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• Snapchat Is Reportedly Planning A $25 Billion IPO - Huffington Post

  06-10-2016 23:55
  
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  Snapchat Is Reportedly Planning A $25 Billion IPO
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  The company's value has soared in the last five years and it has more users than Twitter. 10/06/2016 05:54 pm ET. Alexander C. Kaufman Senior Business Editor, The Huffington Post. Bloomberg via Getty Images ...
  Snapchat Reportedly Preps For $25 Billion IPOMediaPost Communications
  Snapchat had decided it needs to IPO to fight FacebookBusiness Insider
  Three Big Advertising Questions Hanging Over a Snapchat IPOW
  
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• Exotic property confirmed in natural material could lead to fundamental studies

  06-10-2016 23:07
  
  Researchers have confirmed the existence of a naturally occurring exotic property in which a material becomes thicker when stretched - the opposite of most materials - a discovery that could lead to new studies into the fundamental science of nano-materials behavior.
  
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• New York and 5 other states sue feds over upwind pollution

  06-10-2016 23:04
  
  New York and five other Northeastern states are suing federal regulators to force them to help ensure that upwind states control their pollution.
  
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• Facebook's Oculus to start selling hand controllers

  06-10-2016 23:04
  
  Hand-held controllers that Facebook says will make its Oculus virtual-reality games more appealing go on sale Dec. 6, months after the headset went on sale.
  
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• Survey: Most Americans better informed, often rely on instincts to navigate info environment

  06-10-2016 23:01
  
  While the vast majority of Americans believe it is easier to find useful information today than it was five years ago, 78 percent report that the sheer quantity of information can sometimes be overwhelming, according to a new survey conducted by NORC at the University of Chicago on decision-making in an information-saturated world. The report, How Americans Navigate the Modern Information Environment, also found that Americans across demographic characteristics report a healthy amount of skeptic
  
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• SNS accelerator celebrates 10 years of leading the way

  06-10-2016 23:00
  
  The first of its kind superconducting linear particle accelerator (LINAC) built for the Spallation Neutron Source (SNS) at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory is now celebrating 10 years of successful operations.
  
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• Judges question if life term too harsh for Silk Road founder

  06-10-2016 22:59
  
  A federal appeals panel in New York City is questioning whether the life prison term given to the founder of the drug-selling website Silk Road is too harsh.
  
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• FCC proposal: internet providers must ask to share your data

  06-10-2016 22:59
  
  A new privacy proposal unveiled Thursday will require broadband providers like Verizon and Comcast to get your permission before sharing with advertisers what you've been doing on your phone or computer.
  
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• US wants to strengthen agreement to ban Arctic Ocean fishing

  06-10-2016 22:58
  
  The United States is trying to broker an agreement between a host of nations to prohibit unregulated fishing in the international waters of the Arctic Ocean.
  
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• Police tracking social media during protests stirs concerns

  06-10-2016 22:55
  
  Increasingly common tools that allow police to conduct real-time social media surveillance during protests are drawing criticism from civil liberties advocates, who oppose the way some departments have quietly unrolled the technology without community input and little public explanation.
  
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• US farmers make foray into quinoa as demand for grain grows

  06-10-2016 22:54
  
  To the south of Nash Huber's farm fields are the Olympic Mountains, peaking at nearly 8,000 feet. Due north is the end of a channel of Pacific Ocean waters that separate the United States from Canada.
  
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• Yeast gene rapidly evolves to attack viruses, researchers find

  06-10-2016 22:44
  
  Humans have used Saccharomyces cerevisiae yeast in baking, brewing and winemaking for millennia. New research from the University of Idaho and the University of Colorado Boulder reveals another way that yeast species can help our species: by demonstrating how viruses interact with their hosts, and how hosts may evolve to fight back.
  
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• Beer eases final moments for euthanized invertebrates, study finds

  06-10-2016 22:44
  
  Debates about humane treatment of animals are commonplace when the species in question is a charismatic mammal such as a panda or a familiar, furry house pet. But what about invertebrates?
  
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• Research finds that birds behave like human musicians

  06-10-2016 22:38
  
  The tuneful behavior of some songbirds parallels that of human musicians. That's the conclusion presented in a recent paper published by an international team of researchers, among them David Rothenberg, distinguished professor of philosophy and music in NJIT's Department of Humanities. Other members of the team are from the City University of New York (CUNY), the Freie Universität Berlin and Macquarie University in Australia.
  
