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• Popular geosciences free mobile app adds 53 new field trip guides with 400 stops

  21-09-2016 23:41
  
  A popular geosciences mobile app, developed by the University of Minnesota, just received a major upgrade. The free Flyover Country app now includes 53 new field trip guides for Colorado and surrounding states, including almost 400 field trip stops.
  
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• Team ahead of the 'curve' in magnetic study

  21-09-2016 23:36
  
  When a baseball pitcher uncorks a nasty curveball, the spinning motion of the ball forces air to flow around it at different speeds, causing the ball to "break" in one direction.
  
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• An Apple takeover of McLaren would make perfect sense if it ever happened - Business Insider

  21-09-2016 23:15
  
  Business Insider
  An Apple takeover of McLaren would make perfect sense if it ever happened
  Business Insider
  Even though there seems to be no deal at this point, an Apple-McLaren tie up makes a remarkable amount of sense for both parties. The automotive business is not easy. Building cars is very time and capital intensive. It also requires an incredible ...
  iCar, what? Apple pours more sand in the engine of its phantom car projectUSA TODAY
  The logic in Apple buying McLarenBBC News
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• Modern Technology Unlocks Secrets of a Damaged Biblical Scroll - New York Times

  21-09-2016 23:12
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  Modern Technology Unlocks Secrets of a Damaged Biblical Scroll
  New York Times
  A composite image of the completed virtual unwrapping of the En-Gedi scroll. Credit Seales et al. Sci. Adv. 2016; 2 : e1601247. Nearly half a century ago, archaeologists found a charred ancient scroll in the ark of a synagogue on the western shore of ...
  How scientists virtually unwrapped an ancient, burned scroll and read the words insideLos Angeles Times
  How scientists read an ancient and fragile b
  
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• Is Google's New Allo App Creepy or Creatively Useful?

  21-09-2016 23:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  At its core, Allo is a messaging app that uses artificial intelligence to predict how you might want to reply to a friend.
  
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• Immigrants have little impact on native-born workers: study

  21-09-2016 22:56
  
  An influx of immigrants is likely to have little impact on wages and jobs for native-born US workers, unless they have less than a high-school education, according to a study published Wednesday.
  
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• US, Canada broker agreement to share dwindling cod fishing

  21-09-2016 22:55
  
  The United States and Canada have brokered a deal to share what's left of the dwindling North American cod fishing business in the Atlantic next year.
  
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• The microdoctors in our bodies

  21-09-2016 22:42
  
  ETH researchers are developing tiny, sophisticated technological and biological machines enabling non-invasive, selective therapies. Their creations include genetically modified cells that can be activated via brain waves, and swarms of microrobots that facilitate highly precise application of drugs.
  
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• Brain to robot: "move, please"

  21-09-2016 22:40
  
  Using the power of thought to control a robot that helps to move a paralysed hand: a project from the ETH Rehabilitation Engineering Laboratory could fundamentally change the therapy and daily lives of stroke patients.
  
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• Prenatal stress accelerates growth and inhibits the motoric development of unborn monkeys

  21-09-2016 22:37
  
  For the first time, behavioral ecologists studied the impact of maternal stress on primate infants in the wild.
  
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• 'Likes' less likely to affect self-esteem of people with purpose

  21-09-2016 22:32
  
  How many likes did I get? The rush of self-esteem that comes with the ubiquitous thumbs-up has more people asking that question, as Facebook and other social media sites offer more ways for friends to endorse photos and posts.
  
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• Zuckerberg Just Pledged $3B to Cure Disease: 5 Things to Know

  21-09-2016 22:27 via nbcnews.com
  
  Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, marked the birth of their daughter by announcing they planned to give away 99 percent of their wealth.
  
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• Your TV may use more energy than you think, group charges

  21-09-2016 22:18
  
  An environmental group accused three major television manufacturers Wednesday of misleading consumers and regulators about how much energy their high-definition screens devour by designing them to draw less power during government testing than in ordinary use.
  
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• Possible hybrid threatens native iguanas in Cayman Islands

  21-09-2016 22:18
  
  Researchers are studying a possible hybrid species of iguana found in the Cayman Islands that could pose a new risk to a native variety that officials have declared critically endangered.
  
