Wednesday 29 April 2020

Guy Who Tweeted at Trump Landed $69 Million Ventilator Deal With New York, Never Sent Any

Appearing in the president’s Twitter mentions has, incredibly, finally paid off for somebody: a random Silicon Valley-based electrical engineer named Yaron Oren-Pines who scored a $69.1 million contract with the state of New York after he tweeted at Trump, “We can supply ICU Ventilators, invasive and noninvasive. Have…

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It Could Take Decades for the Ocean Floor to Recover From Deep Sea Mining

A new study has found that the impacts of deep sea mining are still felt a quarter of a century later.

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Is Apple's New iPad Magic Keyboard Worth the $300 Investment?

Apple Magic Keyboard for iPad Pro | $300 | B&H Photo

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Well-Preserved Tail of Terrifying Aquatic Dinosaur Shows It Was a Formidable Swimmer

The discovery of a well-preserved Spinosaurus tail fossil is refining what we know about these ferocious carnivores, further affirming their role as aquatic hunters.

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15-Mile Ice Jam Hits Canada's Tar Sands Capital, Causing Floods and Evacuations

Fort McMurray is under evacuation for the second time in four years. The Albertan town was besieged by a huge wildfire in 2016, but now it faces flooding due to an army of ice (feel free to leave your Game of Thrones references in the comments).

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