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Small fish passes classic self-awareness test | Bob Yirka
Credit: Flickr/Mr. T in DC Sept. 4, 2018 (Phys.org) -- An international team of researchers has found a small tropical fish that is capable of passing a classic test of self-awareness. The results ...
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A Farewell to Norms | Milton Mueller
Credit: Derek Bridges, Flickr (CC BY 2.0) Milton Mueller -- Internet Governance Project Sept. 4, 2018 “Keep right on lying to me. That’s what I want you to do.” ― Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to ...
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Quantum weirdness in 'chicken or egg' paradox | Jacqui Romero
Sept. 3, 2018 (Phys.org) -- The "chicken or egg" paradox was first proposed by philosophers in Ancient Greece to describe the problem of determining cause-and-effect. Now, a team of physicists from ...
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What Lies Beneath: The US-Israeli Plot to ‘Save’ Gaza | Ramzy Baroud
Dr. Ramzy BaroudRamzy Baroud -- World News Trust Sept. 2, 2018 Israel wants to change the rules of the game entirely. With unconditional support from the Trump Administration, Tel Aviv sees a golden ...
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Homeless Women Need Your Help -- But They’re Not Helpless | Jocelyn Cheng
Credit: Mickey Z. Giving homeless women your leftovers may not be as helpful as you think. Aug. 29, 2018 (Period) -- Michael Zezima, a native of Queens, New York, is one of the few people who breaks ...
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Device harvests energy from low-frequency vibrations | Susan Trolier-McKinstry
A piezoelectric energy harvester in a novel wristwatch-like device. Credit: Penn State Aug. 31, 2018 (Phys.org) -- A wearable energy-harvesting device could generate energy from the swing of an arm ...
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The Audacity of Super Wealth | Philip A. Farruggio
Philip A. FarruggioPhilip A. Farruggio -- World News Trust Aug. 31, 2018 As a transplanted New Yorker living in what I call "Death Valley USA," or Daytona Beach, Florida, I like to keep up with my ...
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U.S. consumer spending, inflation data point to strong economy | Lucia Mutikani
Aug. 30, 2018 -- WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- U.S. consumer spending increased solidly in July, suggesting strong economic growth early in the third quarter, while a measure of underlying inflation hit ...
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Stripped Naked | Philip A. Farruggio
Philip A. FarruggioPhilip A. Farruggio -- World News Trust Aug. 30, 2018 In the 1997 British film The Full Monty, we have six unemployed men, four of them laid off steelworkers, earning money by ...
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What’s the life of a single raccoon worth? | Mickey Z.
Photo: Paxson Woelber (CC BY-SA 3.0) Mickey Z. -- World News Trust Aug. 29, 2018 I notice things. If I casually glance out my bedroom window -- in my apartment of more than a dozen years -- I will ...
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An Astrological Interlude: Brexit | John Michael Greer
Aug. 29, 2018 (EcoSophia.net) -- The noise and bustle generated by the ongoing three-ring circus of U.S. politics in the era of Trump can make it hard sometimes to notice that performances just as ...
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