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• When startups fail: What happens when the cash runs out

  05-10-2016 23:40
  
  Silicon Valley has long lured ambitious entrepreneurs into shiny co-working spaces and startup accelerators, promising them the chance to create the next Google, Facebook or Uber.
  
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• Why the Pixel phone isn't called the Google Phone - CNET

  05-10-2016 23:18
  
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  Why the Pixel phone isn't called the Google Phone
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  It's finally here: the Google Phone. Well, not quite. It's officially called "Pixel, Phone by Google," and the search giant unveiled it Tuesday during a much-hyped event in San Francisco. The Pixel, available with either a 5-inch or 5.5-inch display ...
  Primetime: What #MadeByGoogle Hardware Means for the IndustryAndroid Headlines
  Google's Pixel XL priced like Apple's iPhone 7 Plus but is half as fast, lacks many key featuresAppleInsid
  
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• How Experian is turning big data into big dollars

  05-10-2016 22:40
  
  At Experian DataLabs, a team of scientists is thwarting bad guys with math.
  
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• Remembering Steve Jobs 5 Years Later

  05-10-2016 22:34 via nbcnews.com
  
  It's been five years since Apple co-founder Steve Jobs died, but his legacy is still a huge part of the Apple we see today.
  
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• Wet, wild and weird: Some answers about Hurricane Matthew

  05-10-2016 22:27
  
  Hurricane Matthew is wet, wild and weird. Meteorologists say its path has been harder to pin down than that of other storms, but Matthew is definitely dangerous and may possibly stick around to bedevil the Southeast coast for a week or so.
  
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• Most Americans want government to combat climate change: survey

  05-10-2016 22:24
  
  Sixty-five percent of Americans think climate change is a problem that the government needs to address, including 43 percent of Republicans and 84 percent of Democrats, according to a new survey from the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago (EPIC) and The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. While the major political parties have in recent years frequently clashed over the need to combat climate change, the Paris Agreement, and the role of coal and fracking i
  
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• Review: No need to say 'Allo' to Google's new chat app

  05-10-2016 22:20
  
  If you're looking for a quick way to fire off a message to a friend or family member from your phone or computer, you have a bewildering array of choices. Now Google has added one more.
  
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• California water board fears water-saving has been abandoned

  05-10-2016 22:11
  
  New figures Wednesday show Californians' summer water use up by more than a third since the same time last year, making water regulators worry some areas have abandoned drought-time water savings since the state lifted mandatory conservation orders.
  
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• Globalization hasn't affected what we grow and eat as much as you might think, study finds

  05-10-2016 22:09
  
  Walk through the produce aisle in a grocery store nearly anywhere in North America and you are likely to find fruits and vegetables imported from abroad alongside numerous iterations of domestic favorites. While the variety of foods available is striking, diets of those living in temperate areas are still considerably less diverse than those living in the tropics where a more genetically diverse set of species are produced and consumed.
  
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• US Southwest faces threat of megadroughts with rising temps

  05-10-2016 22:00
  
  Already dealing with parched conditions, the U.S. Southwest faces the threat of megadroughts this century as temperatures rise, says a new study that found the risk is reduced if heat-trapping gases are curbed.
  
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• This Rocket Can Bring Space Travelers Home, Even If It's on Fire

  05-10-2016 21:52 via nbcnews.com
  
  Being able to launch and safely evacuate passengers is vital before the company begins taking crew test flights next year.
  
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• How do birds dive safely at high speeds? New research explains

  05-10-2016 21:47
  
  To surprise their prey, some species of seabirds dive into the water at speeds greater than 50 miles per hour. A human diver entering the water that fast would likely sustain serious injuries, but birds, such as gannets and boobies, pull off these dives safely in spite of their slender necks.
  
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• Tech's future is likely to be in goods

  05-10-2016 21:40
  
  It's easy to imagine a future in which products as mundane as toasters and window blinds will be connected to the internet and controlled by software.
  
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• NYC launches archaeological repository and digital archive

  05-10-2016 21:28
  
  Nearly 1 million antiquities including ceramics, a bayonet, perfume and medicine bottles—even a 200-year-old douche device—have been unearthed at construction sites in New York City, artifacts that help shed light on local history and the people who once lived there.
  
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• Gurgling lava splashes up Hawaii volcano walls in rare video

  05-10-2016 21:28
  
  Federal officials have released high-definition video of a lava lake atop Hawaii's Kilauea volcano, providing a rare close-up glimpse of the powerful summit eruption.
  
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• Feds weigh mineral mining ban on 10M acres to protect bird

  05-10-2016 21:28
  
  The federal government is using a new assessment of mineral resources on 10 million acres in six Western states to decide whether to ban potential mining on the land to protect an imperiled bird.
  
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• Emissions of key greenhouse far higher than thought: study

  05-10-2016 21:27
  
  Global emissions of the potent greenhouse gas methane may be double current estimates, posing an added challenge in the fight against climate change, researchers said Wednesday.
  
