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• Scott Kelly Reveals Physical Setbacks From Space Travel

  07-04-2016 23:55
  
  Kelly says his year in space took a physical toll.
  
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• FBI Continues to Debate Sharing iPhone Hack With Apple

  07-04-2016 23:38
  FBI Director James Comey says the bureau hasn't decided whether to share with Apple details about how the bureau hacked into an iPhone linked to a California terrorism investigation
  
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• Tesla Model 3 Has a Blockbuster First Week of Pre-Orders

  07-04-2016 23:05
  
  One week after Tesla's mass market Model 3 was unveiled, CEO Elon Musk said the automaker has racked up an astounding number of pre-orders for the vehicle.
  
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• SpaceX to launch first cargo since 2015 accident

  07-04-2016 22:54
  
  Nine months after a SpaceX rocket exploded on the way to the International Space Station, the California-based company is counting down to the launch Friday of another flight to resupply astronauts in orbit.
  
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• Startup's 'news browser' is illegal: US publishers

  07-04-2016 22:36
  
  The largest US newspaper publishers on Thursday threatened legal action to block a California startup's plan for a dedicated "news browser" with its own advertising.
  
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• Scientists invent robotic 'artist' that spray paints giant murals

  07-04-2016 22:05
  Robots do many things formerly done only by humans - from bartending and farming to driving cars - but a Dartmouth researcher and his colleagues have invented a "smart" paint spray can that robotically reproduces photographs as large-scale murals.
  
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• Google to Test Self-Driving Cars in Phoenix Area

  07-04-2016 21:50
  Google is bringing its self-driving vehicles to Phoenix to see how the SUVs perform in Arizona's sweltering summer
  
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• FBI continues to debate sharing iPhone hack with Apple (Update)

  07-04-2016 21:50
  
  The FBI has not decided whether to share with Apple Inc. details about how the bureau hacked into an iPhone linked to a California terrorism investigation, the bureau's director says.
  
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• Gender perceptions of sexual harassment can influence workplace policy effectiveness

  07-04-2016 21:48
  
  Although 98 percent of all organizations have sexual harassment policies, sexual harassment remains an issue in the workplace. Researchers at the University of Missouri are evaluating how employees' interpretations of sexual harassment policies can invalidate the purpose of the policies. They found that employee perceptions of how exactly "sexual harassment" is defined by a company's policy can, in effect, eliminate or reshape the meaning of these policies and contradict the norms and values of
  
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• Space Station Getting Inflatable Room, a Cosmic 1st

  07-04-2016 21:32
  The International Space Station is getting its first inflatable room, a technology demo packed aboard a SpaceX rocket due to lift off Friday afternoon
  
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• Space probe finds 72 new objects near Earth

  07-04-2016 21:27 via cnn.com
  
  Podcast favorites: Blindsided: How ISIS Shook The World | Bernie gets the Axe | Guns in America
  
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• The biggest and brightest supernova ever?

  07-04-2016 21:24 via cnn.com
  
  Recent podcasts: Bernie gets the Axe | Blindsided: How ISIS Shook The World | Graham Opposes GOP Leader
  
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• Security flaws found in three state health insurance websites

  07-04-2016 21:23
  
  Federal investigators found significant cybersecurity weaknesses in the health insurance websites of California, Kentucky and Vermont that could enable hackers to get their hands on sensitive personal information about hundreds of thousands of people, The Associated Press has learned. And some of those flaws have yet to be fixed.
  
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• Paris climate talks cut back on hot air: report

  07-04-2016 21:21
  Last year's climate conference in Paris, which yielded a long-awaited carbon-cutting pact, emitted fewer planet-warming greenhouse gases than many predecessor events, host France said Thursday.
  
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• Supermassive Black Hole Found in Unlikely Corner of Cosmos

  07-04-2016 21:20
  
  A supermassive black hole weighing 17 billion suns has been discovered in an unlikely corner of the cosmos.
  
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• Primate evolution in the fast lane

  07-04-2016 21:17
  
  The pace of evolution is typically measured in millions of years, as random, individual mutations accumulate over generations, but researchers at Cornell and Bar-Ilan Universities have uncovered a new mechanism for mutation in primates that is rapid, coordinated, and aggressive. The discovery raises questions about the accuracy of using the more typical mutation process as an estimate to date when two species diverged, as well as the extent to which this and related enzymes played a role in prim
  
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• Methods used to create textiles also could help manufacture human tissues

  07-04-2016 21:13
  
  Tissue engineering is a process that uses novel biomaterials seeded with stem cells to grow and replace missing tissues. When certain types of materials are used, the "scaffolds" that are created to hold stem cells eventually degrade, leaving natural tissue in its place. The challenge is creating enough of the material on a scale that clinicians need to treat patients. Elizabeth Loboa, dean of the MU College of Engineering, and her team recently tested new methods to make the process of tissue e
  
