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• WATCH: Steve Jobs Introduces Apple's 1st iPhone in 2007

  09-01-2017 23:56
  
  Jan. 9, 2007: Steve Jobs unveils Apple's first iPhone.
  
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• Wheels to Watch: BMW 5 Series, Kia sports car, Mercedes GLA

  09-01-2017 23:42
  
  From hot-selling SUVs of all sizes to the a redesign for the Toyota Camry, the top-selling car in the U.S., the 2017 North American International Auto Show has a diverse lineup of new vehicles.
  
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• Newly proposed reference datasets improve weather satellite data quality

  09-01-2017 23:39
  
  "Traffic and weather, together on the hour!" blasts your local radio station, while your smartphone knows the weather halfway across the world. A network of satellites whizzing around Earth collecting mountains of data makes such constant and wide-ranging access to accurate weather forecasts possible. Just one satellite, such as the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-R that launched in 2016, can collect 3.5 terabytes of weat
  
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• Celebrate the iPhone's 10th birthday by watching the gleeful original announcement - TechCrunch

  09-01-2017 23:31 via techcrunch.com
  
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  Celebrate the iPhone's 10th birthday by watching the gleeful original announcement
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  The iPhone turns 10 today, at least if you start counting from the day it was announced. So why not take a few minutes to relive that day, with all its excitement and the palpable pride taken by Steve Jobs in both the product and presentation? Come on ...
  Apple proved a phone can change the world in just 10 yearsBusiness Insider
  10 years on, how the iPhone changed our lives, reactions from t
  
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• Short-lived greenhouse gases cause centuries of sea-level rise

  09-01-2017 23:23
  
  Even if there comes a day when the world completely stops emitting greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, coastal regions and island nations will continue to experience rising sea levels for centuries afterward, according to a new study by researchers at MIT and Simon Fraser University.
  
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• Verizon raises upgrade fee to $30, sets 200GB limit on unlimited data plans - The Verge

  09-01-2017 23:17 via theverge.com
  
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  Verizon raises upgrade fee to $30, sets 200GB limit on unlimited data plans
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  Last week during CES, Verizon quietly increased its upgrade fee from $20 up to $30. This charge is applied whenever a customer either buys a phone outright or splits payments up monthly with Verizon's device payment plans. Those are pretty much the ...
  Verizon Unlimited Users Averaging 200GB or More Per Month Getting the BootDroid Life (press release) (blog)
  Verizon's Upgrade Fees Now Set At $30,
  
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• What teeth reveal about the lives of modern humans

  09-01-2017 22:24
  
  When anthropologists of the future find our fossilized teeth, what will they be able to conclude about our lives?
  
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• How a moon slows the decay of Pluto's atmosphere

  09-01-2017 22:05
  
  Pluto's relationship with its moon Charon is one of the more unusual interactions in the solar system due to Charon's size and proximity. It's more than half of Pluto's diameter and orbits only 12,000 or so miles away. To put that into perspective, picture our moon three times closer to Earth, and as large as Mars.
  
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• Minorities, females serving on boards receive less compensation, less leadership roles

  09-01-2017 22:03
  
  While minorities and females are represented on boards of directors of many major corporations in the U.S., they often have fewer leadership opportunities within those organizations. In a new study, University of Missouri and University of Delaware researchers found an average 3 to 9 percent gap in compensation.
  
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• The Latest: Volvo testing self-driving cars with real people

  09-01-2017 22:02
  
  The Latest from the annual North American International Auto Show in Detroit (all times local):
  
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• WATCH: Inside Volkswagen's Concept Car Buzz

  09-01-2017 21:47
  
  The electric vehicle has a design inspired by Volkswagen's classic microbus.
  
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• Doctor's Anti-Vaccine Rant Fuels Debate — Again

  09-01-2017 21:43 via nbcnews.com
  
  The Cleveland Clinic is in damage control mode after the director of its Wellness Institute questioned the safety of vaccines in a blog post.
  
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• Honda unveils new Odyssey in small, scrappy minivan market

  09-01-2017 21:39
  
  A veteran player in the small but scrappy minivan segment is getting a major upgrade.
  
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• SpaceX Return to Flight Delayed Again

  09-01-2017 21:16 via nbcnews.com
  
  Four months after a launch pad explosion, SpaceX was ready to return to flight on Sunday. There was just one little problem.
  
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• What did Big Data find when it analyzed 150 years of British history?

  09-01-2017 21:00
  
  What could be learnt about the world if you could read the news from over 100 local newspapers for a period of 150 years? This is what a team of Artificial Intelligence (AI) researchers from the University of Bristol have done, together with a social scientist and a historian, who had access to 150 years of British regional newspapers.
  
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• Friend or foe? Each creates national unity, a mix creates divisions, study shows

  09-01-2017 21:00
  
  Banding together as a nation is often lauded for getting through challenging times, but a new study published by Princeton University and global collaborators finds that both harmony and conflict unify nations' identities.
  
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• El Nino, Pacific Decadal Oscillation implicated in domoic acid shellfish toxicity

  09-01-2017 21:00
  
  Researchers today reported in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences a strong correlation between toxic levels of domoic acid in shellfish and the warm-water ocean conditions orchestrated by two powerful forces - El Niño events and the Pacific Decadal Oscillation.
  
