Article Published by: bleacherreport.com Eryk Anders was the tip of the spear. His football coach at the time, Nick Saban, was known to be rather, shall we say, attentive to special teams. So when Saban designated the sophomore linebacker as a wedge buster on kickoff coverage,...
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Article Published by: forbes.com Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies have been largely ignored by the world's regulators over the last ten years, with only some small attempts to protect investors from wild bitcoin price swings and dodgy crypto exchanges. The bitcoin price, up some 200% so far this year,...
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Article Published by: bbc.com By Cecilia Barría 4 July 2019 This article originally appeared in Spanish on BBC Mundo. Nightmarish traffic jams and skyrocketing rents in big Latin American cities have created a new, profitable business opportunity for building contractors: tiny apartments in central areas, mostly aimed at students...
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Article Published by: fieldandstream.com Ranked by a guy who let a spider-hunting wasp sting him––in the name of science By Steven Hill Snakes aren't the only critters with poison potential. Insects also evolved to use venom as a weapon for warding off attackers or immobilizing prey. But instead...
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Article Published by: cnbc.com With the U.S. women’s national soccer team defeating the Netherlands 2-0 Sunday to take the 2019 Women’s World Cup, Nike is also winning, with jerseys selling out on its website and buzz around its latest ad campaign taking over the internet. The brand...
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Article Published by: npr.com A drone called Dragonfly will be buzzing around Saturn's largest moon in 2034, if all goes according to plan. That's because NASA has picked a mission to the icy moon Titan for its next major foray out into the solar system. "Dragonfly will be...
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Article Published by: uproxxx.com While Ronda Rousey, Miesha Tate, and Cris Cyborg were fighting for MMA championship gold, Amanda Nunes was splitting wins and losses in Strikeforce and Invicta. So when Nunes made her UFC debut in 2013, few could have predicted her path to glory....
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Article Published by: forbes.com Bitcoin prices fell to less than $10,000 today, down close to 30% from their recent high of nearly $14,000 reached on Wednesday, June 26th. The digital currency dropped to $9,986.26 at roughly 11:40 EDT, CoinDesk data shows. At this point, the cryptocurrency had declined...
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Article Published by: bbc.com Over-tourism is suffocating cities around the world. Here’s what you can do to avoid being part of the problem – short of staying home. “More people are travelling – which is great! – but there are no hidden gems anymore.” That’s a comment I...
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Article Published by: nasa.gov NASA has selected three finalists among a dozen concepts for future small satellites. The finalists include a 2022 robotic mission to study two asteroid systems, twin spacecraft to study the effects of energetic particles around Mars, and a lunar orbiter to study...
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