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• Amazon forest fire threatens natives, wildlife in Peru

  21-09-2016 22:17
  
  An enormous fire is destroying vast stretches of the Amazon rainforest in Peru, threatening natives and wildlife, officials said, blaming traditional slash-and-burn farming.
  
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• Digitally unwrapped scroll reveals earliest Old Testament scripture

  21-09-2016 22:16
  
  An extremely fragile, ancient Hebrew scroll has been digitally unwrapped for the first time, revealing the earliest copy ever found of an Old Testament Bible scripture, researchers said Wednesday.
  
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• Dutch brothers in court for bitcoin mining with stolen power

  21-09-2016 22:13
  
  Prosecutors in the Netherlands are seeking prison sentences for two brothers who they say used stolen electricity to power computers they used to mine bitcoins worth an estimated 200,000 euros ($223,500).
  
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• Greenland ice loss 40 trillion pounds bigger than thought

  21-09-2016 22:12
  
  Greenland is losing about 40 trillion pounds more ice a year than scientists had thought, according to a new study that used GPS to help estimate how much is melting.
  
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• Zuckerberg, Chan pledge $3B to end disease

  21-09-2016 22:08
  
  Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has a goal that's even more ambitious than connecting the entire world to the internet: He and his wife want to help eradicate all disease by the end of this century.
  
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• Apple Looking to Bolster Car Project - Wall Street Journal

  21-09-2016 21:52
  
  Wall Street Journal
  Apple Looking to Bolster Car Project
  Wall Street Journal
  Apple Inc., AAPL -0.02 % which is working to build an electric car, has held talks about investing in British sports-car maker McLaren Technology Group, according to a person familiar with the matter, but McLaren denies any talks are ongoing. The ...
  An Apple takeover of McLaren would make perfect sense if it ever happenedBusiness Insider
  Apple allegedly in talks to buy self-balancing motorcycle outfit Lit MotorsAppleI
  
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• WATCH: A Look at the World's Most Powerful Telescope

  21-09-2016 21:44 via abcnews.go.com
  
  ABC News' Mariam Khan is at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, with a look at the James Webb telescope, the most powerful in history and set to launch in 2018.
  
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• WATCH: The World Comes Together to Create a Next-Generation Telescope

  21-09-2016 21:21 via abcnews.go.com
  
  ABC News' Mariam Khan takes a look at the new James Webb Space Telescope, a powerful new tool that's the result of collaboration between the world's space agencies.
  
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• WATCH: At NASA Space Flight Center, A Successor to the Hubble Telescope

  21-09-2016 21:17 via abcnews.go.com
  
  ABC News' Mariam Khan takes a look at how the James Webb telescope is very different from the world-renowned Hubble.
  
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• Airbus wing plant is a model of robotic technology

  21-09-2016 21:00
  
  Like a cartoon space alien with a dome-like skull, an Airbus Beluga transport plane arriving from Madrid drops from the sky above this village 200 miles northwest of London and taxis to a stop with its front end tucked inside a large building off the runway.
  
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• New MIT Gene Therapy Technique May Help Prevent Cancer Metastasis

  21-09-2016 20:20 via scitechdaily.com
  
  MIT researchers have developed a new gene therapy technique that uses microRNAs — small noncoding RNA molecules that regulate gene expression — to control breast cancer metastasis. The spread of malignant cells around the body, known as metastasis, is the leading cause of mortality in women with breast cancer. Now, a new gene therapy technique […]
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• Who certified the exploding Samsung Galaxy Note 7 safe? Samsung did - Digital Trends

  21-09-2016 20:17
  
  Digital Trends
  Who certified the exploding Samsung Galaxy Note 7 safe? Samsung did
  Digital Trends
  We consumers are a trusting bunch. We'll spend hours carefully comparing the specs of two competing products, pore over reviews, and scrutinize images and videos of potential purchases (please tell me I'm not alone). But do we ever check to see if the ...
  Verizon is Selling the Galaxy Note 7 Again (Updated: Sprint Too)Droid Life (press release) (blog)
  Samsung, carriers pushing update with safe
  
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• Chan Zuckerberg Initiative announces $3 billion investment to cure disease - TechCrunch

