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Other renewable energy sources include the ocean’s waves and tides, which some scientists believe to be vast unexploited resources. According to one estimate, harnessing just 0.1 percent of the ocean’s ...

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Of those who rebutted Gandalf, the one known as "A. Anonymous" offered the West Coast version of the "Minsky defense": We are dealing with an infinitely malleable tool. People who ...

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The Luxury Line Self-tracking tools also sit at an intersection of luxury accessory and mass-market consumer items. From the Apple Watch to the designer cuff, many self-tracking consumer devices attempt ...

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It is in the realm of economic technique that we experience most clearly the great and dramatic process of modern times, in which both chance and natural laws are transformed ...

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The AI Invasion “Fintech” is the term for the convergence of technology and financial services. First colonized by networks and apps, it was then radicalized by AI and blockchain, and ...

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Once upon a time, science saw notions like the personhood of nature ridiculous. Although the science is changing (for example, a growing contingent of biologists is seriously considering the possibility ...

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