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• Spin doctors say scientists copy spider silk in lab

  09-01-2017 20:40
  
  Supple, light and biodegradable but stronger than steel: researchers said Monday they have succeeded in producing synthetic spider silk, one of nature's strongest materials.
  
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• Controversial nuclear power plant near New York to close

  09-01-2017 20:37
  
  The controversial Indian Point nuclear plant near New York will close in 2021, a casualty of low energy prices and relentless criticism by environmentalists, the power company announced Monday.
  
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• New findings detail structure of immature Zika virus

  09-01-2017 20:34
  
  Researchers at Purdue University have determined the high-resolution structure of immature Zika virus, a step toward better understanding how the virus infects host cells and spreads.
  
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• Secret new weapon of insect-transmitted viruses exposed

  09-01-2017 20:33
  
  Findings by a team of scientists, including two from the University of California, Riverside, could provide critical knowledge to attack deadly viruses transmitted by arthropods such as mosquitoes and aphids.
  
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• Spotify Looks to Obama in Search for New "President of Playlists"

  09-01-2017 20:32 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  Spotify has a new job opening — but the requirements seem targeted to a very, very specific type of person.
  
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• NASA spots short-lived Tropical Depression 01W

  09-01-2017 20:30
  
  In just 24 hours after Tropical Depression 01W formed in the Philippine Sea it was already falling apart. NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite passed over the depression and saw the large, weakening depression being affected by wind shear.
  
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• Massive genetic study of humpback whales to inform conservation assessments

  09-01-2017 20:30
  
  Scientists have published one of the largest genetic studies ever conducted on the humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) for the purpose of clarifying management decisions in the Southern Hemisphere and supporting calls to protect unique and threatened populations, according to WCS (Wildlife Conservation Society), the American Museum of Natural History, Columbia University, and other organizations.
  
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• Lars Bildsten wins 2017 Dannie Heineman Prize for Astrophysics

  09-01-2017 20:28
  
  The American Institute of Physics (AIP) and the American Astronomical Society (AAS) announced today, on behalf of the Heineman Foundation for Research, Educational, Charitable, and Scientific Purposes, that California astrophysicist Lars Bildsten is the winner of the 2017 Heineman Prize for Astrophysics, a distinguished honor awarded annually to recognize significant contributions to the field.
  
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• Got Snow? Now There's an App for That

  09-01-2017 20:20 via nbcnews.com
  
  Getting the snow shoveled off your driveway is now just as easy as ordering an Uber or Lyft.
  
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• WATCH: ARCHIVAL VIDEO: Steve Jobs Introduces Apple's 1st iPhone in 2007

  09-01-2017 20:04
  
  Jan. 9, 2007: Steve Jobs unveils Apple's first iPhone.
  
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• Hubble Views Shadow Caused by Possible Planet Encircling TW Hydrae

  09-01-2017 18:57 via scitechdaily.com
  
  A team of astronomers view a shadow sweeping around a gas-and-dust disk encircling the young star TW Hydrae. Searching for planets around other stars is a tricky business. They’re so small and faint that it’s hard to spot them. But a possible planet in a nearby stellar system may be betraying its presence in a […]
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• NASA sees storms affecting the western US

  09-01-2017 18:54
  
  Extreme rain events have been affecting California and snow has blanketed the Pacific Northwest. NASA/NOAA's GOES Project created a satellite animation showing the storms affecting the region from January 6 through 9, 2017, and NASA's Aqua satellite captured a look at the snowfall.
  
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• Can big data yield big ideas? Blend novel and familiar, new study finds

  09-01-2017 18:49
  
  Struggling to get your creative juices flowing for a new idea or project? A study in an upcoming edition of the INFORMS journal Marketing Science sheds light on the secret sauce to developing creative ideas, and it all comes down to word choice.
  
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• Newly discovered phytoplankton groups appear to favor warmer oceans

  09-01-2017 18:48
  
  An international research team has discovered two phytoplankton groups - unlike any known species - in climate-sensitive areas around the world. While they appear relatively rare compared to other phytoplankton, scientists say their prevalence in warm waters suggests they could be important in future ocean ecosystems.
  
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• Chemists report E-selective macrocyclic ring-closing metathesis

  09-01-2017 18:48
  
  Using ring-closing metathesis to exploit the properties of carbon-carbon double bonds, researchers from Boston College and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developed a new catalytic approach for the preparation of compounds essential to drug discovery, the team reported today in the journal Natures's advance online publication.
  
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• 10 paid iPhone apps on sale for free today - BGR

  09-01-2017 18:41 via bgr.com
  
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  10 paid iPhone apps on sale for free today
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  Happy 10th anniversary, iPhone! Apple fans around the world are celebrating the unveiling of the original iPhone, which took place on January 9th, 2007. And if you ask us, there's no better way to celebrate than with a fresh new list of 10 paid iPhone ...
  WeChat CEO celebrates Apple iPhone at 10, challenges App Store with new 'mini programs'AppleInsider (press release) (blog)
  WeChat Launches Cloud-Based, iMessage App Store-Like 'Mini Program'Ma
  
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• Happy 10th Birthday, iPhone! How Did We Manage Before You?

