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• NBCBLK's Ultimate Guide To SXSW

  11-03-2016 22:46 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  Follow this NBCBLK guide to SXSW to see what discussions, events, and local eats we will be checking out while at SXSW.
  
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• FDA: No Significant Impact From Test of Modified Mosquitoes

  11-03-2016 21:52 via abcnews.go.com
  The Food and Drug Administration says a field trial releasing genetically modified mosquitoes in the Florida Keys would not harm humans or the environment
  
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• First look: OneNote offers Evernote users a migration tool - Computerworld

  11-03-2016 21:07 via
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  Microsoft is trying to lure users away from Evernote with a new tool that lets people migrate their notes from the startup's note-taking service. The Redmond-based company released a beta version of its OneNote importer tool for Windows on Friday. It ...
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• Lawyer: Russian Man's Laptop Tampered With

  11-03-2016 20:50 via abcnews.go.com
  Lawyers for a Russian man charged with hacking into U.S. businesses and stealing credit card information are asking a federal judge to throw out evidence taken off his laptop computer
  
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• Teaching, not testing makes better students

  11-03-2016 20:36
  
  Teaching is more than just assembling a series of best practices that are expected to lead students to perfect standardized test scores.
  
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• Marvel Studios invites female Avengers to a science contest

  11-03-2016 20:30
  
  Calling all would-be female Avengers: Marvel Studios wants you.
  
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• Google is hitting the road—literally—for user feedback

  11-03-2016 20:13
  
  Google is about to embark on an old-school search, swapping its Internet algorithm for a custom-built van that will cruise across the U.S. to find out how people use its online services and react to new features.
  
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• Cruz campaign updates smartphone app to fix security flaws

  11-03-2016 20:13
  
  The campaign of Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz updated its mobile app after an independent review found security flaws that could have allowed hackers to access personal data from users.
  
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• Social networks used in the assessment of damage caused by natural disasters

  11-03-2016 20:09
  
  An international scientific study, involving Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M), has carried research into the use of social networks such as Twitter, as tools for monitoring, assessing and even predicting levels of economic damage caused by natural disasters.
  
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• Experiment shows magnetic chips could dramatically increase computing's energy efficiency

  11-03-2016 20:06
  
  In a breakthrough for energy-efficient computing, engineers at the University of California, Berkeley, have shown for the first time that magnetic chips can operate with the lowest fundamental level of energy dissipation possible under the laws of thermodynamics.
  
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• Quality control for genetic sequencing

  11-03-2016 20:01
  
  Researchers in the Department of Biosystems Science and Engineering at ETH Zurich in Basel have developed a new method that allows them to record the vast range of antibodies in an individual, genetically in one fell swoop. For example, they can track very precisely how the immune system produces antibodies following a vaccination or an infection. The new genetic method, established by scientists led by Sai Reddy, Professor of Biomolecular Engineering, delivers far more information than the prev
  
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• Spray-on coating could ice-proof airplanes, power lines, windshields

  11-03-2016 20:00
  
  On your car windshield, ice is a nuisance. But on an airplane, a wind turbine, an oil rig or power line, it can be downright dangerous. And removing it with the methods that are available today—usually chemical melting agents or labor-intensive scrapers and hammers—is difficult and expensive work.
  
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• Google Is Hitting the Road _ Literally _ for User Feedback

  11-03-2016 19:55 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Google is about to embark on an old-school search, swapping its Internet algorithm for a custom-built van that will cruise across the U.S. to find out how people use its online services and react to new features
  
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• Yellow Cab fights for relevance in ride-hail age

  11-03-2016 19:50
  
  For a man who's losing cash and cachet to the much-less-regulated ride-hail companies such as Uber and Lyft, you'd think Anthony Palmeri, president of Yellow Cab in San Diego, would have a big chip on his shoulder.
  
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• Inside Arctic vault that could save the world

  11-03-2016 19:24 via cnn.com
  
  Recent podcasts: Bernie gets the Axe | Blindsided: How ISIS Shook The World | Graham Opposes GOP Leader
  
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• 'Music' from moon's far side

  11-03-2016 19:21 via cnn.com
  
  Recent podcasts: Sanders Demands Clinton Apologize | Guns in America | Radical Islam in America
  
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• AdBlock's Ironic Approach to World Day Against Cyber Censorship

  11-03-2016 19:20 via abcnews.go.com
  
  AdBlock, the browser extension that is known for blocking annoying advertisements, is taking an ironic approach to celebrating World Day Against Cyber Censorship.
  
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• White House Pushes to Bring Broadband to 20M Americans

  11-03-2016 19:16 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  President Obama announced a new initiative this week to connect 20 million more Americans to broadband by 2020.
  
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• Panel: Finding Climate Fingerprints in Wild Weather Is Valid

  11-03-2016 19:06 via abcnews.go.com
  
  National scientific panel said science has progressed enough they we can see global warming's fingerprints on certain wild weather events
  
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• Thwarted by the iPhone, code-breakers turn their attention to other products

  11-03-2016 19:00
  
  Computer hacker Will Strafach had no trouble seizing control of the original iPhone. Same went for later generations over the next five years.
  
