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My secret to reading a lot of books

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 23:41:57 +0100

If your goal is to read a lot, there are a few obstacles to overcome: keeping track of the books you want to read; refining the list down to ones you’re going to read in the near feature; actually reading them; retaining the important parts.

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They deactivate droids, don't they?

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 23:39:26 +0100

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The unaddressed plight of Star Wars’ robotic underclass.
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Beyond the brain

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 23:10:51 +0100

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David Brooks: Advances in neuroscience promise many things, but they will never explain everything.

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Motherhood is no threat to creativity, author Zadie Smith says

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:44:46 +0100

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British author Zadie Smith said the idea that motherhood could be a threat to creativity is ‘absurd’, while Louise Doughty condemned it as ‘completely ridiculous’.Smith, the best-selling author of White Teeth and NW, said multiple children left female writers with a ‘surprising among of free time’, adding: ‘I have two children. Dickens had ten’.

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Stratasys acquiring MakerBot in $403M deal; combined company will likely dominate 3D printing industry

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:30:39 +0100

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Stratasys announced that it has acquired MakerBot in a stock deal worth $403 million based on the current share value of Stratasys. The combination of the companies brings together a leader in 3D industrial printing and manufacturing, with the emerging leader in desktop 3D printing, which the companies said in a press release should help drive ‘faster adoption of 3D printing’ across all categories.

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Evgeny Morozov, Internet Cassandra

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:42:20 +0100

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In less than a human lifetime, we’ve come to regard the Internet as an end unto itself, bigger than any of us, even its creators. This makes Evgeny Morozov uneasy, worried that we’ve opened the gates to a techno-Trojan horse.

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8 places to score free fonts online

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:40:54 +0100

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Looking to improve your digital typography? Check out our list of the eight most helpful websites to download new fonts — for free.

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The trajectory of television: Internet rebellion and hardware renaissance

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:40:01 +0100

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Today, the state of television is hopelessly embattled and better than ever.

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A Kazakh spaceport slowly declines

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:39:21 +0100

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Baikonur, in remote southwestern Kazakhstan, was once the pride of the Soviet Union. Today, nomadic herders from the nearby steppe are moving into abandoned buildings.

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NSA head defends spying, says it has disrupted more than 50 plots

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:38:14 +0100

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In Congressional hearing, officials call people like Snowden ‘a huge problem’.

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Portugal, Venezuela sign multiple cooperation agreements

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:08:11 +0100

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Portugal and Venezuela signed multiple agreements during a month-long forum which concluded on Tuesday, to boost the cooperation in the domains of economy, trade and science and technology between the two countries.

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M. Barroso, vous n'êtes ni loyal ni respectueux

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:49:03 +0100

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Le président de la Commission a torpillé l’unité européenne au G8 en affirmant que la position de la France sur l’exception culturelle était ‘réactionnaire’.

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NASA's Grand Challenge: stop asteroids from destroying Earth

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:15:19 +0100

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There may be killer asteroids headed for Earth, and NASA has decided to do something about it. The space agency announced a new ‘Grand Challenge’ to find all dangerous space rocks and figure out how to stop them from destroying Earth.

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#Duranadam: 'standing man' protest goes viral as Turkey eyes law to restrict social media

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:12:38 +0100

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The Turkish government is mulling a draft law that aims to crack down on those who post ‘provocative material’ on social media. Meanwhile, a new form of protest is sweeping Turkey, taking Twitter by storm under the hashtag ‘standing man’.

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Salema: a pristine stretch of Portugal's Algarve

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:53:11 +0100

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Rick Steves: My favorite town in Algarve (southern Portugal) remains Salema. In June it’s lively, warm and a great place to relax.

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ISS transit over the Moon

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:06:21 +0100

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Maximilian Teodorescu: Its been a long time since Ive last captured the silhouette of the ISS over the Sun or Moon. This time the background was the Moon, in plain daylight, with the Sun still hanging at 26 degrees above the horizon.

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These weird stories prove that extraterrestrials love Russia

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:50:25 +0100

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Americans and Europeans like to imagine that aliens will land in London, New York, or Washington, DC, but Russian history is filled with mysterious events that many have claimed to be the work of extraterrestrials.

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A glimpse of the future: Myriad by SANA Hotels

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:12:24 +0100

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We head to Portugal for a Destination Design that lands us by the Tagus River in Eastern Lisbon to a modern hotel that’s all about business and pleasure.

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Electrofuels: charged microbes may 'poop out' a gasoline alternative

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:10:33 +0100

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Run current through genetically engineered microorganisms, and they produce gasoline substitute. Can U.S.-funded electrofuels research finish the drive from lab to market?

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Cristiano Ronaldo's current look bears a striking resemblance to popular 90s cartoon Johnny Bravo

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:17:40 +0100

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There is a noticeable building up over time, from the skinny kid fresh from Sporting Lisbon to the Real Madrid tank, with the intermediate stages giving signs of what was to come.

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