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Old headlines pop into my head at the oddest times. I was booking plane tickets for a family trip around the Fourth of July, noticing the difference in price from last year, and there it was, a 2004 Harper’s headline: “The Oil We Eat.” We might as well belly upContinue Reading

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Lucrecia Martel is one of Latin America’s acclaimed arthouse filmmakers of European descent. After dealing with Indigenous issues in short films like “Leagues” and “New Argirópolis,” she had a global breakout with 2017’s historical biopic “Zama,” about an 18th century colonial magistrate. That powerful, often strikingly funny work sought toContinue Reading

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Despite the hype, it’s been surprisingly challenging to find quantum algorithms that outperform classical ones. In this episode, UC Berkeley computer scientist, Ewin Tang, discusses her pioneering work in “dequantizing” quantum algorithms and what it means for the future of quantum computing. “The Joy of Why” is a Quanta MagazineContinue Reading

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“The two-party duopoly in British politics might be dead,” says Kiran Stacey, policy editor at the Guardian, in our analysis of Thursday’s elections. Subscribe to Guardian News on YouTube ► https://www.youtube.com/user/guardianwires?sub_confirmation=1 In England it has been one of the most closely watched local elections in recent history. The early hoursContinue Reading

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Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Joss Reimer says the hantavirus is ‘much harder’ to transmit between people, making it different from COVID. Subscribe to CTV News to watch more videos: https://www.youtube.com/ctvnews Connect with CTV News: For live updates and latest headlines visit: http://www.ctvnews.ca/ For breaking news, fast, download the CTVContinue Reading

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It’s been 15 years since the U.S. found and killed the world’s most notorious terrorist, Osama bin Laden. Compass Points moderator Nick Schifrin continues last week’s conversation with Mark Kelton, the CIA’s station chief in Pakistan at the time, for more on the raid and its fallout. Watch PBS NewsContinue Reading

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Spain will receive the MV Hondius, a luxury cruise ship struck by a deadly hantavirus outbreak that killed three. Its 149 passengers from 23 countries will be escorted to a cordoned-off airport section before being flown home on charter flights, authorities said. #News #Reuters #Newsfeed #hantavirus #cruiseship #spain #mvhondius ReadContinue Reading