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• Texas 1st State to Recommend Court Ban on Bite Mark Evidence

  12-02-2016 23:39
  Texas has become the first state to call for a ban on allowing bite mark evidence, which legal experts say will likely reverberate in courtrooms across the country
  
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• An All-Star Slam Dunk: 1B 'Likes' for NBA on Social

  12-02-2016 22:52 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  It's the first professional sports league to surpass 1 billion likes and followers across its social media platforms.
  
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• An Internet That's 50,000 Times Faster? Sign Me Up!

  12-02-2016 22:35 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  The U.S. lags behind even Latvia when it comes to Internet speeds -- and no one is happy when Netflix and chill turns into Netflix and frozen.
  
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• Visa Discloses Stake in Dorsey's Company, Square

  12-02-2016 22:33
  Visa on Friday disclosed its ownership in Friday in Square, the mobile payment services company co-founded and led by Jack Dorsey
  
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• Congress OKs Permanent Internet Tax Ban

  12-02-2016 22:07 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  The Senate has passed legislation placing a permanent ban on states' taxing Internet access, sending the measure to President Barack Obama for signing.
  
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• Whatever You Do, Don't Set Your iPhone for This Date

  12-02-2016 21:52 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  Want to go back in time to that date? Just make sure you don't do it on your iPhone.
  
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• Astronomers Say Farewell to Philae Comet Lander

  12-02-2016 20:55 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  The time has finally come to say goodbye to the Philae lander, the first in history to land on a comet in transit - though with a rough touchdown that
  
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• The Latest: Feds: Take California Foxes off Endangered List

  12-02-2016 20:44
  Federal wildlife officials are recommending three island fox subspecies native to California's Channel Islands be removed from the endangered and threatened species list
  
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• On Darwin's birthday, tomato genetics study sheds light on plant evolution

  12-02-2016 20:00
  
  On Charles Darwin's 207th birthday, a new study of evolution in a diverse group of wild tomatoes is shedding light on the importance of genetic variation in plants.
  
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• MyShake: New app turns smartphones into worldwide seismic network

  12-02-2016 20:00
  
  University of California, Berkeley, scientists are releasing a free Android app that taps a smartphone's ability to record ground shaking from an earthquake, with the goal of creating a worldwide seismic detection network that could eventually warn users of impending jolts from nearby quakes.
  
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• Space Station Resupply Mission Delayed After Mold Found in Bags

  12-02-2016 19:56
  
  A cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station has been pushed back after mold was discovered in some of the bags used for packing supplies.
  
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• Despite rocky start, Philae comet probe has raked in science data

  12-02-2016 19:30
  
  Twelve years ago, the European Space Agency (ESA) launched a spacecraft with a very precious cargo—a robot laboratory designed to land on a comet and photograph, prod and sniff its surface.
  
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• Dating a Techie? Here Are 14 Valentine's Day Gifts

  12-02-2016 19:19 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  If you're dating someone who has already pre-ordered the Oculus Rift, a box of chocolates on Valentine's Day probably won't do.
  
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• Food availability a problem in smaller urban cities, study finds

  12-02-2016 19:09
  
  Average neighborhood income may play a role in creating food deserts in cities of all sizes, according to a Kansas State University study.
  
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• Out of Valentine's Ideas? Uber Will Cover Your Butt

  12-02-2016 19:07 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  "Procrastinators, we've got your butt covered."That's what the slogan says on the Naja website — a lingerie brand that has teamed up with Uber to
  
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• New nanotechnology detects biomarkers of cancer

  12-02-2016 19:05
  
  Researchers at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center have developed a new technology to detect disease biomarkers in the form of nucleic acids, the building blocks of all living organisms.
  
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• Poor air quality kills 5.5 million worldwide annually

  12-02-2016 19:00
  
  New research shows that more than 5.5 million people die prematurely every year due to household and outdoor air pollution. More than half of deaths occur in two of the world's fastest growing economies, China and India.
  
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• Study: 15 percent of US adults have used online dating sites, dating apps

  12-02-2016 18:40
  
  Nisha Paige isn't shy. Not online, anyway.
  
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• AT&T testing superfast 5G mobile network

  12-02-2016 18:10
  
  AT&T announced plans Friday to begin testing a superfast fifth generation, or 5G, mobile network with speeds up to 100 times faster than the most rapid existing connections.
  
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• When the boss's ethical behavior breaks bad

  12-02-2016 18:08
  
  Is your boss ethical? Does he or she do what's right, as opposed to what's profitable?
  
