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• Lowe's Wants to Send Commercial 3-D Printer to Space

  29-10-2015 23:26 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  The home-improvement industry will soon get its first foothold in space.
  
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• National Guard airlifts dino fossils out of wilderness

  29-10-2015 23:02
  
  This was something that had never been seen before—the full skeletal remains of a baby Pentaceratops, a plant-eating dinosaur with large horns that once roamed what is now North America tens of millions of years ago.
  
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• Goal! Well-Kicked Soccer Ball Knocks Drone Out of the Air

  29-10-2015 22:56 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  There are certain hazards intrinsic to the practice of flying an expensive drone over a field crowded with rowdy kids.
  
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• Factor found to balance medically useful stem cell qualities

  29-10-2015 22:43
  
  A key protein controls stem cell properties that could make them more useful in regenerative medicine, according to a study led by Mount Sinai researchers and published online today in the journal Cell Stem Cell.
  
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• Pixelated plants shed light on cell size control

  29-10-2015 22:42
  
  Cells have characteristic sizes in different organisms and in different tissues in the same organism. How cells regulate their size and how cell size affects organism growth are among the remaining mysteries in cell biology. Research carried out at the John Innes Centre has shown that the stem cells that sustain plant growth actively control their size and that this process is important for the correct development of organs such as flowers. The research, conducted by Professor Robert Sablowski a
  
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• LinkedIn's 3Q results top analyst views, propelling stock

  29-10-2015 22:39
  
  LinkedIn is behaving like an extremely productive worker who always seems to get the job done while still yearning to be more like flashier peers.
  
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• Google parent Alphabet may open units to China: report

  29-10-2015 22:39
  
  Google parent Alphabet may do business in China following the reorganization of the technology giant, co-founder Sergey Brin said in an interview Thursday.
  
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• Kirobo Mini robot for drivers part of Toyota Heart Project

  29-10-2015 22:30
  
  What's a little robot that looks like a cute astronaut doing at a car event? Kirobo Mini is a companion robot from Toyota that appeared at the Tokyo Motor Show; it is engineered to make the driver have a better emotional experience when behind the wheel.
  
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• New Lithium-Oxygen Battery Could One Day Power Cars

  29-10-2015 22:25 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  Scientists have created a battery whose technology in principle could power electric cars far better than current batteries.
  
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• Babe Ruth and earthquake hazard maps

  29-10-2015 22:12
  
  Northwestern University researchers have turned to an unusual source—Major League Baseball—to help learn why maps used to predict shaking in future earthquakes often do poorly.
  
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• New class of DNA repair enzyme discovered

  29-10-2015 22:10
  
  This year's Nobel Prize in chemistry was given to three scientists who each focused on one piece of the DNA repair puzzle. Now a new study, reported online Oct. 28 in the journal Nature, reports the discovery of a new class of DNA repair enzyme.
  
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• NOAA report finds the 2014 commercial catch of US seafood on par with 2013

  29-10-2015 22:08
  
  America's commercial and recreational fisheries show continued stability and make a large contribution to the nation's economy thanks to sustainable fisheries management policies, according to a new report from NOAA Fisheries.
  
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• Large Hadron Collider luminosity upgrade project moving to next phase

  29-10-2015 21:55
  
  This week more than 230 scientists and engineers from around the world met at CERN to discuss the High-Luminosity LHC – a major upgrade to the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) that will increase the accelerator's discovery potential from 2025.
  
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• Astronaut Scott Kelly Sets Another Record in Space

  29-10-2015 21:30 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  Scott Kelly has officially spent more time in space than any other American.
  
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• Zuckerberg's Immigration Group Says Mass Deportation 'Absurd'

  29-10-2015 21:24 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  An immigration reform group co-founded by Facebook's CEO called the mass deportation of illegal immigrants 'absurd.'
  
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• Study spells out why some insects kill their mothers

  29-10-2015 21:22
  
  One day a few years ago, while working on wasps in a rainforest in Costa Rica, entomologist Kevin J. Loope, a postdoctoral researcher at the University of California, Riverside, began reading about the enigmatic matricidal behavior of some social insects. In most social insects, such as bees, ants and wasps, the workers, which are all female, work their whole lives to help the queen produce new offspring. Yet, in the literature Loope found anecdotal reports of workers killing their queen, presen
  
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• Nuclear membrane repairs the 'dark matter' of DNA

  29-10-2015 21:18
  
  Scientists have found a new function of the nuclear membrane, the envelope that encases and protects DNA in the nucleus of a cell - it fixes potentially fatal breaks in DNA strands.
  
