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Unhealthy food should be taxed

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Nature Identification Contest (NIC) - win Steem Basic Income and have fun with nature - V.5

Hello all! Want to win some steembasicincome and learn about nature?! Thanks for making the last NIC such a great conversation and for all of your great contrib...

Debato - update blog 5 - Introduction of the about page and Twitter profile

Repository https://github.com/samvanemelen/debato introduction It has been a while since the previous update, and until July activity will remain low. Exams are...

Show your images on google earth in seconds! Open source project - PicturesToKML

Repository GitHub Hi there! I have a new project I want to show you. Almost every device these days has positioning services. Your phone has them and also a lot...

Nature Identification Contest (NIC) - win Steem Basic Income and have fun with nature - V.4

Hello all! Want to win some steembasicincome and learn about nature?! Thanks for making the last NIC such a great conversation and for all of your great contrib...

Nature Identification Contest (NIC) - win SBI and have fun with nature - steembasicincome V.3

Hello all! Want to win some steembasicincome?! Thanks for making the last NIC such a great conversation and for all of your great contributions. Last NIC found:...

Major tech companies and their influence is becoming too big.

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Living in a society where there's no gender would be a nice approach

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Revival of the Nature Identification Contest (NIC) - win SBI - steembasicincome V.1

Hello all! I am happy to report that after a long wait, I have decided to take up the torch and lead the weekly nature identification contest. This contest was ...

Debato - update blog 4 - Additional commenting features

Repository https://github.com/samvanemelen/debato introduction Further improvements have been made on debato.org. New features have been added and existing func...

The Double Helix, Photo 51 and the Challenge of Priority: Who Gets Credit in Science?

Science advances not as much from the work of individuals as it does from collaboration. Isaac Newton once said, in homage to his antecedents, "If I see further...

How human carbon emissions mess with archaeology

Most discussions about human carbon emissions are centered around the idea of the greenhouse effect and climate change, whether you agree with it or not. But di...

Debato - update blog 3 - Wallets, transactions and mobile compatibility

Repository https://github.com/samvanemelen/debato introduction In only two months, debato.org grew from an idea to a fully functional platform. Thanks to the fe...

Should we invest in space exploration while millions of people die of hunger?

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Debato - update blog 2 - Profile pages and more

Repository https://github.com/samvanemelen/debato introduction Thanks to a lot of feedback over the last few weeks, https://debato.org grew much closer to a min...

Mercator projection, the Comic Sans of map projections

You might have heard it before, but the Mercator projection, a projection that is probably the most common way to display the surface of the earth, is wrong in ...

Debato - update blog 1 - structuring online debates.

Repository https://github.com/samvanemelen/debato Introduction Almost two weeks ago the idea of 'debato' together with a first version became public. In the las...

Can renewable energy sources ever replace fossil fuels?

Could we ever fully replace our fossil fuel dependency by alternative, renewable energy sources or are we destined to rely to a certain extend to fossil fuels? ...

debato: A platform for structuring online debates

Repository https://github.com/samvanemelen/debato debato https://debato.org - debato is an online platform built for accommodating online debates on topics big ...

Possible Tipping Points in the Earth's Climate

The earth's climate is full of balances that developed over time. But balances can be altered and some are characterized by a tipping point. This tipping point ...