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Who is Sigrid and Why is She the Next Big Thing in Music?
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Is Treating 100 Classmates to a Lunar New Year Party Worth the Cost?
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R.I.P. Annie Nightingale (1 April 1940 – 11 January 2024)
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What Books Compare to Godel Escher Bach?
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Drinking hot coffee - a custom in Italy
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R.I.P. David Soul 28.8.1943-4.1.2024
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R.I.P. Franz Beckenbauer 1945-2024
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Is Who Wants to Be a Millionaire Flawed Like Gödel’s Incompleteness Theorem?
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RIP Tom Wilkinson, star of ‘The Full Monty’ and ‘Michael Clayton'
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Has anyone on PF seen the film "Oppenheimer"?
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What is Whamageddon and how do you play?
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Finding Meaningful Work: Career Advice for Young Scientists
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Is The Maniac by Benjamin Labatut a True Representation of von Neumann's Circle?
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How great is the overlap of Philosophy and Physics?
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RIP Tommy Smothers (half of the Smothers Brothers) at 86
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What Are the Top High Scores in the Chrome Dinosaur Game?
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Mini road trip: South (and maybe north) of the border
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R.I.P. Denny Lane 29.10.44 – 5.12.23
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RIP Shane McGowan of the Pogues 1957-2023
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RIP, Charlie Munger (99), Warren Buffet's partner
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RIP Rosalynn Carter, former first lady, wife of President Jimmy Carter
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To supercharge science, first experiment with how it is funded
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Another (old) example of fake news
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Discussion on the science-literature relationship and more
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What is Research and How Does it Relate to Cooking?
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Canadian Politics Boring Dispelled
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The British word "boffin" is polarizing the boffins
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Weird tendency of many professors
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What are you supposed to show when you have no data to present?
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Who Is Your Favorite Scientist and Why?
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R.I.P. David McCallum: NCIS & U.N.C.L.E Actor Dies at 90
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R.I.P. Brooks Robinson: Baseball's Greatest Third Baseman
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Ahoy! International Talk Like a Pirate Day: Shiver me Timbers!
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Is it normal for a student to get frustrated learning a coding language?
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Slow Cooker Recipes & HVAC Revolution
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Starfield: New First-Person Epic Role-Playing Game by BGS
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Be Aware of Bias Before Taking Exams: Lessons from a Flight Disaster
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Movie about people who died forging a new trail in the north
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Bernie Marsden 07.05.1951- 24.08.2023
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Bears Invade Northern BC City: Pics from My Yard
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Why Might a High P/E Ratio Be Attractive to Investors?
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Is Hurricane Hilary Approaching Miami?
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How to recycle effectively (Lip service?)
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Funding from an organization and delay regarding that matter
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Where would you place anthropology on the index of "exact" sciences?
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Finances of Public Medicine and State Schools
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How to Spot Pseudoscience in an Age of Conspiracy Theories
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Do NBA Players Perform Better in Low-Tax States?
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What were Tony Bennett's accomplishments as a legendary singer and artist?
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Germany painting airlines to look like beach towels
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Legendary Hacker -- Kevin Mitnick has Died at age 59
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Craft Beers, Microbreweries and Homebrewing
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Help Settle Dad Dispute: Boo's vs. Yay's?
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Why are teachers the key to civilization?
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Is it possible for people to mentally focus on more than one thing at a time?
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Alan Arkin Passes Away at 89 | Oscar Winning Actor
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UT mourns Prof John Goodenough - Inventor of the Li-ion battery
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Velocity and the human experience
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The Case of Andrew D. (and how it connects with PF)
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Is Youtube Flooded with Poor Quality Science Videos?
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Will there be a million people on the moon by 2060?
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Vietnamese traditional wrestling - the rules?
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Share Exam Dreams & Teeth Loosening Nightmares Here!
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The Battle of the Little Big Chat at Texas A&M
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Understanding GDP and its practical meaning
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Why do my pockets turn inside out in the dryer?
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Happy Star Wars Day - May the 4th Be With You
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Cool Space Watch: Celebrating Apollo 11 Moon Landing
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Judge gets scientific method better than scientists
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Did the Dallas Ransomware Attack Put Lives at Risk?
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Thinking Critically Of The Future Of Science
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Better than Wordle (Today's Hurdle)
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Why is Gordon Lightfoot's passing in 2023 mourned by fans worldwide?
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Is "Umbrella" Insurance Worth it for "Average Joe" American?
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How to Visually Document Darts League Playoff Progressions and Results?
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Plotting My Air Flight Path from Photos
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Photo Contest - Going Up (9/16-9/22)
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How Did Jerry Springer Influence Public Conflict Resolution?
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How Effective Are Virtual Poster Sessions in Online Conferences?
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Harry Belafonte Dead at 96: Farewell to an Iconic Entertainer
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Does the absence of the term "valley" make a difference?
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RIP Ahmad Jamal (92), cool jazz pianist/keyboardist
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RIP Harry Lorayne, memory expert and magician
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News ChatGPT fought the Law and the Law Won?
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Unofficial, broadcaster-specific World Cup sponsors
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Ever Play Stress (Stratego and Chess)?
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RIP Al Jaffee (102), Mad cartoonist extraordinaire
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How Did David Crosby's Unique Voice Blend with CSN's Harmony?
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News Chinese "weather" balloon shoot-down over US
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ChatGPT Given A Voice In Japanese National Assembly
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