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• Fin24.com | Tech show looks beyond 'smart,' to new 'realities'

  02-01-2017 22:24
  
  The mega-extravaganza of the tech world in Las Vegas is showcasing an array of new devices that get smarts from computer chips, sensors and artificial intelligence, but go further by opening doors to augmented or virtual realities.
  
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• Fin24.com | Samsung warns of slowing growth in key markets amid uncertainty

  02-01-2017 22:23
  
  Samsung Vice Chairman and Co-Chief Executive Officer Kwon Oh-hyun urged employees to learn from costly failures as the consumer electronics giant seeks to recover from 2016’s bruising debacle surrounding the Note 7 smartphone.
  
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• New study finds evolution of brain and tooth size were not linked in humans

  02-01-2017 21:00
  
  A new study from the George Washington University's Center for the Advanced Study of Human Paleobiology (CASHP) found that whereas brain size evolved at different rates for different species, especially during the evolution of Homo, the genus that includes humans, chewing teeth tended to evolve at more similar rates. The finding suggests that our brains and teeth did not evolve in lock step and were likely influenced by different ecological and behavioral factors.
  
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• How long did it take to hatch a dinosaur egg? Study says 3-6 months

  02-01-2017 21:00
  
  A human typically gives birth after nine months. An ostrich hatchling emerges from its egg after 42 days. But how long did it take for a baby dinosaur to incubate?
  
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• Surging Bitcoin breaks through $1,000 barrier

  02-01-2017 19:14
  
  The value of Bitcoin surged above $1,000 on Monday as the digital unit continues a dizzying rise that made it the best-performing currency of 2016.
  
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• Quake swarm near the California-Mexico border gets scientists' attention

  02-01-2017 19:12
  
  More than 250 small earthquakes have struck since New Year's Eve near the California-Mexico border, causing unease among residents and attention from scientists.
  
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• Environmentalists protest hunting bison plan in Poland

  02-01-2017 18:51
  
  Environmentalists are protesting Poland's plan to allow hunters to shoot bison, while authorities say it is necessary for the well-being of the oversized herd and will earn money for its upkeep.
  
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• Why 2017 Might Be the Biggest Year for Space Travel Yet

  02-01-2017 17:25 via nbcnews.com
  
  As we blast into 2017, here are a few key space moments to keep on your radar.
  
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• Dawn Probe Discovers Water Ice in Ceres’ Polar Region

  02-01-2017 16:57 via scitechdaily.com
  
  The Herschel Telescope and the Dawn Spacecraft have observed the release of water vapor from Ceres and the Dawn Spacecraft has discovered water ice in Ceres’ polar region. The American Dawn space probe has been orbiting the asteroid Ceres between Mars and Jupiter since March 2015. Thanks to the two identical onboard cameras from the […]
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• Researchers Find a Way to Tap into Long-Lived Sound Waves in Glass

  02-01-2017 16:41 via scitechdaily.com
  A newly published study from Yale scientists reveals how to enhance the lifetime of sound waves traveling through glass — the material at the heart of fiber optic technologies. Everyday experience tells us that glass (silica) is highly transparent. In fact, silica is one of the most transparent materials on earth. Light can propagate for […]
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• Yale Scientists Track the Development of the Embryo

  02-01-2017 16:30 via scitechdaily.com
  Scientists at Yale University have discovered a way to track the precise bits of RNA that control the development of the embryo into trillions of specialized cells in a living animal. The new assay, tested on the genome of zebra fish, allows scientists to pinpoint function of myriad of signals activated after fertilization. “The problem […]
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• When Galaxies Collide – Hubble Views IRAS 14348-1447

  02-01-2017 16:21 via scitechdaily.com
  This Hubble image of the week shows IRAS 14348-1447, which is located over a billion light-years away. This delicate smudge in deep space is far more turbulent than it first appears. Known as IRAS 14348-1447 — a name derived in part from that of its discoverer, the Infrared Astronomical Satellite (IRAS for short) — this […]
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• WATCH: Samsung to Make Public the Results of Galaxy Note 7 Investigation

  02-01-2017 12:36 via abcnews.go.com
  
  The electronics company conducted an investigation of why their flagship phones were exploding and catching fire.
  
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• Worms dine on nanoparticles to help test biological force sensor technology

  02-01-2017 10:30
  
  Millimeter-long worms digesting a nanoparticle-laced meal of their favorite bacteria could eventually lead to a new way to see cellular forces at play within our own bodies, including processes like wound healing and cancer growth.
  