  21-09-2016 20:14
  
  TechCrunch
  Chan Zuckerberg Initiative announces $3 billion investment to cure disease
  TechCrunch
  The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative just announced a new program informally called Chan Zuckerberg Science to invest $3 billion over the next decade to help cure, prevent, or manage all disease. The money comes from the $45 billion organization Mark ...
  Mark Zuckerberg, Priscilla Chan to spend $3B to cure diseaseUSA TODAY
  Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan Pledge $3 Billion to Fighting DiseaseNew Yo
  
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• Resonance in Rainbow Bridge: Study listens to the natural bridge vibrate and sing

  21-09-2016 19:43
  
  Utah's iconic Rainbow Bridge hums with natural and man-made vibrations, according to a new University of Utah study, published September 21 in Geophysical Research Letters. The study characterizes the different ways the bridge vibrates and what frequencies and energy sources cause the rock structure to resonate. The vibrations are small, according to geology and geophysics professor Jeff Moore, but the study provides a baseline measure of the bridge's structural integrity and shows how human act
  
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• 'Schroedinger's cat' molecules give rise to exquisitely detailed movies

  21-09-2016 19:39
  
  One of the most famous mind-twisters of the quantum world is the thought experiment known as "Schroedinger's Cat," in which a cat placed in a box and potentially exposed to poison is simultaneously dead and alive until someone opens the box and peeks inside.
  
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• Scientists triple known types of viruses in world's oceans

  21-09-2016 19:36
  
  The world's oceans teem with scientific mystery, unknowns that could prove to be tools that will one day protect the planet from global warming.
  
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• A conscious coupling of magnetic and electric materials

  21-09-2016 19:34
  
  Scientists have successfully paired ferroelectric and ferrimagnetic materials so that their alignment can be controlled with a small electric field at near room temperatures, an achievement that could open doors to ultra low-power microprocessors, storage devices and next-generation electronics.
  
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• Hands on with the iPhone 7 Plus' crazy new Portrait mode - TechCrunch

  21-09-2016 19:33
  
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  Hands on with the iPhone 7 Plus' crazy new Portrait mode
  TechCrunch
  One of the most talked about features of the iPhone 7 at launch was the new Portrait mode. It's a software feature that uses the two lenses of the iPhone 7 Plus to create the look and feel of an image shot with portrait settings on a camera with a ...
  Waterproofing explained: How Apple, Samsung and Sony keep the liquid outCNET
  Opinion: Apple Watch Series 2 may right enough wrongs to make me wear it everyday9 to 5 Mac
  
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• Hundreds of US scientists slam Trump for threatening to abandon Paris climate accord - Washington Post

  21-09-2016 19:31
  
  Washington Post
  Hundreds of US scientists slam Trump for threatening to abandon Paris climate accord
  Washington Post
  Earlier this year, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump sparked the ire of scientists and climate activists when he vowed to “cancel the Paris climate agreement” once in office. Now, hundreds of U.S. scientists have addressed this threat in an ...
  Paris Climate Deal Passes Milestone as 20 More Nations Sign OnNew York Times
  In hurry-up mode while Obama is presi
  
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• Human DNA tied mostly to single exodus from Africa long ago (Update)

  21-09-2016 19:31
  
  A study of hundreds of new genomes from across the globe has yielded insights into modern genetic diversity and ancient population dynamics, including compelling evidence that essentially all non-Africans today descend from a single migration out of Africa.
  
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• Human DNA tied mostly to single exodus from Africa long ago

  21-09-2016 19:31
  
  The genetic ancestry of people living outside Africa can be traced almost completely to a single exodus of humans from that continent long ago, new studies suggest.
  
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• Why self-driving Uber cars look so geeky

  21-09-2016 19:20
  
  Qawiyah Muhammad can see her own future. Literally. An Uber driver in Pittsburgh, she knows that one day her job will be replaced by a robot car. She knows the robot cars are coming because she sometimes spots experimental models driving themselves around town.
  
