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• Injured Turtle Gets His Bite Back With 3-D Printed Jaw

  20-05-2015 23:32 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  An injured loggerhead sea turtle has been equipped with a 3-D printed prosthetic jaw at a rehabilitation center in Turkey.
  
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• Photos: Medusa Nebula Glows in Space

  20-05-2015 23:29
  
  Spacecraft telescopes offer rare looks at the solar system and beyond.
  
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• CareFirst Hack Exposed Data on 1.1 Million Customers

  20-05-2015 22:58 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield sells health insurance in Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia.
  
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• Sound Torch Sets Fire to Your Music - Literally

  20-05-2015 22:06 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  "Like fire? LOVE music? Now you can combine the two!" If you're not sold on the Sound Torch already, maybe you need more excitement in your life.
  
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• Super substance may yield tech 'miracles'

  20-05-2015 21:17 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Scientists are finding new ways to use graphene, a one-atom thick substance that could be the key to life changing products. CNN's Thom Patterson reports.
  
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• Male Java Sparrow Adds a Beat to Its Song

  20-05-2015 20:54 via nytimes.com
  The bird clicks its bill against a hard surface while it sings, much as a percussion instrument accompanies a melody.
  
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• 'New Spotify' Adds Video, Podcasts and Songs to Match Your Running Pace

  20-05-2015 20:24 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  "There's an incredible opportunity to soundtrack your entire day, and your entire life, in all its complexity," said Spotify CEO Daniel Ek.
  
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• Stone Tools From Kenya Are Oldest Yet Discovered

  20-05-2015 19:52 via nytimes.com
  The tools, dating to 3.3 million years ago, may indicate that hominins were making tools much earlier than previously thought by some 700,000 years.
  
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• Author of Study on Changing Views of Gay Marriage Seeks Its Retraction

  20-05-2015 19:52 via nytimes.com
  The senior author of the widely publicized report, published in the journal Science in December, said his collaborator failed to produce raw data after questions were raised.
  
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• Fin24.com | SA scientists create cheap computers for schools

  20-05-2015 18:46
  
  A team of students and professors at the University of the Witwatersrand are hoping to fundamentally change the educational system of the country.
  
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• Can Cloud Software Help End Police Brutality?

  20-05-2015 18:34 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  Police violence in Missouri, New York, Maryland and South Carolina have turned the issue of body cameras into a mainstream topic of debate.
  
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• New ESO Image of the Medusa Nebula

  20-05-2015 18:28 via scitechdaily.com
  
  This newly released image from the European Southern Observatory is the most detailed image ever taken of the Medusa Nebula. Astronomers using ESO’s Very Large Telescope in Chile have captured the most detailed image ever taken of the Medusa Nebula. As the star at the heart of this nebula made its transition into retirement, it […]
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• Fin24.com | Craig Venter to leave Altron

  20-05-2015 18:24
  
  Technology group Altron is shedding its family management structure as Craig Venter is set to step down, the company announced on Wednesday.
  
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• Researchers Control Light Emission by Pairing Exotic 2D Materials

  20-05-2015 18:07 via scitechdaily.com
  
  By applying a DC voltage to layers of graphene and boron nitride, researchers have demonstrated the ability to control light emission from a nearby atom. Researchers have found a way to couple the properties of different two-dimensional materials to provide an exceptional degree of control over light waves. They say this has the potential to […]
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• Yale Researchers Illuminate Major Evolutionary Patterns of Snakes

  20-05-2015 17:45 via scitechdaily.com
  
  A team of researchers from Yale University analyzed snake genomes, modern snake anatomy, and information from the fossil record, generating a family tree for living and extinct snakes and illuminating major evolutionary patterns that have played out across snake evolutionary history. The ancestral snakes in the grass actually lived in the forest, according to the […]
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• Brain Activity Predicts Weight Gain

  20-05-2015 17:28 via scitechdaily.com
  
  A new study set to appear in The Journal Neuroscience illustrates that it is the way the brain responds to food cues when individuals are not hungry that predicts weight gain and that the reasons why people gain weight can be fundamentally different. The way the brain responds while sipping a delicious milkshake can predict […]
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• Hunting LightSail in

  20-05-2015 17:24 via pinterest.com
  
  Hunting LightSail in Orbit
  
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• Secret space plane, solar sail and CubeSats launching

  20-05-2015 17:11 via rss.cnn.com
  
  How much can you pack on top of one rocket? A United Launch Alliance Atlas V is carrying up the U.S. Air Force's so-called secret space plane, The Planetary Society's solar sail, and several CubeSats, or tiny satellites.
  
