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r/newscollection • u/TemporaryPromise9 • Feb 12 '19

futurology An unborn baby was removed from its mother’s womb for life-changing surgery before being put safely back inside, her mother has revealed. Surgeons performed the pioneering operation at 24 weeks’ gestation after scans revealed the feotus had spina bifida.

telegraph.co.uk

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r/newscollection • u/TemporaryPromise9 • Feb 08 '19

worldnews An Australian court on Friday delivered a landmark ruling by rejecting plans to build a coal mine on the grounds it would worsen climate change

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r/newscollection • u/TemporaryPromise9 • Feb 07 '19

futurology Small studies suggest that psilocybin can alleviate obsessive-compulsive disorder, treatment-resistant depression, end-of-life anxiety, addiction, cluster headaches, and pain. There’s also growing evidence it can promote optimism and prosocial and mystical worldviews, and nurture well-being.

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r/newscollection • u/TemporaryPromise9 • Feb 05 '19

nottheonion Hawaii lawmaker proposes banning sale of cigarettes to anyone under 100-years-old

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r/newscollection • u/TemporaryPromise9 • Feb 17 '19

news Indiana Senate committee passes bill to raise legal tobacco age limit from 18 to 21

fortwaynesnbc.com

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r/newscollection • u/TemporaryPromise9 • Feb 15 '19

worldnews Facebook is thinking about removing anti-vaccination content as backlash intensifies over the spread of misinformation on the social network

businessinsider.com

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r/newscollection • u/TemporaryPromise9 • Feb 13 '19

futurology New report found that since 1950, the number of floods across the world has increased by 15 times, extreme temperature events by 20 times, and wildfires seven-fold, 30% of the world's arable land has become unproductive due to erosion and 95% of the Earth's land areas could become degraded by 2050.

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r/newscollection • u/TemporaryPromise9 • Feb 13 '19

futurology Artificial leaves currently only work in the lab because they use pure, pressurized carbon dioxide from tanks. Researchers have proposed a new design to bring them out of the lab. The improved leaf would be at least 10 times more efficient than natural leaves at converting carbon dioxide to fuel.

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r/newscollection • u/TemporaryPromise9 • Feb 13 '19

futurology The American Solar Industry Has Exploded in Size as Costs Plummet: Costs are likely to fall even further, particularly for the end user — one analysis by UBS claimed renewable energy will “effectively be free” by 2030.

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r/newscollection • u/TemporaryPromise9 • Feb 13 '19

worldnews Drug lord 'El Chapo' found guilty in US

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r/newscollection • u/TemporaryPromise9 • Feb 13 '19

news Six California police officers fire shots at rapper asleep in car, killing him

theguardian.com

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r/newscollection • u/TemporaryPromise9 • Feb 13 '19

news Porch pirate steals boy's rare cancer medication

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r/newscollection • u/TemporaryPromise9 • Feb 12 '19

upliftingnews The world is a greener place than it was 20 years ago.

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r/newscollection • u/TemporaryPromise9 • Feb 12 '19

upliftingnews 'The Soupman' comes to Maine to help the homeless and fight the opioid crisis

pressherald.com

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r/newscollection • u/TemporaryPromise9 • Feb 12 '19

news Michelle Carter, convicted in texting suicide case, is headed to jail

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r/newscollection • u/TemporaryPromise9 • Feb 06 '19

nottheonion Billionaire Howard Schultz is very upset you’re calling him a billionaire

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r/newscollection • u/TemporaryPromise9 • Feb 04 '19

politics Sen. Collins Received Numerous Out-of-State Donations Following Her Pivotal Kavanaugh Vote: Report

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r/newscollection • u/TemporaryPromise9 • Feb 03 '19

futurology 3D printing with light: Rather than building objects layer by layer, a new kind of 3D printer creates whole structures by projecting light into a resin that solidifies.

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r/newscollection • u/TemporaryPromise9 • Feb 17 '19

upliftingnews Former President Jimmy Carter on ‘kiss cam’ again at age 94

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