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What makes something artificially intelligent?
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Things that need scientific names
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Real estate seems like a stupid investment vehicle
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Photo Contest - Song and Image (9/2-9/8)
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Smoke in Eugene, OR: See Where the Fires Are
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What is the grandeur of life according to Charles Darwin's famous quote?
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Scientific Songs for Playlist - Add to Your Favorites Now!
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Photos of 2 Sydney, Australia Icons
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What are some of the best sad songs you know?
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Anyone have any guess as to what is happening in this video?
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Enforcing Ethical AI: Proposed Laws for Regulation and Implementation
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How Did Feynman's Unique Teaching Style Transform Problem Solving?
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Photo Contest - Blue Moon (8/26-9/1)
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Salary Calculations in Austria: Gross to Net Calculator Info
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Image uploading sites: What's the best option for image hosting?
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Is My Phone Battery Displaying Infinite Energy?
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What good is it? << Where did this phrase come from?
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What causes a person to develop emotional maturity?
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MHB Hurricane Harvey: Rapid Intensification, Expected to Make Landfall in 24 Hours
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Photo Contest - Cake By The Ocean (8/19-8/25)
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MHB Solar Eclipse 2017 - Share Your Viewing Plans & Memories
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New book on dynamical, agent-based models for economics
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News RIP Jerry Lewis, Comedian and Filmmaker, 91
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Photo Contest - She Blinded Me With Science (8/12-8/18)
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How can table saw safety be improved with the use of SawStop technology?
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I'm Terrified of Human Extinction
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Watching Meteorites: A Night of Mystic Well-Being
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How Can I Get My 6-Year-Old Interested in Science?
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Sensational headlines and their webpages
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Dimensionless Units: SI Reform for Clarity & Precision
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Photo Contest-World Culture 6-Mexico (8/5-8/11)
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When to Buy a "New" Car if Driving a High Mileage Old One?
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How to Add Chaos to Your Summer So Far?
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Explore the Mystery of NYC's H Train
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Where Does Innovation Thrive: Universities or the Capitalist Market?
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Member of the Poincare or Lorentz Group
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Is the NCAA Holding Back Student-Athletes?
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Will there ever be a new CPU manufacturer?
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Who is Considered the Grandmother of All Genius?
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Share Funny/Interesting Stories From Life - No NSFW Content
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News RIP Mathematician Maryam Mirzakhani
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Photo Contest - Bad Photo (7/29-8/4)
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Future market restructuring needs to be taken seriously
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Random Question About pushing a pole at c
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Do Sci-Hub Downloads Correlate with Citations in INSPIRE-HEP Data?
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June Foray: Voice of Rocky the Squirrel - 99 Years of Memories
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What is so "genius" about the work of genius scientists?
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Photo Contest - You're All Wet (7/22-7/28)
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Solving Cat Behavior Problems: 3 Female Cats Living in the Same House
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Why is 'AI' often so negatively portrayed?
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Are Black and Hispanic Teens Being Targeted for Incarceration Based on Race?
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Fox Sports Ends Print -- the Death of Sports Reporting?
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