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• New Image Shows the Advance of Hubbard Glacier

  20-05-2015 17:07 via scitechdaily.com
  
  New data from the Operational Land Imager on Landsat 8 shows the advance of Hubbard Glacier. Since measurements began in 1895, Alaska’s Hubbard Glacier has been thickening and steadily advancing into Disenchantment Bay. The advance runs counter to so many thinning and retreating glaciers nearby in Alaska and around the world. This image, acquired by […]
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• Fin24.com | Striking employees threaten to cripple MTN if their demands are ignored

  20-05-2015 17:03
  
  MTN workers have issued their bosses with a stern warning: meet their demands or experience a strike similar to the one that crippled the South African Post Office last year.
  
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• Fin24.com | LTE expansion is ‘too slow’ in SA

  20-05-2015 16:44
  
  Despite a number of roll-outs, the growth of LTE networks in South Africa is happening at too slow a pace, say Fin24 users.
  
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• Americans Want Their Data Safe, Don't Trust the Watchers

  20-05-2015 16:22 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  The vast majority of Americans say having control over their personal data is important to them -- but few have confidence in the record keepers.
  
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• What can the world's most influencial YouTubers teach business leaders?

  20-05-2015 16:10 via rss.cnn.com
  
  The biggest stars on the planet are emerging from our screens. But not on TV or at the cinema -- they're coming from YouTube. Vloggers, a blogger but on video, and YouTubers, those producing content on the video sharing site, are the talking heads of the global social phenomenon, commanding a fan base into the tens of millions with their video views now well into the billions. What can they teach business leaders today?
  
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• Watch: Apple Debuts New MacBook Pro

  20-05-2015 16:09
  
  Apple Unveils New 15-inch MacBook Pro with Force Touch trackpad.
  
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• Amazon CEO Names First Woman Executive to Coveted Top Role

  20-05-2015 15:49 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  Bezos recently named 15-year Amazon veteran Maria Renz to the role of "shadow" or, more formally, technical adviser to the CEO.
  
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• Fin24.com | IN PICTURES: MTN workers launch strike action

  20-05-2015 15:39
  
  The Communications Workers Union launched picketing action outside MTN's headquarters as members protested for more pay increases.
  
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• Fin24.com | Union chants 'voetsek' to MTN execs

  20-05-2015 15:34
  
  Chants reverberated outside MTN’s head office as the Communication Workers' Union called for pay hikes at the telecoms firm.
  
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• Fin24.com | me&you offers Autopage customers new home

  20-05-2015 13:05
  
  New mobile virtual network operator me&you mobile is offering contract customers being offloaded by Autopage a "new home".
  
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• Fin24.com | Developers cool to Microsoft app overtures

  20-05-2015 12:24
  
  Microsoft's plan to make its new version of Windows a mobile hit by letting it accept tweaked Apple and Android apps has met an obstacle: Few developers are interested.
  
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• Texas hunter bags his rhino on controversial hunt in Namibia - CNN

  20-05-2015 11:45 via cnn.com
  
  ABC Online
  Texas hunter bags his rhino on controversial hunt in Namibia
  CNN
  Northern Namibia (CNN) In January 2014, Corey Knowlton bid $350,000 for a permit to hunt and kill a black rhino in Namibia. He won the permit and became a target himself. The hunt is now complete. A rhino is dead. This is how it happened.
  Texas hunter Corey Knowlton shoots endangered rhinoceros in Namibia after ...Sydney Morning Herald
  Black Rhino Killed in Controversial HuntDiscovery News
  Texas man pays $350000 to kill
  
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• Fin24.com | Local audio app helps cut data costs

  20-05-2015 10:07
  
  A group of Cape Town developers, who won an opportunity to be included in the BBC development studio, have created a widget that cuts data costs for audio streams.
  
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• US Charges 6 Chinese Nationals With Stealing Trade Secrets

  20-05-2015 09:24
  US charges 6 Chinese nationals, including US-trained professors, with stealing trade secrets
  
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• Fin24.com | Majority of spam originates in the US

  20-05-2015 09:07
  
  While global spam has declined slightly, the United States remains the largest source for dodgy emails hitting inboxes around the world, a survey has found.
  
