 The Lighthouse That Wrecked More Ships Than it Saved
For more than forty years a lighthouse stood on a large anvil-shaped peninsula jutting into the Tasman Sea near Jervis Bay, in southern Australia. It stood at a place where it shouldn't have, luring ignorant ships into the very rocks they were trying to avoid. The cliffs around Cape St George just south of Jervis Bay was notorious for shipwrecks, and so in the mid-19th century, it was decided that a lighthouse was needed for the safe navigation of coastal shipping. Photo credit: John Eggers/W...
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Michael Pederson's Fake Street Signs
Sydney-based artist Michael Pederson creates small signs with humorous messages and tucks them all around his home city at places where you least expect to find them. "Please wait here. Your future self will meet you shortly." says one sign firmly implanted at the edge of a field. Or you walk into a public phone booth and find an official-looking sign announcing that it's a time travel pay phone. "Never press 9" it warns, and you wonder if it's real. Exit signs point at unnatural di...
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 Asteroid 2018 EB has a moon
Binary asteroids - that is, asteroids with moons - aren't uncommon. More than 300 have been discovered so far. Astronomers found a moon for 2018 EB when it swept closest to Earth on October 7.
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 Professional Videogamers Are Working Out
Hoping to avoid injuries, gamers get physical training; squat jumps, ginger smoothies and yoga. From a report: Esports, the world of professional videogaming, is looking more and more like other sports, with big sponsors, prize money, fan bases -- and player injuries. In response, teams are educating players on ergonomics, hiring personal chefs and sending gamers to the gym [Editor's note: the link may be paywalled]. Sweden's Ninjas in Pyjamas, one of esports' most accomplished teams, distribute
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 Harry and Meghan visit drought-stricken area
Harry and Meghan's royal tour of Australia took in a visit to a struggling, drought-stricken farming area of New South Wales Wednesday, after stopping by the Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) -- a lifeline for many in the vast, rural areas the state -- to unveil a new aircraft.
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 Memory raises $5M to bring AI to time tracking
Memory, a startup out of Norway and maker of time tracking app Timely, has raised $5 million in further funding. Leading the round is Concentric, and Investinor, with participation from existing investor SNÖ Ventures. The company had previously raised $1 million in 2016 from 500 Startups, and SNÖ. Founded by Mathias Mikkelsen, a designer by […]
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Trump defends Saudi Arabia as accusations mount
President Donald Trump has defended Saudi Arabia as accusations mount over its de facto ruler's close links to the men who apparently killed a journalist in the kingdom's consulate in Istanbul.
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European late-stage FinTech startups get a boost with new Corviglia fund
In a boost to late-stage funding for FinTech startups looking to scale-up without having to leave Europe, what claims to be the largest growth equity fund for Fintech in Europe launches today. The Corviglia Capital Fund will be deployed from Luxembourg and has secured $250M as a first closing for its first three years of […]
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MTV's Real World will be revived with interactivity on Facebook Watch
The world’s first hit reality show "The Real World" is being reimagined for Facebook Watch 26 years after it debuted on cable. Come Spring 2019, fans will get a chance to vote on who'll join as the final cast member and connect with the housemates through Facebook Watch Party’s synchronized viewing chat rooms as they […]
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Chinese star seen after lengthy disappearance
Chinese film star Fan Bingbing has appeared in public for the first time since she vanished without a trace three months ago, sparking rumors that she had been disappeared by the Chinese Communist Party.
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Roborace to replace F1 racing drivers with robots at Disrupt
Formula E is so 2017. This year, it's all about Roborace, an upcoming F1-style competition. And the big new thing is that it's all about self-driving cars. I'm excited to announce that Roborace CEO Lucas DiGrassi will come to TechCrunch Disrupt Berlin to talk about this crazy idea. DiGrassi may sound like a familiar name […]
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 10 Popular Websites That Were (Or Are) Blocked In Other Countries
You wake up in the morning and briefly log onto the Internet to read the latest news on your favorite news websites. Then you log onto Facebook and Twitter to catch up with family and coworkers before checking out some information on Wikipedia. Maybe you even reply to some messages on WhatsApp and Telegram. After […]
The post 10 Popular Websites That Were (Or Are) Blocked In Other Countries appeared first on Listverse.
