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    How the White House shield law makes it *easier* to subpoena reporters
    Writes Trevor Timm at the Freedom of the Press Foundation blog: "The law certainly wouldn't help the AP, and national security journalists, the only reporters that get subpoenaed by the federal government, would be at *more* risk of being forced to g...
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    Genghis Khan and climate
    New research is suggesting that the rise of the Mongolian Empire might have been linked to natural variation in the climate cycle.     ...
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    Will robots take all the jobs?
    In a fascinating installment of the IEEE Techwise podcast [MP3], Rice University Computational Engineering prof Moshe Vardi discusses the possibility that robots will obviate human labor faster than new jobs are created, leaving us with no jobs. Thi...
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    Printing a gun is hard
    Caleb sez, "The Department of Defense ordered that 3d printed gun removed from the Internet. That didn't work out. You can still download it and print it. I did, and found that the files are a mess and not really functional. I also took a cool time...
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