3/19/2018: Here's Why Environmentalists Are Cheering The Latest - Video current events: Stephen Hawking: Visionary physicist dies aged 76

Today's Article: Here's Why Environmentalists Are Cheering The Latest Burger At Sonic Drive-In
From: NPR
Readability Score: 10.0

Fast-food operator Sonic is pitching its new blended mushroom-beef burger as a savory treat without the guilt. It's supposed to help save the planet, too. What trade-offs are people willing to make?

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Readability Score: 9.6

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11/28/2016: Stephen Hawking Just Gave Humanity a Due Date for Finding Another Planet - Officers Buy Bike for Teen Who Walked Hours to Work

Today's Article: Stephen Hawking Just Gave Humanity a Due Date for Finding Another Planet
From: Washington Post
Readability Score: 13.6

We have 1,000 years.

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1/26/2016: Stephen Hawking: Science Brings 'New Ways Things Can Go Wrong' - Price War Brings Gas Down to 47 Cents Per Gallon in Michigan Town

Today's Article: Stephen Hawking: Science Brings 'New Ways Things Can Go Wrong' (10.2)
From: CBS News / AP

Hawking said that increasingly, most of the threats humanity faces come from progress made in science and technology.

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