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The best last-minute Mother's Day gifts: Gadgets and subscriptions mom will love
Mother's Day is nearly here — and the window to get a gift shipped on time is closing. The good news is, as of this writing, ...
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On being my own mother this Mother’s Day
I am shell shocked – a new mother just handed a triggered and scraggly four-year-old to adopt. I pull out my phone and check ...
Conclave live: Wait for new pope goes on as black smoke blows out from Sistine Chapel for second time with cardinals deadlocked on who will succeed Francis
Follow live coverage from the Vatican on the second day of conclave as cardinals return to the Sistine Chapel to vote for a ...
Tech Xplore on MSN1d
System lets robots identify an object's properties through handling
A human clearing junk out of an attic can often guess the contents of a box simply by picking it up and giving it a shake, without the need to see what's inside. Researchers from MIT, Amazon Robotics, ...
Plastics companies know about chemical recycling’s shortcomings — but still sell it as a solution
This story was originally published by Grist with the headline Plastics companies know about chemical recycling’s ...
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See the Imaginative Illustrations on the Endpapers of Children’s Books Like ‘The World of Pooh’ and ‘Blueberries for Sal’
A new exhibition celebrates the often-overlooked endpapers of more than 50 works of children's literature ranging from the ...
CounterPunch4dOpinion
The Gallatin River is Crying: “May Day, May Day!”
Mayday, mayday, mayday” is not a celebration of the first day of May, but “an emergency procedure word used internationally ...