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James hider
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Journalist. Ghostwriter. Sci-fi author
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Apollo 11.
Rarely seen shot of Eagle, the Moon and Earthrise, taken on this day, July 21, 1969.
Mike Collin's alternate photo is extremely well known, but this one - shown remastered and cropped - is an absolute beauty!
July 21, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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A salmon made from from cells grown in tanks became the first cell-cultured seafood to receive safety approval from the FDA.

Kann, a Haitian restaurant in Portland, is the first restaurant to offer it to diners.
Lab-grown seafood is hitting restaurant menus. Would you eat it?
Wildtype’s cell-cultivated salmon is the first seafood to earn FDA approval, marking a significant milestone for the alternative protein industry.
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June 28, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Fascinating! Who’d have thought “Blade Runner” would be playing out on our phones by 2025? Or maybe the Anthropic chatbot had just absorbed tbe plot of Blade Runner to please the writer? #ai #scifi

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One day in the life and death of an AI chatbot
Podcast Episode · The Story · 06/26/2025 · 32m
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June 28, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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What does the Milky Way look like from the side? Thanks to data from ESA’s Gaia mission, we now have a detailed map showing its thin, warped disk — home to our Sun and billions of stars. A stunning view of our galaxy’s true shape.

Credit: ESA, Gaia, DPAC, Stefan Payne-Wardenaar
May 14, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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I may be the last person to the party with this but I have discovered Radio Garden and I cannot stop listening to it!! (It’s a site that lets you listen to radio stations across the world — randomly if you like — and discover stuff you’d never find otherwise.) radio.garden
Radio Garden
Explore live radio by rotating the globe.
radio.garden
March 30, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Frozen Chesapeake, from the train window
January 23, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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What a conversation: a name you hear all over NPR - Anas Baba - our reporter living in Gaza, on the last year. He’s lost nearly half his body weight in the last year, surviving daily strikes, to be record stories for NPR.

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A snapshot of a year spent reporting and living through war, from NPR's producer in Gaza
NPR's producer in Gaza, Anas Baba, reflects on his year of reporting on the war and living through it.
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December 29, 2024 at 3:34 PM
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. It was the end of times. www.amazon.com/Ripe-James-H...
Ripe
Amazon.com: Ripe eBook : Hider, James: Kindle Store
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November 21, 2024 at 11:56 PM