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Live Video Coverage: Attack In Nice: ’60 Dead’ As Truck Hits Crowd

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July 13, 2016

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The future of augmented reality?

Pokemon go is only the beginning . In a few years, we’ll have to worry about our eyeglasses crashing.

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Please stop killing people, everyone

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Tony Blair may face charge of contempt of parliament

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Tougher Turing Test Exposes Chatbots’ Stupidity

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Tesla’s Strategy Is Risky and Aggressive, but It Has Worked

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July 11, 2016

Controversies at Berkeley, and Long Le Describes New Types of High

In the first half of the program, a look at recent controversies at the Berkeley, CA public library —

July 11, 2016
France Extending State of Emergency Spells Trouble for Future Freedoms

On February 17th, 2016, French Parliament voted to extend the nation’s state of emergency for three months.

July 7, 2016
The Real Harm of Environmentally Poisonous Lands

The year 2003 was a game changer when two Pennsylvania State Correction facilities were shut down and

July 7, 2016

The end times are here: Hyperloop execs sued for extreme tech bro behavior

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July 13, 2016
So much for whitespace. Amazon has finally cracked apparel

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July 13, 2016
Funding is drying up in food delivery. Who has an actual business?

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July 13, 2016

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July 9, 2016
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July 7, 2016
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June 15, 2015
Detroit Auto Show: The (Niche) Future of Electrics

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Detroit Show: Musk warns of auto-induced warming crisis as city shivers

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January 26, 2015

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The Case for Muddling Through Brexit

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Trump postpones running mate announcement in response to Nice attack

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Renewables XVII – Demand Management 1

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December 16, 2015

Kazakhstan at odds with homegrown terrorism

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June 18, 2016
The ups and downs of Prime Minister Yatseniuk

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February 20, 2016
Pipeline politics to return to the fore in the Caucasus and Central Asia

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January 23, 2016

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June 24, 2016
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Suspended on thin cables and dressed in green, blue and yellow outfits, the dancers ran and jumped across

June 18, 2016

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July 7, 2016

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November 8, 2015
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November 7, 2015
Sunscreen contributing to decline of coral reefs, study shows.

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November 7, 2015

A new Crimean War? Really?

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February 1, 2014
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January 23, 2014

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Carnival of Space #466

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By Gordon Duff, Senior Editor. Pence claimed the Affordable Care Act, now a huge success, was “

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US public education: Bullshit to train stupefied work animals. Student

“One of the most salient features of our culture is that there is so much bullshit. Everyone knows this

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Senate Proclaims July 30th, 2016 A Day to Celebrate Whistleblowers

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July 8, 2016
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Washington, D.C. June 30, 2016. The bipartisan Senate Whistleblower Protection Caucus cosponsored a

July 1, 2016

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As Theresa May Becomes Prime Minister, A Look Back at Her Authoritarianism,

First off, it says little for democracy that, after the biggest constitutional crisis in most of our

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