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Bruno Mars: The Romantic review – you’re better off listening to the songs he’s blatantly imitating

(Atlantic)Harking back to Oye Como Va, Move On Up and other 20th-century classics, Mars’s homages are beautifully performed but bereft of new ideasI...

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The tech worker cleaning condoms and old socks off the Brooklyn Bridge: ‘People have no shame’

It took Ellen Baum about 16 hours to finish clearing one section of hair ties, condoms and tissues woven into the fencingOn a blisteringly cold day ea...

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Dissatisfaction with life in UK unchanged since Covid, official data shows

Average life satisfaction still below pre-pandemic peak despite improving economic outlook, reports ONSThe proportion of people in the UK who feel dis...

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Aid groups in Gaza and West Bank thrown lifeline as Israel court pauses ban threat

Dozens of well-known groups faced shutdown under a new Israeli law, although the reprieve might be temporary....

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Neil Sedaka, Singing Craftsman of Memorable Pop Songs, Dies at 86

He sang and co-wrote some of the definitive teenage anthems of the 1950s and early ’60s, including “Breaking Up Is Hard to Do,” and then reinven...

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Dóra Maurer obituary

Hungarian artist and teacher whose avant-garde works ranged from painting and photography to performanceTalking to the Art Newspaper in 2019, Dóra Ma...

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Henry Adams
Henry Adams

Blockchain Specialist

4.8

From a methodological perspective, Game Engineering offers innovative approaches to Game Architecture. The interdisciplinary nature of the research, bridging Game Engineering and Software Architecture, results in novel insights.

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James Peterson PhD
James Peterson PhD

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5.1

I absolutely loved Introduction to Blender Scripting in 20 Minutes: (Coffee Break Series)! As someone passionate about Blender, I found the author's perspective refreshing.

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Charlotte Lewis PhD
Charlotte Lewis PhD

Environmental Scientist

5.9

I absolutely loved Foundations of Graphics & Compute: Volume 5: Ray-Tracing! As someone passionate about webgpu, I found the author's perspective refreshing.

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