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• Astronomers Combine Telescope Data to Further Research on Galaxy Clusters

  11-03-2016 18:53 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Astronomers are using data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, the Hubble Space Telescope, and the NSF’s Jansky Very Large Array to learn more about galaxy clusters, including how they grow via collisions. Galaxy clusters are enormous collections of hundreds or even thousands of galaxies and vast reservoirs of hot gas embedded in massive clouds of […]
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• The lab where they blow up hoverboards on purpose

  11-03-2016 18:50
  
  The sign on the reinforced door read "Projectile Testing" and the crowd gathered in the corridor outside had been warned to expect a small explosion.
  
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• Methane Surface on Pluto May be Sublimating Away Into the Atmosphere

  11-03-2016 18:37 via scitechdaily.com
  
  New Horizons provides scientists with a closer look at eh surface of Pluto. Far in the western hemisphere, scientists on NASA’s New Horizons mission have discovered what looks like a giant “bite mark” on Pluto’s surface. They suspect it may be caused by a process known as sublimation — the transition of a substance from […]
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• Apple's March Event: New Tech That Could Be Unveiled

  11-03-2016 18:35 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Over the past year, Apple has introduced super-sized iPhones, but the company's next release could be getting smaller.
  
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• Review: Apple Nanoleaf Smarter Kit has nice bulbs, but the hub is key

  11-03-2016 18:22
  
  I'm becoming more and more convinced that voice control is going to be the future of home automation.
  
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• Watch: NASA Successfully Fires Rocket Designed for Deep Space Missions

  11-03-2016 18:04 via abcnews.go.com
  
  The engine is one of four powering NASA's Space Launch System, which will provide a combined 2 million pounds of thrust, eventually launching humans on long-haul missions to an asteroid and to Mars sometime in the 2030s, according to NASA.
  
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• Space station astronauts ham it up to inspire student scientists

  11-03-2016 18:01
  
  On Thursday, March 10, 2016 astronauts on the International Space Station logged their 1,000th educational contact with the ground. NASA astronaut Tim Kopra answered questions posed by the North Dakota Space Grant Consortium in Grand Forks, North Dakota. No matter how many times it happens, talking directly with someone orbiting above the Earth remains a thrill for students.
  
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• Sharpest View Ever of Dusty Disc Around Aging Star IRAS 08544-4431

  11-03-2016 17:54 via scitechdaily.com
  
  This new image from ESO’s Very Large Telescope is the sharpest view ever of the dusty disc around the close pair of aging stars IRAS 08544-4431. The Very Large Telescope Interferometer at ESO’s Paranal Observatory in Chile has obtained the sharpest view ever of the dusty disc around an aging star. For the first time […]
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• Antitrust laws may hinder socially-responsible business collaboration

  11-03-2016 17:54
  
  A new study suggests that U.S. antitrust laws could hamper the efforts of companies to collaborate on sustainable and socially-responsible business practices, even as consumers and businesses increasingly value them.
  
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• Ford establishing subsidiary to invest in new mobility

  11-03-2016 17:10
  
  Ford Motor Co. said Friday that it is establishing a Silicon Valley-based subsidiary to build and invest in new mobility options like car-sharing and ride-hailing services.
  
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• Feds seek rules for swims with Hawaii dolphins

  11-03-2016 17:00
  
  Allison Alterman likes to swim in the ocean for exercise near her home on Hawaii's Big Island. Sometimes her swimming group will see spinner dolphins gliding or jumping near their course.
  
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• Scientists closer to identifying Civil War wreck off coast

  11-03-2016 16:50
  
  Scientists say a Civil War-era wreck discovered last month on the coast of North Carolina is likely that of the Confederate blockade runner Agnes E. Fry.
  
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• Samsung Galaxy S7: Cutting-Edge Smartphone for the Klutz in Us All

  11-03-2016 16:49 via abcnews.go.com
  
  When it comes to releasing new smartphones, Samsung is perhaps the most prolific manufacturer on the market.
  
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• Science can now link climate change with some extreme weather events

  11-03-2016 16:48
  
  Extreme weather events like floods, heat waves and droughts can devastate communities and populations worldwide. Recent scientific advances have enabled researchers to confidently say that the increased intensity and frequency of some, but not all, of these extreme weather events is influenced by human-induced climate change, according to an international National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine report released today (March 11).
  
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• Higher tax leads to better government quality

  11-03-2016 16:48
  
  There is a positive connection between taxation of a state's citizens and how well the state's institutions works. The reason is that any ruler who wants to collect taxes must build a well-functioning bureaucracy and give the taxed something in return, in the shape of welfare reforms and some influence over how the taxes are handled. This is shown in a new dissertation from University of Gothenburg.
  
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• Amazon's Alexa Went Bonkers, Reset Thermostat

  11-03-2016 16:48 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  Amazon's Echo 'home automation device' can perform simple tasks with a voice command to its virtual genie, Alexa.
  