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10 Bizarre Things Criminals Did To Evade The Police
Criminals will do anything to get away with their sinister deeds. After all, nobody wants to go to prison. While some criminals go about evading the authorities with conventional methods, others choose to do so in a creative way. Most of the time, however, there is a difference between a split-second decision and poor judgement. […]
The post 10 Bizarre Things Criminals Did To Evade The Police appeared first on Listverse.
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 Asian-Style Bacon-Wrapped Chicken
Don't you think that "Asian" and "bacon" are two words that should be together more often when describing food? Here's a start: This bacon-wrapped chicken gets its Asian zing from a marinade of garlic, ginger, and soy sauce.
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10 Facts About The Moment Of Death From Modern Science
No matter who you are, where you're from, what you do, or how much money you make, death will eventually touch you. Since the dawn of time, humans have pondered their own mortality. We await the fateful day when our lives will be it will happen in an instant. Have you thought about what […]
The post 10 Facts About The Moment Of Death From Modern Science appeared first on Listverse.
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How Paul Allen Saved the American Search For Extraterrestrial Intelligence
dmoberhaus writes: Paul Allen died on Monday evening at the age of 65. Motherboard spoke with SETI researchers about how the Microsoft co-founder single-handedly saved the American Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence by building the first dedicated SETI radio telescope and its legacy one decade later. Less than a year after NASA's SETI program started, it was shut down by members of Congress who didn't want to spend money on the "great Martian chase." In order for the program to continue, i
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 Watch: Cody Bellinger delivers walk-off hit to beat Brewers in 13th inning
Cody Bellinger delivered a walk-off hit in the bottom of the 13th inning on Tuesday night to give the Los Angeles Dodgers a 2-1 win over the Milwaukee Brewers in Game 4 of the NLCS after five hours and 15 minutes of play.
Manny Machado singled with one out in the 13th against Junior Guerra and then advanced to second on a wild pitch. Then with two outs and a full count, Bellinger ripped a single to right field to score Machado and win the game.
IT'S OVER! @Dodgers win it in 13 INNINGS! WOW
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IMF chief to skip Saudi conference
Saudi Arabia's big investment conference has lost another high-profile guest after International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde dropped out.
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Ex-MLB player slams Manny Machado after dirty play
Former MLB player and current analyst Eric Byrnes was one of the most vocal parties to criticize Manny Machado over the shortstop’s actions during Game 4 of the NLCS on Tuesday night.
Machado dragged his leg while running to first base on a groundout in the bottom of the 10th inning in what clearly was a dirty play. He ended up clipping Milwaukee Brewers first baseman Jesus Aguilar in the leg and was lucky not to have done more damage.
Come on Machado, don't do this. pic.twitter.com
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Trump's Saudi defense leaves Sen. Sanders stunned
Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) reacted to President Trump's comments suggesting the criticism Saudi Arabia has received over a missing Saudi journalist is premature, comparing these accusations to the sexual assault allegations against Justice Brett Kavanaugh.
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Twitter reacts to Cody Bellinger’s airplane gliding catch
Cody Bellinger robbed Lorenzo Cain of a hit in the top of the 10th inning during Game 4 of the NLCS on Tuesday night between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Milwaukee Brewers, and the Twitter reactions were spectacular.
Cain led off the top of the 10th with a flare into right-center field off Kenley Jansen that looked like it would fall for a hit. Bellinger came flying in out of nowhere to make a diving catch and went gliding across the grass afterwards. Take a look:
So fly. #LADetermined pic.twit
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Watch: Manny Machado commits dirty play at first base
Manny Machado’s dirty play at first base during the bottom of the 10th inning of Game 4 of the NLCS on Tuesday night led benches to clear between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Milwaukee Brewers.
