The Daily Populous

Monday April 23rd, 2018 night edition

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The net neutrality rules as we knew them will be no more.

Though many people agree with the basic principles of net neutrality, those specific rules had been a lightning rod for controversy.

The agency's argument for repealing the rules is that investment started to decline in 2015 after the rules were adopted.

More than two dozen states, including California, New York, Connecticut and Maryland, are considering legislation to reinstate net neutrality rules within their borders.

But some net neutrality supporters aren't confident the Republican-led legislature will protect the basic principles of net neutrality.

But everyone agrees that this ping-ponging between having rules and not having rules isn't good for anyone.

They're calling on those who care about the issue to continue pushing state legislatures to pass their own net neutrality measures. »

No Way Out? Aliens on 'Super-Earth' Planets May Be Trapped by Gravity

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But a new study reveals how difficult it would be for any aliens on these exoplanets to explore space.

If life did evolve on a distant super-Earth, such aliens could have developed an advanced civilization capable of spaceflight.

However, the strong gravitational pull of such planets could also make it more difficult for extraterrestrials to blast off their planets, Hippke said in the new study. »

Boy, 12, steals credit card and goes on Bali holiday after fight with mother

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Boy, 12, steals credit card and goes on Bali holiday after fight with mother.

A 12-year-old Sydney boy stole his parents’ credit card, tricked his grandmother into giving him his passport and flew to Bali on his own after a family argument.

“Shocked, disgusted, there’s no emotion to feel what we felt when we found he left overseas,” she told A Current Affair. »

TIL about the Oh-My-God Particle, a proton traveling at about 99.99999999999999999999951% the speed of light. It is the fastest moving object ever recorded and as it hit the atmosphere it carried the kinetic energy equivalent to a baseball traveling at 50MPH, all in one particle.

Authored by phys.org

Less common, but higher energy cosmic rays originating from elsewhere in the galaxy are in the blue range.

The least common but most energetic extragalactic cosmic rays are in the purple range.

Cosmic ray particles are very energetic as a result of them having a substantial velocity and hence a substantial momentum. »

Anxiety Relief Without The High? New Studies On CBD, A Cannabis Extract

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As more states legalize marijuana, there's growing interest in a cannabis extract — cannabidiol, also known as CBD.

Another rationale Ferry's heard from clients about their CBD use: "Their mother-in-law is in town, and they just want to chill out!".

By one estimate, the CBD industry has doubled in size over the last two years, and is now worth $200 million. »