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• 25 stranded sea turtles rescued from cold waters of Cape Cod

  22-11-2016 23:56
  
  Twenty-five stranded sea turtles have been rescued from the chilly waters of Cape Cod.
  
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• Madison Square Garden hit by data breach

  22-11-2016 23:54
  
  The Madison Square Garden Co. says customers at five of its locations may have been affected by a data breach.
  
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• In Shift, Trump Says Humans May Be Causing Global Warming

  22-11-2016 23:44 via abcnews.go.com
  President-elect Donald Trump appears to be softening his tone on whether climate change is real and whether he will scrap the recent multinational agreement to limit carbon emissions
  
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• Review: Google Home, Amazon Echo mix convenience with creepiness

  22-11-2016 23:40
  
  Having a smart speaker like Amazon Echo or Google Home in the house can feel like you've stepped into the future.
  
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• Microsoft joins Linux Foundation in another nod to open-source code

  22-11-2016 23:10
  
  Microsoft has joined the Linux Foundation, the latest sign that the software giant is embracing open-source technologies it formerly treated with hostility.
  
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• Cassini prepares for 'ring-grazing orbits'

  22-11-2016 23:09
  
  A thrilling ride is about to begin for NASA's Cassini spacecraft. Engineers have been pumping up the spacecraft's orbit around Saturn this year to increase its tilt with respect to the planet's equator and rings. And on Nov. 30, following a gravitational nudge from Saturn's moon Titan, Cassini will enter the first phase of the mission's dramatic endgame.
  
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• New family of stars discovered in Milky Way shed new light on galaxy's formation

  22-11-2016 23:07
  
  An astronomer from LJMU's Astrophysics Research Institute has discovered a new family of stars in the core of the Milky Way Galaxy which provides new insights into the early stages of the Galaxy's formation.
  
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• New insights from the most comprehensive tree of prokaryotic life assembled to date

  22-11-2016 23:00
  
  Bacteria were the original masters of their domain, having the Earth to themselves for the majority of their existence, filling every environmental niche, nook and cranny, from mountain peaks to the thermal vents at the ocean's floor.
  
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• How to see living machines

  22-11-2016 22:43
  
  It sounds like something out of the Borg in Star Trek. Nano-sized robots self-assemble to form biological machines that do the work that keeps one alive. And yet something like this really does go on.
  
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• Self-driving car group urges US regulators to clear road

  22-11-2016 22:32
  
  An industry-backed autonomous car lobbying group on Tuesday urged US regulators to go further to remove speed bumps than what was laid out in guidelines published two months ago.
  
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• Most expensive destroyer in Navy history breaks down

  22-11-2016 22:32
  
  The most expensive destroyer ever built for the Navy suffered an engineering problem in the Panama Canal and had to be towed to port.
  
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• Gift Guide: Cool tech toys for the kid in your life

  22-11-2016 22:30
  
  Looking for a cool tech gift for a kid in your life?
  
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• Get ready to build! Hands-on toys that teach are hot

  22-11-2016 22:29
  
  Toys that teach aren't a new thing, but a growing number are calling for kids to build with blocks, circuits or everyday items before reaching for a tablet screen.
  
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• Interpol: Use biometric data to find extremist fighters

  22-11-2016 22:24
  
  Interpol urged all countries on Tuesday to obtain biometric data from fighters for the Islamic State and other extremist groups to help law enforcement track them down, especially when they return home.
  
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• Despite upbeat headlines, Detroit still reeling

  22-11-2016 22:23
  
  Reports of Detroit's revival may be premature.
  
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• Researchers propose an explanation for the mysterious onset of a universal process

  22-11-2016 22:20
  
  Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) and Princeton University have proposed a groundbreaking solution to a mystery that has puzzled physicists for decades. At issue is how magnetic reconnection, a universal process that sets off solar flares, northern lights and cosmic gamma-ray bursts, occurs so much faster than theory says should be possible. The answer could aid forecasts of space storms, explain several high-energy astrophysical pheno
  
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• New standard helps optical trackers follow moving objects precisely

  22-11-2016 22:20
  
  Throwing a perfect strike in virtual bowling doesn't require your gaming system to precisely track the position and orientation of your swinging arm. But if you're operating a robotic forklift around a factory, manipulating a mechanical arm on an assembly line or guiding a remote-controlled laser scalpel inside a patient, the ability to pinpoint exactly where it is in three-dimensional (3-D) space is critical.
  
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• Supersonic spray yields new nanomaterial for bendable, wearable electronics

  22-11-2016 22:19
  
  A new, ultrathin film that is both transparent and highly conductive to electric current has been produced by a cheap and simple method devised by an international team of nanomaterials researchers from the University of Illinois at Chicago and Korea University.
  
