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Dems Might Just Have a Shot in This Very Unlikely District

You’re reading The TNR Blue Book. Get daily scoops, strategy, and developments inside the liberal ideas factory delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for free . Inside Washington Virginia’s 5th congressional district is rural, evangelical, and red. But, in a testament to how

How companies drift into unethical behavior

Unethical behavior inside organizations is often less sudden than companies assume. New research from ESMT Berlin shows how employees can collectively drift into misconduct as groups gradually reshape what they perceive as ethical or acceptable.

Gay Meat – “Leslie”

In April, North Carolina's Karl Kuehn, who records under the moniker Gay Meat, released his debut album Blue Water . The project is a loving reflection of passing time and the increasing weight of impending grief. On Wednesday, Gay Meat returned with "Leslie," a new song that

John Glacier – “Lights”

The seamlessly cool producer/artist John Glacier, who released one of our favorite albums last year, is back with her second single of the year. "Lights," the follow-up to this summer's " Bond Girl ," finds Glacier relishing a life of luxury. The post John Glacier – “Lights”

Tracking down cellular gene functions with AI and microscopy

A new technology promises to enable more comprehensive investigations into how individual genes determine the appearance and behavior of cells. Researchers led by professor Veit Hornung at LMU's Gene Center and professor Matthias Mann at the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry

Weathering The Storm With Johnny Blue Skies & The Dark Clouds

Johnny Blue Skies & The Dark Clouds entered the stage to the sound of a heavy descending guitar riff like something out of a doom metal track. Then the disco ball turned on, and Sturgill Simpson started playing a smoky blues guitar solo over jazz chords. The introduction then

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California is trying to shut down robot vs. human cage matches

The California State Athletic Commission sent a cease-and-desist letter to a startup that hosted a match between a human and a robot last month, as reported by The New York Times. The fight, which took place on September 18th, pitted a human, Frankie LaPenna, against a humanoid

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Chasing a Plane Across the Moon

Agustín Ferrando Trenchi became a little obsessed with the moon as a kid. As an adult, he’s taken tons of photos and hundreds of hours of footage of the moon. After seeing an airplane fly close to the moon while he filmed, Trenchi began a quest to capture a plane flying across

Trump Awards Medals to Six of His Biggest Donors of All Time

On Thursday afternoon, President Trump awarded national medals for advancements in technology and science to six CEOs and founders: Google’s Sergey Brin, NVIDIA’s Jensen Huang, Advanced Micro Devices’ Lisa Su, Dell Technologies’ Michael Dell, Microsoft’s Satya Nadella, and

Gravity and light reveal how liquids turn into thin fibers

From spiders spinning their webs to the manufacturing of textiles, the formation of fibers from liquids plays an important role in both nature and industry. Yet accurately predicting the properties of such fibers remains a challenge. The fiber is often much thinner than the