Saturday, 30 October 2021

Arctic was a safe haven for nesting birds, but climate change impacts are changing that | CBC News

Arctic was a safe haven for nesting birds, but climate change impacts are changing that | CBC News

Research scientist Paul Smith is a lot like the birds he studies; every spring when the ice recedes, he migrates north to the Arctic. But while he's been able to adapt to the changing climate, the nesting birds have not been so lucky in the face of new threats.
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Monday, 25 October 2021

Where Facts Were No Match for Fear

Where Facts Were No Match for Fear

Civic boosters in central Montana hoped for some federal money to promote tourism. A disinformation campaign got in the way.
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China is removing domes from mosques as part of a push to make them more 'Chinese'

China is removing domes from mosques as part of a push to make them more 'Chinese'

China is removing domes and minarets from thousands of mosques. Authorities are taking down overtly Islamic architecture as part of a "sinicization" push to make them seem more traditionally Chinese.
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Israel Just Took One Step Closer to Making Compact Wingless 'Flying Cars' Real

Israel Just Took One Step Closer to Making Compact Wingless 'Flying Cars' Real

While other VTOL companies toy with battery-based flight, an Israeli company has high hopes on Hydrogen fuel to power its flying taxis.
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Saturday, 23 October 2021

Unfreezing the ice age: the truth about humanity’s deep past

Unfreezing the ice age: the truth about humanity’s deep past

The long read: Archaeological discoveries are shattering scholars’ long-held beliefs about how the earliest humans organised their societies – and hint at possibilities for our own
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Thursday, 14 October 2021

Amazon copied products and rigged search results, documents show

Amazon copied products and rigged search results, documents show

A trove of Amazon documents reveals how the company ran a campaign in India of creating knockoff goods and manipulating search results to boost its own products.
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Tuesday, 12 October 2021

‘Killed like animals’: documents reveal how Australia turned a blind eye to a West Papuan massacre

‘Killed like animals’: documents reveal how Australia turned a blind eye to a West Papuan massacre

Dozens of West Papuans were tortured and thrown into the sea 23 years ago. Days later, Australia knew details of the attack, yet remained silent
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