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Australia says it could follow Canada in forging deeper ties with EU(independent.co.uk)

184 points by doener 1 month ago | 135 comments

$900M paid out to end wind farm project going to firm run by Mar-a-Lago neighbor(independent.co.uk)

44 points by pseudolus 1 month ago | 9 comments

US oil reserves are so low, the caverns holding them could be damaged(independent.co.uk)

43 points by NordStreamYacht 2 months ago | 12 comments

Sailors on USS Lincoln outside Iran are exhausted and suffering from poor morale(independent.co.uk)

17 points by speckx 2 months ago | 4 comments

The founder of Craigslist has given away half a billion dollars(independent.co.uk)

325 points by Tomte 4 months ago | 249 comments

Independent article profiling Craigslist founder Craig Newmark, who has given away half a billion dollars, and his concerns about billionaires attacking philanthropy.

'You can hear me now or pay me later' Music exec tells graduates booing AI(independent.co.uk)

14 points by cdrnsf 5 months ago | 3 comments

Japan’s robot wolf sells out as record bear attacks drive demand(independent.co.uk)

90 points by bookofjoe 5 months ago | 54 comments

Highest bridge unveiled at more than 2,000ft above ground(independent.co.uk)

85 points by Pete-Codes 1 year ago | 142 comments

That DEA agent's 'credit card' could be eavesdropping on you(independent.co.uk)

33 points by toss1 1 year ago | 9 comments

AI is already replacing thousands of jobs per month, report finds(independent.co.uk)

22 points by oidar 1 year ago | 8 comments

US influencer stranded in Antarctica after landing plane without permission(independent.co.uk)

53 points by Stratoscope 1 year ago | 35 comments

Arizona resident dies from the plague less than 24 hours after showing symptoms(independent.co.uk)

230 points by Anon84 1 year ago | 120 comments

Military leaders aghast as Zuck crashes classified Oval Office meeting(independent.co.uk)

34 points by CharlesW 1 year ago | 6 comments

Captain Cook's missing ship found after sinking 250 years ago(independent.co.uk)

150 points by rmason 1 year ago | 51 comments

Cashless society drives drop in children swallowing coins, researchers say(independent.co.uk)

9 points by bookofjoe 1 year ago | 14 comments

US accidentally sent Maryland father to Salvadorian prison, can't get him back(independent.co.uk)

63 points by croes 1 year ago | 27 comments

Pirate Bay co-founder Carl Lundström has died(independent.co.uk)

124 points by HeckFeck 1 year ago | 22 comments

Wall Street sell-off turns 'ugly' as US recession fears grow(independent.co.uk)

97 points by hjjkjhkj 1 year ago | 62 comments

US Civil servants are being asked who they voted for in 2024 election(independent.co.uk)

59 points by belter 1 year ago | 36 comments

What the US Pornhub 'ban' is really about(independent.co.uk)

5 points by thunderbong 1 year ago | 2 comments

Australia to ban under-16s from social media after passing landmark law(independent.co.uk)

10 points by isaacfrond 1 year ago | 4 comments

Google's AI prophet fast tracks singularity prediction(independent.co.uk)

6 points by wslh 2 years ago | 5 comments

New research says "blue zones" can be explained by flawed data(independent.co.uk)

190 points by cpncrunch 2 years ago | 135 comments

Teenager jailed for 18 months still in prison 18 years(independent.co.uk)

76 points by Brajeshwar 2 years ago | 68 comments

Why do BIC pens have a hole in the lid? (2016)(independent.co.uk)

47 points by bookofjoe 2 years ago | 21 comments

Mushroom learns to crawl after being given robot body(independent.co.uk)

57 points by virtualritz 2 years ago | 14 comments

Parents outraged at Snoo after smart bassinet company charges fee to rock crib(independent.co.uk)

88 points by pseudolus 2 years ago | 96 comments

Satellites like Starlink could deplete Earth's ozone layer, study says(independent.co.uk)

28 points by miles 2 years ago | 3 comments

Noam Chomsky 'no longer able to talk' after 'medical event'(independent.co.uk)

335 points by rudolfwinestock 2 years ago | 270 comments

Independent news article reporting that Noam Chomsky, 95, can no longer talk after suffering a medical event, according to a former assistant.

Boeing Passenger Jet Nearly Crashes Because of Known Software Bug(independent.co.uk)

119 points by xrayarx 2 years ago | 47 comments

Politicians fall sick after drinking raw milk to celebrate legalising raw milk(independent.co.uk)

6 points by ripjaygn 2 years ago | 1 comments

Mysterious origin of domesticated horses 'turned upside down' by DNA analysis (2018)(independent.co.uk)

11 points by fanf2 2 years ago | 3 comments

Deaf girl is cured in world first gene therapy trial(independent.co.uk)

597 points by belter 2 years ago | 276 comments

Independent news article reporting that 18-month-old Opal Sandy, born deaf from auditory neuropathy, had her hearing restored in a world-first gene therapy trial.

