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• Flint: US city of blight, flight and poisoned water

  10-03-2016 23:10
  
  Agence France-Presse has launched a weekly series of reporters' blogs taking readers behind the scenes of the 2016 US election for a look at the events and attitudes shaping the White House race.
  
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• Wild mountain lion may have killed Los Angeles Zoo koala

  10-03-2016 23:00
  
  Officials believe P-22, a wild mountain lion that prowls a sprawling Los Angeles park, made a meal of a koala found mauled to death at the city's zoo.
  
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• Famous mountain lion may have killed Los Angeles Zoo koala

  10-03-2016 23:00
  
  A well-known mountain lion that prowls a sprawling Los Angeles park may have made a meal of a koala found mauled to death at the city's zoo.
  
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• US: Probable cause that locked phone has evidence of attack

  10-03-2016 22:52
  
  A locked iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino killers likely holds evidence of the eventual attack, the Justice Department said in a court filing Thursday in its high-profile encryption dispute with Apple Inc., adding that the community and the public "need to know" what is on the device.
  
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• Officials: 13 bald eagles did not die of natural causes

  10-03-2016 22:50
  
  Federal wildlife officials say 13 bald eagles found dead on Maryland's Eastern Shore did not die of natural causes.
  
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• US says Apple assistance in attacks probe 'modest'

  10-03-2016 22:45
  
  The Justice Department argued Thursday that compelling Apple to help unlock an iPhone in California is a "modest" demand which may find "evidence of a terrorist attack."
  
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• US argues for 'modest' Apple help in attacks probe (Update)

  10-03-2016 22:45
  
  Forcing Apple to help unlock an iPhone is a "modest" demand which may turn up vital evidence in a terrorist attack, the US government argued Thursday, upping the ante in its legal standoff with the technology giant.
  
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• Record leap in carbon dioxide seen in 2015

  10-03-2016 22:45
  
  The level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere increased at a record pace last year, US government scientists reported, raising new concern about one of the top greenhouse gases and the effects of global warming.
  
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• Robots Will Take Jobs, But Not Our Own, Americans Say

  10-03-2016 22:33 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  Most Americans predict a robot takeover is upon us, but they don't seem to be too worried about it.
  
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• Mexico's ancient native plants and a new invasive insect threat

  10-03-2016 22:22
  
  Benjamin Normark, professor of biology at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, was recently selected as a Fulbright scholar and will spend the fall 2016 semester in Mexico documenting the spread of the insect, cycad aulacaspis scale. It is an invasive species that threatens the country's cycads, plants sometimes called "living fossils" because they have changed little in the last 280 million years.
  
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• NASA station leads way for improved measurements of Earth orientation, shape

  10-03-2016 22:21
  
  NASA has demonstrated the success of advanced technology for making precise measurements of Earth's orientation and rotation - information that helps provide a foundation for navigation of all space missions and for geophysical studies of our planet.
  
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• GPM satellite measured heavy rainfall in the southern US storms

  10-03-2016 22:19
  
  The Global Precipitation Measurement or GPM core satellite provided data on the heavy rainfall and strong storms that affected the southern U.S. on March 9. An analysis of rainfall between March 2 and 9 showed that over a foot of rain had fallen in areas of Texas to Arkansas.
  
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• Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter celebrates 10 years at red planet

  10-03-2016 21:52
  
  NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) arrived at the red planet 10 years ago today and has since completed 45,000 orbits and generated a vast amount of scientific data.
  
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• Biologists demonstrate how satellite data on fishing can help protect ocean biodiversity

  10-03-2016 20:33
  
  Beyond the breakers, the ocean is like the Wild West. While not completely lawless, its vastness and remoteness make it hard to observe and more difficult to manage human activity.
  
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• New book reveals that food monopolies are everywhere

  10-03-2016 20:30
  
  Food monopolies are everywhere - and they're growing. A new book by a Michigan State University professor dissects the troubling trend and shows how it's happening on all levels of the food chain.
  
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• Google provides early peek at next Android operating system

  10-03-2016 20:30
  
  Google is previewing the next version of its Android operating system two months ahead of schedule in an effort to get the upgraded software on more mobile devices.
  
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• Down the rabbit hole: How electrons travel through exotic new material

  10-03-2016 20:28
  
  Researchers at Princeton University have observed a bizarre behavior in a strange new crystal that could hold the key for future electronic technologies. Unlike most materials in which electrons travel on the surface, in these new materials the electrons sink into the depths of the crystal through special conductive channels.
  