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• Scientists create ultrathin semiconductor heterostructures for new technologies

  12-02-2016 18:04
  
  Heterostructures formed by different three-dimensional semiconductors form the foundation for modern electronic and photonic devices. Now, University of Washington scientists have successfully combined two different ultrathin semiconductors—each just one layer of atoms thick and roughly 100,000 times thinner than a human hair—to make a new two-dimensional heterostructure with potential uses in clean energy and optically-active electronics. The team, led by Boeing Distinguished Associ
  
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• iPad Pro could use much faster 29W charging, if Apple allows USB 3 Lightning cables - Apple Insider

  12-02-2016 18:03 via
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  iPad Pro could use much faster 29W charging, if Apple allows USB 3 Lightning cables
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  The USB 3 capable Lightning port on Apple's iPad Pro could use an incoming charge of up to 29 watts, matching the abilities of Apple's 12-inch MacBook. But without any USB 3 Lightning cables yet available on the market, this power remains untapped for ...
  Apple offers replacement for faulty USB-C cables for MacbookMaine News Online
  Apple to replace defective USB-C cables that shi
  

• Teen Accused of Hacking CIA, DHS Chiefs' Info Arrested

  12-02-2016 18:01 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  American and British authorities have arrested a teen accused of hacking CIA Director John Brennan and DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson's information.
  
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• NASA Posters Imagine the Future of Space Tourism

  12-02-2016 17:56
  
  Whimsical posters advertise for destinations around the solar system.
  
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• Scientists Construct Geological Maps of Pluto’s

  12-02-2016 17:28 via scitechdaily.com
  
  How to make sense of Pluto’s surprising geological complexity? To help understand the diversity of terrain and to piece together how Pluto’s surface has formed and evolved over time, mission scientists construct geological maps like the one shown above. This map covers a portion of Pluto’s surface that measures 1,290 miles (2,070 kilometers) from top […]
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• Kanye's Video Game Is About His Mom in Heaven

  12-02-2016 17:19 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  Self-proclaimed "sonic painter" Kanye West has officially entered the gaming industry, and yesterday released a trailer for his first video game, Only
  
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• NSF’s LIGO Detects Gravitational Waves

  12-02-2016 17:17 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Using the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO), the National Science Foundation has detected gravitational waves. Albert Einstein predicted the existence of gravitational waves in his general theory of relativity a century ago, and scientists have been attempting to detect them for 50 years. Einstein pictured these waves as ripples in the fabric of space-time produced […]
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• Scientists in Panama call for alert as cobia, a potentially invasive fish, spreads

  12-02-2016 17:04
  
  Cobia, a promising fish for aquaculture, lives throughout the world's oceans except in the Central and Eastern Pacific. In August 2015, a large number of young fish escaped from offshore cages in Ecuador. Cobia have recently been reported from the Colombian and Panamanian Pacific coast, indicating their rapid spread from the release site. Voracious carnivores, cobia could have far-reaching impacts on fisheries and marine ecology in the Eastern Pacific, Smithsonian scientists warn.
  
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• Alliterative product promotions pique purchasers

  12-02-2016 17:03
  
  New research shows that promotional messages that use alliteration - the phonetic overlap of the beginnings of words - hold a greater appeal for consumers than non-alliterative messages, even accounting for cost differences.
  
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• Drought caused by El Nino threatening southern Africa: UN

  12-02-2016 17:00
  
  The El Nino weather phenomenon, one of the worst in 50 years, has caused intense drought in southern Africa that will have a "devastating" impact on the region's food security, the UN food agency warned on Friday.
  
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• Drones give scientists a new self-service approach

  12-02-2016 17:00
  
  Earth and environmental scientists have often had to rely on piloted aircraft and satellites to collect remote sensing data, platforms that have traditionally been controlled by large research organizations or regulatory agencies.
  
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• Stability in ecosystems: Asynchrony of species is more important than diversity

  12-02-2016 16:59
  
  Whether an animal or plant community remains stable despite external impacts does not depend on biological diversity alone: asynchrony across the species is also a crucial factor. The more asynchronous the species in an ecosystem fluctuate in their abundances, the less likely it becomes unstable. As a result, diversity takes second place in terms of the factors to be considered in the context of ecosystem stability. A team of scientists spearheaded by the TU Munich and TU Darmstadt have publishe
  
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• Spotify Will Turn Your Valentine's Day Message Into a Playlist

  12-02-2016 16:14
  
  Spotify has a cool Valentine's Day tool that will turn your secret message into a playlist.
  
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• Facebook Can Be Sued in France in Nude Painting Case

  12-02-2016 16:06 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  Facebook lost a crucial legal battle as a court ruled the social network can be sued in France over its decision to remove the account of a user.
  
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• Fin24.com | Tribunal approves sale of Autopage’s subscriber base

  12-02-2016 16:01
  
  Regulators have given Vodacom, MTN and Cell C the green light to acquire the subscribe base of mobile service provider Altech Autopage.
  
