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31.		Ancient teeth make H. sapiens the lead suspect in extinction of H. floresiensis (nature.com)
		36 points by diodorus on Oct 1, 2016 \| 5 comments
32.		We're Sequencing Every Member of the Weirdest Bird Species on Earth (atlasobscura.com)
		91 points by HandleTheJandal on Oct 2, 2016 \| 2 comments
33.		The problem with perfection (classical-music.com)
		88 points by ciconia on Oct 2, 2016 \| 14 comments
34.		A Law Professor Explains Why You Should Never Talk to Police (vice.com)
		188 points by monsieurpng on Oct 2, 2016 \| 68 comments
35.		Researchers make a “diffusive” memristor that emulates how a real synapse work (nanotechweb.org)
		72 points by yexponential on Oct 2, 2016 \| 16 comments
36.		Reasons to choose PostgreSQL 9.6 (taadeem.net)
		109 points by postila on Oct 2, 2016 \| 51 comments
37.		Ask HN: Why do companies buy ads when they are the top result in search?
		143 points by Man_On_the_Moon on Oct 2, 2016 \| 86 comments
38.		TLS version intolerance (timtaubert.de)
		76 points by zerognowl on Oct 2, 2016 \| 8 comments
39.		Eddie Antar was an innovator, disrupter, and crook (city-journal.org)
		22 points by objections on Oct 1, 2016 \| 2 comments
40.		Opus codec available now in Asterisk (digium.com)
		88 points by kimi on Oct 2, 2016 \| 18 comments
41.		Nokia D1C: The Comeback (inmobility.org)
		82 points by ereli1 on Oct 2, 2016 \| 83 comments
42.		80% of current drug applications in China failed to meet analysis requirements (sciencealert.com)
		127 points by ting_bu_dung on Oct 2, 2016 \| 42 comments
43.		The Cobalt Pipeline (washingtonpost.com)
		80 points by freakz on Oct 2, 2016 \| 17 comments
44.		Show HN: Forgiva – Never saves your passwords but regenerates them (forgiva.com)
		97 points by marcusfrex on Oct 2, 2016 \| 96 comments
45.		Something Deeply Wrong with Chemistry (2010) (chemistry-blog.com)
		97 points by andrewdon on Oct 1, 2016 \| 89 comments
46.		Gil Penchina on angel investing, market timing, and his ambivalence to VC (techcrunch.com)
		32 points by dustinmoris on Oct 2, 2016
47.		A blind coder who makes Facebook accessible [video] (bbc.co.uk)
		31 points by jackgavigan on Oct 2, 2016 \| 6 comments
48.		“I just want to run a container” (jvns.ca)
		117 points by chaghalibaghali on Oct 2, 2016 \| 27 comments
49.		Dolphin Progress Report: September 2016 (dolphin-emu.org)
		68 points by turbohz on Oct 2, 2016 \| 19 comments
50.		Google: if you support Amazon Echo, you're cut off from Google Home and Chromecast (boingboing.net)
		133 points by walterbell on Oct 2, 2016 \| 61 comments
51.		Portland’s Small-House Movement Is Catching On (nytimes.com)
		53 points by spking on Oct 1, 2016 \| 92 comments
52.		When world leaders thought you shouldn't need passports or visas (theconversation.com)
		110 points by infodroid on Oct 2, 2016 \| 191 comments
53.		Pentagon Paid for Fake ‘Al Qaeda’ Videos (thedailybeast.com)
		65 points by snowy on Oct 2, 2016 \| 16 comments
54.		Creative Commons licences under scrutiny: What does “noncommercial” mean? (arstechnica.co.uk)
		47 points by detaro on Oct 2, 2016 \| 8 comments
55.		Visual Studio 2015 Extensions You Might Find Useful (hamidmosalla.com)
		64 points by douche on Oct 2, 2016 \| 37 comments
56.		Why Some Wars Get More Attention Than Others (nytimes.com)
		50 points by laksjd on Oct 2, 2016 \| 53 comments
57.		The Traits That Put Kids at Risk for Addiction (nytimes.com)
		29 points by ryan_j_naughton on Oct 1, 2016 \| 19 comments
58.		Iceland's Pirates head for power on wave of public anger (reuters.com)
		78 points by wslh on Oct 2, 2016 \| 25 comments
59.		Scientists testing HIV cure report 'remarkable' progress (theguardian.com)
		39 points by agd on Oct 2, 2016 \| 4 comments
60.		[dupe] Why bad science persists (economist.com)
		20 points by plg on Oct 2, 2016 \| 3 comments
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