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• NASA sees Tropical Depression 22W form

  05-10-2016 21:25
  
  Tropical Depression 22W has formed northeast of the northern Philippines and NASA's Aqua satellite captured a visible image of the storm.
  
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• NASA sees Hurricane Matthew heading for the Bahamas

  05-10-2016 21:24
  
  Satellites from NASA and NOAA have been tracking and analyzing powerful Hurricane Matthew since its birth just east of the Leeward Islands on Sept. 28.
  
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• A nerve agent antidote that could be taken before an attack

  05-10-2016 21:19
  
  Nerve agents are molecular weapons that invade the body and sabotage part of the nervous system, causing horrific symptoms and sometimes death within minutes. Few antidotes exist, and those that do must be administered soon after an attack. But now scientists report in the journal ACS Nano an early-stage development of a potential treatment that soldiers or others could take before such agents are unleashed.
  
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• 'Smart clothing' could someday power cell phones with the sun's rays

  05-10-2016 21:18
  
  Batteries in smart phones and other portable electronics often die at inopportune times. Carrying a spare battery is one solution. As an alternative, researchers have tried to create fibers to incorporate in clothing that would power these devices. However, many of these fibers can't withstand clothing manufacturing, especially weaving and cutting.
  
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• Fin24.com | ShowMax takes on Netflix in Kenya

  05-10-2016 21:10
  
  Video on demand service ShowMax has expanded into Africa with a launch of the service in Kenya.
  
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• Restaurant Jobs Safe From Robots. For Now.

  05-10-2016 20:37 via nbcnews.com
  
  Robot kitchen workers show their cracks.
  
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• What is a hurricane?

  05-10-2016 20:00
  
  The Caribbean's worst storm in nearly a decade, Hurricane Matthew, has already killed at least nine people and was threatening the southeastern US on Wednesday.
  
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• 'I'm not very smart," Nobel winner jokes, in Trump jab

  05-10-2016 19:46
  
  The Scottish-born winner of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry took a jab Wednesday at US presidential candidate Donald Trump, who has bragged that he was "smart" to avoid paying taxes.
  
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• Science|What's the Longest Humans Can Live? 115 Years, New Study Says - New York Times

  05-10-2016 19:11
  
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  Science|What's the Longest Humans Can Live? 115 Years, New Study Says
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  Jeanne Calment passed away in 1997 in France at the age of 122. Credit Pascal Parrot/Sygma, via Getty Images. On Aug. 4, 1997, Jeanne Calment passed away in a nursing home in France. The Reaper comes for us all, of course, but he was in no hurry for ...
  Can People Live to 150? Probably Not, New Study FindsNBCNews.com
  Some researchers think there's a limit to how long humans can live - but ot
  
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• X-ray telescopes find evidence for wandering black hole

  05-10-2016 19:10
  
  Astronomers have used NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and ESA's XMM-Newton X-ray observatory to discover an extremely luminous, variable X-ray source located outside the center of its parent galaxy. This peculiar object could be a wandering black hole that came from a small galaxy falling into a larger one.
  
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• Researchers discover an unusual attractant structure in a 54-million-year-old biting midge

  05-10-2016 19:08
  
  "Old" doesn't always have to mean "primitive": paleontologists at the University of Bonn have discovered a tiny biting midge no larger than one millimeter in 54 million-year-old amber. The insect possesses a vesicular structure at the front edge of the wings. The researchers assume that these "pockets" were used by the female midge to collect store and spray disseminate pheromones in an unusually efficient way in order to attract sexual partnersmales. Today's biting midges use significantly simp
  
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• Researchers explain how evolution has equipped our hands with five fingers

  05-10-2016 19:07
  
  Have you ever wondered why our hands have exactly five fingers? Dr. Marie Kmita's team certainly has. The researchers at the Institut de recherches cliniques de Montréal and Université de Montréal have uncovered a part of this mystery, and their remarkable discovery has just been published in the prestigious journal Nature.
  
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• Researchers call for global grand challenge strategy to develop clean energy

  05-10-2016 19:04
  
  In a comment in this week's science journal Nature, an international group of researchers from nine countries call for a grand challenges strategy to set global priorities for developing renewable energy.
  
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• New Beaver-Inspired Wetsuits May Help Keep Surfers Warm

  05-10-2016 18:49 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Inspired by semiaquatic mammals such as beavers and sea otters, MIT engineers are fabricating fur-like rubbery hair-lined wetsuits that may help keep surfers warm. Beavers and sea otters lack the thick layer of blubber that insulates walruses and whales. And yet these small, semiaquatic mammals can keep warm and even dry while diving, by trapping […]
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• Official: Hackers who hit French TV station are still active

  05-10-2016 18:47
  
  A French official says the hackers who knocked a French television station offline last year are still regularly trying break in to French government computers.
  
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• Nobel: Big hopes rest on tiny machines

  05-10-2016 18:46
  
  Molecular machines, which earned their inventors the Nobel Chemistry Prize on Wednesday, are a fraction of the width of a human hair but strong enough to move things 10,000 times their size.
  