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• Internet address gatekeeper OKs plan to break from US (Update)

  10-03-2016 20:25
  
  The gatekeeper of Internet addresses on Thursday approved a plan to break from US oversight, shifting those symbolic functions to the broader global online community.
  
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• 'Creative Control' looks at the near future of personal VR

  10-03-2016 20:20
  
  What does technology look like five minutes in the future?
  
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• Fin24.com | MTN proposes to pay $1.5bn to settle Nigeria penalty

  10-03-2016 20:15
  
  MTN has proposed to pay $1.5bn to settle a record $3.9bn fine in Nigeria for missing a deadline to disconnect unregistered subscribers.
  
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• Scientists figure out how to control mouse minds with magnets

  10-03-2016 20:04
  
  Scientists at the University of Virginia were able to control the brains of living mice using magnetic fields, essentially harnessing the power of mind control, according to a study published this week in Nature Neuroscience.
  
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• Botched castle restoration is deemed a 'heritage massacre'

  10-03-2016 20:03
  
  Remember the botched "restoration" of Spanish fresco Ecce Homo back in 2012?
  
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• Major source of methanol in the ocean identified

  10-03-2016 20:00
  
  As one of the most abundant organic compounds on the planet, methanol occurs naturally in the environment as plants release it as they grow and decompose. It is also found in the ocean, where it is a welcome food source for ravenous microbes that feast on it for energy and growth. While scientists have long known methanol exists in the ocean, and that certain microbes love to snack on it, they' ve been stymied by one key question: where does it come from?
  
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• Evolutionary 'selection of the fittest' measured for the first time

  10-03-2016 20:00
  
  A difference of one hundredth of a percent in fitness is sufficient to select between winners and losers in evolution. For the first time researchers have quantified the tiny selective forces that shape bacterial genomes. The story is published today in the prestigious journal PLoS Genetics.
  
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• Yale Researchers Track How the Brain Routes Visual Signals

  10-03-2016 19:29 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Newly published research from Yale’s Department of Neuroscience provides some clues to how cells in the visual cortex direct sensory information to different targets throughout the brain. Understanding how the brain manages to process the deluge of information about the outside world has been a daunting challenge. By imaging activity in the mouse brain, the […]
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• Spending on public higher education overlooks net benefits as investment in state's future

  10-03-2016 19:24
  
  In spite of the overwhelming evidence of a skills deficit, a depressed middle class and growing inequality, the state of Illinois continues to underinvest in public higher education. But considering higher education funding as an investment that lowers state welfare and prison costs, generates tax revenues and leads to economic growth in the future—and not as mere consumption spending—could reframe the debate, according to an article by a University of Illinois expert in the economic
  
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• Snapchat to go behind scenes at NCAA tournament

  10-03-2016 19:20
  
  Snapchat will deliver "live stories" including behind-the-scenes footage from the "March Madness" NCAA basketball tournament under a partnership announced Thursday.
  
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• New privacy rules expected for Internet providers (Update)

  10-03-2016 19:20
  
  The federal government is proposing new privacy rules that would make Internet service providers such as cable and phone companies ask your permission in some instances before using and sharing your data.
  
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• New privacy rules expected for Internet providers

  10-03-2016 19:20
  
  The federal government is proposing new privacy rules that would make Internet providers like cable and phone companies ask your permission in some instances before using and sharing your data.
  
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• Military to check for water contamination at 664 sites (Update)

  10-03-2016 19:19
  
  The military plans to examine hundreds of sites nationwide to determine whether chemicals from foam used to fight fires have contaminated groundwater and spread to drinking water, the Defense Department said.
  
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• Military to check for water contamination at 664 sites

  10-03-2016 19:19
  
  The military is beginning to check whether chemicals from its firefighting foam may have contaminated groundwater at hundreds of sites nationwide, according to the Defense Department.
  
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• Louisiana black bear is removed from US 'endangered' list

  10-03-2016 19:06
  
  The Louisiana black bear, which inspired the popular stuffed animal "teddy bears" in the early 1900s, was taken off the Endangered Species List on Thursday after 24 years of conservation efforts, US officials said.
  
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• Ice arch collapse caught on film in Patagonia

  10-03-2016 19:06
  
  A fragile arch of ice at the tip of a glacier in southern Argentina spectacularly collapsed into the water Thursday, a natural display that happens just once every several years.
  
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• Apple to unveil new creations on March 21 (Update)

  10-03-2016 19:06
  
  Apple on Thursday sent out invitations to a press event at which it is expected to unveil new iPhone and iPad models.
  
