutans Just Became The Only Non-Human Primates We Know of Who Can Talk About The Past

Watch Divers Encounter a Bizarre Sea 'Creature' That Looks Like a Giant Tube

Inmate confesses to 90 deaths; investigators corroborate 30

What Lurks Beneath the Surface?

SpaceX rocket successfully launches 'hammy' satellite

'Defamation is back big time', says senior judge, but warns victories may be Pyrrhic

Extremely Metal Study Shows Celts Removed Their Enemies’ Brains

Saudi Arabia’s latest account of Khashoggi’s death is shocking in its audacity

Physicists just discovered that some elements don't follow the normal rules of quantum mechanics

Trump Just Blurted Out, Unprompted, That He Installed His Pet Attorney General Over the Russia Probe

Matthew Whitaker’s denial about his company’s alleged fraud just suffered a major blow

Trump administration's reported effort to 'barter' a US resident to convince Turkey to ramp down Khashoggi probe stuns foreign

Larry Summers: 50 percent chance of a US recession by 2020

When NASA pointed its Spitzer telescope at Oumuamua they couldn’t even see it

First Major Rain in Centuries Triggers Wave of Death in Earth's Driest Desert

The Hail Mary Plan to Restart a Hacked US Electric Grid

Scientists crack the mystery of Xenothrix

A Patient Complained About The Cost Of Her Medical Care. Here's How Her Doctor Responded.