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NASA plans to retire the International Space Station by 2031 by crashing it into the Pacific Ocean | CNN
Jan 30, 2023 | CNN
Inside the rockets that NASA and SpaceX plan to send to the moon
Jan 30, 2023 | Washington Post
In the way they are manufactured, financed and designed to work, NASA’s SLS and SpaceX’s Starship represent two very different approaches.
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Surfboard shaper brings his American on-the-job expertise home | Hanga-Aro-Rau
Jan 26, 2023 | hangaarorau.nz
Pickup trucks have gotten bigger, higher-tech — and more dangerous
Jan 24, 2023 | www.axios.com
America has a unique love affair with pickup trucks — the Ford F-150, for instance, has been the best-selling vehicle in the U.S. for more than 40 years. During that time, pickups have changed significantly: they’ve become bigger, more high-tech — and...
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If you ever want to read The Winds of Winter, pray for the New York Giants
Jan 21, 2023 | Polygon
A theory
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How Noma Made Fine Dining Far Worse
Jan 19, 2023 | The Atlantic
The food world glorified a Copenhagen restaurant built on uncompensated labor.
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How you could build a search that the fediverse would welcome - Anil Dash
Jan 18, 2023 | anildash.com
If You Thought Tech Was Creepy Before, Wait Until You See This
Jan 13, 2023 | CNET
Commentary: The tech industry's most interesting ideas always show up at the annual CES in Las Vegas, but sometimes we have to ask what the heck they were thinking.
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Biden and Trump Voters Were Exposed to Radically Different Coverage of the Capitol Riot on Facebook – The Markup
Jan 09, 2023 | themarkup.org
Data from The Markup’s Citizen Browser project shows the different realities Americans inhabited on Facebook last week
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Evolution of a Tiger
Dec 24, 2022 | americanrepertorytheater.org
Puppeteer Kate Brehm spoke with Life of Pi's Puppetry Design & Directing Team about their work on the show.
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Amna Nawaz is stepping into history at PBS, and she hopes to make room for others like her
Dec 23, 2022 | The 19th
The NewsHour journalist talked about being the first Muslim Pakistani-American to occupy the anchor seat, and how her identity and parenthood shaped her career.
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Journalists wake up to the power of prediction markets
Dec 22, 2022 | Nieman Lab
"Your audience collectively knows much more than you do."
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There Is No Mary Problem in ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’
Dec 21, 2022 | The Bulwark
George’s vision of his wife without him is essential to the film, but critics continue to miss its true—and profound—meaning.
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DNA from 2m years ago reveals lost Arctic world
Dec 18, 2022 | the Guardian
Breakthrough pushes back DNA record by 1m years to time when region was 11–19C warmer than today
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