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Born From Gulags, This Ex-USSR City Is The Most Depressing Place on Earth

Born From Gulags, This Ex-USSR City Is The Most Depressing Place on Earth

Located in the heart of Northern Siberia, sitting deep inside the Arctic permafrost, lies Norilsk, one of the northernmost inhabited cities in the world. Norilsk is Russia’s most polluted city. It’s nearly completely isolated, restricted from tourists, cannot be reached by road, and was built on the ruins of a forced labor camp. It inhabits…
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Bluefin Tuna

Why Bluefin Tuna Is So Expensive

A tuna once sold for $1.8 million, but you can get cans of tuna fish for less than $2 at the grocery store. So, what’s the difference? Bluefin tuna can be very expensive depending on where you buy it and which part of the fish you are eating. We spoke with the chef at Shoji…
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Amsterdam: The European capital fighting bad tourists

Amsterdam: The European capital fighting bad tourists

The Dutch capital is only home to about 800,000 people but draws up to 20 million tourists a year. Now, new policies are encouraging sustainable tourism to everyone. On a recent weekday, sunlight streamed through the clouds high above Amsterdam, casting rays on the city’s gabled buildings, its arching bridges and a sign in English…
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The aftermath: how the Beirut explosion has left scars on an already broken Lebanon – podcast

Three years ago, a huge explosion ripped the city apart – and with it people’s hopes for rebuilding. The most vulnerable, many of them women, are bearing the brunt of Lebanon’s endless disasters. Listen to the Podcast

What we get wrong about time

“Time” is the most frequently used noun in the English language. We all know what it feels like as time passes. Our present becomes the past as soon as it’s happened; today soon turns into yesterday. If you live in a temperate climate, each year you see the seasons come and go. And as we…
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Nelson Mandela

Nelson Mandela: How Tolerance can build Nations

Nelson Mandela: “After I became president, I asked one day some members of my close protection to stroll with me in the city, have lunch at one of its restaurants. We sat in one of the downtown restaurants and all of us asked for some sort of food.” “After a while, the waiter brought us…
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Slovakian woman visits the lions she raised as cubs
Can an AI Chatbot Pass a Data Science Interview

Can an AI Chatbot Pass a Data Science Interview?

Table of Contents Exploring the Potential of AI Chatbots in Data Science Interviews How AI Chatbots Can Help Streamline the Data Science Interview Process Examining the Benefits of Using AI Chatbots in Data Science Interviews What Are the Challenges of Using AI Chatbots in Data Science Interviews? Analyzing the Impact of AI Chatbots on Data…
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The Poverty In Mississippi Is Unlike Anything You've Ever Seen

The Poverty In Mississippi Is Unlike Anything You’ve Ever Seen

The poverty in Mississippi is unlike anything you’ve ever seen. It is a state that has been plagued by poverty for decades, and the effects of this poverty are visible in every corner of the state. Mississippi has the highest poverty rate in the nation, with nearly one in four people living in poverty. The…
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