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• WATCH: Glow-in-the-Dark Bicycle Path Unveiled in Poland

  06-10-2016 22:22 via abcnews.go.com
  
  The path is made from luminophores that "charge" using the sun's light during the day and shine at night.
  
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• Scientists discover 'supramolecule' that could help reduce nuclear, agricultural waste

  06-10-2016 22:16
  
  Indiana University researchers have reported the first definitive evidence for a new molecular structure with potential applications to the safe storage of nuclear waste and reduction of chemicals that contaminate water and trigger large fish kills.
  
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• NASA sees Hurricane Matthew regain Category 4 status

  06-10-2016 22:16
  
  Satellite imagery showed Hurricane Matthew's clouds already streaming over Florida on Oct. 6 as it regained Category 4 status.
  
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• New method provides a tool to develop nematode-resistant soybean varieties

  06-10-2016 22:15
  
  Soybean cyst nematode is the number one soybean pest worldwide, accounting for estimated annual losses of nearly $1.3 billion in the United States. Some soybean varieties have resistance to the tiny parasitic worms through conventional breeding of naturally occurring resistance genes, but the current level of resistance is becoming less reliable.
  
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• Hubble detects giant 'cannonballs' shooting from star

  06-10-2016 22:14
  
  Great balls of fire! NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has detected superhot blobs of gas, each twice as massive as the planet Mars, being ejected near a dying star. The plasma balls are zooming so fast through space it would take only 30 minutes for them to travel from Earth to the moon. This stellar "cannon fire" has continued once every 8.5 years for at least the past 400 years, astronomers estimate.
  
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• US military website offers extensive detail on hurricane

  06-10-2016 22:13
  
  From a special storm website created by a US military agency to a state's interactive map of evacuation routes, the authorities are mobilizing digital tools to help millions of people cope with the devastating passage of Hurricane Matthew.
  
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• Snapchat eyes 2017 share offering: report

  06-10-2016 22:12
  
  Snapchat's parent Snap is readying a 2017 share offering, which would bring to Wall Street one of the most prominent of the venture-backed tech "unicorns," the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday.
  
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• Oculus Connect 3: Disney, 'Blade Runner 2049' Virtual Reality Content on the Way - Hollywood Reporter

  06-10-2016 22:00
  
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  Oculus Connect 3: Disney, 'Blade Runner 2049' Virtual Reality Content on the Way
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  Oculus also revealed that its Touch controller would ship Dec. 6 for $199 during its VR developers conference. Facebook-owned virtual reality developer Oculus revealed a flurry of new content coming to VR, including projects based on Disney characters ...
  The 'Blade Runner' sequel finally has a title — 'Blade Runner 2049' — but what does it mean?Los Angeles Times
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• The Sony A6500 offers what the A6300 should have - CNET

  06-10-2016 21:57
  
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  The Sony A6500 offers what the A6300 should have
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  When Sony debuted the A6300 prosumer mirrorless camera in March, it delivered a much-needed boost to autofocus performance with the company's Fast Hybrid AF system. But the lack of built-in image stabilization -- which most other mirrorless cameras ...
  Sony's new cameras show just how drastically photography is changingThe Verge
  Sony's RX100 V has the world's fastest autofocus and a brand new sensorDigital Trends
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• Fin24.com | AS IT HAPPENED: Defiant Motsoeneng, SABC chair hit back

  06-10-2016 21:34
  
  The SABC chair and executives have hit out at Parliament's call for the broadcaster's board to be dissolved.
  
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• How Long Can Humans Live? We Might Not Know Yet. - Slate Magazine

  06-10-2016 21:12
  
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  How Long Can Humans Live? We Might Not Know Yet.
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  Humans may live longer and longer, but eventually we all grow old and die. This leads to a simple question: Is there an intrinsic maximum limit to human life span or not? There are two equally simple answers. Either there is a limit or there isn't ...
  Experts Say There's A Limit To The Human LifespanHuffington Post
  Are we approaching the limits of human life span?Washington Post
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• Is Samsung's Mobile Business Burned Forever?