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• Oil and gas wastewater disposal may harm West Virginia waterways

  07-04-2016 21:12
  
  Unconventional oil and gas (UOG) operations combine directional drilling and hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking," to release natural gas and oil from underground rock. Recent studies have centered on potential water pollution from this process that may increase endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) in surface and ground water and whether populations living near these operations have an increased risk of disease. Now, researchers from the University of Missouri (MU) report high levels of EDC acti
  
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• Watch: It's Robotics Week in Chicago!

  07-04-2016 20:47
  
  ABC News' Whitney Lloyd finds the coolest robots in Chicago to celebrate this week.
  
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• FBI Director Says Hacking Method Works on 'Narrow Slice' of iPhones

  07-04-2016 20:27
  
  FBI director James Comey said the tool purchased to hack into an iPhone belonging to one of the San Bernardino shooters only works on a "narrow slice" of phones.
  
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• FBI Chief: iPhone Hack Works on 'Narrow Slice of Phones'

  07-04-2016 20:20 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  The FBI's tool used to take data from San Bernardino terrorist Syed Farook's phone likely only works on a 'narrow slice of phones,' Comey said.
  
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• Another Study Says Warming May Be Worse Than Experts Think

  07-04-2016 20:20
  A new study out of Yale says the world may warm 1 degree more by 2100 than scientists estimate
  
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• Watch: Introducing Live Video on Facebook

  07-04-2016 20:12
  
  Facebook announced it will add live streaming capabilities to its developing Facebook Live feature.
  
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• Physicists measure long-range magnetic interactions between ultracold particles

  07-04-2016 20:00
  
  In an international first, a research team of experimental physicists led by Francesca Ferlaino and theoretical physicists led by Peter Zoller has measured long-range magnetic interactions between ultracold particles confined in an optical lattice. Their work, published in Science, introduces a new control knob to quantum simulation.
  
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• LA LGBT Center's canvassing conversations reduce transphobia, study finds

  07-04-2016 20:00
  
  Researchers from Stanford University and the University of California, Berkeley, report in today's edition of Science that volunteer canvassers - both transgender and not - reduced voters' prejudice against transgender people.
  
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• From IT to black holes: Nano-control of light pioneers new paths

  07-04-2016 20:00
  
  An Australian research team has created a breakthrough chip for the nano-manipulation of light, paving the way for next gen optical technologies and enabling deeper understanding of black holes.
  
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• Engineers develop first transistors made entirely of nanocrystal 'inks'

  07-04-2016 20:00
  
  The transistor is the most fundamental building block of electronics, used to build circuits capable of amplifying electrical signals or switching them between the 0s and 1s at the heart of digital computation. Transistor fabrication is a highly complex process, however, requiring high-temperature, high-vacuum equipment.
  
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• Fin24.com | Welcome to the world of cyber insecurity - expert

  07-04-2016 19:55
  
  Cybercrime is probably one of the fastest growing businesses and the estimated value of data breaches is likely to increase to $2trn by 2019.
  
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• Robot Walks Out of 3-D Printer After Being Completed

  07-04-2016 19:50
  
  Researchers at MIT created six-legged robot that crawls out of 3-D printer.
  
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• Longtime GM Design Chief Ed Welburn to Retire After 44 Years

  07-04-2016 19:20
  Ed Welburn, General Motors' longtime head of automotive design and the first African-American to lead global design for any automaker, is retiring after 44 years with the company
  
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• Road Drones: Self Driving Trucks Cross Europe

  07-04-2016 19:07 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  By connecting trucks with Wi-Fi, trucks can travel much closer together, cutting fuel and congestion.
  
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• Tesla Has Now Received 325,000 Orders for New Model 3

  07-04-2016 18:21 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  Tesla Motors said Thursday that it has now received 325,000 orders for its Model 3.
  
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• Nest to Disable Revolv Hub, Mulls Paying Back Users

  07-04-2016 16:45 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  Alphabet-owned Nest says it's working to compensate customers who've been using the system.
  
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• Fin24.com | Uber 'could cut' Joburg traffic by 800 000 cars

  07-04-2016 16:18
  
  Internet ride-sharing app Uber says it could theoretically reduce Johannesburg traffic by almost one million cars if it introduces its car pooling option in South Africa.
  
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• Fin24.com | Uber: CPT strike reports are ‘exaggerated’

  07-04-2016 13:47
  
  Internet ride-sharing service Uber says reports about 200 of its partner drivers striking in Cape Town are exaggerated.
  
