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Sounding out the brain
By Bob Holmes, Knowable Magazine Most parents’ first glimpse of their children comes in ultrasound images taken months before birth.…
Read More »YouTube Bans Dangerous Challenges As Viral Trend Causes People To Blindfold Themselves While Driving
YouTube announced a ban Tuesday on videos that endorse dangerous pranks and challenges, which pose risks of injury or death.…
Read More »Facebook’s New Rules Ban Employees From Changing Colleagues Minds
Facebook is creating new rules limiting employee’s ability to change colleagues’ minds about politics and religion, Business Insider reported Tuesday,…
Read More »SpaceX to Launch Dragon Resupply Mission (CRS-16) Sunday
Packed with about two tons of cargo and science, SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft departed the International Space Station on Sunday, January…
Read More »Why forgetting may make your mind more efficient
By Tom Siegfried, Knowable Magazine In the quest to fend off forgetfulness, some people build a palace of memory. It’s…
Read More »Watch: SpaceX Launches IRIDIUM-8 Mission
On Friday, January 11 at 7:31 a.m. PST, 15:31 UTC, SpaceX successfully launched the eighth and final set of satellites…
Read More »SpaceX to lay off more than 6,000 employees due to ‘difficult challenges’
Private rocket company SpaceX said Friday that it will let more than 6,000 employees go citing “extraordinarily difficult challenges ahead.”…
Read More »At San Diego’s Frozen Zoo, a chance for animal immortality
By Amber Dance, Knowable Magazine The last male northern white rhinoceros — his name was Sudan — died in March,…
Read More »Another Facebook Page Backed By Billionaire Dem Behind Alabama False Flag Under Investigation
Facebook is investigating whether an organization that billionaire and Democratic moneyman Reid Hoffman backed during the midterms violated the Silicon Valley…
Read More »Cancer Deaths Plummet Dramatically Over The Last 25 Years
Life expectancy in the U.S. may be on a downward trend, but a recent study marked a bright spot: cancer…
Read More »The NYT Bought Facebook Ads Encouraging Users To Delete Their Accounts
Facebook executives are angry at The New York Times for what they believe is unfair reporting about the company, NBC…
Read More »More than two-thirds say National Do Not Call Registry ineffective
Traditional screening tactics aren’t working against the robocall invasion Progress in the fight to block robocalls has been slow or…
Read More »Ocasio-Cortez’s ‘Green New Deal’ Would Avert A ‘Barely Detectable’ Amount Of Global Warming. That’s According To EPA’s Climate Model
New York Rep. Ocasio-Cortez’s “Green New Deal” won’t impact global warming, according to a climate model. It would only avert 0.14…
Read More »China First Country To Land Craft On Dark Side Of The Moon
China landed a space module on the dark side of the moon Thursday, marking a major achievement for the communist…
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