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• Rapid spread of dog disease can be stopped with diligent infection control

  05-10-2016 18:42
  
  Dogs aren't exactly famous for their personal hygiene or for maintaining a respectful distance from their canine pals. With a nuzzle, a shared ball or a bark, a dog battling a bug can easily pass it to others and, in some cases, people.
  
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• Yale Engineers Develop A New Chip That Could Advance Quantum Technology

  05-10-2016 18:35 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Yale engineers have developed a new device that converts visible light to infrared light suitable for fiber-optic transmission without destroying the light’s quantum state. The lab of Hong Tang, Llewellyn West Jones, Jr. Professor of Electrical Engineering & Physics, has developed a device that converts visible light to infrared light, a crucial step in building […]
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• Amazon expands Dash ordering wand to entire catalog

  05-10-2016 18:32
  
  Amazon has updated its barcode-scanning Dash shopping wand so you can now buy anything with it, not just groceries.
  
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• Yahoo denies surveillance claims amid privacy outcry

  05-10-2016 18:30
  
  Yahoo on Wednesday rejected allegations of mass email surveillance amid an outcry from privacy activists over a report that it created a special scanning program at the behest of US intelligence.
  
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• Amid privacy outcry, Yahoo denies surveillance allegations

  05-10-2016 18:30
  
  Yahoo on Wednesday denied conducting mass email surveillance after a report alleging it built a special scanning program at the behest of US intelligence which sparked an outcry from privacy activists.
  
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• Fin24.com | Parliament: 'Dissolve the SABC board'

  05-10-2016 18:29
  
  The SABC board is going to face an official parliamentary inquiry which will, in all likelihood, lead to its dissolution.
  
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• Halloween attractions: virtual reality and interaction

  05-10-2016 18:27
  
  Virtual reality, spooky Airbnb rentals and the start of a final season for Disneyland's Twilight Zone of Terror are all part of this Halloween's freaky fun.
  
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• Albania police with electric cars, but no recharging spots

  05-10-2016 18:26
  
  In a first for Albania, some police will soon be driving electric cars through the streets.
  
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• Honda brings back Ridgeline pickup for 2017, adds features

  05-10-2016 18:25
  
  After a more than two-year hiatus, Honda's has brought its Ridgeline pickup truck back for 2017, and it's bigger, more powerful and better looking than ever.
  
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• Blue Origin successfully tests escape system, lands rocket

  05-10-2016 18:25
  
  Rocket company Blue Origin has pulled off a double success.
  
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• NASA sees Chaba becoming extra-tropical

  05-10-2016 18:23
  
  Tropical Storm Chaba moved into the Sea of Japan as NASA's Aqua satellite passed overhead and captured a visible picture of the storm as it was becoming extra-tropical and affected by wind shear.
  
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• Conservation decisions rely on balancing incentives with unpredictable variables

  05-10-2016 18:23
  
  If you own land, as long as it's not bound up in a legal restriction, you've got options. You might decide to convert it into farm land. You might develop it. You could decide to wait and see if the land increases in value. Or you could accept a temporary contract that sets it aside for conservation, or a more permanent one that binds you to never develop it. University of Illinois environmental economists examined some of the aspects of this conundrum.
  
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• Climate change, species invasions harming popular native fish in Ontario lakes

  05-10-2016 18:20
  
  A popular recreational and commercial fish - the native walleye - is at risk of disappearing as invasions of the competitive, predatory smallmouth bass move into Ontario lakes, a new study from York University has found.
  
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• Common US snake actually three different species

  05-10-2016 18:19
  
  New research reveals that a snake found across a huge swath of the Eastern United States is actually three different species. Published in the journal Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, analyses of the yellow-bellied kingsnake (Lampropeltis calligaster) also indicate that diversification of the snake—and possibly of many other vertebrates living on both sides of the Mississippi River—is influenced not by the river itself, as predominately thought, but by the different ecological
  
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• Chandra Telescope Reveals Evidence for a “Wandering” Black Hole

  05-10-2016 18:18 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Astronomers have discovered a “wandering” black hole in the outer regions of a galaxy about 4.5 billion light years from Earth.Evidence suggests this newly discovered black hole has about 100,000 times the Sun’s mass, and was originally located in a smaller galaxy that merged with a larger one. Astronomers have used NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory […]
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• Global examples of sustainability projects offer potential seeds for a more just future

  05-10-2016 18:16
  
  It is rare to hear environmental scientists sounding positive about the future. But that's exactly what's happening now with an international group of researchers. Because over the past two years, they have been gathering examples of positive initiatives of various kinds from communities around the world. They believe that there are aspects of these projects that can be used either alone, or in combination with one another to build a better, more sustainable future.
  
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• Wireless 'data center on a chip' aims to cut energy use

  05-10-2016 18:15
  
  A Washington State University research team has designed a tiny, wireless data center that someday could be as small as a hand-held device and dramatically reduce the energy needed to run such centers.
  
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