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2023-02-02 13:19:45 Vending-machine businesses are gaining popularity because they require minimal overhead.

The success of your business can depend on the products you sell and where you place the machine. Some vending-machine entrepreneurs have started businesses for between $1,500 and $3,000.

Here are five vending-machine businesses that are relatively easy to start.

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2023-01-28 02:15:03 Bryan Johnson is 45 years old but, according to a new report, his test results show he has the heart of a 37-year-old and the lungs of a young adult.

Johnson is a biotech entrepreneur who hopes to game nature's course of ageing and have the organs and health of an 18-year-old by going through an intense data-driven experimental program he's called Project Blueprint.

According to a recent Bloomberg profile of the CEO, Johnson could spend up to $2 million on his body this year and there are early glimpses that show he may be on track to unlocking the secret to age reversal. Read more.

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2023-01-27 22:41:01 Here's how a mixture of fruit skin, pulp, and seed waste could replace charcoal and firewood.

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2023-01-27 19:21:51 The CEO of ChatGPT's maker said AI could be "unbelievably good" or make it "lights out for all."

Experts have said ChatGPT could be abused for purposes like carrying out scams, conducting cyberattacks, spreading misinformation, and enabling plagiarism. Read more here.

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2023-01-27 01:29:01 Why do people buy crackpot conspiracy theories?

Science has finally cracked the mystery - belief in conspiracy theories isn’t driven by ignorance, or isolation, or insanity. It’s something far more common — and way, way scarier.

The new study also shows that people who believe conspiracy theories aren’t stupid or insane. They’re just smug and lazy. Read more here.

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2023-01-26 20:59:01 Making authentic Tyrian purple dye starts with extracting a murex snail gland.

After a series of painstaking steps, Tunisian dye maker Mohamed Ghassen Nouira turns as much as 45 kilograms of snails into a single gram of pure Tyrian purple extract.

When he's done, he can sell it for $2,700. Some retailers sell a gram of the pigment for over $3,000. In comparison, 5 grams of synthetic Tyrian purple costs under $4.

So, why is real Tyrian purple so hard to make? And is that why it's so expensive?

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2023-01-26 14:35:04 Insider's Phil Rosen asked ChatGPT for advice on investing in a recession.

The bot's recommendations included defensive stocks, bonds, and real estate.

Overall, ChatGPT's strategy for a downturn wasn't so different from what a human advisor might recommend. Read more here.

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2023-01-26 01:49:01 From Ivan the Terrible to Elon Musk, there seems to be a well-documented pattern of assholes who wind up in charge, Insider’s Aki Ito writes.

Surely, we think, they must have gotten ahead — at least in part — because of their despicable personalities.

Even worse, all the cutthroat role models we're surrounded by at work make us hesitant about being nice ourselves, Ito says.

We worry that the bullies and backstabbers will eat us for lunch as they march their way up the corporate ladder.

So, Ito asks, are jerks more likely to get ahead at work? Read more here.

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2023-01-25 21:06:01 Cochineals are tiny bugs that live on prickly pear cactuses. The acid in their guts makes a red dye used in textiles, cosmetics, and foods like M&Ms and Yoplait yogurt.

Indigenous people across Latin America traded it for thousands of years. It can be found on the walls of archeological sites, in priceless paintings, and in the robes of kings.

But today, Peru dominates the market, and Mexico’s cochineal farms are disappearing.

We met a few of the country’s last farmers trying to keep the ancient tradition alive.

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2023-01-25 17:26:01 Indian authorities have provided new details about a Putin-linked Russian lawmaker and sausage company owner who mysteriously fell to his death from an Indian hotel where his travel companion died just two days prior.

The pair had been traveling through the jungle and drinking heavily, sources told The Wall Street Journal. But their deaths add to a growing list of executives and military officers linked to Putin who have died privately, and at times suspiciously, during the course of the war in Ukraine

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