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NASA: 10,000-year-old Antarctic ice shelf will disappear by 2020

Boko Haram crisis pushes poor of western Chad to brink of hunger, says UNICEF

Shellfish species shrinking as rising carbon emissions hit marine life

The Kurdish ‘Revolution’ In Iranian Kurdistan, The World Doesn’t Know Is Happening

Desert as deadly as sea for surge of Europe-bound migrants

IS seizes Iraqi govt compound, kills dozens in Syria

ISIS withdraws from key parts of Ramadi, Iraqi military says

U.S. hits Islamic State in Syria as jihadists press attacks

Mother Plants Tell Their Seeds When to Sprout

Civilians killed in Taiz as Yemen truce unravels

Texas Lawmakers Want Women To Present IDs Before They Get Abortions

Bacteria May Be Remaking Drugs in Sewage

Historian Says Don't 'Sanitize' How Our Government Created Ghettos

Burundi: 17 officials charged for plotting failed coup

Myanmar denies responsibility for migrant boat crisis

Migrants in 'maritime ping-pong' as Asian nations turn them back

CDC study of Indiana HIV cases shows most are same strain

Is Exotic Diet Giving Giant Tortoises a Boost in Galapagos?

New York Fracking Report Underscores Quake, Climate Risks

That Awkward Moment When You Realize Heath Ledger’s Joker Was The Hero

Wall Street Analyst Encouraged Rail Company to Lobby Against Train Safety Rules

Why Billionaires Don't Pay Property Taxes in New York

Fearing Russian expansion, Baltic nations step up military exercises

Meningitis cases triple in two weeks in Niger, more than 400 dead -WHO

Wounded turtle can return to the ocean thanks to a 3D-printed beak

Watching Enterprise

They're getting their ship repaired at this magical automated repair station that fixes things and bodies up perfectly in less than two days, when it would've taken months the conventional way. And all they're asking for is some warp plasma... oh, and the least useful member of the crew, that being Travis Mayweather, for his brain to help run the station.

(They don't know about that last part, obviously.)

Yes, they find the twist and are duly shocked and horrified, but that twist just raises so many questions, like "who created this?" and "why?" and "okay, so they clearly knew people would object to having their crewmembers used in this fashion, natch, which is why they just take instead of asking and seek to hide the evidence, so why not design the ship with a more conventional computer core?" and "no, seriously, why?"

These questions will neither be asked or answered in the course of the episode.

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Ukraine says two Russian soldiers captured in east

Donetsk has become eastern Ukraine's lawless city

Pollsters included the name of a random woman in a survey — and 20 percent of Republican primary voters said they dislike her.

Yemen's human suffering fanned by war

Aid groups rush to help civilians in Yemen as end of truce looms

Welcome to the Internet of Skin

Nigerian military claims fresh success against Boko Haram

$25 ATM limit for Kansas welfare recipients may violate federal law

Burundi's Nkurunziza warns of al-Shabab after coup fails

A federal appeals court won't force the US to disclose its clandestine plan to disable cell service during emergencies.

Islamic State claims full control of Iraq's Ramadi, but pinned back in Palmyra

Lawmakers praise Islamic State raid, seek long-term strategy

Syria raid yielded 'treasure trove' of intelligence on Isis, insiders say

The 'living concrete' that can heal itself

Colombia shelves its air war on cocaine

Morality and the Idea of Progress in Silicon Valley

Wisconsin's Grocery Dictators

New Japan volcano island 'natural lab' for life

Russia flexes Central Asia military might amid Afghan fears

SE Asia migrants 'killed in fight for food' on boat

The UK government has quietly passed new legislation that exempts GCHQ, police, and other intelligence officers from prosecution for hacking into computers and mobile phones.

Liquid engineering: Meet the man who builds houses with water

A tunnel dug to help drain a lake whose natural outlet was blocked when Mount St. Helens erupted in 1980 is narrowing. Experts say if it fails, Interstate 5 in Washington state could be inundated.

Cystic fibrosis drug offers hope to patients