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• Lawn device inspired by stream of water consciousness

  21-09-2016 19:20
  
  The classic suburban challenge of keeping the lawn green sparked the idea behind Sprinkl, a startup led by Noel Geren. Two years ago, the serial entrepreneur from the Dallas area launched the company. It makes a smart irrigation device called Conserve that saves water and can sync to a city's water restrictions and local weather. Geren, Sprinkl's CEO, co-founded the startup with a friend and former co-worker, Daniel Pruessner, who is the company's chief technology officer.
  
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• Evidence of Surprising Activity on Europa

  21-09-2016 19:19 via scitechdaily.com
  
  NASA will host a teleconference at 2 p.m. EDT Monday, September 26, to present new findings from images captured by the agency’s Hubble Space Telescope of Jupiter’s icy moon, Europa. Astronomers will present results from a unique Europa observing campaign that resulted in surprising evidence of activity that may be related to the presence of […]
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• Donaldson Co. jumps into beverage filtration with heavyweight customers

  21-09-2016 19:14
  
  It took the Donaldson Co. two years, 40 scientists and millions to build a better mouse trap - or a microbe trap, to be exact - for beverage and yogurt manufacturers.
  
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• Astronomers Examine Dicyanoacetylene Ice in Titan’s Stratosphere

  21-09-2016 19:14 via scitechdaily.com
  
  New research examines the appearance of a cloud of dicyanoacetylene ice in Titan’s stratosphere. The puzzling appearance of an ice cloud seemingly out of thin air has prompted NASA scientists to suggest that a different process than previously thought — possibly similar to one seen over Earth’s poles — could be forming clouds on Saturn’s […]
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• Review: Apple's new iPhone 7 models offer modest updates

  21-09-2016 19:05
  
  Apple's new iPhone 7 devices are no breakthroughs.
  
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• Fin24.com | MTN: Our data costs have decreased 73% in 5 years

  21-09-2016 19:01
  
  MTN has decreased voice and data tariffs by 58% and 73% respectively in the last five years, despite an increase in costs due to a struggling economy, the company has told Parliament.
  
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• Breakthrough in understanding of how things deform

  21-09-2016 18:49
  
  Every material can bend and break. Through nearly a century's worth of research, scientists have had a pretty good understanding of how and why. But, according to new findings from Drexel University materials science and engineering researchers, our understanding of how layered materials succumb to stresses and strains was lacking. The report suggests that, when compressed, layered materials—everything from sedimentary rocks, to beyond-whisker-thin graphite—will form a series of inte
  
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• Bible breakthrough: Scientists unlock secrets of burned Hebrew scroll

  21-09-2016 18:48
  
  In a significant archaeological achievement, an ancient Hebrew scroll that was burned in a fire in the distant past and was seemingly indecipherable has finally become readable.
  
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• Fin24.com | Google takes aim at rivals with 'smart' messaging app

  21-09-2016 18:46
  
  Google is competing with popular rivals such as WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger with a new artificial intelligence-powered Allo app.
  
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• Tesla updates software to improve radar

  21-09-2016 18:43
  
  Tesla Motors customers will get enhanced radar and other features in an over-the-air software update that starts Wednesday night.
  
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• Washington Post takes heat for Snowden prosecution call

  21-09-2016 18:42
  
  A Washington Post editorial arguing for the prosecution of intelligence leaker Edward Snowden has sparked an outcry in the media community—including from some of the newspaper's own journalists.
  
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• The New, Easy Way to Watch the Debates: Twitter or YouTube

  21-09-2016 18:39 via nbcnews.com
  
  The upcoming presidential debates are set to have a global audience thanks to live streaming initiatives from Twitter and YouTube.
  
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• Study unveils hidden molecular machinery in RNA processes

  21-09-2016 18:20
  
  A special stretch of ribonucleic acid (RNA) called COOLAIR is revealing its inner structure and function to scientists, displaying a striking resemblance to an RNA molecular machine, territory previously understood to be limited to the cells' protein factory (the 'ribosome') and not a skill set given to mere strings of RNA.
  
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• Bringing bugs to the classroom makes everyone smarter

  21-09-2016 18:16
  
  Through a curriculum appropriately titled, "Bed Bugs and Book Bags," students worldwide are learning how to identify bed bugs, where they hide out and much more. The program teaches how to prevent the insects, and a new University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences study shows the hands-on learning experience works.
  
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