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• Invasive winter moths making late November appearance

  22-11-2016 20:51
  
  Winter moths, an invasive insect that defoliates trees, could be particularly problematic this spring for drought-stressed trees in New England.
  
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• New grasses neutralize toxic pollution from bombs, explosives, and munitions

  22-11-2016 20:23
  
  On military live fire training ranges, troops practice firing artillery shells, drop bombs on old tanks or derelict buildings and test the capacity of new weapons.
  
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• Mars ice deposit holds as much water as Lake Superior

  22-11-2016 20:23
  
  Frozen beneath a region of cracked and pitted plains on Mars lies about as much water as what's in Lake Superior, largest of the Great Lakes, a team of scientists led by The University of Texas at Austin has determined using data from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
  
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• Stellar simulators: Astrophysicists will use supercomputer to explore driving forces behind mass loss in massive stars

  22-11-2016 20:22
  
  It's an intricate process through which massive stars lose their gas as they evolve, and a more complete understanding could be just calculations away—if only those calculations didn't take several millennia to run on normal computers.
  
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• Truth and Transparency Take Center Stage at Facebook

  22-11-2016 20:08 via nbcnews.com
  
  Facebook is grappling to figure out its precise role in deciding what makes a story fake news.
  
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• Turkey, Football Headline Thanksgiving for 6 Astronauts

  22-11-2016 19:28 via abcnews.go.com
  Turkey and football will be the main Thanksgiving headliners at International Space Station
  
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• People Are Going Crazy for Glasses From the 'Future'

  22-11-2016 19:15 via nbcnews.com
  
  Snapchat's latest pop-up store in New York City will make you forget your Ray-Bans for a pair of $130 video recording sunglasses.
  
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• Turkeys were a major part of ancestral Pueblo life

  22-11-2016 19:11
  
  While the popular notion of the American Thanksgiving is less than 400 years old, the turkey has been part of American lives for more than 2,000 years. But for much of that time, the bird was more revered than eaten.
  
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• NASA sees Tropical Storm Otto develop, threaten central America

  22-11-2016 19:08
  
  As Tropical Storm Otto formed in the southwestern Caribbean north of Panama on Nov. 21 the Global Precipitation Measurement mission or GPM core satellite analyzed the strengthening storm.
  
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• Turkey, football headline Thanksgiving for six astronauts

  22-11-2016 19:07
  
  Turkey and football will be the main Thanksgiving headliners up on the International Space Station.
  
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• Thanksgiving in space: Turkey, green beans and even football

  22-11-2016 19:07
  
  Turkey and football will be the main Thanksgiving headliners up on the International Space Station.
  
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• Feast without fear: Scientist says more snake species resist toxin

  22-11-2016 19:07
  
  In the animal kingdom, survival essentially boils down to eat or be eaten. How organisms accomplish the former and avoid the latter reveals an immense array of defense mechanisms. Maybe you can outrun your prey. Perhaps you sport an undetectable disguise. Or maybe you develop a death-defying resistance to your prey's heart-stopping defensive chemicals.
  
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• A squirt at 6 feet: Baby giraffe to debut at Los Angeles Zoo

  22-11-2016 19:06
  
  It's stretch time for a family at the Los Angeles Zoo.
  
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• EU set to miss 'green' budget target: watchdog

  22-11-2016 19:04
  
  The European Union risks missing its target of spending 20 percent of its budget on action to tackle climate change, the bloc's financial watchdog said on Tuesday.
  
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• Study sheds new insights into global warming 'hiatus'

  22-11-2016 19:02
  
  A new study of the temporary slowdown in the global average surface temperature warming trend observed between 1998 and 2013 concludes the phenomenon represented a redistribution of energy within the Earth system, with Earth's ocean absorbing the extra heat. The phenomenon was referred to by some as the "global warming hiatus." Global average surface temperature, measured by satellites and direct observations, is considered a key indicator of climate change.
  
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• Researchers study plant aging, gain insights into crop yields and more

  22-11-2016 18:58
  
  New insights into the mechanism behind how plants age may help scientists better understand crop yields, nutrient allocation, and even the timing and duration of fall leaf color.
  
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• Thanksgiving dinner's carbon footprint: A state-by-state comparison

  22-11-2016 18:57
  
  The environmental impact of your Thanksgiving dinner depends on where the meal is prepared.
  
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• Malware that turns PCs into eavesdropping devices demonstrated

  22-11-2016 18:55
  
  Researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) have demonstrated malware that can turn computers into perpetual eavesdropping devices, even without a microphone.
  
