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The UK And EU Plan To Make Bitcoin Investors Use Their Real Names
Bitcoin managed to set a new price record on Sunday, briefly hitting $US11,826 ($15,569) per coin. And governments around the world are taking note of the boom in divergent ways. In the European Union, a new plan is expected to regulate cryptocurrencies under the same anti-money laundering laws as fiat money. It’s expected to take…
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The FAA Is Working On A Remote Identification System For Consumer Drones
Year after year, drones are becoming more popular with the public and the industry is expected to grow for the foreseeable future. This, coupled with an antsy commercial drone industry, has created a lot of regulatory headaches for the FAA. The latest proposal on the table is to create a remote identification system in order…
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Why Science Fans Should Be Very Worried About Trump’s Pick For Budget Director
Over in the US, the President-elect has chosen South Carolina congressman Mick Mulvaney to lead the Office of Management and Budget. If confirmed, Mulvaney will wield a significant amount of power over virtually every federal agency — and that should make anyone who values science very, very uneasy.
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We Live With 80,000 Untested Chemicals In Consumer Products
The hundreds of thousands of chemicals that are packed into our homes and lives are what make modern consumerism possible, keeping our food fresh and our walls from moulding. They are also, in many cases, completely untested and backed by giant corporations with a financial stake in their successful adoption.