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Students Have Made Martin Shkreli’s $750 Drug in Their Chem Lab for Just $2

High school students in Australia have created 3.7 grams of Daraprim's active ingredient in their chemistry lab for just $20. The anti-parasitic medicine costs $750 a tablet in the U.S. thanks to hedge-fund manager Martin Shkreli.

December 1, 2016
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Science

Australian Waters Are “Cooking” Coral to Death, Causing Worst Ever Die-Off

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One stretch of the Great Barrier Reef that measures 700-km (435 miles) long has been depleted by two-thirds, the largest die-off ever recorded. Scientists estimate a 5-10 year recovery period for that area of the reef, barring another bleaching event.

December 1, 2016
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Science

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The Electoral College is Outdated and Undemocratic

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Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton is now beating President-elect Donald Trump in the popular vote by more than 2 million votes. This is by far

December 1, 2016
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Politics

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Electoral Reform

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Magic mushroom ingredient psilocybin could be key to treating depression - studies

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Immediate reduction in depression and anxiety for up to eight months seen in patients with advanced cancer given a single dose of psilocybin.

December 1, 2016
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Science

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What Would It Take to Fix the Voting System and Why Isn’t Anybody Doing It?

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A manual recount of paper ballots is the gold standard of election audits. However, even that procedure, which roughly three-quarters of Wisconsin counties will use, may not discover every way in which

December 1, 2016
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Politics

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Electoral Reform

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Corporate Welfare Will Bring Back Jobs vs. Jobs Will Never Come Back

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The Carrier company’s announcement that, after exhortations from Donald Trump, it was going to move a thousand jobs overseas—rather than the 2,000 that it had previously planned to move—led New York Times

December 1, 2016
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Media

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Propaganda & Truth

Watch Bernie Sanders' Full Speech in Philadelphia: The Future of American Democracy is at Risk

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Prior to his interview with Amy Goodman on Monday, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) gave a speech at the Free Library of Philadelphia talking about the election of Donald Trump, the Democratic

December 1, 2016
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Politics

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Jill Stein: Recounts are Necessary Because Electronic Voting Invites Tampering, Hacking, Human Error

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Former presidential candidate Dr. Jill Stein is continuing her efforts to force recounts in three states: Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Michigan. But on Tuesday the effort faced a setback as a Wisconsin judge

November 30, 2016
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Lawrence Lessig: The Electoral College Is Constitutionally Allowed to Choose Clinton over Trump

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As we continue to talk about the U.S. election system, we turn now to Harvard Law professor Lawrence Lessig, who sparked debate over the issue of the Electoral College with his

November 30, 2016
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Politics

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2016 US Elections

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Cybersecurity Expert Bruce Schneier: American Elections Will Be Hacked

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"American Elections Will Be Hacked.’" That’s the title of a recent article in The New York Times by our next guest, the leading cybersecurity and privacy researcher Bruce Schneier. Schneier warns, "Our

November 30, 2016
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