  09-01-2017 18:33 via nbcnews.com
  
  Over 1 billion served! A look back at the flat, buttonless communication device that made Apple's fortune.
  
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• Study Shows Aspirin Use Lowers the Risk of Pancreatic Cancer

  09-01-2017 18:26 via scitechdaily.com
  New research led by the Yale School of Public Health shows that regular use of aspirin lowers the risk for pancreatic cancer by almost 50 percent. Researchers studied patients with newly diagnosed pancreatic cancer at 37 Shanghai hospitals from December 2006 to January 2011. The 761 patients were interviewed in person about their use of […]
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• Researchers create practical and versatile microscopic optomechanical device

  09-01-2017 18:14
  
  Researchers have developed a new type of optomechanical device that uses a microscopic silicon disk to confine optical and mechanical waves. The new device is highly customizable and compatible with commercial manufacturing processes, making it a practical solution for improving sensors that detect force and movement.
  
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• Crystallization method offers new option for carbon capture from ambient air

  09-01-2017 18:14
  
  Scientists at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory have found a simple, reliable process to capture carbon dioxide directly from ambient air, offering a new option for carbon capture and storage strategies to combat global warming.
  
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• VLT to search for planets in Alpha Centauri system

  09-01-2017 18:12
  
  ESO has signed an agreement with the Breakthrough Initiatives to adapt the Very Large Telescope instrumentation in Chile to conduct a search for planets in the nearby star system Alpha Centauri. Such planets could be the targets for an eventual launch of miniature space probes by the Breakthrough Starshot initiative.
  
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• New Yale Study Reveals That Gun Violence is a ‘Contagious’ Social Epidemic

  09-01-2017 18:04 via scitechdaily.com
  New research from Yale University reveals how gun violence spreads over social networks through a process of social contagion. Gun violence is often described as an epidemic or a public health concern, due to its alarmingly high levels in certain populations in the United States. It most often occurs within socially and economically disadvantaged minority […]
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• Hubble Views a Black Hole of Puzzling Lightness

  09-01-2017 17:53 via scitechdaily.com
  This newly released Hubble image shows spiral galaxy RX J1140.1+0307, which is located one billion light-years away. This image taken with the Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) onboard the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope captures a galaxy in the Virgo constellation. This camera was installed in 2002, and its wide field of view is double that […]
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• Here's What You Need to Know About the Rising Threat of Ransomware

  09-01-2017 17:51 via nbcnews.com
  
  Experts predict that the cloud could come under attack this year because it could result in ransomware payments in the millions of dollars.
  
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• Team advances GaN-on-Silicon for scalable high electron mobility transistors

  09-01-2017 17:44
  
  A team of researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has advanced gallium nitride (GaN)-on-silicon transistor technology by optimizing the composition of the semiconductor layers that make up the device. Working with industry partners Veeco and IBM, the team created the high electron mobility transistor (HEMT) structure on a 200 mm silicon substrate with a process that will scale to larger industry-standard wafer sizes.
  
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• US had near record heat, costly weather disasters in 2016

  09-01-2017 17:30
  
  With steamy nights, sticky days and torrential downpours, last year went down as one of the warmest and wildest weather years on record in the United States.
  
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• Obama presses Trump not to back away from clean energy

  09-01-2017 17:25
  
  President Barack Obama cast the adoption of clean energy in the U.S. as "irreversible," putting pressure Monday on President-elect Donald Trump not to back away from a core strategy to fight climate change.
  
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• Long-distance birdie call: Sex-crazed pipers travel for tail

  09-01-2017 17:24
  
  You fly more than 100 miles for love. You get rejected. You fly another 100 miles. Another rejection. And another.
  
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• Study crashes main Moon-formation theory

  09-01-2017 17:14
  
  The Moon, our planet's constant companion for some 4.5 billion years, may have been forged by a rash of smaller bodies smashing into an embryonic Earth, researchers said Monday.
  
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• How on earth does geotagging work?

  09-01-2017 17:13
  
  In an increasingly digital world, we don't always consider where on earth the information we find online comes from.
  
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• Some catalysts contribute their own oxygen for reactions

  09-01-2017 17:00
  
  Chemical reactions that release oxygen in the presence of a catalyst, known as oxygen-evolution reactions, are a crucial part of chemical energy storage processes, including water splitting, electrochemical carbon dioxide reduction, and ammonia production. The kinetics of this type of reaction are generally slow, but compounds called metal oxides can have catalytic activities that vary over several orders of magnitude, with some exhibiting the highest such rates reported to date. The physical or
  
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• New model predicts when people are willing to try new things

  09-01-2017 17:00
  
  A new model to predict when people are most likely to try different products has been developed by scientists at UCL and dunnhumby, a customer science company.
  
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• Russian zoo culls all its birds over avian flu

  09-01-2017 16:56
  
  A Russian zoo has euthanised its entire bird population after an outbreak of avian flu, local authorities said Monday.
  
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