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Drowning Doesn’t Look Like Drowning
How did this captain know—from 50 feet away—what the father couldn’t recognize from just 10? Drowning is not the violent, splashing call for help that most people expect. The captain was trained to recognize drowning by experts and years of… Read More ›
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McGST Podcast Episode 1 (Masks)
Why don’t some people wear masks? Why do some people believe outlandish things and go as far as demonstrating about them? Why do the craziest theories give people weapons? Background music courtesy of https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/ Thanks for listeningShaun
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Amazing restored photos
Have a look at the tweets of BabelColour. You will find some quite stunning restored photos that not only look amazing, but which have been restored in such a way that they really do not look restored. Thanks to Simon… Read More ›
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Your Wristwatch May Harbor A Flourishing Microbial Ecosystem
And lo, as we have speculated, so it has come to pass. One of several experiments to take a stab at the issue was a partnership between NBC affiliate WPTV down in Boca Raton, Florida, who – also apparently struggling… Read More ›
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We are just a little bit broken
Just over a week later, into early April, Pearse describes a worsening situation. “More patients are dying than expected. Normally, as an intensive care doctor, I would expect to save the lives of two out of every three people, but… Read More ›
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Wear OS won’t be able to play music…
It might come as a surprise to some but it was only when Google announced the impending shutdown of Play Music that users of the service let the world known that they do exist and are not happy. Google promised… Read More ›
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One Million Cannibal Ants Trapped in Soviet Nuclear Bunker Have Escaped
However, after returning to the site two years later, scientists found the colony was not only still there, but that it had grown in numbers. This was despite there being no obvious food source, no heat and no light. A… Read More ›
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Democracy for Sale
The story of how undisclosed donations have infiltrated British politics, undermining public faith in democracy and fuelling the rise of populism across the West… More here. This looks like a decent read.
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Garmin paid a multi-million dollar ransom to criminals
Smartwatch maker Garmin paid a multi-million dollar ransom to criminals who encrypted its computer files through a ransomware negotiation business called Arete IR, sources have told Sky News. Earlier this week Sky News reported that Garmin had obtained the decryption… Read More ›
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The 1964 Olympics Certified a New Japan
The preparations turned Tokyo into a citywide construction site. The author Robert Whiting, who was stationed with the U.S. Air Force in Tokyo in 1962, describes the pile drivers and jackhammers that delivered an “overwhelming assault on the senses.” Pedestrians… Read More ›
