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Belarus, Ukraine, Russia activists win Nobel Peace Prize
BBC News · BBC Staff
The decision to honor Ales Bialiatsky, Russia’s Memorial and the Ukrainian Centre for Civil Liberties is a rebuff to two authoritarian leaders.
Forget Calif., Amsterdam: This country wants to be the new weed king
Los Angeles Times · David Pierson
A Southeast Asian nation could surge past Amsterdam and the U.S. as a global destination for cannabis cultivation and consumption.
Inflation, labor shortages could put future of U.S. orchards in jeopardy
CBS News · Scott MacFarlane
Apples are picked by hand and require intensive and specialized labor to harvest.
Inventions that are fighting the rise of facial recognition technology
freethink.com · Stephen Johnson
Combating the rise of facial-recognition technology, designers have created clothing and accessories to help to conceal people’s identities.
‘It makes you question your identity’: When Latinos lose Spanish fluency
USA TODAY · Amanda Pérez Pintado
While the number of Latinos who speak Spanish at home has grown, the share has declined in the last two decades.
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Bella Hadid’s spray-on dress was inspired by the science of silly string
Popular Science · Charlotte Hu
Here’s a closer look at the material science behind the fabric from a can.
Keepsakes and memories: Finding, in the clutter, a life well lived
csmonitor.com · Bob Brody
Last year, getting ready to move to Italy from the United States, I sorted through every possession in our New York apartment.
How Cameron Crowe rebooted ‘Almost Famous’ for Broadway
Vanity Fair · Michael Riedel
The inside story of how the filmmaker and his muse (his overprotective mother!) transformed the rock-movie classic into a musical.
Celebrating 60 years of James Bond
flipboard.com · British GQ
To celebrate the franchise’s birthday, we’ve got 007’s killer fitness routines, insight into the making of a Bond song, the ultimate film ranking and…
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