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• Study shows forest thinning changes movement patterns, habitat use by martens

  07-04-2016 13:03
  
  Scientists who for the first time used global positioning system (GPS) telemetry to monitor the movements of reclusive Pacific martens have discovered that these fierce, tiny mammals tend to avoid open stands of trees resulting from forest thinning.
  
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• Technology helps to track the peregrinations of peregrines

  07-04-2016 13:00
  
  Since the early 2000s when Research Associate Shawn Padgett pioneered the use of video cameras on nests to read bands, the Center for Conservation Biology (CCB) and other groups have used camera traps to identify breeding adult peregrine falcons.
  
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• Study uncovers significant concerns about economic distress in L.A.

  07-04-2016 13:00
  
  The depth of financial insecurity in Los Angeles County is revealed in a new survey that shows 29 percent of residents have worried about going hungry in the last few years because they could not afford the cost of food, and 31 percent have worried about losing their homes and becoming homeless as a result.
  
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• Tissue-damaging fungal toxin discovered in pioneering study

  07-04-2016 12:59
  
  Scientists in Jena, Borstel, Aberdeen and London have discovered a toxin in the fungus Candida albicans, which plays a crucial role during human mucosal infection.
  
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• Most K-12 online learning content does not meet needs of students with disabilities

  07-04-2016 12:53
  
  Online education is growing rapidly, reaching millions of students every day. However, a Center on Online Learning and Students with Disabilities at the University of Kansas study has found the majority of online educational products are not designed to meet the needs of students with disabilities and struggling learners.
  
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• Phoenix Latest City to Test Google Driverless Cars

  07-04-2016 12:50 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  Alphabet is expanding its testing of self-driving cars to the Phoenix, Arizona metro area, the company said on Thursday.
  
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• Sentinel-3A feels the heat

  07-04-2016 12:40
  
  Despite only being in orbit a matter of weeks, Sentinel-3A has already delivered some impressive first images. With the thermal-infrared channels now turned on, the satellite completes its set of firsts with a view of ocean features off the coast of Namibia.
  
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• Image: Computer simulation of a supermassive black hole

  07-04-2016 12:35
  
  This computer-simulated image shows a supermassive black hole at the core of a galaxy. The black region in the center represents the black hole's event horizon, where no light can escape the massive object's gravitational grip. The black hole's powerful gravity distorts space around it like a funhouse mirror. Light from background stars is stretched and smeared as the stars skim by the black hole.
  
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• Image: Proba-V view of Hawaii

  07-04-2016 12:30
  
  ESA's Proba-V minisatellite gazes down at Earth's largest volcano – Mauna Loa, or 'long mountain' which covers half of the island of Hawaii.
  
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• Bacteria use their own pumps to collect magnesium

  07-04-2016 12:30
  
  Researchers at UiO and NCMM have discovered that the system used by bacteria to transport magnesium is so sensitive that it can detect a pinch of magnesium salt in a swimming pool.
  
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• Top soccer players are under-performing because of gambling, research says

  07-04-2016 12:29
  
  Some top soccer players are under-performing because of worries about gambling losses, new research says.
  
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• Educated Muslim women much less likely to be in professional jobs than white women

  07-04-2016 12:29
  
  Muslim women are much less likely to be in professional jobs than white women, even when they are as well educated, new research shows.
  
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• Men on Tinder think they have a 'licence to use unattractive women as they see fit'

  07-04-2016 12:28
  
  Men on Tinder think they have a "licence to use women as they see fit" if their date's appearance is less attractive than her profile photograph, research says.
  
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• Samsung starts mass producing industry's first 10-nanometer class DRAM

  07-04-2016 12:27
  
  Samsung Electronics announced today that it has begun mass producing the industry's first 10-nanometer (nm) class, 8-gigabit (Gb) DDR4 (double-data-rate-4) DRAM chips and the modules derived from them. DDR4 is quickly becoming the most widely produced memory for personal computers and IT networks in the world, and Samsung's latest advancement will help to accelerate the industry-wide shift to advanced DDR4 products.
  
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• Nanoporous material's strange 'breathing' behavior

  07-04-2016 12:26
  
  High-tech sponges of the infinitely small, nanoporous materials can capture and release gaseous or liquid chemicals in a controlled way. A team of French and German researchers from the Institut de Recherche de Chimie Paris (CNRS/Chimie ParisTech) and the Institut Charles Gerhardt de Montpellier (CNRS/Université de Montpellier/ENSCM) has developed and described one of these materials, DUT-49, whose behavior is totally counterintuitive. When pressure is increased for a sample of DUT-49 to
  
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