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The Vikings were part of a global network trading in ivory from Greenland

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New research from the University of Copenhagen shows that the Vikings travelled more than 6,000 kilometres...
New research from the University of Copenhagen shows that the Vikings travelled more than 6,000 kilometres to the Arctic to hunt for walrus. DNA analyses reveal that walrus ivory from Greenland was brought to Europe and probably as far as the Middle East via extensive trade networks. In Medieval Europe and the Middl...
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Artificial Intelligence-Enabled Intelligent Assistant for Personalized and Adaptive Learning in Higher Education

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Department of Electrical Computer Engineering, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52246, USA IIHR Hydroscience and...
Department of Electrical Computer Engineering, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52246, USA IIHR Hydroscience and Engineering, University of Iowa, 300 S. Riverside Dr., Iowa City, IA 52246, USA Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52246, USA Department of Chemistry, Un...
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Social Networks and Digital Influencers in the Online Purchasing Decision Process

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Centre for Organisational and Social Studies of the Polytechnic Institute of Porto (CEOS.PP), Accounting and Business...
Centre for Organisational and Social Studies of the Polytechnic Institute of Porto (CEOS.PP), Accounting and Business School (ISCAP), Porto Polytechnic Institute, Porto, Outermost Regions Sustainable Ecosystem for Entrepreneurship and Innovation (OSEAN), 465-004 São Mamede de Infesta, Portugal Centre for Organisatio...
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A tiny town just got slammed by Helene. It could massively disrupt the tech industry

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Her state bans gender-affirming care for teenagers. So she travels 450 miles for it

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DES MOINES, Iowa – In the future, Veronica sees herself in a big city. “I like...
DES MOINES, Iowa – In the future, Veronica sees herself in a big city. “I like chaos and spontaneousness,” she says, and she doesn’t get much of that in her town surrounded by farmland outside of Des Moines. It’s slow and boring, she says. Matching rows of ranch houses line wide manicured streets, with SUVs parked i...
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Kris Kristofferson, Songwriter Whose Poetic Lyrics Transcended Genre, Dead at 88

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California bans legacy admissions at private universities

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‘It felt risqué:’ How a computer dating service launched in 1965 changed our love lives | CNN

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“Your business is our pleasure. Your pleasure is our business.” This was the slogan hung outside...
“Your business is our pleasure. Your pleasure is our business.” This was the slogan hung outside a Harvard dorm room in 1965, marking the headquarters of the first computer matchmaking service in the US. Decades before Tinder and OK Cupid, there was Operation Match. Some of today’s dating apps keep us playing the fi...
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DirecTV agrees to buy Dish for $1 | CNN Business

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New York CNN — DirecTV announced Monday it’s buying rival Dish Network, ending multiple decades of...
New York CNN — DirecTV announced Monday it’s buying rival Dish Network, ending multiple decades of on-and-off talks about the satellite services merging. The companies have struggled to retain subscribers in the streaming era. As platforms like Netflix, Hulu and Amazon’s Prime Video have gained traction, peeling mil...
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On the Future of Commander

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The past week has been tumultuous for Commander fans, members of the Commander Rules Committee, and...
The past week has been tumultuous for Commander fans, members of the Commander Rules Committee, and the Magic community as a whole. Along the way, we've seen players and fans share a diverse range of passionate opinions—far too many of which were harmful or malicious. Below and over the next few days and weeks, we w...
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What have you been eating, drinking, and cooking? - ~food

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What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? - ~games

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'It is a kind of marriage': When Denmark held the first ever same-sex civil unions

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Getty ImagesDenmark became the world's first country to offer legal recognition of gay partnerships on 1...
Getty ImagesDenmark became the world's first country to offer legal recognition of gay partnerships on 1 October 1989, and the BBC was there to film the ceremonies – recording a day when "something shifted in human affairs".In 2024 it might seem unremarkable in many parts of the world, but in 1989 it was a plunge in...
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'Larger than life' Mutombo, 58, dies of brain cancer

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Sep 30, 2024, 10:55 AM ETDikembe Mutombo, the Hall of Fame, finger-wagging center who spent much...
Sep 30, 2024, 10:55 AM ETDikembe Mutombo, the Hall of Fame, finger-wagging center who spent much of his post-basketball career as an ambassador for the sport, died of brain cancer at the age of 58, the NBA announced Monday.Mutombo's family revealed two years ago he was undergoing treatment in Atlanta for a brain tum...
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Weekly Israel-Hamas war megathread - week of September 30 - ~news

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Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of September 30 - ~news

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Cyan Kicks – Don't you say I didn't warn you (Official Lyric Video)

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Melting glaciers force Switzerland and Italy to redraw part of Alpine border

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Switzerland and Italy have redrawn a border that traverses an Alpine peak as melting glaciers shift...
Switzerland and Italy have redrawn a border that traverses an Alpine peak as melting glaciers shift the historically defined frontier.The two countries agreed to the modifications beneath the Matterhorn, one of the highest mountains in Europe, which straddles Switzerland’s Zermatt region and Italy’s Aosta valley.Gla...
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Keepers of the Stone DLC and Fishing Update (1.4) available!

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The wait is finally over! Sturdy-as-stone Frogs join Against the Storm as the 6th playable species,...
The wait is finally over! Sturdy-as-stone Frogs join Against the Storm as the 6th playable species, while the new biome – Coastal Grove – opens its port to Viceroys searching for sunken treasures. We also released Fishing Update (1.4), free for everyone, which introduces a new fishing system, passive need bonuses, n...
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DirecTV And Dish To Merge, Creating U.S. Pay-TV Giant, As AT&T Completes Exit From Entertainment

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Dish Network and DirecTV Justin Sullivan/Getty Images DirecTV is acquiring satellite rival Dish Network, creating by...
Dish Network and DirecTV Justin Sullivan/Getty Images DirecTV is acquiring satellite rival Dish Network, creating by far the largest U.S. pay-TV operator. The two satellite companies, which have struggled in recent years due to cord-cutting and their innate inability to offer broadband services, have discussed comin...
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Mojang reveals the first addition of Minecraft's new year-round update schedule: A creepy forest biome haunted by a tough-to-kill monster

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Minecraft Live 2024 - YouTube Watch On At today's Minecraft Live 2024 livestream, Mojang revealed the...
Minecraft Live 2024 - YouTube Watch On At today's Minecraft Live 2024 livestream, Mojang revealed the next update coming to the game, the first of a new, more regular cadence of smaller additions. The Pale Garden biome and its resident critter, The Creaking, are set to go live "in the next few months," while players...
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Viossa and venting about Etymology Nerd - ~humanities.languages

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The first half of this post is a vent about recent events I have to get...
The first half of this post is a vent about recent events I have to get out of my system. Below is some hopefully actually interesting content about the constructed conpidgin Viossa. If you are interested in languages & linguistics and, like me, are not immune to the draw of short-form video content, you are probabl...
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BLOOD INCANTATION - The Stargate (Official Video)

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Will Ferrell: ‘If the Trans Community Is a Threat to You, Then It Stems From Not Being Confident or Safe With Yourself’

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