Swiss Machine’ Ueli Steck killed in Mt Everest accident
By RAJAN POKHREL From The Himalayan Times FIRST DEATH OF THE SEASON KATHMANDU: Ueli Steck (41), popularly known as ‘Swiss Machine’ in the mountaineering world, was killed in an accident near Camp II on Mt Everest on Sunday morning, multiple…
Plastic smart cards raise $9M in pre-orders, won’t ever ship
By Laura Northrup From Consumerist A few years ago, universal payment cards were a mini-fad online. The idea was that you carried one “smart” card which stored the numbers of all of your other credit cards. The most popular was…
Meet the Mexico Bureau Chief. (His job has changed since Trump.)
By LIZZIE WADE From New York Times Azam Ahmed had been walking for hours in the sweltering humidity of southern Mexico, hiding from the police the whole way, when he realized his long day was about to get longer. Mr….
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NutriMost ‘Ultimate Fat Loss’ system slammed with $32 million judgment for overblown weight loss claims
By Chris Morran The marketing for the NutriMost Ultimate Fat Loss system claimed that users could drop 40 pounds, or more, in just 40 days, and without having to fret about calories. However, the Federal Trade Commission says that this…
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Spectacular end is nigh for Cassini space probe
By Robin McKie From The Guardian UK Last week, the US space probe Cassini survived an encounter of the very closest – and riskiest – kind. In response to signals that had been transmitted to it across several hundred millions…
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Cuba U17s carry the Caribbean flag
From CONCACAF PANAMA CITY, Panama – Cuba has played in two FIFA U-17 World Cups, but none since 1991. That trend could soon change. The Leones del Caribe advanced to the Classification Stage of the 2017 CONCACAF Under-17 Championship after…
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Cautious optimism about first steps to curb tax dodging
From NUPGE.ca “It is too early to be certain whether this dip is an emerging trend, or just a blip as has happened before. But this could be a sign that global efforts to curb corporate profit shifting to tax…
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Scientists search for Caribbean quake clues
A report by Kate Ravilious for London’s Guardian. From Repeating Islands By following the flow of seawater deep into the earth’s crust, researchers hope to understand the region’s instability Geologically speaking the Caribbean is a lively place. Recent reminders include the…
MIT fires a rocket motor made using 3D-printed plastic
By Jon Fingas From engadget It’s not as ludicrous as it sounds. f you’re going to 3D-print rocket parts, you’d want to make them out of metal to handle the stress, right? Not necessarily. MIT has successfully test-fired what it…
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