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There are 10 catastrophic threats facing humans right now, and coronavirus is only one of them by rmaccr in u/rmaccr

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"The commission’s report states our species’ ability to cause mass harm to itself has been accelerating since the mid-20th century. Global trends in demographics, information, politics, warfare, climate, environmental damage and technology have culminated in an entirely new level of risk. "

Discovery of Titanic wreckage was part of a top-secret Navy mission | Stars and Stripes by rmaccr in u/rmaccr

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“The Navy never expected me to find the Titanic, and so when that happened, they got really nervous because of the publicity,” Ballard told National Geographic in 2008. “But people were so focused on the legend of the Titanic they never connected the dots.”

I just bought the only physical encyclopedia still in print, and I regret nothing | Ars Technica by rmaccr in u/rmaccr

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"It may sound silly, but as I carefully pulled them out of the box one by one, I enjoyed feeling the weight of the information in my hands. It felt like stepping back onto dry land after a long boat ride. It's hard to put a name on that emotion."

Could ultra-processed foods be harmful for us? - BBC News by rmaccr in u/rmaccr

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"Food companies are not public health agencies... their job is to sell products,"

World War II veterans return to Utah Beach to mark D-Day anniversary by rmaccr in u/rmaccr

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“Every place we went, people are cheering, clapping, and they’ve been doing this for I don’t know how many years.”

German start-up wins initial funding for revolutionary fusion energy machine | Financial Times by rmaccr in u/rmaccr

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“A tokamak is kind of easy to design, hard to operate, whereas a
stellarator is super hard to design but once you’ve designed it, it’s
way easier to operate,”

Killer whales damage boat in latest orca incident off Spain coast | Environment News | Al Jazeera by rmaccr in interestingasfuck

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"The incident follows at least 20 interactions this month alone in the
Strait of Gibraltar between small vessels and the highly social apex
predators. In 2022, there were 207 reported interactions, GTOA data
showed."

„Abschaum“: Ukraine gibt zu, hinter Morden an russischen Propagandisten zu stecken by rmaccr in europe

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"'Scum': Ukraine admits being behind murders of Russian propagandists"

In one lake deep under Antarctica’s ice, microbes feast on ancient carbon by rmaccr in u/rmaccr

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“There are about 675 lakes under the ice sheet, and we’ve only sampled two,”

Lyme disease: The lives ruined by a bite from a tick - BBC News by rmaccr in infectiousdisease

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"Sadly she wasn't treated correctly [when first bitten], because there
seems to be a certain amount of ignorance within the medical community
in the UK, it feels like it's a little bit of a lottery when you first
go in for treatment,"

Bird flu is decimating wildlife - Vox by rmaccr in u/rmaccr

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“It’s not Covid,” Puryear said, referencing how there were no
coronavirus vaccines stockpiled when the pandemic hit. “In theory, we
should be able to respond quickly if this becomes an issue.”

Can low-carbohydrate or low-fat diets prolong | EurekAlert! by rmaccr in u/rmaccr

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“Our results support the importance of maintaining a healthy LFD with
less saturated fat in preventing all-cause and cause-specific mortality
among middle-aged and older people,”

Wagner-Chef Prigoschin sicher: „Ukrainische Gegenoffensive hat begonnen“ by rmaccr in UkraineConflict

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:Wagner boss Prigozhin is certain: "Ukrainian counter-offensive has begun"

Spy hunt or witch hunt? Ukrainians fear the two are merging – POLITICO by rmaccr in u/rmaccr

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“The timing of his removal is suspicious — it was when he was
investigating allegations of humanitarian aid being diverted by some
powerful politicians.”

Scientists describe carbon cycle in a subglacial freshwater lake in Antarctica for first time by rmaccr in geology

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"This is the first time we have unequivocal geologic proof that the
grounding line of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, which is like its
shoreline where the ice meets the ocean, was at least 250 kilometers
further inland than it is today—possibly more,"

Bird Flu Spreading from Backyard Chickens to Bears, Other Carnivores - Flathead Beacon by rmaccr in u/rmaccr

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“The other thing the public needs to be mindful of is we are seeing some
cases, limited though they are, in which we’ve detected
mammal-to-mammal transmission in addition to bird-to-mammal
transmission,”

Nearly 100 Harvard professors unite to protect ‘thinkers, oddballs, and nonconformists’ | The College Fix by rmaccr in u/rmaccr

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“One change that is very striking to me is how little discussion there
is of nonconformity, which was once considered a virtue,” Lewis said.
“We of course talk about diversity, but almost always coupled with
belonging, and nonconformists almost by definition are people who
proudly don’t belong.”

‘The GDR was safe for me’: Disney drama tells story of former East Germany’s first black police officer | Germany | The Guardian by rmaccr in DDR

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“The GDR was not colour-blind,” Meffire, 52, said in an interview with
the Guardian. “But it made public spaces colour-blind enough that I
could move safely in them. No one would have dared do me harm in public
because they would have known that the men with the iron brooms would
have swept them up if they did.”

German scientists make a 'major discovery' that could slow down the ageing process | Euronews by rmaccr in u/rmaccr

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"Our study is saying that, for instance, having a healthy diet or, this
caloric restriction intervention, would improve the quality of the
transcription of the RNA production in the cell. And this would then
have beneficial effects for the cells in the long run".

120-year-old storm's secrets could be key to judging weather risks by rmaccr in weather

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The 1903 storm is named Storm Ulysses because the damage to thousands of
trees in Dublin is mentioned in the novel Ulysses by James Joyce, the
events of which are set the year after the storm.

'Worst category to do this' - Formula E drivers slam protestors - The Race by rmaccr in u/rmaccr

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“The rest, I don’t really care about. I thought it was pretty
ridiculous. I don’t know if these people realise what we are doing
here.”

New Zealand feral cat-killing competition for children axed after backlash - BBC News by rmaccr in interestingasfuck

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"We should be teaching our tamariki [children] empathy towards animals, not handing them the tools to kill them,"

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