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• Science curriculum tailored to English language learners boosts student achievement

  11-03-2016 16:46
  
  In a large-scale study involving more than 6,000 fifth graders, an innovative science curriculum was found to have a positive impact on science learning for students with different levels of English proficiency.
  
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• The impact of climate change on global food security—a fisheries perspective

  11-03-2016 16:40
  
  Jessica Spijkers is a PhD student at the Stockholm Resilience Center and at James Cook University. After having studied a Master's in European Studies (Catholic University of Leuven) and a Master's in Social-Ecological Resilience for Sustainable Development (Stockholm Resilience Center), she now conducts research on the effects of climate-change induced distribution changes to internationally shared fish stocks on governance arrangements. She shares her thoughts on the impacts of climate change
  
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• Never tried virtual reality? Here's what it's like

  11-03-2016 16:40
  
  It doesn't take a high-tech headset to see that virtual reality is the rage. It's being touted as the future for all things sensory, from games to film and television, from storytelling to visual art.
  
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• Hollywood learns a new storytelling language for VR

  11-03-2016 16:40
  
  What happens to a film's story when blades of grass are more interesting than the plot? When you can lean in so close to an actor you ought to feel their breath? When a few simple steps around a room can make you dizzy?
  
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• Why some humans developed a taste for milk and some didn't

  11-03-2016 16:30
  
  Imagine a dinner party somewhere in Italy to which, as it turns out, my dad has been invited. On the menu tonight is a sliced tomato, basil and mozzarella salad, pasta with a creamy mushroom sauce topped with parmesan cheese, and Italian gelato ice cream to finish. However, except for the sliced tomatoes and basil, my dad cannot eat anything on offer and is destined to leave the party hungry. My dad is, as I am, ethnically Chinese – and, like the majority of Chinese folk, lactose intoleran
  
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• The European Solar Telescope, chosen as a strategic scientific installation for Europe

  11-03-2016 16:30
  
  Today, March 10th, an official announcement was made about the updating of the ESFRI (Forum for a European Strategy in Research Inrastructures) route map at a meeting in Amsterdam. This route map includes the EST (European Solar Telescope) project, together with five other projects (ACTRIS, DANUBIUS-RI, E-RIHS, EMPHASIS Y KM3NeT 2.0) and two others which are considered to be emblematic (CERN LHC Y ESRF EBS).
  
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• Researchers dig up new molecular details on 'the other type' of stem cells

  11-03-2016 16:30
  
  Scientists at IRB Barcelona and CSIC have discovered that the combination of two molecular signals determines which cells that have already differentiated can regain their stem cell properties.
  
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• FDA: No significant impact from test of modified mosquitoes (Update)

  11-03-2016 16:30
  
  A field trial releasing genetically modified mosquitoes in the Florida Keys would not harm humans or the environment, according to documents released Friday by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
  
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• Watch: Apple to Make Big Announcement on March 21

  11-03-2016 16:20 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Apple fans are expecting a new smaller iPhone to be unveiled.
  
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• New plastic-munching bacteria could fuel a recycling revolution

  11-03-2016 16:20
  
  We manufacture over 300m tonnes of plastics each year for use in everything from packaging to clothing. Their resilience is great when you want a product to last. But once discarded, plastics linger in the environment, littering streets, fields and oceans alike. Every corner of our planet has been blighted by our addiction to plastic. But now we may have some help to clean up the mess in the form of bacteria that have been found slowly munching away on discarded bottles in the sludge of a recycl
  
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• Can we 'vaccinate' plants to boost their immunity?

  11-03-2016 16:20
  
  When you pick up the perfect apple in the supermarket it's easy to forget that plants get sick just like we do. A more realistic view might come from a walk outside during summer: try to find a leaf without a speck, spot or blemish. Tough, huh? Those are the signs of a microscopic battle waged every day in and on plants.
  
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• Sticky lawsuit: $400M dispute lingers over Post-it inventor

  11-03-2016 16:17
  
  Alan Amron has invented a battery-powered squirt gun, a digital photo frame, even a laser system that may someday provide a visible first-down line for fans inside NFL stadiums. He holds 40 U.S. patents, but he's most interested in an invention for which he gets no credit: the Post-it Note, that ubiquitous sticky-back product made into a worldwide success by the 3M Company.
  
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• African scientists say more needed to keep brightest at home

  11-03-2016 16:13
  
  Is Africa ready to take on the war against malaria, HIV, Ebola and the like? Not yet, said some of the continent's brightest scientific minds at a landmark gathering this week in Senegal.
  
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• The more we learn about Mercury, the weirder it seems

  11-03-2016 16:10
  
  For such a tiny planet, Mercury is a pretty big puzzle for researchers. NASA's MESSENGER probe already has revealed that the planet is surprisingly rich in elements that easily evaporate from the surface, such as sulphur, chlorine, sodium and potassium. This is incredibly odd as these kind of substances most likely would disappear during a hot or violent birth – exactly the type of birth a planet so close to the sun, such as Mercury, would have had.
  
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