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• Zika-Caused Birth Defect May Become Clear Only After Birth

  22-11-2016 18:53 via abcnews.go.com
  Researchers say a severe birth defect caused by Zika infection may not be readily apparent at birth but develop months afterward
  
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• Volkswagen Bets on New Technology to Bounce Back From Crisis

  22-11-2016 17:24 via abcnews.go.com
  The head of Volkswagen's core brand is sketching out a broad restructuring emphasizing electric cars and digital technology such as autonomous vehicles and car-sharing
  
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• Black-white earnings gap returns to 1950 levels

  22-11-2016 17:23
  
  After years of progress, the median earnings gap between black and white men has returned to what it was in 1950, according to new research by economists from Duke University and the University of Chicago.
  
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• Over half of world's population does not use internet: UN

  22-11-2016 17:22
  
  More than half the world's population does not use the internet, with prohibitive broadband costs keeping billions off line, a United Nations report said Tuesday.
  
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• Drill, baby, drill? Election reignites offshore-oil debate

  22-11-2016 17:19
  
  The controversy over drilling for oil in the Atlantic Ocean has been reignited by the election of Donald Trump, and environmentalists and coastal businesses say it could be the first major fault line that divides them from the new president.
  
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• New dominant ant species discovered in Ethiopia shows potential for global invasion

  22-11-2016 17:18
  
  A team of scientists conducting a recent biodiversity survey in the ancient church forests of Ethiopia made an unexpected discovery—a rather infamous ant species (Lepisiota canescens) displaying signs of supercolony formation. According to D. Magdalena Sorger, a post-doctoral researcher with the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences and a key member of the team, the discovery is significant for two reasons. First, supercolony formation in ants is rare, with documented cases of only aro
  
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• Innovative technique to curtail illegal copying of digital media

  22-11-2016 17:16
  
  In today's digital world it can be challenging to prevent photos, videos and books from being illegally copied and distributed. A new light-based technique is making it more practical to create secure, invisible watermarks that can be used to detect and prosecute counterfeiting.
  
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• Rallies, protests, and Black Friday: Physics finds dangers hiding in plain sight

  22-11-2016 17:13
  
  Inspired by the way people move at heavy metal concerts, an international team of researchers from Uppsala University and Harvard University have learned how to spot danger zones in mass gatherings before disaster strikes.
  
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• Could green facades cool down cities in the future

  22-11-2016 17:10
  
  Predictions for temperature rise and the particular sensitivity of urban ecosystems to heat stress pose a pressure to find the best solution for mitigation and adaptation to climate change. Could green façades be a sustainable and easy to implement strategy to keep our cities cool? A new study in the open access journal One Ecosystem uses the method of Bayesian networks to assess applicability of this nature-based solution, within the context of Berlin's urban environment.
  
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• Research team develops new ultrasound-powered actuator to develop micro robot

  22-11-2016 17:00
  
  The quest to develop a wireless micro-robot for biomedical applications requires a small-scale "motor" that can be wirelessly powered through biological media. While magnetic fields can be used to power small robots wirelessly, they do not provide selectivity since all actuators (the components controlling motion) under the same magnetic field just follow the same motion. To address this intrinsic limitation of magnetic actuation, a team of German researchers has developed a way to use microbubb
  
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• New algorithm can help machines avoid damage or malfunctions from resonant frequencies

  22-11-2016 17:00
  
  This month, Samsung recalled 2.8 million top-loading washing machines due to excessive vibrations that could cause the top to break off—a problem that led to at least nine reported injuries. The vibrations happen when the normal oscillations of the washing machine become trapped in resonance, causing it to shake harder and harder at the resonant frequency.
  
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• From champagne bubbles, dance parties and disease to new nanomaterials

  22-11-2016 17:00
  
  Whether it is clouds or champagne bubbles forming, or the early onset of Alzheimer's disease or Type 2 diabetes, a common mechanism is at work: nucleation processes.
  
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• Fin24.com | SA falls in key global ICT index

  22-11-2016 16:05
  
  South Africa has fallen two places in the International Telecommunications Union global ICT Development Index from 86 to 88.
  
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• Butterfly mother's food choice for offspring changes with experience

  22-11-2016 15:47
  
  Plants communicate with animals using a blend of signals that influence animal behavior. The balance of plant attractants and deterrents partly determine the ultimate level of damage that an animal herbivore imposes on a plant. These intricate communications between the herbivore and the plant support sustainable relationships in their mutual native homelands. However, the ease of international travel in today's connected world has led to invasive alien arthropod herbivores showing up in many no
  
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