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• Science predicts more frequent extreme events will shock the global food system

  12-02-2016 16:00
  
  A panel of British and American researchers, speaking at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Washington DC, will present updated research revealing how extreme events which affect the food system are increasingly likely to occur, resulting in 'food shocks'.
  
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• What's the point of theoretical physics?

  12-02-2016 15:40
  
  You don't have to be a scientist to get excited about breakthroughs in theoretical physics. Discoveries such as gravitational waves and the Higgs boson can inspire wonder at the complex beauty of the universe no matter how little you really understand them.
  
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• Google Hiring for Its Robot Cars (Hint: Not Drivers)

  12-02-2016 15:36 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  SAN FRANCISCO- Alphabet Inc's self-driving project is advertising dozens of jobs on its website with a special focus on manufacturing expertise. Thirty-six jobs related to the Google X car project were listed including engineers working on motion control, displays, robotics and sensors as well as managers charged with operations, materials and marketing.
  
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• NASA: 'Help Wanted' for Future Mission to Mars

  12-02-2016 15:32 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  NASA has put out the word — it's hiring the next generation of astronauts, the first new class in four years!
  
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• Physicists create first photonic Maxwell's demon

  12-02-2016 15:30
  
  (Phys.org)—Maxwell's demon, a hypothetical being that appears to violate the second law of thermodynamics, has been widely studied since it was first proposed in 1867 by James Clerk Maxwell. But most of these studies have been theoretical, with only a handful of experiments having actually realized Maxwell's demon.
  
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• Philosophy's influence on technology design—and why it needs to change

  12-02-2016 15:30
  
  Philosophy often appears abstract and other-worldly, particularly when compared to the practical technology in our everyday lives. But there is much that technology can learn from philosophy, and vice versa.
  
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• Fast and loud—how to create sonic booms and curious clouds

  12-02-2016 15:20
  
  Growing up beneath the Concorde flight path, I learned early on that if you heard its characteristic roar overhead you had to look far towards the horizon to see it. If you were lucky, you would see Concorde first. You could then count the seconds before you heard its noise to get an idea of how high it was – like you might do with thunder and lightning to check whether the storm is incoming or moving safely away.
  
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• Researchers find that chromatin's complexity can be reduced into a unifying model of gene regulation

  12-02-2016 15:19
  
  (Phys.org)—A team of researchers made up of members from the California Institute of Technology, Tottori University and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute has conducted a study that has led to finding that that the material of which chromosomes are composed (chromatin) can be reduced to a unifying model of gene regulation. In their paper published in the journal Science, the team describes their approach and why they believe it may lead to a better understanding of the way the expression
  
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• New study confirms giant flightless bird wandered the Arctic 50 million years ago

  12-02-2016 15:14
  
  It's official: There really was a giant, flightless bird with a head the size of a horse's wandering about in the winter twilight of the high Arctic some 53 million years ago.
  
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• Visible blue light induces copper-catalyzed C-N cross-couplings

  12-02-2016 15:10
  
  (Phys.org)—A small team of researchers at California Institute of Technology has found a way to use visible blue light to induce copper-catalyzed C-N cross-couplings. In their paper published in the journal Science, the team describes the technique and why they believe the work may lead to bigger things. Michael Greaney with the University of Manchester offers a Perspectives piece on the work done by the team in the same journal issue outlining the process and explaining why the use of vis
  
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• Panasonic commercializes polybutylene terephthalate (PBT) molding compounds for laser welding

  12-02-2016 15:10
  
  Panasonic Corporation today announced that it will start mass production of polybutylene terephthalate (PBT) molding compounds for laser welding in March, 2016, a move that will contribute to the enhancement of long-term reliability and the flexibility of design of automotive switches and sensors.
  
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• Constructing energy efficient schools for the future

  12-02-2016 15:00
  
  The EU SCHOOL OF THE FUTURE project has devised innovative solutions and designs that will allow for the creation of a new generation of highly energy efficient school buildings.
  
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• Researchers study reactions that occur when groundwater, saltwater meet in coastal aquifers

  12-02-2016 14:50
  
  If you've ever floated through a cold patch of water while swimming in the ocean, you've experienced a phenomenon called submarine groundwater discharge (SGD).
  
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• Catastrophic failure of ice age dam changed ocean circulation and climate

  12-02-2016 14:50
  
  The catastrophic release of fresh water from a vast South American lake at the end of the last Ice Age was significant enough to change circulation in the Pacific Ocean, according to new research co-authored by a PhD student from the University of Bristol.
  
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• Visa buys nearly 10 pct stake in Dorsey's company, Square

  12-02-2016 14:44
  
  Visa is now a major shareholder in Square, the mobile payment services company co-founded and led by Jack Dorsey.
  
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