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• Review: Curves and 'Self-Healing' in Super-Premium Phones

  20-05-2015 09:06
  Review: Curvature, features for curiosity-seekers in S6 Edge, G Flex2 super-premium phones
  
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• John Glenn: Evolution Should Be Taught in Schools

  20-05-2015 08:41
  John Glenn, 93, says schools should teach evolution, ruminates on suspended astronaut career
  
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• Fin24.com | Yahoo overhauls Flickr

  20-05-2015 07:51
  
  Yahoo has introduced an overhaul of its photo-sharing site, Flickr, including a design that works with client programmes on desktops and apps.
  
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• Why Robots Will Always Need Us

  20-05-2015 06:00 via nytimes.com
  Give humans more credit when it comes to avoiding disaster.
  
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• American Innovation Lies on Weak Foundation

  20-05-2015 06:00 via nytimes.com
  Investment in basic research — the fundamental building block for innovation and economic advancement — has steadily declined as a share of the economy.
  
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• Lonely Hearts Conned Out of $800 Million: FBI

  20-05-2015 05:23 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  Social media scams and cruel cons that target lonely hearts to rob them blind were the leading drivers of Internet fraud in 2014, the FBI said Tuesday
  
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• 6 Chinese Nationals Charged With Stealing US Trade Secrets

  20-05-2015 03:20
  6 Chinese nationals, including US-trained professors, charged with stealing tech trade secrets
  
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• Flawed Takata air bags in 34 million vehicles lead to biggest recall in history - Washington Post

  20-05-2015 03:12 via washingtonpost.com
  
  NBCNews.com
  Flawed Takata air bags in 34 million vehicles lead to biggest recall in history
  Washington Post
  Nearly 34 million cars and trucks nationwide were declared defective Tuesday because of deadly air bags made by auto-parts giant Takata, in what is expected to be the biggest recall of any consumer product in U.S. history. The expanded recall doubled the ...
  Recalls Over Takata Airbag Defects Grow to 34 MillionNew York Times
  Top WSJ Stories on Japan: Takata Recall, Rice Farmers, Reco
  
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• Data Suggests Legs and Toes in Ancestor of Living Snakes - New York Times

  20-05-2015 02:07 via nytimes.com
  New York Times
  Data Suggests Legs and Toes in Ancestor of Living Snakes
  New York Times
  From the robust boa constrictor to the venomous rattlesnake, all of the more than 3,400 snake species that slither today may have descended from the same prehistoric forest prowler, whose sinuous body had two small hind legs with toes and ankles, ...
  What the First Snake Looked LikeDiscovery News
  Earth's First Snake Likely Evolved On Land, Not In WaterNPR
  Snake ancestor had ankles and toesBelfast Tel
  
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• Secret Vessel to Test Durability of Materials in Space, NASA Says - New York Times

  20-05-2015 01:59 via nytimes.com
  New York Times
  Secret Vessel to Test Durability of Materials in Space, NASA Says
  New York Times
  A secretive United States Air Force space plane is scheduled to make a fourth trip into orbit on Wednesday. As with the previous flights, the Air Force revealed few details about what the unmanned X-37B spacecraft, which resembles a smaller version of ...
  Secret military space plane will launch on its fourth mission WednesdayMashable
  Air Force spaceplane set for (mostly) secret missionCBS News
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• Android Wear update with Wi-Fi support and emoji is rolling out now - The Verge

  20-05-2015 01:19 via theverge.com
  
  The Indian Express
  Android Wear update with Wi-Fi support and emoji is rolling out now
  The Verge
  In a post in its product forums today, Google said that the rollout of the Android 5.1.1 update for Android Wear smartwatches is imminent. And just so, Android Police is reporting that some owners of the LG G Watch and LG G Watch R have already received it.
  Android Wear 5.1.1 now rolling out with Wi-Fi support and ability to draw emojiPocket-lint.com
  LG Watch Urbane Android Wear Smartwatch Goes Up F
  
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• Tweets are back in Google search because both sides realize they need each ... - Fortune

  20-05-2015 00:29 via fortune.com
  
  Fortune
  Tweets are back in Google search because both sides realize they need each ...
  Fortune
  Earlier this year, Twitter said that it had reached a deal with Google that would see the search giant get access to the Twitter “firehose” of half a billion tweets or so a day. The first tangible sign of this new relationship appeared on Tuesday, when Google ...
  Google Search Now Shows Tweets, but Will It Help Twitter Get More Users?Bloomberg
  The Google-Twitter Deal Goes Live, Giving Tweets
  
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• Advocacy Group: Wind Turbine Rules Needed to Protect Birds

  20-05-2015 00:26
  
  Advocacy group: Federal agency's voluntary standards fail to protect birds from wind turbines
  
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