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• Pioneering lung cancer treatment uses hot needle to zap tumours in just 30 minutes

  17-11-2018 23:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Doctors zap the tumour with a hot needle – a treatment called radiofrequency ablation – and at the same time carry out a biopsy, where a tiny piece of the cancer is removed for testing.
  
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• Would you consider a career in #blockchain? It seems you're in the minority. siliconrepublic.com/careers/blockc…

  17-11-2018 20:00 via twitter.com
  Would you consider a career in #blockchain? It seems you're in the minority. siliconrepublic.com/careers/blockc…
  
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• The Cignal investment represents the biggest roll-out of new towers in the last 10 years and adds to the complexity… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  17-11-2018 19:00 via twitter.com
  The Cignal investment represents the biggest roll-out of new towers in the last 10 years and adds to the complexity… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• We heard from scientists in @bmsnews and @Shireplc what they wish they knew at the start of their career.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  17-11-2018 18:00 via twitter.com
  We heard from scientists in @bmsnews and @Shireplc what they wish they knew at the start of their career.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• DARPA’s Arsenal: Bullets That Never Miss, Weaponized Insects, Super Soldiers

  17-11-2018 17:10 via technocracy.news
  DARPA’s Technocrat engineers and scientists apply advanced technology for a single utilitarian purpose: to automate the killing of humans. Of course, other nations have their own versions of DARPA. This alone suggests that Technocracy’s promise of Utopia is completely false. ⁃ TN EditorDARPA, a top-secret and very controversial US army research lab, is behind a raft of shocking futuristic weapons – and many of their space-age creations are ready to be deployed at any mome
  
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• Curiosity about science is a quality that should be kindled at a young age, and encouraged and fostered over a life… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  17-11-2018 17:00 via twitter.com
  Curiosity about science is a quality that should be kindled at a young age, and encouraged and fostered over a life… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Zoom Lens: Speed Camera Catches Drivers On Their Phones From Half A Mile Away

  17-11-2018 16:26 via technocracy.news
  Citizens are protesting over privacy violations, but police and Technocrat engineers have little empathy. Using the big camera to secretly spy on people is the ultimate voyeur experience plus they get to collect data at the same time.  ⁃ TN EditorBritain’s biggest speed camera can catch drivers using their phones from 1,000 metres away.
  The massive speed trap is being called ‘The Long Ranger’ and has just been unveiled by police in Gloucester.
  While normal speed guns
  
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• Huxley Or Orwell: Will You Get To Choose Your Own Dystopia?

  17-11-2018 16:13 via technocracy.news
  The debate rages on as who which dystopian future is preferable: Brave New World vs. Nineteen-Eighty Four. Technocracy leans toward Huxley but has elements of both. However, this is a dangerous dialectic because it leaves out freedom and liberty in a Constitutional Republic. ⁃ TN EditorOne of the frequent comparisons that comes up in the Dissident Right is who was more correct or prescient, Orwell or Huxley.
  In fact, as the only truly oppressed intellectual group, the Dissident Right
  
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• With the help of two amazing science communicators, @shaunoboyle and @FergusMcAuliffe, did we answer your… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  17-11-2018 16:00 via twitter.com
  With the help of two amazing science communicators, @shaunoboyle and @FergusMcAuliffe, did we answer your… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• ICYMI: “Evolution can act in unexpected ways in island environments, producing miniature elephants, gigantic birds… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  17-11-2018 15:00 via twitter.com
  ICYMI: “Evolution can act in unexpected ways in island environments, producing miniature elephants, gigantic birds… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• For #ScienceWeek, we’re taking a look at some of our top science stories this year. #Graphene amazed us yet again i… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  17-11-2018 14:00 via twitter.com
  For #ScienceWeek, we’re taking a look at some of our top science stories this year. #Graphene amazed us yet again i… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• “We are targeting the conscious consumer whose purchases are driven by ethical and environmental beliefs.”… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  17-11-2018 13:00 via twitter.com
  “We are targeting the conscious consumer whose purchases are driven by ethical and environmental beliefs.”… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• WATCH: What is the company culture like at BD’s new research centre? siliconrepublic.com/video/company-…

  17-11-2018 12:00 via twitter.com
  WATCH: What is the company culture like at BD’s new research centre? siliconrepublic.com/video/company-…
  
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• Fallout 76's online gamble has wrecked the apocalypse

  17-11-2018 11:29
  
  The biggest problem for Bethesda's latest apocalypse is other people – and their absence
  
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• Do you have a dark core? 🍎 #ScienceWeek siliconrepublic.com/innovation/dar…

  17-11-2018 11:00 via twitter.com
  Do you have a dark core? 🍎 #ScienceWeek siliconrepublic.com/innovation/dar…
  
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• Holy moley! The amp, kelvin and kilogram will never be the same again

  17-11-2018 09:06 via go.theregister.com
  Measurement nerds enter the 21st century As incredible as it may seem, until this week the definitive measurement of a kilogram was a cylinder made of an alloy comprising 90 per cent platinum and 10 per cent iridium sat under a glass dome in a room in Paris.…
  
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• Why can't Twitter stop Elon Musk bitcoin scams? It's complicated

  17-11-2018 07:00
  
  Verified Twitter accounts – including Google's G-Suite and Matalan – are getting hacked and pretending to be Elon Musk. The bitcoin scams are making thousands but why can't Twitter do anything about them?
  
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• This UK pub chain left 17,000 customer details exposed online

  17-11-2018 07:00
  
  Brewhouse & Kitchen has 23 pubs across the UK. An online directory containing details of customers who logged into its Wi-Fi network was left open to anyone
  
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• The best kids bikes in 2018

  17-11-2018 07:00
  
  Looking for the perfect bicycle for children of all ages and abilities? Look no further. WIRED Recommends the finest rides for any budget
  
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• PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds: Imams divided over video game fatwa

  17-11-2018 03:44 via bbc.co.uk
  Some imams in Kurdistan have officially banned a hugely popular video game – but others are hitting back.
  
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• Facebook's own technology spotted less than a fifth of bullying posts

  17-11-2018 01:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Facebook's technology is detecting just a tiny proportion of the abusive posts by bullies and trolls, it has emerged. The firm said it had taken action on two million abusive posts in three months alone.
  
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• Video reveals Apple's new $799 iPad Pro is 'absurdly easy' to bend and break in half

  17-11-2018 01:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A YouTuber has put Apple's new $799 iPad Pro to the test. User JerryRigEverything applied pressure to the ultra-thin device and found that it snapped in half, with the glass display lifting off.
  
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• RIP Kepler: NASA sends final 'goodnight' command to shut down planet-hunting spacecraft

  17-11-2018 00:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 'goodnight' commands finalize the spacecraft's transition into retirement, which began on Oct. 30 when NASA said that Kepler had run out of fuel and could no longer conduct science.
  
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• Half of the world's annual precipitation falls in just 12 days, new study finds 

  17-11-2018 00:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Government researchers analyzed data collected at weather stations across the globe for the find, and found the rainiest days are set to get rainier.
  
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• Artificial intelligence is racist and sexist - but only because they are being fed the wrong data

  17-11-2018 00:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  One example studied by MIT found an income-prediction system was twice as likely to misclassify female employees as low-income and male employees as high-income.
  
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