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Why aren't we crushed by the weight of Earth's atmosphere?
Charles Q. Choi
Miles of air cover Earth. The boundary between Earth's atmosphere and outer space , the Krmn line, is about 62 miles (100 kilometers) above the planet's surface. However, about 99.9% of the mass o ...[Continue Reading]
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In Search of a Second Opinion
Stanley Goldfarb
When patients turn to professional societies like the AMA or the American College of Physicians or the American Association of Pediatrics for vital health information, one might expect that the infor ...[Continue Reading]
Washington Free Beacon
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Archaeologists using drones uncover 4,000-year-old fish-trapping canals made by ancient Mayan predecessors
Brie Stimson
Archaeologists, with the help of drones and Google Earth imagery, have discovered 4,000-year-old canals in Belize that were once used by the predecessors of the ancient Mayans to catch freshwater fis ...[Continue Reading]
Fox News
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Why you're wrong about AI art, according to the Ai-Da robot that just made a $1 million painting
mark.wilson@futurenet.com (Mark Wilson)
Science fiction promised us robot butlers, but it seems they rather fancy themselves as artists instead. And who can blame them? On November 7, a painting of the mathematician Alan Turing by an AI-po ...[Continue Reading]
TechRadar
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Fred Harris, former U.S. senator from Oklahoma and presidential hopeful, dies at 94
The Associated Press
Fred Harris, a former U.S. senator fromOklahoma, presidential hopeful and populist who championed Democratic Party reforms in the turbulent 1960s, died Saturday. He was 94. Harris wife, Margaret El ...[Continue Reading]
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Pathstone Holdings LLC Trims Stock Position in Avery Dennison Co. (NYSE:AVY)
MarketBeat News
Pathstone Holdings LLC trimmed its holdings in Avery Dennison Co. (NYSE:AVY Free Report) by 0.4% during the 3rd quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The firm owned 19,621 shares of the industrial ...[Continue Reading]
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