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  Alex Garcia

  Jul 18, 2015
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  Alex Garcia

  

  Surprising frozen plains in Pluto’s heart

  earthsky.org - Deborah Byrd

  The latest data received from NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft – which swept past the dwarf planet Pluto on July 14, 2015 – has revealed a vast, …

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  Alex Garcia

  

  Facebook Builds A Rough Road Back For Those Booted By Its “Real Name” Policy

  BuzzFeed - Alex Kantrowitz

  Process hell and faceless bureaucracy may await those locked out of their accounts — even when they use their legal names. Eveshka Ghost Until recently, Daniel Wilson, a transgender musician based in England, went by the name Chalcedony Angel on Facebook. The moniker, a stage name, worked fine for a …

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  Alex Garcia

  

  There is a new megatrend in the oil and gas industry

  Business Insider - Michael McDonald,

  Few trends have been bigger or more exciting to watch in the last decade than the rise of drones. From serious applications like warfare to more quirky ones like pizza delivery, the world is still clearly just starting to figure out how drones can profitably be used. That background makes the recent …

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  Alex Garcia

  

  Total SA chief warns Alberta NDP against tax hike

  The Globe and Mail - Shawn McCarthy

  The head of one of the world's largest oil companies has a stark warning for Alberta's fledgling NDP government: An increase in taxes in what is already a high-cost oil sands sector will have a dramatic impact on future investment. Total SA – the fifth-largest Western oil company – is a major …