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• Researchers analyze how nutrient pollution can negatively impact important ecological relationships

  10-03-2016 19:05
  
  Nature has its own economy, with trading as dynamic as that of any stock exchange. To cope with nutrient deficiencies in their respective habitats, certain plants, animals and fungi have evolved partnerships by which they can swap resources.
  
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• Rice scientists synthesize anti-cancer agent

  10-03-2016 19:01
  
  A team led by Rice University synthetic organic chemist K.C. Nicolaou has developed a new process for the synthesis of a series of potent anti-cancer agents originally found in bacteria.
  
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• Do you understand what your cat is saying?

  10-03-2016 19:00
  
  Do you understand what your cat is saying? And does your cat understand what you are saying? The new research project "Melody in human-cat communication" at Lund University in Sweden may find the answer.
  
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• Apple Plans to Hold Event Day Before Facing FBI in Court

  10-03-2016 18:47 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  Apple is planning to 'loop' the media in on its latest plans at an invitation-only event March 21.
  
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• Wealth doesn't protect US blacks from greater chance of incarceration

  10-03-2016 18:35
  
  The chances of incarceration in America are always higher for blacks than for whites or Hispanics, regardless of their level of wealth, according to a new study led by Khaing Zaw of Duke University in the U.S. In addition, blacks and Hispanics who had previously served jail time were significantly poorer than their white counterparts.
  
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• Algorithm allows a computer to create a vacation highlight video

  10-03-2016 18:34
  
  Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology unveiled a novel video-editing solution this week that automatically sorts and edits untouched footage into the most picturesque highlights for a vacation reel that could fill anyone with envy.
  
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• A Look Back at Ten Years of Discoveries by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter

  10-03-2016 18:23 via scitechdaily.com
  
  The short video below shows images from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter’s past decade of service at the Red Planet, revealing scientific discoveries and magnificent views of a distant world. True to its purpose, the big NASA spacecraft that began orbiting Mars a decade ago this week has delivered huge advances in knowledge about the Red […]
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• Modified form of CRISPR acts as a toggle switch to control gene expression in stem cells

  10-03-2016 18:00
  
  Combining the two most powerful biological tools of the 21st century, scientists at the Gladstone Institutes have modified how the genome of induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) is read for the first time using a variation of the CRISPR-Cas9 system. The development offers a major technological advance in creating cell models of genetic diseases.
  
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• Computer scientists produce realistic face models from video recordings

  10-03-2016 17:30
  
  Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Informatics and the media company Technicolor have now shown how this can be accomplished more easily and much faster. All they need is a standard video and some computing power to produce extremely detailed face models. The computer scientists have developed new methods which enable them to reconstruct surfaces from videos and then alter them on the computer.
  
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• Yahoo to stream NHL hockey games

  10-03-2016 17:27
  Yahoo said Thursday it reached a deal with the National Hockey League to stream hockey games online for free with no subscription required.
  
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• Invisibility cloaks can never hide objects from all observers

  10-03-2016 17:26
  
  (Phys.org)—Ideal invisibility cloaks like those in Harry Potter may be physically impossible, a new study shows. The researchers demonstrate that even the best invisibility cloaks can hide an object from only some observers, while other observers moving with respect to the first group would see distortions.
  
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• 4 Tech Tools to Hack Your Sleep

  10-03-2016 17:25 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Technology can sometimes be a distraction when it comes to getting a good night's sleep but it can also be used in a beneficial way.
  
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• Large Hadron Collider results may hint at a new era of physics

  10-03-2016 17:07
  
  Are we about to enter a new era of physics?Data collected by the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland may have identified particle activity that doesn’t fit the standard laws of physics.
  
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• Are looser gun laws changing the social fabric of Missouri?

  10-03-2016 17:00
  Missouri is poised to become the latest state to allow guns into college classrooms.
  
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• Giant Scottish rabbit finds a home

  10-03-2016 16:59
  
  Scotland's giant rabbit has finally found a home.
  
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• First non-utilitarian weapons found in the Arabian Peninsula

  10-03-2016 16:40
  
  An exceptional collection of bronze weapons dating from the Iron Age II (900-600 BC) has been uncovered near Adam, in the Sultanate of Oman. The remains were discovered scattered on the ground in a building belonging to what is thought to be a religious complex, during excavations carried out by the French archaeological mission in central Oman. In particular, they include two complete quivers and weapons made of metal, including two bows, objects that are for the most part non-functional and hi
  
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