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PC World 

How to delete iOS apps

Here are the best ways to delete unwanted iPhone and iPad apps from your device.

Epoca.com 

Epoca International Boasts New Coffee Café in Their Boca Raton, FL Headquarters

Boca Raton, FL, July 13, 2017- Housewares supplier Epoca International has recently finished construction on their in-office coffee café in their Boca Raton, FL headquarters. The new café, not open to the general public, was constructed in conjunction with the company’s new, expanded office. Taking inspiration from forward-thinking companies focusing on employee-first design, Epoca’s new [...]

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Sciencemag.org 

Still-living dinosaurs, the world’s first enzymes, and thwarting early adopters in tech

This week, we have stories on how ultraviolet rays may have jump-started the first enzymes on Earth, a new fossil find that helps date how quickly birds diversified after the extinction of all the other dinosaurs, and a drug that may help reverse the effects of traumatic brain injury on memory with Online News Editor Catherine Matacic and special guest Carolyn Gramling. Sarah Crespi talks to Christian Catalini about an experiment in which some early adopters were denied access to new technology and... Читать дальше...

Real Clear World 

Russia Is Cracking Down on the Social Sciences

Irina Olimpieva, Kennan Institute

The social sciences are the most vulnerable to state interventions in authoritarian regimes as “ideologically significant” disciplines, expected to support the regime's legitimacy. In Russia, the logic of politics has been infused into the logic of scholarly research. Particularly affected is the discipline of history.

Real Clear World 

Understanding #Moggmentum

Anoosh Chakelian, New Statesman

“Floccinaucinihilipilification,” said Jacob Rees-Mogg in 2012. And the nation swooned.

Economictimes.indiatimes.com 

This NGT order changes everything about cleaning river Ganga

In a significant order seeking a fundamental change in strategy in cleaning the river Ganga, the National Green Tribunal on Thursday directed that 100 meters from the edge of Ganga between Haridwar in Uttarakhand and Unnao in Uttar Pradesh should be treated as “no construction or no development zones.”

Red Bull X-Alps 

Best of Red Bull X-Alps 2017 - Day Twelve

It's been an epic day for Red Bull X-Alps 2017. Photos by © zooom / Honza Zak, © zooom / Harald Tauderer and © zooom / Sebastian Marko

Red Bull X-Alps 

Photo - Best of Red Bull X-Alps Day Twelve

It's been an epic day for Red Bull X-Alps 2017. Photos by © zooom / Honza Zak, © zooom / Harald Tauderer and © zooom / Sebastian Marko

Gandhara.rferl.org 

Global State Of Positiveness

A recent Gallup poll shows that people in Latin America had the most positive experiences in 2016, while Greeks were the most stressed and Iranians the angriest.

The Economist 

Donald Trump’s effect on tourism has not been as bad as feared

A FEW months into Donald Trump’s presidency, the headlines about travel to America were dire. “US Travel Industry Fears a ‘Lost Decade’ Under Trump,” Bloomberg warned. “Trump Slump Could Take a $1.3 Billion Toll on US Travel Spending,” the travel-news site Skift stated.

Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs 

Mira Rapp-Hooper on "Subcontracting" U.S. Policy Toward Asia

The U.S. and China have fundamentally different priorities regarding the Korean Peninsula, explains Asia expert Rapp-Hooper. "So, by subcontracting North Korea policy to China," she says, "I think the United States is evincing some amount of naïveté on how far Beijing is likely to actually be willing to go."