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• Amid move to end Montana cleanup, some asbestos left behind

  21-11-2015 18:26
  
  Federal officials say their final analysis of a Montana community wracked by a deadly asbestos contamination shows a costly and much-criticized cleanup is working, even though some 700 properties have yet to be investigated and concerns linger over asbestos left behind.
  
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• New Horizons Views Pluto and Charon’s Daily Rotation

  21-11-2015 16:51 via scitechdaily.com
  
  NASA’s New Horizons Spacecraft has captured images of Pluto and Charon completing the rotation of a full day. Pluto’s day is 6.4 Earth days long. The images were taken by the Long Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI) and the Ralph/Multispectral Visible Imaging Camera as the distance between New Horizons and Pluto decreased from 5 million miles […]
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• Carbon Capture: key green technology shackled by costs

  21-11-2015 15:06
  
  Every credible plan to save humanity from global warming reserves a key role for a green energy technology called carbon capture and storage.
  
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• How do you revive a dying species?

  21-11-2015 10:41 via rss.cnn.com
  
  There is only one male northern white rhino left in the world. His name is Sudan, he's 42-years old -- practically geriatric in rhino terms. His sperm count is low and his hind legs are weak -- meaning he's in no position to mate.
  
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• Pigeons, the next great cancer detector?

  21-11-2015 10:40 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Scientists have discovered you can teach one of the most maligned of birds how to identify cancer.
  
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• US kids' lawsuit over climate change gathers steam

  21-11-2015 10:20
  
  A lawsuit over climate change filed by 21 young Americans has gained the attention of the fossil fuel industry, which is joining the US government to oppose the kids' demands for sharper pollution cuts.
  
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• In fight on terror, encryption is double-edged sword

  21-11-2015 10:10
  
  Encryption can be a terrorist's tool. But it's also a key for those hunting attackers, and for many others.
  
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• Zuckerberg to take time off from Facebook to be a dad

  21-11-2015 09:59
  
  Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg announced on Friday that he will take two months paternity leave after his wife gives birth to their first child.
  
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• Green campaigner readies to swim the Pacific

  21-11-2015 09:59
  
  Never mind the sharks or the swirling ocean debris that await him, Benoit Lecomte is counting the days until his long-distance swim from Tokyo to San Francisco—to raise awareness of environmental threats in the Pacific.
  
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• Task force wants even smaller drones registered

  21-11-2015 09:57
  
  An aviation industry task force is recommending that operators be required to register drones weighing as little as a half a pound, a threshold that could include some remote-controlled toys, industry officials said.
  
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• Starwood Hotels Data Breach: What You Need to Know

  21-11-2015 06:38
  
  Starwood Hotels reported today 54 of its locations had been hit by malware designed to steal customer's credit card information.
  
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• NASA orders first crewed mission to ISS from SpaceX - SpaceFlight Insider

  21-11-2015 05:53 via
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  NASA orders first crewed mission to ISS from SpaceX
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  NASA placed its first mission order to SpaceX for the NewSpace firm to ferry crews to the International Space Station. This is the second in a series of four guaranteed orders the Space Agency plans on making under the Commercial Crew Transportation ...
  SpaceX wins NASA deal to fly astronauts to space stationSacramento Bee
  NASA Orders SpaceX Crew Mission to International Space StationYumanewsnow
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• Tesla Motors Inc. (TSLA) Stock Slips Slightly After Recall - International Business Times

  21-11-2015 04:05 via
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  Tesla Motors Inc. (TSLA) Stock Slips Slightly After Recall
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  Shares of Tesla Motors Inc. slipped Friday after the company announced it was conducting its largest-ever recall. It said all 90,000 of its Model S cars would be recalled, prompted by the receipt of a single report of a front seat belt being improperly ...
  Tesla Model S recall does not faze executiveDetroit Free Press
  Tesla Recalls 90000 Model S Cars Due To One Seat Belt BoltCarC
  

• UPDATE 6-VW cuts 2016 capital spending plan as cheating scandal widens - Reuters

  21-11-2015 03:04 via
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  UPDATE 6-VW cuts 2016 capital spending plan as cheating scandal widens
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  ... * VW cuts 2016 capex plan to 12 bln euros from 13 bln. * Says 75,000 more U.S. vehicles have excess emissions. * Details of vehicle fixes provided to U.S. regulators (Adds VW statement on meetings with U.S. regulators Friday.) By Andreas Cremer and ...
  VW cuts 2016 capital spending plan as cheating scandal widensJamestown Sun
  VW adds 75000 vehicles to emissions cheat scandalTribune-Review
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• Featured: Top 10 Chat Apps For Android - Android Headlines - Android News

  21-11-2015 02:00 via
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  Featured: Top 10 Chat Apps For Android
  Android Headlines - Android News
  Text messaging is still the easiest way to send messages on your smartphone as the SMS apps are already installed when you power it up, but there are plenty of reasons to ditch text messaging for the majority of your messaging needs and move to a chat ...
  Facebook starts testing long-awaited Work Chat app for businessesPCWorld
  Facebook At Work Gets Its Own Version Of Messenger With Debu
  

