By Richard Trenholm After “Daredevil”, the second collaboration between Marvel and Netflix takes the superhero and private eye genres in a horrifying new direction.
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Hitler’s Supergun: The Nazi Plot to Destroy London (and Why It Failed)
By Hugh Hunt
The V-3 “supergun” was meant to win the war for Germany. In 1943, for the first time since World War II began, Hitler was on the back foot. Allied bombs were devastating German cities and the Fuhrer was rattled. His proposed V-3 cannon would be the biggest gun the world had seen.
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Six Million Dollar Plant: Scientists grow cyborg roses – CNET
By Michelle Starr A team of researchers has created living rose plants with electronic circuits threaded through their veins.
Belgian Twitter Users Are Supporting Police By Tweeting Cats
By Chris Mills
During the ongoing anti-terror lockdown in Brussels, police have been asking for ‘radio silence’ from the press and social media, to help their operations. Twitter users in the city haven’t stopped tweeting: they’re just using cats instead of real information
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After Observing Wasps For Years, One Scientist Has Found Parallels In Cooperative Behavior In Amoebas
Welcome to this week’s Reading List, your Sunday guide to some of the most interesting science and technology stories on the internet this week. This week, we’ll examine a potentially deadly medical procedure, ponder the inner workings of social networks, and more.
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After Observing Wasps For Years, One Scientist Has Found Parallels In Cooperative Behavior In Amoebas
Welcome to this week’s Reading List, your Sunday guide to some of the most interesting science and technology stories on the internet this week. This week, we’ll examine a potentially deadly medical procedure, ponder the inner workings of social networks, and more.
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Asia's video game scene has a new player: Singapore – CNET
By Aloysius Low With roughly 17,000 visitors paying to attend the island state’s recent GameStart Asia gaming expo, the future of gaming in the region looks set to soar.
Customers at Sheraton, Westin, other hotels hit by data-stealing hack attack – CNET
By Edward Moyer Starwood Hotels and Resorts, the company behind nearly a dozen hotel brands, says that more than 50 of its locations suffered from a malware attack on point-of-sale systems.
An Fossil Tropical Forest Is Helping Solve an Ancient Climate Mystery
By Maddie Stone
A team of scientists has unearthed the fossil remnants of a tropical forest on the arctic island of Svalbard, and it could help explain one of the most dramatic climate shifts in Earth’s history.
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