Machado grounded out against Junior Guerra for the second out of the inning. As he was running to first, he headed towards the inside of the baseline and then dragged his left leg to clip Jesus Aguilar by the bag.
Come on Machado, don't do this. pic.twitter.com/xyx37Zncip
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 Hey, Did You Know Stephen Hawking Thought There Is No God?
In what would be somewhat of a revelation had the late theoretical physicist and cosmologist Stephen Hawking not been one of the world's most famous atheists—and spoken or written on the topic on numerous occasions—media outlets are playing up that Hawking's final book Brief Answers to the Big Questions contains the…Read more...
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CDC Says It's Concerned About Polio-Like 'Mystery Illness' That's Paralyzing Kids
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention this week issued a warning about a disease known as acute flaccid myelitis (AFM), an illness it says it knows very little about but can cause arm or leg weakness and paralysis, particularly in children. According to a Tuesday press briefing, there have been 62 confirmed…Read more...
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 MIT unveils new $1 bn college for artificial intelligence
Washington (AFP) Oct 15, 2018
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology announced plans Monday to create a new college of artificial intelligence with an initial $1 billion commitment for the program focusing on "responsible and ethical" uses of the technology.
The prestigious university said it would add 50 new faculty members and create an interdisciplinary hub for work in computer science, AI, data science, and relate
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Russian cosmonaut reveals what ISS crew truly fears
Moscow (Sputnik) Oct 16, 2018
The cosmonaut also explained that cosmonauts and astronauts alike all hope that everything goes according to plan.
Sergei Prokopyev, a Russian cosmonaut currently stationed aboard the International Space Station, has unveiled the true fear that plagues every member of the ISS crew.
"What cosmonauts and astronauts are afraid of is the cancellation of their space launch," Prokopyev sai
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Escape capsule with Soyuz MS-10 crew hit ground 5 times before stopping
Moscow (Sputnik) Oct 17, 2018
The escape capsule with the Soyuz MS-10 crew, which had to return to Earth in a ballistic descent mode as a result of the booster failure, hit the ground five times before stopping, a source in the space industry told Sputnik.
"Sensors of the reentry capsule registered that it suffered five hits during the landing. That is, the spacecraft hit the ground, bounced several times and rolled ov
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EU to be able to use Ariane 6 carrier rockets for manned space flights
Paris (Sputnik) Oct 17, 2018
The new EU Ariane 6 carrier rocket will be able to fulfill various tasks including ensuring manned space flights, President of the Ariane Group Alain Charmeau said.
"The United States is surpassing Europe due to resumption of NASA and SpaceX manned flights starting from 2019. India is also surpassing Europe due to the program scheduled for 2022. Ariane 6 has not thought about implementatio
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RUDN physicist described the shape of a wormhole
Moscow, Russia (SPX) Oct 17, 2018
A RUDN physicist demonstrated how to describe the shape of any symmetrical wormhole - a black hole that theoretically can be a kind of a portal between any two points in space and time - based on its wave spectrum. The research would help understand the physics of wormholes and better identify their physical characteristics. The article of the scientist was published in the Physics Letters B jou
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African smoke-cloud connection target of NASA airborne flights
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Oct 17, 2018
Over the southeast Atlantic Ocean, a 2,000-mile-long plume of smoke from African agricultural fires meets a near-permanent cloud bank offshore. Their meeting makes a natural laboratory for studying the interactions between cloud droplets and the tiny airborne smoke particles. This month, NASA's P-3 research aircraft and a team of scientists return on their third deployment to this region as part
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US lags behind Russia, China on Space Force says Trump
Washington DC (Sputnik) Oct 16, 2018
In June, the US President ordered the country's Department of Defense to "immediately begin the process necessary to establish a Space Force as the sixth branch of the armed forces."
Speaking at a "Make America Great Again" rally in Kentucky, US President Donald Trump admitted that Washington is lagging behind Moscow and Beijing in the creation of space forces.