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• US icebreaker back after pioneering North Pole trip

  29-10-2015 21:11
  
  A U.S. polar icebreaker has returned to Seattle after cutting its way to the North Pole in support of a mission to study the health of the Arctic Ocean.
  
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• Coast Guard icebreaker back after pioneering North Pole trip

  29-10-2015 21:11
  
  A U.S. polar icebreaker has returned to Seattle after cutting its way to the North Pole in support of a mission to study the health of the Arctic Ocean.
  
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• Tablet market slumps as buyers find alternatives

  29-10-2015 21:08
  
  Global sales of tablet computers fell for a fourth consecutive quarter, as buyers put off replacement or looked to alternative devices, a survey showed Thursday.
  
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• Did Dust Bowl's ravages end in the 1940s? New study says no

  29-10-2015 21:07
  
  A recent study led by the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Goodrich Chair of Excellence Thanos Papanicolaou could very well change the way we view the health of our nation's soil, even potentially altering history books.
  
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• Countries back roadmap toward 5G networks

  29-10-2015 20:55
  
  Countries have approved a roadmap for developing a new generation of "5G" mobile networks, the UN said Thursday, in what could pave the way for lightning-quick downloads and driverless cars.
  
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• New system giving SMAP scientists the speed they need

  29-10-2015 20:52
  
  For scientists now studying the voluminous amounts of data collected daily by NASA's Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) mission, speed is everything. A new NASA-developed data-transmission technology installed at the U.S. Antarctic Program's McMurdo Station in Antarctica is giving them the speed they need.
  
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• Tech, Retail Giants Join FAA Drone Registration Task Force

  29-10-2015 20:51 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  The FAA on Thursday announced the 25-member task force that will advise the administration on its proposed drone registration rules.
  
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• Beyond the temples, ancient bones reveal the lives of the Mayan working class

  29-10-2015 20:47
  
  Most of what we know about Mayan civilization relates to kings, queens and their elaborate temples. To understand what life was like for the 99 percent, one researcher turned to ancient animal bones stored at the Florida Museum of Natural History.
  
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• Microsoft bows to Chrome's dominance, delivers Office Online add-on for ... - Computerworld

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  Bowing to the reality that Google's Chrome has become the world's fastest-growing browser -- and by some accounts, the choice in the enterprise -- Microsoft today launched a Chrome add-on for quickly accessing Office Online apps and their documents.
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• Farming on Mars? The Martian raises questions about soil

  29-10-2015 20:40
  
  In the recent sci-fi hit, The Martian, the main character, astronaut Mark Watney (played by Matt Damon), manages to grow potatoes on the planet with a mix of ingenuity, science, and a bit of Hollywood make-believe. Could it work?
  
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• Spirals in dust around young stars may betray presence of massive planets

  29-10-2015 20:35
  
  A team of astronomers is proposing that huge spiral patterns seen around some newborn stars, merely a few million years old (about one percent our sun's age), may be evidence for the presence of giant unseen planets. This idea not only opens the door to a new method of planet detection, but also could offer a look into the early formative years of planet birth.
  
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• Facebook's new Slideshow ads could transform how the company sells ads in ... - VentureBeat

  29-10-2015 20:35 via
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• Suomi NPP satellite sees Tropical Cyclone Chapala developing an eye

  29-10-2015 20:34
  
  Tropical Cyclone Chapala developed in the Arabian Sea on October 28 as the fourth tropical depression in the Northern Indian Ocean basin and on October 29, strengthened into a hurricane. NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite passed over Chapala and took a visible picture of the storm that showed it had become better organized over the 24 hour period and appeared to be developing an eye feature.
  
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• Scientists are the first to simulate 3-D exotic clouds on an exoplanet

  29-10-2015 20:33
  
  Scientists have catalogued nearly 2,000 exoplanets around stars near and far. While most of these are giant and inhospitable, improved techniques and spacecraft have uncovered increasingly smaller worlds. The day may soon come when astrophysicists announce our planet's twin around a distant star.
  
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• Wimps or warriors? Honey bee larvae absorb the social culture of the hive, study finds

  29-10-2015 20:31
  
  Even as larvae, honey bees are tuned in to the social culture of the hive, becoming more or less aggressive depending on who raises them, researchers report in the journal Scientific Reports.
  
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• Self-Driving Cars More Likely to Get into Accidents

  29-10-2015 20:17 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  Self-driving cars like those being tested by Google have been more prone to get into accidents than conventional vehicles -- but don't blame the cars.
  