Engine part falls off Boeing plane during as Southwest Airlines flight takes off(independent.co.uk)

13 points by pg_1234 2 years ago | 1 comments

Long-term leisure computer use 'linked to increased erectile dysfunction risk'(independent.co.uk)

10 points by AndrewDucker 2 years ago | 8 comments

Wheel falls off United Airlines Boeing 777 and crushes cars in San Francisco(independent.co.uk)

6 points by buro9 2 years ago | 1 comments

Oil giant fined just $780k after 'one of biggest ever' methane leaks(independent.co.uk)

40 points by ljf 2 years ago | 7 comments

Indian politician drinks water from polluted 'holy' river, gets hospitalised(independent.co.uk)

12 points by samaysharma 2 years ago | 2 comments

A man has been swatted 47 times for making a joke about Norm Macdonald(independent.co.uk)

240 points by pseudolus 2 years ago | 380 comments

Europe's deepest mine to become giant gravity battery(independent.co.uk)

109 points by dithered_djinn 2 years ago | 84 comments

Filmmaker Ken Burns calls Mark Zuckerberg an `enemy of the state' (2021)(independent.co.uk)

11 points by 1vuio0pswjnm7 2 years ago | 0 comments

Kenneth Smith 'struggled for life' for 22 mins in Alabama nitrogen gas execution(independent.co.uk)

4 points by mikhael 2 years ago | 0 comments

Ossian, the ‘Homer of the North’, the greatest literary hoax (2016)(independent.co.uk)

50 points by drjohnson 2 years ago | 25 comments

DoorDash driver rages at customer who won't tip over $5 on pizza order(independent.co.uk)

8 points by rustoo 2 years ago | 3 comments

Nuclear battery produces power for 50 years without needing to charge(independent.co.uk)

41 points by prakhar897 2 years ago | 36 comments

Royal Navy forced to recruit for tob job on social media(independent.co.uk)

17 points by deidei 2 years ago | 29 comments

Eurostar Amsterdam to London trains cancelled for six months(independent.co.uk)

37 points by jatwork 2 years ago | 37 comments

People who voted for Brexit ‘more likely to be less intelligent’, study claims(independent.co.uk)

12 points by BerislavLopac 2 years ago | 4 comments

Backlash as Netflix cancels five shows at once including its 'best series'(independent.co.uk)

53 points by pg_1234 2 years ago | 42 comments

Covid strain that killed 8k cats found in UK(independent.co.uk)

18 points by gmays 2 years ago | 2 comments

Plane forced to turn back to JFK after horse breaks loose onboard(independent.co.uk)

18 points by austinallegro 2 years ago | 19 comments

Australia locks down ports after ‘nationally significant’ cyberattack(independent.co.uk)

130 points by perihelions 2 years ago | 56 comments

UK man bitten by cat contracts unknown and ‘extensive’ bacterial infection(independent.co.uk)

21 points by thunderbong 3 years ago | 40 comments

Scientists invent double-sided solar panel that generates way more electricity(independent.co.uk)

22 points by thunderbong 3 years ago | 13 comments

Finland introduces the world’s first phone-free tourist island(independent.co.uk)

72 points by thunderbong 3 years ago | 57 comments

Instagram Threads hits 100M users, becoming the fastest growing app(independent.co.uk)

39 points by doener 3 years ago | 32 comments

Huge phosphate rock deposit discovered in Norway(independent.co.uk)

182 points by ren_engineer 3 years ago | 153 comments

South Korea adopts new law to join the international standard of age counting(independent.co.uk)

75 points by danielovichdk 3 years ago | 103 comments

Harvard’s new computer science teacher is a chatbot(independent.co.uk)

136 points by belter 3 years ago | 140 comments

Titan Submersible Suffered Catastrophic Failure: Debris Field Confirmed as Titan(independent.co.uk)

64 points by methodical 3 years ago | 61 comments

Man locked out of smart home for a week after driver accuses him of being racist(independent.co.uk)

42 points by toss1 3 years ago | 24 comments

Tina Turner has died(independent.co.uk)

106 points by jacquesm 3 years ago | 14 comments

Oral Sex Stoking Throat Cancer ‘Epidemic’ in UK and US(independent.co.uk)

60 points by DocFeind 3 years ago | 38 comments

New NASA Director Swears Oath on Carl Sagan’s ‘Pale Blue Dot’ Instead of Bible(independent.co.uk)

347 points by BerislavLopac 3 years ago | 218 comments

Independent news article reporting that Makenzie Lystrup, new director of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, took her oath on Carl Sagan's 'Pale Blue Dot' instead of a Bible.

Cash App founder Bob Lee had left San Francisco over crime(independent.co.uk)

32 points by fortran77 3 years ago | 0 comments