  06-10-2016 21:11 via nbcnews.com
  
  A replacement Galaxy Note 7 allegedly caught fire on an airplane.
  
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• Snapchat Parent Working on IPO Valuing Firm at $25 Billion or More - Wall Street Journal

  06-10-2016 20:57
  
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  Snapchat Parent Working on IPO Valuing Firm at $25 Billion or More
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  Snap Inc. is working on an initial public offering that could value the fast-growing virtual-messaging company at $25 billion or more, making it one of the highest-profile share debuts in years and possibly signaling a turnaround in the new-issue market.
  Snapchat Is Reportedly Planning A $25 Billion IPOHuffington Post
  Snapchat said to be eyeing $25-billion IPO in early 2017Los Angeles Time
  
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• The Blade Runner sequel gets new title, new year everything falls apart - A.V. Club

  06-10-2016 20:24
  
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  The Blade Runner sequel gets new title, new year everything falls apart
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  After more than five years of referring to the upcoming Blade Runner sequel in generic, hypothetical terms—variably calling it things like Blade Runner 2, Blade Runner Again!, Blade Runner-er, Are They Really Making A Blade Runner Sequel?, Why Are ...
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• Astronomers Discover Density Waves in Protoplanetary Disk Surrounding Elias 2-27

  06-10-2016 20:19 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Astronomers have discovered a striking spiral-arm structure in the disc of gas and dust around the young star Elias 2-27. The structure is made up of the matter near the midplane of the disc – the region in which new planets can be born. This means: the spirals are either a result of the presence […]
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• Scientists rev up speed of bionic enzyme reactions

  06-10-2016 20:00
  
  Bionic enzymes got a needed boost in speed thanks to new research at the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab). By pairing a noble metal with a natural enzyme, scientists created a hybrid capable of churning out 2,550 product molecules per hour, a frequency comparable to biological counterparts.
  
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• Researchers use novel materials to build smallest transistor with 1-nanometer carbon nanotube gate

  06-10-2016 20:00
  
  For more than a decade, engineers have been eyeing the finish line in the race to shrink the size of components in integrated circuits. They knew that the laws of physics had set a 5-nanometer threshold on the size of transistor gates among conventional semiconductors, about one-quarter the size of high-end 20-nanometer-gate transistors now on the market.
  
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• Observing the birth of quasiparticles in real time

  06-10-2016 20:00
  
  The formation of quasiparticles, such as polarons, in a condensed-matter system usually proceeds in an extremely fast way and is very difficult to observe. In Innsbruck, Rudolf Grimm's physics research group, in collaboration with an international team of theoretical physicists, has simulated the formation of polarons in an ultracold quantum gas in real time. The researchers have published their findings in the journal Science.
  
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• New analysis shows social norms can cross tipping points faster if new behavior is difficult for others to ignore

  06-10-2016 20:00
  
  Group behavior in societies tends to change slowly, sometimes over many generations, even when our habits are killing us. If your friends, family and colleagues smoke, the chances are higher that you smoke too.
  
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• Apes understand that some things are all in your head

  06-10-2016 20:00
  
  We all know that the way someone sees the world, and the way it really is, aren't always the same. This ability to recognize that someone's beliefs may differ from reality has long been seen as unique to humans.
  
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• ESO VISTA Telescope Reveals Hidden Stars in Messier 78

  06-10-2016 19:33 via scitechdaily.com
  
  ESO’s VISTA reveals stars that are just forming within the cosmic dust of Messier 78. In this new image of the nebula Messier 78, young stars cast a bluish pall over their surroundings, while red fledgling stars peer out from their cocoons of cosmic dust. To our eyes, most of these stars would be hidden […]
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• Russia reschedules Soyuz manned space launch for Oct. 19

  06-10-2016 19:22
  
  Russia's space agency says the technical problem that delayed a planned manned launch to the International Space Station last month has been identified and the launch has been rescheduled for Oct. 19.
  