• Apple Pencil works magic with iPad Pro - The Seattle Times

  21-11-2015 01:58 via
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  Apple Pencil works magic with iPad Pro
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  Mary Kaye Stamets, center, of Carmichael, Calif., gets assistance from Apple employees while trying the Apple iPad Pro, which went on sale last week, at the Apple store in San Francisco. (Eric Risberg/The Associated Press). The iPad Pro is larger than ...
  Apple Investigating Unresponsive iPad Pros, Posts WorkaroundThe Mac Observer
  What you can and cannot do with an Apple Pencil on iPad ProApple Insider
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• Oregon and Washington delay crab season because of toxin (Update)

  21-11-2015 01:40
  
  Oregon and Washington have joined California in delaying the start of their commercial crab seasons after dangerous toxin levels were found in the crabs.
  
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• Oregon and Washington delay crab season because of toxin

  21-11-2015 01:40
  
  Oregon and Washington have joined California in delaying the start of their commercial crab seasons after dangerous toxin levels were found in the crabs.
  
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• Colorado area open to Superfund cleanup after mine spill

  21-11-2015 01:39
  
  Southwestern Colorado officials said Friday that they are ready to talk to the Environmental Protection Agency about a federally financed Superfund cleanup of inactive mines, including one that spewed millions of gallons of wastewater and polluted rivers in three states this summer.
  
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• Mark Zuckerberg to take two months off after his child is born - USA TODAY

  21-11-2015 01:33 via
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  Mark Zuckerberg to take two months off after his child is born
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  SAN FRANCISCO — Mark Zuckerberg plans to take two months of paternity leave after his child is born. The Facebook chief executive made the announcement Friday on his Facebook page. "This is a very personal decision, and I've decided to take 2 months ...
  Facebook CEO Zuckerberg to take two months of paternity leaveReuters
  Facebook's Zuckerberg to take two months off for daughter's birthCNET
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• New York's poorest area has 44% living in poverty

  21-11-2015 01:26
  
  Away from the glittering lights of New York's entertainment and banking hub, nearly half the residents in the city's poorest neighborhood live in poverty, according to data released Friday.
  
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• Climate change 'affecting' bird migration: eco-group

  21-11-2015 01:25
  
  The number of birds migrating south from chilly North America to warmer South America this time of year has dropped sharply compared to 2014, probably because of climate change, an environmental group said Friday.
  
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• Airbnb brings home cash in fresh funding round

  21-11-2015 01:22
  
  Home-sharing startup Airbnb raised more than $100 million in a new funding round that kept its value at about $25.5 billion, sources with knowledge of the matter said Friday.
  
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• NASA images: A day on Pluto, a day on Charon

  21-11-2015 01:21
  
  Pluto's day is 6.4 Earth days long. The images were taken by the Long Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI) and the Ralph/Multispectral Visible Imaging Camera as the distance between New Horizons and Pluto decreased from 5 million miles (8 million kilometers) on July 7 to 400,000 miles (about 645,000 kilometers) on July 13. The more distant images contribute to the view at the 3 o'clock position, with the top of the heart-shaped, informally named Tombaugh Regio slipping out of view, giving way to
  
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• NASA calls on SpaceX to send astronauts to ISS

  21-11-2015 01:19
  
  SpaceX received orders Friday from the US space agency to send astronauts to the International Space Station in the coming years, helping restore US access to space, NASA said.
  
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• Microevolutionary evidence: The eyes have it

  21-11-2015 01:18
  
  For a beholder who is an evolutionary biologist, the eye is has long been a fascinating puzzle because of the many parts that must seamlessly work together for the whole to work properly. Biologists have addressed the question of ocular evolution with comparisons between different species, or macroevolutionary studies, and shown how the evolutionary process can be broken down into discrete steps through which a simple light-sensitive cell can evolve into a complex, multicomponent eye through ada
  
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• Study sheds new light on Candida albicans, mysterious fungus that has major health consequences

  21-11-2015 01:13
  
  Researchers at the University of Toronto examined fungi in the mucus of patients with cystic fibrosis and discovered how one particularly cunning fungal species has evolved to defend itself against neighbouring bacteria.
  
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• Oculus Intros Experimental 'Concepts' Store For Gear VR - Android Headlines - Android News

  21-11-2015 01:06 via
  Android Headlines - Android News
  Oculus Intros Experimental 'Concepts' Store For Gear VR
  Android Headlines - Android News
  Now that Samsung's consumer version of the Gear VR headset is available for shipping in the United States, there are likely going to be a lot more users getting to experience the technology. It also helps that this new model now supports multiple ...
  Newest Samsung Gear VR available starting today in the USPhone Arena
  Facebook Oculus and Samsung Electronics move into virtual
  

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