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Energy East cancelled by TransCanada | Justin Trudeau slammed for "disastrous energy policies"
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Huge 'People Over Pipeline' Victory as TransCanada Forced to Kill Energy East
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In what environmentalists are calling a major victory for pipeline opponents and the planet, TransCanada announced Thursday that it is abandoning its …
Smoking Versus Edibles
The Atlantic - James Hamblin
What is the lowest-risk route of cannabis administration? (Please don’t come at me with a vape pen.) Asking for a Friend, I have a friend who smokes weed pretty much daily. In a world of medicinal and
U.S. Politics
Trump Keeps Derailing His Own Agenda
FiveThirtyEight - By Ben Casselman, Maggie Koerth-Baker and Anna Maria Barry-Jester
Once again, the president’s efforts to talk about infrastructure collapsed under a mess of his own making. Welcome to TrumpBeat, FiveThirtyEight’s …
Inside the anti-antidepressants movement
metro.co.uk - Ellen Scott
Lifestyle editor Whenever I write about mental health medication on the internet, I can guarantee I’ll get at least one comment, message, or email …
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GE and Tesla to Outfit 50 Home Depot Stores With Solar Panels
Bloomberg - Chris Martin
General Electric Co.’s Current unit and Tesla Inc. will install solar systems on 50 Home Depot Inc. stores and sell the power output to the …
Pain
This Powerful New Painkiller Could Be The Unexpected Ticket to Replacing Opioids
Science Alert - MIKE MCRAE
We desperately need a new drug to treat pain. Researchers have developed a new class of pain relief that acts on an obscure nerve pathway, opening the …
Carbon Dioxide
One of the biggest criticisms against wind and solar energy has been quashed
Quartz - Akshat Rathi
One of the biggest criticisms of the renewable-energy industry is that it has been propped up by government subsidies. There is no doubt that without government help, it would have been much harder for
The Dark Minds of the 'Alt-Right'
The Atlantic - Olga Khazan
The startling results of a new study that asked white nationalists what they really believe Some of the protesters who marched through Charlottesville last weekend were described as “alt-right,” a newish
Molecular Biology
When White Nationalists Get DNA Tests That Reveal African Ancestry
The Atlantic - Sarah Zhang
An analysis of Stormfront forums shows a sometimes sophisticated understanding of the limits of ancestry tests. The white-nationalist forum Stormfront hosts discussions on a wide range of topics, from
Habitual cannabis use alters brain oxygen
Medical News Today - By Maria Cohut
Tetrahydrocannabinol, the main active ingredient in cannabis, is linked to changes in how oxygen "travels" through the brain. This may correlate with …
Scientists discover 91 volcanoes slumbering beneath the West Antarctic Ice Sheet
Mashable - Andrew Freedman
In a discovery that sounds like the premise for an environmental disaster movie starring Jake Gyllenhaal, researchers say they've identified 91 …
5 People Are Dead After Undergoing FDA-Approved Obesity Treatment
Science Alert - KRISTINE PHILLIPS, THE WASHINGTON POST
The procedure places a silicone balloon in the stomach. The US Food and Drug Administration is investigating the sudden deaths of five people who had …
A Closer Look at 'Rogue Planets' Adrift in the Universe
discovermagazine.com
Not all stars are good parents to their budding planets — some get downright nasty and kick their children into interstellar space. We’ve found a …
Chemistry
Once Thought Impossible, Scientists Create Cold Fires In Space
VICE - Michael Byrne
Surprising results point to the possibility of hyper-clean and efficient combustion engines on Earth. Lighting fires within a contained environment shared with considerable amounts of highly flammable
Woman of 24 found to have no cerebellum in her brain
newscientist.com - Helen Thomson
DON’T mind the gap. A woman has reached the age of 24 without anyone realising she was missing a large part of her brain. The case highlights just …
Physicists Have Found A Particle That's Also Its Own Antiparticle
io9.com - George Dvorsky
Bird Flu
Massive Ancient Mushroom Could Hold the Cure for Many Diseases
inhabitat - by Colin Payne
The agarikon is one of the largest, oldest-living mushrooms in the world, and at least one scientist believes it holds the key for a cure to …
Earth’s magnetic field could flip within a human lifetime
berkeley.edu - By Robert Sanders, Media relations | October 14, 2014
Imagine the world waking up one morning to discover that all compasses pointed south instead of north. It’s not as bizarre as it sounds. Earth’s …
Living Microalgae Lamp Absorbs CO2 from the Air
inhabitat - by Julie M. Rodriguez
French biochemist Pierre Calleja has designed a fascinating eco-friendly lamp that could light up streets and parking garages while cutting CO2 …
CRAZY! MASSIVE OBJECT CAUGHT FEEDING OFF OF THE SUN'S ENERGY!
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Wall Street
Why Obama's Regulators Let Wall Street Bankers Off Easy
VICE - Matt Taylor
Remember when the economy collapsed because some people were criminally negligent and nobody went to prison? If there's anything more maddening than the sheer scale of the financial fraud that sent America
Transgender
Cry-Baby of the Week
VICE - Jamie Lee Curtis Taete
This week: The Texas school that fired a teacher because she's transgender vs. the cop who pulled a gun on some kids making a tree fort. Cry-Baby #1: Lumberton Independent School District The incident:
Rob Ford Crack Video Prompted Flurry Of Calls: Court Documents
huffingtonpost.ca - Allison Jones, The Canadian Press
TORONTO - Toronto police have identified a one-day flurry of communications about the so-called Rob Ford crack video after news first broke as part …
22 Minutes: Bieber Advice | CBC
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Origins of the Armenian Genocide
mentalfloss.com - BY Erik Sass
The First World War was an unprecedented catastrophe that killed millions and set the continent of Europe on the path to further calamity two decades …
How a human lung is kept alive and breathing for a transplant
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Lung in a box. Very cool. To extend the time an organ can last before it’s transplanted into a recipient, engineers have developed the Organ Care System — which is essentially a box pumping blood and to
Female 'Viagra' pill claims to boost women's sex lives
The Telegraph - By Keith Perry
Dubbed the 'female Viagra', a new herbal pill called Lady Prelox claims to boost women's flagging sex drive but at £37.95 for a pack of 60 little pink tablets, pleasure doesn't come cheap A new pill dubbed