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• By Steve Knight TV aerial, Mars & laser beam

  29-10-2015 19:11 via pinterest.com
  By Steve Knight TV aerial, Mars & laser beam
  
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• By Steve Knight TV a

  29-10-2015 19:11 via pinterest.com
  
  By Steve Knight TV aerial, Mars & laser beam
  
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• Jason Giambi Helps Baseball Practice Go Virtual

  29-10-2015 19:05 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  The former baseball star is keeping his hand in the game through a new virtual reality practice system.
  
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• Warming waters a major factor in the collapse of New England cod, study finds

  29-10-2015 19:00
  
  For centuries, cod were the backbone of New England's fisheries and a key species in the Gulf of Maine ecosystem. Today, cod stocks are on the verge of collapse, hovering at 3-4% of sustainable levels. Even cuts to the fishery have failed to slow this rapid decline, surprising both fishermen and fisheries managers. For the first time, a new report in Science explains why. It shows that the cod collapse is in large part due to rapid warming of the ocean in the Gulf of Maine - 99 percent faster th
  
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• Study predicts bedrock weathering based on topography

  29-10-2015 19:00
  
  Just below Earth's surface, beneath the roots and soil, is a hard, dense layer of bedrock that is the foundation for all life on land. Cracks and fissures within bedrock provide pathways for air and water, which chemically react to break up rock, ultimately creating soil—an essential ingredient for all terrestrial organisms. This weathering of bedrock is fundamental to life on Earth.
  
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• New design points a path to the 'ultimate' battery

  29-10-2015 19:00
  
  Scientists have developed a working laboratory demonstrator of a lithium-oxygen battery which has very high energy density, is more than 90% efficient, and, to date, can be recharged more than 2000 times, showing how several of the problems holding back the development of these devices could be solved.
  
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• Improving risk-cost-benefit analysis

  29-10-2015 19:00
  
  The effects of new technologies and discoveries—from nuclear power to medical treatments —often must be inferred long before they are experienced, forcing policymakers to rely on risk, cost and benefit analyses when deciding whether to use them.
  
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• A new primate species at the root of the tree of extant hominoids

  29-10-2015 19:00
  
  Living hominoids are a group of primates that includes the small-bodied apes (the lesser apes, or gibbons and siamangs, which constitute the family Hylobatidae) and the larger-bodied great apes (orangutans, gorillas and chimpanzees), which, along with humans, belong to the family Hominidae. All extant hominoids share several features, such as the lack of external tail, an orthograde body plan that enables an upright trunk position, and several cranial characteristics. All these features might ha
  
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• Report: NASA needs better handle on health hazards for Mars (Update)

  29-10-2015 18:20
  
  NASA needs to get cracking if it wants to keep its astronauts alive and well on missions to Mars, according to an in-house report issued Thursday.
  
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• Report: NASA needs better handle on health hazards for Mars

  29-10-2015 18:20
  
  NASA needs to get cracking if it wants to keep its astronauts alive and well on missions to Mars.
  
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• Time Warner Cable plans for TV on the Internet

  29-10-2015 18:07
  
  Hate your cable box? In a few weeks, Time Warner Cable is going to start testing in New York City a cable service that doesn't need one and is delivered over their customers' home Internet.
  
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• gabriel.pensky Curiosity Selfie, Sol 1126

  29-10-2015 18:07 via pinterest.com
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• Water-treatment plants are not supposed to harm the functioning of river ecosystems

  29-10-2015 18:04
  
  Despite the fact that the main function of water treatment plants is to clean the polluted waste water produced by human activity, "the effluent from them turns into a source of many pollutants in rivers", explained Ibon Aristi, researcher in the UPV/EHU's department of Plant Biology and Ecology. He has studied the impact of one of these effluents in the river Segre by observing the fluvial community, in other words, by analysing its response to the pollutants in the effluent.
  
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• It's a Tyrannosaur-eat-Tyrannosaur world

  29-10-2015 18:04
  
  A nasty little 66-million-year-old family secret has been leaked by a recently unearthed tyrannosaur bone. The bone has peculiar teeth marks that strongly suggest it was gnawed by another tyrannosaur. The find could be some of the best evidence yet that tyrannosaurs were not shy about eating their own kind.
  
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• Are embryonic stem cells and artificial stem cells equivalent?

  29-10-2015 18:02
  
  Harvard Stem Cell Institute (HSCI) researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School have found new evidence suggesting some human induced pluripotent stem cells are the 'functional equivalent' of human embryonic stem cells, a finding that may begin to settle a long running argument.
  
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• Researchers model birth of universe in one of largest cosmological simulations ever run

  29-10-2015 18:01
  
  Researchers are sifting through an avalanche of data produced by one of the largest cosmological simulations ever performed, led by scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory.
  
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