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Google’s World: The Impact of “Agnostic Cartographers” on the State-Dominated International Legal System 

Does Google Maps reflect national borders, or does it create them? What are the political and legal ramifications when a country disagrees with the map? That’s what a new paper called Google’s World, in the Columbia Journal of Transnational Law, examines. Author Ethan R. Merel points … Continue reading

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Borderline by Andreas Rutkauskas

Quebec photographer Andreas Rutkauskas traversed the Canada- US border and documented it with this wonderful series of images. He describes the project: “The border between Canada and the United States is the world’s longest shared land boundary. Stretching 8,891 kilometres … Continue reading

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These Classic ‘Star Wars’ Trading Cards Signed by Mark Hamill Are Appropriately Creative and Hilarious

A collection of Star Wars trading cards with autographs and personal notes from Mark Hamill were posted by autograph expert Steve Grad to his Facebook page. Hamill has been signing Star Wars junk for well over 35 years, so it’s no … Continue reading

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She ain’t buyin’ it…

Her expression and body language says to me that she’s heard these two smooth talkers before and she ain’t buyin’ it for a second: Via Shorpy: Fredericksburg, Va., circa 1928. “Cabin on Barton Street.” 8×10 acetate negative by the architectural … Continue reading

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How a High School Senior Won $150,000 By Inventing a $35 Medical Device 

Maya Varma invented a device that cost her only $35 to build and can diagnose five different lung ailments, is already paying dividends. Last week, Varma, now a high school senior, won $150,000 as one of the first place winners in … Continue reading

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First Supernova Shock Wave Image Snapped by Planet-Hunting Telescope

Wow! For the first time, scientists have seen the shock wave emanating from an exploding star in visible light. Using NASA’s planet-hunting Kepler Space Telescope, researchers saw the shock wave coming from a massive star explosion (a supernova) that came into Kepler’s … Continue reading

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Nixon aide Ehrlichman: ‘War on Drugs’ was tool to target black people and anti-war movement”

“You want to know what this was really all about?” Ehrlichman asked with the bluntness of a man who, after public disgrace and a stretch in federal prison, had little left to protect. “The Nixon campaign in 1968, and the Nixon … Continue reading

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Robot Says She Wants To Destroy Humans

I think it’s safe to say that when she stops talking to us is when we should be nervous.  

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Hyenas, Wolves Appear to Strike Cooperative Pact in Negev Desert : Discovery News

In a study recently published in the journal Zoology in the Middle East, scientists from the United States and Israel report sightings of striped hyenas roaming amid packs of grey wolves in the Negev desert. Neither hyenas nor wolves usually behave … Continue reading

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Manta Rays are First Fish to Recognize Themselves in a Mirror

Giant manta rays have been filmed checking out their reflections in a way that suggests they are self-aware.Only a small number of animals, mostly primates, have passed the mirror test, widely used as a tentative test of self-awareness. “This new … Continue reading

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