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The US government is hunting for rare metals out West. That doesn’t fly with some locals.

Post Views: 448 In September 2020, geologist Jay Temple began living part-time at an RV park just outside Westcliffe, Colorado, a small high-altitude town. Located between two sets of mountains—the craggy Sangre de Cristos and the Wet Mountains—it is a geologist’s heaven. In Custer County’s Wet Mountain Valley, Temple investigates old reports of mineral deposits…

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The Army’s Infantry Squad Vehicle seats 9 and can be dropped from a cargo plane

Post Views: 343 The vehicle seats nine: two in the front, three in the second row, two people facing backwards behind the third row, and one person each facing outwards from the sides on the rear. The sides and seats are all open. Passengers can buckle into place, but there are no doors. This makes…

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The US is making its biggest investment in broadband internet ever

Post Views: 304 “This is something both sides of the political aisle have talked about for a long time,” says Kevin DeGood, director of infrastructure policy at the Center for American Progress. “This bill is in line with the sort of rough estimates of what it will take to try to bring broadband internet to…

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Grab your popcorn: MoviePass is planning a comeback

Post Views: 301 Insider reported Thursday that the company’s co-founder, Stacy Spikes, regained ownership of MoviePass this week, paying an undisclosed sum to buy it out of bankruptcy. To recap how it got there: The service originally launched under Spikes a decade ago, offering customers the chance to check out multiple movies in theaters every…