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Huge bang and house burns to the ground — just an e-bike battery mishap

100+JoNova: Science, carbon, climate and tax / 1d

World made 0.000001°C cooler, but house made 600°C hotter Remember The Precautionary Principle: something about “no House-B”? An Orange Flash and then Melanie’s House Burnt Down Melanie Sandford was sitting in bed on a rainy Sunday morning listening to a podcast about enlightenment when she heard a “huge bang”. “A nanosecond later, there was an orange flash that ripped down past the bedroom door,”

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'Game of Thrones' fans were stunned by the biggest death of the series

Game Thrones of Winterfell

4KMashable / 1h

Spoiler alert: This article contains spoilers for Game of Thrones Season 8, Episode 3. Game of Thrones fans around the world were stunned at the end of the Battle for Winterfell. The entirety of Episode 3, Season 8 of Game of Thrones had a tremendous amount of tension, beautifully built up through nearly 80 minutes of battle scenes and beloved characters fighting for their lives. All of that tens

'Avengers: Endgame' is unbeatable. Its $350 million opening weekend is just the start.

Avengers AE Endgame

2KMashable / 12h

$350 million. That's the amount of money made from Avengers: Endgame ticket sales in the U.S. during opening weekend, based on Sunday estimates. It's a ludicrous and unheard of figure, and just a piece of the record-shattering global total of $1.2 billion . No movie in the U.S. has ever posted an opening weekend higher than $300 million. No movie anywhere has made more than $1 billion worldwide i

New study finds 200,000 viruses in the ocean

61Unexplained Mysteries / 13h

It turns out that there are many times more marine viruses in the world's oceans than previously thought. Despite the fact that the world's oceans are...

$30,000 in notes found strewn across highway

31Unexplained Mysteries / 13h

Motorists in Grand Haven, Michigan couldn't believe their luck this week as they scrambled to pick up the cash. Police officers became aware of the un...

Tulsi Gabbard on Being Attacked by the Democratic Party, the Mainstream Media, the Foreign Policy Establishment and “People Who Represent the Interests of the Military Industrial Complex”

cryptogon.com / 23min

Via: Tulsi Gabbard:

This is Bigger than Gold & Silver Manipulation

cryptogon.com / 37min

Via: USA Watchdog: No matter how much financial manipulation is occurring on a global scale, you cannot suppress the outcome of those policies. One of the outcomes is inflation, and yet the new cover of Bloomberg/Newsweek asks the question “Is Inflation Dead?” Powell says, “This is worse than a prediction. It’s a delusion. Inflation is […]

NEWS

Trump: After Birth, Baby is “Wrapped in a Blanket” and Mother, Doctor “Decide Whether to Execute the Baby”

259KSlate - Culture / 14h

President Donald Trump skipped the White House Correspondents’ dinner and instead held a rally in Green Bay, Wisconsin.

If we care about plastic waste, why won’t we stop drinking bottled water?

40KThe Guardian / 15h

We have all seen the damage plastic waste is doing around the world – but sales of bottled water have continued to grow For all the innovation and choice that define the food and drink industries, if you want to make money, you could do a lot worse than bung some water in a bottle and flog it. A litre of tap water, the stuff we have ingeniously piped into our homes, costs less than half a penny.

Labour hints at backing Brexit deal without promise of referendum

17KThe Guardian / 18h

Shadow minister says if party’s demands are met she would not expect a second public vote Labour is prepared to sign up to a Brexit deal with the government without the promise of a referendum attached if cross-party talks make significant progress in the coming days, one of the party’s negotiators has said. With talks set to resume on Monday, Rebecca Long-Bailey, the shadow business secretary, m

Co-Workers Should Not Be Forced to Share Hotel Rooms

2KSlate - Culture / 5h

Traveling for work can be stressful enough on its own.

The labor tide is rising: New union militancy bypasses parlor politics in favor of direct action

2KSalon.com / 15h

In 2018 the number of striking workers is the highest since 1986 — and our teachers are leading the fight

Kellyanne Conway says Donald Trump's response to Charlottesville was "darn near perfection"

1KSalon.com / 11h

Kellyanne Conway tells CNN that Donald Trump's response to Charlottesville was "darn near perfection"

SCIENCE

Jeopardy! producers have stripped contestants of their god-given right to bet $69 on Final Jeopardy

8Kio9 / 11h

It’s a tumultuous time for America’s most nominally reserved game show, as the fervently nerdy Jeopardy! community reckons not only with Alex Trebek’s recent cancer diagnosis , but also with the earth-shattering, record-breaking run of sports bettor juggernaut James Holzhauer . Employing a strategy of aggressive wagers… Read more...

China's quest for clean, limitless energy heats up

2KPhys.org / 20h

A ground-breaking fusion reactor built by Chinese scientists is underscoring Beijing's determination to be at the core of clean energy technology, as it eyes a fully-functioning plant by 2050.

Footprint found in Chile is 'oldest' in Americas: scientists

1KPhys.org / 20h

Scientists in Chile say they have found a footprint dating from at least 15,600 years ago, making it the earliest such sign of man's presence in the Americas.

What If an Asteroid Was Going to Hit Earth? NASA Will Make Believe This Week

500+Space.com / 16h

What would we do if we knew an asteroid would hit Earth in 2027? That's what NASA personnel will explore during a simulation taking place next week.

Obesity and emotional problems appear to develop together from age 7

87ScienceDaily / 7h

Obesity and emotional problems, such as feelings of low mood and anxiety, tend to develop hand-in-hand from as young as age seven years.

Nationwide study suggests obesity as an independent risk factor for anxiety and depression in young people

60ScienceDaily / 7h

Obesity is linked with an increased risk of developing anxiety and depression in children and adolescents, independent of traditional risk factors such as parental psychiatric illness and socioeconomic status, according to new research.