"Russia has already st
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'Concrete block on your chest': astronauts recount failed space launch
Moscow (AFP) Oct 16, 2018
Russian cosmonaut Aleksey Ovchinin on Tuesday said the G-force during last week's emergency landing of the Soyuz spacecraft felt like a concrete block on his chest but he and NASA astronaut Nick Hague are now in "great" health.
Ovchinin and Hague were forced to make an emergency landing after an accident on their rocket minutes after blast-off to the International Space Station, with the rap
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Saft batteries power MASCOT on Asteroid Ryugu
Paris, France (SPX) Oct 17, 2018
Saft, the leader in batteries for space, is celebrating the success of the MASCOT (Mobile Asteroid Surface Scout), an asteroid lander designed to research the origins of the solar system, which relied on a Saft battery system as its power source.
After MASCOT disconnected from the Hayabusa 2 craft, the battery system powered four scientific instruments as well as the on-board computer, nav
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The Asteroids are Coming
Bethesda, MD (SPX) Oct 17, 2018
This isn't just "buzz" to get you excited about a new movie coming; we really are being buzzed by asteroids and other NEOs (Near Earth Objects), and one day these conjunctions could become collisions! There are lots of NEOs out there orbiting the sun.
Some, like comets, are less worrisome since they are composed primarily of ice and small, rocky particles that dissipate upon entering Earth
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Roseanne reacts to character's exit
Nearly five months since ABC's much-publicized axing of its "Roseanne" revival from its lineup, the network premiered "The Conners," a half hour spin-off framed around the fictional family of Roseanne Conner.
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O'Rourke borrows Trump's attack line
Democratic Rep. Beto O'Rourke aggressively cast Republican Sen. Ted Cruz as "all talk and no action" during the second -- and potentially final -- debate of the Texas Senate race Tuesday night.
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 11" American Tanto Blade Survival Knife for $6 + free shipping
As one of its daily deals, 13 Deals offers this 11" American Tanto Blade Survival Knife for $6.49 with free shipping. That's $23 off list and tied with yesterday's expired mention as the lowest price we could find. It features a 6" blade, paracord handle, whistle, and fire starter. Deal ends today.
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96 Shutterfly Custom Address Labels for free + $4 s&h
Shutterfly offers two address label 48-packs for free via coupon code "GETLABELS". (Choose "Address Labels" from the "Cards & Stationery" drop-down menu; add two packs to cart.) Shipping adds $3.98, which means that it's $2 under our June mention and the best combined price we've seen. (It also yields a saving of at least $20.)
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LG 55" 4K HDR LED UHD Smart TV w/ ThinQ for $1,097 + free shipping
Ending today, Electronic Express via Rakuten offers the LG 55" 4K HDR Flat LED Ultra HD Smart Television, model no. 55SK9000PUA, bundled with $328.80 in Rakuten Credit for $1,096.99 with free shipping. Assuming you'll use the credit, that's $211 under our May mention and the lowest price we could find by $329. Features include:
3840x2160 (4K) native resolution
4K Cinema HDR (supports Dolby Vision, HDR10, HLG)
LG ThinQ AI platform
802.11ac wireless & Bluetooth 4.2
voice control via
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Samsung acquires network analytics startup Zhilabs to help its transition to 5G
Samsung Electronics is betting that acquiring Zhilabs, a real-time networks analytics startup based in Barcelona, will ease its transition from 4G to 5G technologies. Financial details of the deal, which was announced today, have not been disclosed. Zhilabs will be fully owned by Samsung, but it will continue to operate independently under its own management. […]
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Scribd and The New York Times announce a joint $12.99 subscription
If you want to subscribe to both Scribd and The New York Times, you can now do it for a combined price of $12.99 per month — particularly impressive when you consider that a standard NYT digital subscription costs $15.99 on its own. You sign up and pay through Scribd, but once you do, you’ll […]
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12 Krispy Kreme Glazed Donuts for $6
At participating Krispy Kreme locations offer a dozen original glazed doughnuts for $6 via this printable coupon. That ties last month's mention and depending on your location, it yields a saving of around $2. Click here to find your nearest location. Deal ends October 18.