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• Image: Small satellite deployed from the Space Station

  02-01-2017 10:30
  
  A satellite is ejected from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) Small Satellite Orbital Deployer on the International Space Station on Dec. 19, 2016. The satellite is actually two small satellites that, once at a safe distance from the station, separated from each other, but were still connected by a 100-meter-long Kevlar tether. NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson helped the JAXA ground team to deploy the satellite, called Space Tethered Autonomous Robotic Satellite (STARS-C). Once deployed,
  
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• New project will study development of Iran's economy

  02-01-2017 10:28
  
  A new research initiative at Stanford is bringing together experts to create independent data-driven analysis on the current state of Iran's economy and what its future could look like.
  
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• Fossil fuel formation: Key to atmosphere's oxygen?

  02-01-2017 10:25
  
  For the development of animals, nothing—with the exception of DNA—may be more important than oxygen in the atmosphere.
  
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• New software makes CRISPR-methodology easier

  02-01-2017 10:22
  
  Scientists at Karolinska Institutet and the University of Gothenburg have generated a web-based software, Green Listed, which can facilitate the use of the CRISPR methodology. The software is published in the journal Bioinformatics and is freely available through greenlisted.cmm.ki.se where also information texts and films are available.
  
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• Research shows Central Texas landscapes can go 'thirsty' but still thrive

  02-01-2017 10:20
  
  Many ornamental plants popular in Central Texas landscapes can still grow and thrive when watered using half or less of the usual recommended irrigation amounts, according to research results recently published by two Texas A&M AgriLife institutes.
  
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• Exploring our changing Earth, in real time

  02-01-2017 10:20
  
  Across the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory campus, scientists are exploring undersea volcanoes, monitoring coastal erosion along hard-to-reach shorelines, and studying the movement of sea ice – all in real time. By loading drones with high-tech instruments and using satellites and undersea cables that are interacting with sensors in some of the most remote locations on Earth, they are uncovering the secrets of our planet.
  
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• Post-hunting season management can help deer herds

  02-01-2017 10:16
  
  The end of deer season marks the beginning of winter management for landowners who monitor deer populations and want to maximize their potential, said a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service expert.
  
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• Finding trust and understanding in autonomous technologies

  02-01-2017 10:12
  
  In 2016, self-driving cars went mainstream. Uber's autonomous vehicles became ubiquitous in neighborhoods where I live in Pittsburgh, and briefly in San Francisco. The U.S. Department of Transportation issued new regulatory guidance for them. Countless papers and columns discussed how self-driving cars should solve ethical quandaries when things go wrong. And, unfortunately, 2016 also saw the first fatality involving an autonomous vehicle.
  
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• French workers win 'right to disconnect'

  02-01-2017 09:10
  
  French companies will be required to guarantee a "right to disconnect" to their employees from Sunday as the country seeks to tackle the modern-day scourge of compulsive out-of-hours email checking.
  
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• Tech show looks beyond 'smart,' to new 'realities'

  02-01-2017 09:05
  
  The mega-extravaganza of the tech world in Las Vegas is showcasing an array of new devices that get smarts from computer chips, sensors and artificial intelligence, but go further by opening doors to augmented or virtual realities.
  
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• Selling shark fins now banned in Rhode Island

  02-01-2017 09:04
  
  Selling shark fins is now banned in Rhode Island.
  
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• Foxconn to invest $8 bn in China LCD plant

  02-01-2017 09:03
  
  Taiwan tech-giant Foxconn plans to build an $8.8-billion factory in China, state media said Saturday, amid reports its billionaire boss is cooling off on future US investments.
  
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• China starts 2017 engulfed by smog, issues pollution alerts

  02-01-2017 09:03
  
  Beijing and other cities across northern and central China were shrouded in thick smog Monday, prompting authorities to delay dozens of flights and close highways.
  
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• Beijing starts 2017 under a cloud

  02-01-2017 09:03
  
  Beijing woke on the first morning of the New Year covered in thick toxic fog, with a concentration of harmful particles 20 times higher than international standards.
  
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• Race to save the cheetah as study reveals extinction threat

  02-01-2017 09:02
  
  Lounging in the shade of a tree, Heathcliff the cheetah oozes sleek grace and power, but he is captive behind a wire fence—perhaps the only way that cheetahs will exist in a few decades' time.
  
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• Study provides new insights into fluctuations of wind energy, with implications for engineering and policy

  02-01-2017 09:01
  
  The amount of energy generated by renewables fluctuates depending on the natural variability of resources at any given time. The sun isn't always shining, nor is the wind always blowing, so traditional power plants must be kept running, ready to fill the energy gap at a moment's notice. Because the grid has no storage, and unlike coal or nuclear, there is no control over the fluctuating production of renewable energy, the energy they produce has to be consumed straight away, or risk collapsing t
  
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• Police: Whale Spotted in New York City's East River

  02-01-2017 08:20 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Officers patrolling New York City's harbor in a police boat have spotted a whale in the East River
  
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