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• Scientists Predict the Next Global Dust Storm on Mars

  06-10-2016 19:20 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Based on a historical pattern, scientists believe they can predict the occurrence of dust storms on Mars. Global dust storms on Mars could soon become more predictable — which would be a boon for future astronauts there — if the next one follows a pattern suggested by those in the past. A published prediction, based […]
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• Novel tensor mining tool to enable automated modeling described in big data

  06-10-2016 19:20
  
  Tensors and tensor decompositions, a powerful set of new data mining tools that can be used to model and extract knowledge from multidimensional data, can be automated for more widespread use in Big Data applications. The effectiveness of these innovative tools in a variety of data modeling scenarios is demonstrated in an article published in Big Data.
  
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• Airline industry agrees to carbon emissions cap: ICAO

  06-10-2016 18:31
  
  The airline industry agreed Thursday on a framework for reducing its carbon footprint at a UN meeting in Montreal, making it the first commercial sector on its own to tackle climate change.
  
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• Systems biology study discovers proteins that become more stable with increasing age

  06-10-2016 18:29
  
  Some proteins behave in an unusual way: the older they become, the longer their life expectancy. A research team at the Max Delbrück Center in the Helmholtz Association (MDC) has now published this paradoxical finding in the journal Cell. Their work has traced the life cycle of thousands of molecules from the translation of mRNA transcripts to the disposal of the proteins they encode. The results are relevant for diseases where there are surplus copies of certain genes.
  
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• NASA sees Tropical Depression Aere moving through South China Sea

  06-10-2016 18:28
  
  Tropical Depression Area, formerly known as 22W continued on a western track and entered the South China Sea as NASA's Aqua satellite captured a visible image of the storm.
  
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• NASA sees Nicole dwarfed by Hurricane Matthew

  06-10-2016 18:28
  
  Satellite imagery shows that Tropical Storm Nicole is less than half the size of powerful Hurricane Matthew. Matthew is moving through the Bahamas, while Nicole, positioned east of Matthew, is holding steady just below hurricane strength as it crawls toward Bermuda.
  
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• How XSEDE's ECSS program is helping researchers understand tornados with scientific visualization and data mining

  06-10-2016 18:21
  
  A dark, greenish sky...a loud roar, similar to a freight train...low-lying clouds - if you see approaching storms or any of the danger signs, take shelter immediately. A tornado might be in your path!
  
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• Researchers fabricate microfibers for single-cell studies, tissue engineering

  06-10-2016 18:20
  
  Iowa State University researchers have created a new way to design and fabricate microfibers that support cell growth and could be useful tools for reconnecting nerves and regenerating other damaged tissues.
  
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• Researchers discover how selenium is incorporated into proteins

  06-10-2016 18:16
  
  Humans need eight essential trace elements for good health, and one of them is selenium - a powerful antioxidant that is important for thyroid and brain function as well as metabolism.
  
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• This flower smells like a bee under attack

  06-10-2016 18:00
  
  A new discovery takes plants' deception of their pollinators to a whole new level. Researchers reporting in the journal Current Biology on October 6 found that the ornamental plant popularly known as Giant Ceropegia fools certain freeloading flies into pollinating it by mimicking the scent of honeybees under attack. The flies find that smell attractive because they typically dine on the drippings of honeybees that are in the clutches of a spider or other predatory insect.
  
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• Beer yeasts show surprising diversity, genome study finds

  06-10-2016 18:00
  
  The yeasts responsible for fermenting your favorite frothy ale have a surprisingly complicated past, according to researchers reporting in the Cell Press journal Current Biology on October 6.
  
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• Explorers Discover World's Deepest Known Underwater Cave

  06-10-2016 17:57 via abcnews.go.com
  
  The Hranicka Abyss is at least 1,325 feet deep, and likely goes down further, according to Polish explorer Krzysztof Starnawski
  
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• Why Bury Grandpa When You Could Launch Him Into Space?

  06-10-2016 17:55 via nbcnews.com
  
  Private companies now offer an array of options for those who want to launch human remains in space.
  
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• Here's Why Twitter's Share Price Is Plummeting - Fortune

  06-10-2016 17:17
  
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  Here's Why Twitter's Share Price Is Plummeting
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  The word “roller-coaster” doesn't even begin to describe the ride that Twitter shareholders have been on so far this week—and it's not over yet by a long shot. First, the company's share price price TWTR zoomed higher early in the week on reports that ...
  Twitter Shares Fall, as Sale Process SputtersWall Street Journal
  Twitter sale could happen in October, but it's a muddleCNET
  What's next for Twitter: Salesforce o
  
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