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18571.

Trapped in amber: Fossilized dinosaur-era crab bridges evolutionary gap (arstechnica.com)

87 points by Petiver on Oct 22, 2021 | 2 comments

18572.

The intestinal microbiome of latrine sediments from two medieval cities (2020) (royalsocietypublishing.org)

87 points by Hooke on May 22, 2021 | 1 comments

18573.

Slow Electricity: The Return of DC Power? (2016) (lowtechmagazine.com)

86 points by lispython on Aug 18, 2021 | 230 comments

18574.

Princeton admits record-low 3.98% of applicants (dailyprincetonian.com)

86 points by undefined1 on Apr 16, 2021 | 217 comments

18575.

Bitcoin’s plunge intensifies, tanks 30% to $30k in single day (cnbc.com)

86 points by koolba on May 19, 2021 | 206 comments

18576.

Who gets to define what’s ‘racist?’ (2020) (contexts.org)

86 points by rayiner on Aug 20, 2021 | 204 comments

18577.

Up to 600 watts of power for graphics cards with the new PCIe 5.0 powerconnector (igorslab.de)

86 points by jsiepkes on Oct 11, 2021 | 176 comments

18578.

Netflix to start testing warnings for people borrowing login info (gammawire.com)

86 points by sharkweek on Mar 11, 2021 | 172 comments

18579.

Environmental impacts of food consumption by dogs and cats (2016) (journals.plos.org)

86 points by adrian_mrd on Mar 10, 2021 | 156 comments

18580.

The IPv4 Cleanup Project (github.com)

86 points by pabs3 on Nov 19, 2021 | 153 comments

18581.

How people reason their way through echo chambers and what might guide them out (niemanlab.org)

86 points by jitinnair1 on Sep 23, 2021 | 148 comments

18582.

UK exports to EU slashed by 68% since Brexit (theguardian.com)

86 points by belltaco on Feb 7, 2021 | 143 comments

18583.

E-Shotgun (e-shotgun.com)

86 points by uap on Dec 11, 2021 | 138 comments

18584.

Will Xi Move on Taiwan? (asia.nikkei.com)

86 points by RyanShook on Sep 15, 2021 | 137 comments

18585.

Why Markets Boomed in a Year of Human Misery (nytimes.com)

86 points by tin7in on Jan 2, 2021 | 132 comments

18586.

Drug for treating obesity cuts body weight by 20 percent (sciencedaily.com)

86 points by LinuxBender on Feb 12, 2021 | 127 comments

18587.

Americans overwhelmingly say marijuana should be legal (pewresearch.org)

86 points by undefined1 on Apr 22, 2021 | 127 comments

18588.

Why Mathematics is Boring (2007) [pdf] (math.ucr.edu)

86 points by danbst on Oct 17, 2021 | 124 comments

18589.

Boeing, Airbus executives urge delay in U.S. 5G wireless deployment (reuters.com)

86 points by HieronymusBosch on Dec 21, 2021 | 121 comments

18590.

The myth of excess vacant housing distracts from solutions (sgvtribune.com)

86 points by Plasmoid on Apr 6, 2021 | 117 comments

18591.

Cuba’s Bitcoin Revolution (bitcoinmagazine.com)

86 points by Overton-Window on Aug 13, 2021 | 115 comments

18592.

Firefox 89.0 Beta brings a new look (mozilla.org)

86 points by drjaydenm on Apr 21, 2021 | 114 comments

18593.

Facebook test asks users if they're worried a friend is 'becoming an extremist' (cnn.com)

86 points by WaitWaitWha on Jul 2, 2021 | 114 comments

18594.

Cixin Liu's Postscript for the American Edition for “The Three Body Problem” (reader.epubee.com)

86 points by markus_zhang on Feb 7, 2021 | 107 comments

18595.

Expanding our private information policy to include media (blog.twitter.com)

86 points by ibejoeb on Nov 30, 2021 | 105 comments

18596.

A quantum walk down Wall Street (economist.com)

86 points by helsinkiandrew on Nov 7, 2021 | 104 comments

18597.

DUR: The Debian User Repository (dur.hunterwittenborn.com)

86 points by luke2m on Jun 26, 2021 | 102 comments

18598.

Fedora and Fallback DNS Servers (lwn.net)

86 points by leephillips on Feb 26, 2021 | 96 comments

18599.

Apple employees say the company is cracking down on remote work (theverge.com)

86 points by ksec on Jul 15, 2021 | 95 comments

18600.

Compass S-1 (sec.gov)

86 points by zacharyozer on Mar 1, 2021 | 93 comments