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17 new books our critics can't wait to read this summer
Meghan Collins Sullivan
With summer and some welcome downtime on the horizon, we have just the thing to help you spend those hours by the pool, at the beach, or on a plane: New books! Our critics have considered the great ...[Continue Reading]
NPR
1 day ago
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NSW is copping rain and flooding while parts of Australia are in drought. What's going on?
Andrew King, Andrew Dowdy
Emergency crews were scrambling to rescue residents trapped by floodwaters on Wednesday as heavy rain pummeled the Mid North Coast of New South Wales. In some areas, more than 200 mm of rain has fal ...[Continue Reading]
Phys.Org
1 day ago
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Rural Public Libraries Could Be Wrecked By Trumps Elimination Of Institute for Museum And Library Services
Publishers Weekly
Beth Anderson, director of the Burnsville Public Library in West Virginia, can throw a rock from the librarys front door and just about hit the interstate. While the mountainous region has historica ...[Continue Reading]
Publishers Weekly
1 day ago
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h3h3s Ethan Klein Threatens Lawsuit to Stop Criticism
Rebecca Watson
Wow, yet another wealthy and famous lover of free speech is using a libel lawsuit to try to silence his critics! This video is going to be a bit all over the place so Im breaking it up into section ...[Continue Reading]
Skepchick.org
1 day ago
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Discovery Alert: A Possible Perpendicular Planet
Pat Brennan
A newly discovered planetary system, informally known as 2M1510, is among the strangest ever found. An apparent planet traces out an orbit that carries it far over the poles of two brown dwarfs. This ...[Continue Reading]
NASA
1 day ago
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For Algorithms, a Little Memory Outweighs a Lot of Time
Ben Brubaker
One of the most important classes goes by the humble name P. Roughly speaking, it encompasses all problems that can be solved in a reasonable amount of time. An analogous complexity class for space i ...[Continue Reading]
Quanta Magazine
1 day ago