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Carl Sagans 1980 PBS series Cosmos: A Personal Voyage has been broadcast in more than 60 countries and watched by an estimated 500 million people making it the most widely watched series in American public television history until Ken Burnss The Civ
Space Daily Editorial Team
In 1980, a science documentary hosted by an astronomer became the most watched series in the history of American public television. It held that record for ten years. Measured by its reach around the ...[Continue Reading]
Space Daily
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Toward a theory of uni-context
Tyler Cowen
Here is a good dialogue between Derek Thompson and Agnes Callard, excerpt: Callard:In general, goodness is more context-dependent than badness. There isnt really anything thats good all the time fo ...[Continue Reading]
Marginalrevolution.com
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UN Secretary General says 'Killer Robots' must be stopped, calls autonomous weapons "morally repugnant"
Craig Hale
<ul><li>UN Secretary General calls for a global ban on autonomous "killer robots</li><li>Guterres argues that delegating life-or-death decisions to machines is morally repugnant</li><li>Government ...[Continue Reading]
TechRadar
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Warriors GM Mike Dunleavy hints roster is nearly complete as ex-Laker LeBron James decision looms
Hunter Cookston
Warriors GM Mike Dunleavy hints roster is nearly complete as ex-Laker LeBron James decision looms originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking her ...[Continue Reading]
Sporting News
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What Did the Nine-Dash Line Ruling Accomplish?
Joseph Rachman
Welcome to Foreign Policys Southeast Asia Brief. The highlights this week: In the lead-up to the 10th anniversary of the nine-dash line ruling, China rattles sabers and nerves in the South China Sea ...[Continue Reading]
Foreign Policy
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Deportation flights,rough sex defence, Australian reality, and book-handling in Berlin
Aideen Finnegan
The State paid more than 1 million for a single deportation flight when returning 42 adults and children from Ireland to South Africa in June. The rough sex defence didnt work for Lorcan Murphy. Th ...[Continue Reading]
The Irish Times
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