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Webmentions: Enabling Better Communication on the Internet
Over 1 million Webmentions will have been sent across the internet since the specification was made a full Recommendation by the W3C—the standards body that guides the direction of the web—in early January 2017.
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Webmention
Webmention[1] is a W3C recommendation that describes a simple protocol to notify any URL when a website links to it, and for web pages to request notifications when somebody links to them.
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This interactive dashboard/map provides the latest global numbers and numbers by country of COVID-19 cases on a daily basis. Explore the interactive timeline showcasing how the organization has taken action on information, science, leadership, advice, response and resourcing.
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Woody Allen & His New Orleans Jazz Band – a musician of 'awful dreadfulness'? Not at all
Back in his standup days in the 1960s, Woody Allen used to tell audiences that his grandfather was a man of such insignificance that at his funeral his hearse followed the other cars.
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Coronavirus: Has Sweden got its science right?
Sweden's strategy to keep large parts of society open is widely backed by the public. It has been devised by scientists and backed by government, and yet not all the country's virologists are convinced. There is no lockdown here.
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Coronavirus: Belgium unveils plans to lift lockdown
Belgian Prime Minister Sophie Wilmès has announced a detailed plan to gradually lift the country's coronavirus restrictions.
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An ancient world concealed underground
In cities as old as Naples, residents have become used to unearthing classical Roman treasures, antiquated cisterns and other historic artefacts underneath their homes when it comes time to renovate.
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Musk says SpaceX is 'fixing' brightness from satellites
SpaceX chief executive Elon Musk said the company was "fixing" the brightness of his company's satellites. Stargazers around the world and including many Britons have witnessed unusual constellations made up of the low earth orbit spacecraft.
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US announces millions in aid for resource-rich Greenland
The US has announced a $12.1m (£10m) aid package for mineral-rich Greenland - a move welcomed by the Danish territory's government. This year the US will also open a consulate in the vast Arctic territory, whose population is just 56,000.
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Nature crisis: 'Insect apocalypse' more complicated than thought
The global health of insect populations is far more complicated than previously thought, new data suggests. Previous research indicated an alarming decline in numbers in all parts of world, with losses of up to 25% per decade.
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Will Wormholes Allow Fast Interstellar Travel?
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Will anyone ever find Shackleton's lost ship?
It's going to take a monumental effort to locate the iconic ship of Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton. This is the conclusion of scientists who tried and failed to find the Endurance, which sank in 3,000m of water in the Weddell Sea in 1915.
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From Static to Real-time: Introducing Incremental Builds in Gatsby Cloud
Today I’m thrilled to announce the release of Incremental Builds on Gatsby Cloud. In January we announced Gatsby Builds, bringing you up to 60x faster builds for Gatsby sites compared to other solutions. Now Incremental Builds reliably brings build times on data changes to under 10 seconds.
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'Oumuamua: 'space cigar's' tumble hints at violent past
The space interloper 'Oumuamua is spinning chaotically and will carry on doing so for more than a billion years. That is the conclusion of new Belfast research that has examined in detail the light bouncing off the cigar-shaped asteroid from outside our Solar System.
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'Alien comet' visitor has weird composition
image copyrightNRAO/AUI/NSF, S. DagnelloThe first known comet to visit us from another star system has an unusual make-up, according to new research.The interstellar comet 2I/Borisov was detected in our Solar System last year.
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Plant disease: UK restricts olive tree imports to halt infection
Severe restrictions will be placed on imports of some very popular trees and plants in an effort to halt a deadly infection. Xylella fastidiosa has wreaked havoc on olive plantations in parts of Italy and has also been found in France and Spain.
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Coronavirus: Immigration to US to be suspended amid pandemic, Trump says
President Donald Trump has said he will sign an executive order to temporarily suspend all immigration to the US because of the coronavirus. On Twitter, he cited "the attack from the invisible enemy", as he calls the virus, and the need to protect the jobs of Americans, but did not give details.
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Fuck Me, Ray Bradbury - Rachel Bloom
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A sexy pop song dedicated to the science fiction/fantasy author, Ray Bradbury. 2011 Hugo Award Nominee for "Best Dramatic Presentation: Short
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How to make pizza like a Neapolitan master
When you think of Italy’s most memorable dishes, its beloved pizza will most likely be among your top five, if not top three, favourites. It’s an ultimate comfort food that has become an ever-growing obsession around the world.
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