Note: There is a limit of two redemptions per person.
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LG 55" 4K HDR LED Smart TV, $239 Rakuten GC for $797 + free shipping
Ending today, Electronic Express cia Rakuten offers the LG 55" Class 4K HDR Flat LED UHD Smart TV, model no. 55SK8000PUA, for $796.99. Plus, you'll bag $238.80 in Rakuten Credit. With free shipping, that's the best price we could find by $239 and the lowest price we've seen. (We listed it two weeks ago for $649 without any credit.) Features include:
3840x2160 (4K) native resolution
LG ThinQ AI OS
4 HDMI and 3 USB 2.0
Google Assistant and Amazon Alexa voice control
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 Urias unlikely G4 hero in Dodgers' bullpen
Julio Urias pitched only four innings in the regular season, but he found himself in a huge spot as the last man standing in the Dodgers' bullpen late Tuesday night in Game 4 of the National League Championship Series at Dodger Stadium.
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Bradley Beal sees female head coach in NBA before long
Washington Wizards guard Bradley Beal thinks it won’t be long before we see a woman land a head coaching position in the NBA.
On Tuesday, the Wizards announced Washington Mystics guard Kristi Toliver will join the coaching staff. She becomes the first active WNBA player to be on an NBA coaching staff.
We are progressing towards a day when women aren’t just assistant coaches, but leading the coaching staff. Beal sees that time coming “sooner rather than later.”
Bradley B
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New Balance Women's Evolve Tights for $25 + free shipping
As one of its daily deals, Joe's New Balance Outlet offers the New Balance Women's Evolve Tights in Black for $24.99 with free shipping. That's the lowest price we could find by $53. They're available in sizes XS to XL. Deal ends today.
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'Do Not Track,' the Privacy Tool Used By Millions of People, Doesn't Do Anything
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Gizmodo: When you go into the privacy settings on your browser, there's a little option there to turn on the "Do Not Track" function, which will send an invisible request on your behalf to all the websites you visit telling them not to track you. A reasonable person might think that enabling it will stop a porn site from keeping track of what she watches, or keep Facebook from collecting the addresses of all the places she visits on the internet, or preve
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LG 65" 4K HDR OLED UHD TV, $839 Rakuten GC for $2,797 + free shipping
Ending today, Electronic Express via Rakuten offers the LG 64.5" 4K HDR ThinQ AI Flat OLED Ultra HD Smart Television, model no. OLED65C8PUA, for $2,796.99. Plus, you'll earn $838.80 in Rakuten Points. With free shipping and assuming you'll use the credit, that's a low by $839 and the best price we've seen for this highly-reviewed TV. (We saw it two weeks ago for $2,099 but without any credit.) Features include:
3840x2160 (4K) native resolution
3 USB ports and 4 HDMI inputs
voice control
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 AL East Notes: Red Sox, O's, Blue Jays
Alex Speier of the Boston Globe looks at the Red Sox’ decision not to add a reliever to prior to the non-waiver trade deadline. That non-trade scenario that flew in the face of president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski’s reputation as “Dealer Dave” — one of the most aggressive executives throughout the industry. Dombrowski, though,…
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LG 65" 4K HDR UHD Smart TV, $359 Rakuten GC for $1,197 + free shipping
Ending today, Electronic Express via Rakuten offers the LG 64.5" 4K HDR Flat LED Ultra HD Smart Television, model no. 65SK8000PUA, for $1,196.99. Plus, you'll bag $358.80 in Rakuten Super Points. With free shipping and assuming you'll use the credit, that's a low by $359 and the best price we've seen. (For further comparison, we saw it two weeks ago for its best outright price at $899, without any credit.) Features include:
"Nano Cell" display (more info here)
3840x2160 (4K) native resoluti
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