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Energy East cancelled by TransCanada | Justin Trudeau slammed for "disastrous energy policies"

Huge 'People Over Pipeline' Victory as TransCanada Forced to Kill Energy East

Smoking Versus Edibles

Trump Keeps Derailing His Own Agenda

Inside the anti-antidepressants movement

GE and Tesla to Outfit 50 Home Depot Stores With Solar Panels

This Powerful New Painkiller Could Be The Unexpected Ticket to Replacing Opioids

One of the biggest criticisms against wind and solar energy has been quashed

The Dark Minds of the 'Alt-Right'

When White Nationalists Get DNA Tests That Reveal African Ancestry

Habitual cannabis use alters brain oxygen

Scientists discover 91 volcanoes slumbering beneath the West Antarctic Ice Sheet

5 People Are Dead After Undergoing FDA-Approved Obesity Treatment

A Closer Look at 'Rogue Planets' Adrift in the Universe

Once Thought Impossible, Scientists Create Cold Fires In Space

Woman of 24 found to have no cerebellum in her brain

Physicists Have Found A Particle That's Also Its Own Antiparticle

Massive Ancient Mushroom Could Hold the Cure for Many Diseases

Earth’s magnetic field could flip within a human lifetime

Living Microalgae Lamp Absorbs CO2 from the Air

CRAZY! MASSIVE OBJECT CAUGHT FEEDING OFF OF THE SUN'S ENERGY!

Why Obama's Regulators Let Wall Street Bankers Off Easy

Cry-Baby of the Week

Rob Ford Crack Video Prompted Flurry Of Calls: Court Documents

22 Minutes: Bieber Advice | CBC

Origins of the Armenian Genocide

How a human lung is kept alive and breathing for a transplant

Female 'Viagra' pill claims to boost women's sex lives