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• Egypt moves bed, chariot of King Tut to new museum

  23-05-2017 23:17
  
  Egypt safely moved two artifacts, a funerary bed and a chariot, belonging to the famed pharaoh King Tutankhamun on Tuesday, from the Egyptian Museum in central Cairo to a new one across the city, which will house a large collection of the ancient monarch's items.
  
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• Breaking the iris scanner locking Samsung's Galaxy S8 is laughably easy - Ars Technica

  23-05-2017 23:14 via arstechnica.com
  
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  Breaking the iris scanner locking Samsung's Galaxy S8 is laughably easy
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  Hackers have broken the iris-based authentication in Samsung's Galaxy S8 smartphone in an easy-to-execute attack that's at odds with the manufacturer's claim that the mechanism is "one of the safest ways to keep your phone locked." The cost of the hack ...
  Samsung Galaxy S8 Iris Scanner Hacked In Three Simple StepsForbes
  LG G6: One Month LaterPhandroid.com
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• Lizards may be overwhelmed by fire ants and social stress combined

  23-05-2017 23:00
  
  Lizards living in fire-ant-invaded areas are stressed. However, a team of biologists found that the lizards did not exhibit this stress as expected after extended fire ant exposure in socially stressful environments, leading to questions about stress overload. "After encounters with non-lethal stress levels (from fire-ant exposure), we asked; Okay, they (the lizards) live, but what happens then?" said Tracy Langkilde, professor of biology, Penn State. "Do they live and are fine? Do they live and
  
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• Fin24.com | Snapchat adds Group Story tool to stay ahead of Instagram

  23-05-2017 22:42
  
  Snap, the maker of photo and video-sharing app Snapchat, has unveiled a new tool that will let people collaborate with their friends on video stories about events.
  
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• More than play: Can video games train sailors and marines?

  23-05-2017 22:21
  
  Blasting video game zombies, aliens and gangsters might not seem intellectually stimulating, but current research shows these computerized conflicts actually sharpen a range of cognitive skills—including better multitasking, increased attention span, faster reaction time and greater visual acuity.
  
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• Will the Apple Inc. iPhone 8 Really Start at Just $870? - Motley Fool

  23-05-2017 22:15 via fool.com
  
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  Will the Apple Inc. iPhone 8 Really Start at Just $870?
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  Analyst Steve Milunovich of UBS just put out a note in which he says that Apple's (NASDAQ:AAPL) upcoming iPhone 8 -- the premium model with an OLED display and other goodies not expected to be found on the standard models -- will begin at $870 for a ...
  6 ways to make your old phone feel like newCNET
  The iPhone 8 could push Apple closer to a lofty milestone by the end of the decadeBusiness Insider
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• World's Biggest Aircraft Nails Critical Test Flight

  23-05-2017 21:43 via nbcnews.com
  
  A massive airship, the Airlander 10, recently completed a successful test flight, bringing the helium-filled vehicle a step closer to commercial use.
  
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• Genetic mutation trade-offs lead to parallel evolution

  23-05-2017 21:42
  
  Organisms in nature adapt and evolve in complex environments. For example, when subjected to changes in nutrients, antibiotics, and predation, microbes in the wild face the challenge of adapting multiple traits at the same time. But how does evolution unfold when, for survival, multiple traits must be improved simultaneously?
  
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• AI May Hold the Key to Stopping Suicide

  23-05-2017 20:56 via nbcnews.com
  
  Researchers are now using machine learning and artificial intelligence to predict people at high risk of suicide, the 10th leading cause of death in the U.S.
  
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• Appeals court revives challenge to NSA surveillance practice

  23-05-2017 20:47
  
  A challenge to the government's practice of collecting certain internet communications can move forward, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday.
  
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• These New 'Overwatch' Anniversary Skins Are So Awesome - Forbes

  23-05-2017 20:45 via forbes.com
  
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  These New 'Overwatch' Anniversary Skins Are So Awesome
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  The Overwatch anniversary event is live, and with it comes a treasure trove of new goodies, from emotes to sprays to a whole bunch of new skins. As usual, it's the skins that delight me the most, and Blizzard has some truly amazing ones for you to ...
  Overwatch's first anniversary event has great content with no real themeVentureBeat
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• Gulf Coast anglers plan protest against fishing limits

  23-05-2017 20:45
  
  Recreational anglers along the Gulf Coast are planning a floating protest against strict federal limits on red snapper fishing that they say are hurting businesses throughout the region.
  
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• NASA sees powerful storms with advancing monsoon in Bay of Bengal

  23-05-2017 20:44
  
  Storms associated with the advancing monsoon in the Northern Indian Ocean's Bay of Bengal were analyzed by NASA with the GPM or Global Precipitation Measurement mission core satellite.
  
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• The high plains aquifer: Can we make it last?

  23-05-2017 20:42
  
  The heart of the United States is a highly productive agricultural region. This "breadbasket" underpins much of U.S. society, but it also relies almost entirely on a complex network of diminishing groundwater resources.
  
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• New chemical reaction could eventually yield new fuels and medications

  23-05-2017 20:41
  
  When scientists develop the chemical formulas for new products such as fuels and medications, they often must first create molecules that haven't previously existed.
  
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• US says Fiat Chrysler used software to cheat emissions tests

  23-05-2017 20:10
  
  The U.S. government is suing Fiat Chrysler, alleging that some of its diesel pickup trucks and Jeep SUVs cheat on emissions tests.
  
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• Improve evolution education by teaching genetics first

  23-05-2017 20:00
  
  Evolution is a difficult concept for many students at all levels, however, a study publishing on May 23 in the open access journal PLOS Biology has demonstrated a simple cost-free way to significantly improve students' understanding of evolution at the secondary level: teach genetics before you teach them evolution.
  
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• How X-rays helped to solve mystery of floating rocks

  23-05-2017 20:00
  
  It's true—some rocks can float on water for years at a time. And now scientists know how they do it, and what causes them to eventually sink.
  
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• Special X-ray technique allows scientists to see 3-D deformations

  23-05-2017 19:58
  
  While doctors use X-rays to see the broken bones inside our bodies, scientists have developed a new X-ray technique to see inside continuously packed nanoparticles, also known as grains, to examine deformations and dislocations that affect their properties.
  
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• Facebook Live to get personal on the public platform

  23-05-2017 18:55
  The new features give more of a one-to-one feel to the Facebook experience.
  
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• NY Attorney General: $18.5 million settlement with Target

  23-05-2017 18:44
  
  Target Corp. has reached an $18.5 million settlement over a massive data breach that occurred before Christmas in 2013, New York's attorney general announced Tuesday.
  
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• Study shows snakes, thought to be solitary eaters, coordinate hunts

  23-05-2017 18:42
  
  Snakes, although as social as birds and mammals, have long been thought to be solitary hunters and eaters. A new study from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, shows that some snakes coordinate their hunts to increase their chances of success.
  
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• Declawing linked to aggression and other abnormal behaviors in cats

  23-05-2017 18:41
  
  Declaw surgery (onychectomy) is illegal in many countries but is still a surprisingly common practice in some. It is performed electively to stop cats from damaging furniture, or as a means of avoiding scratches. Previous research has focused on short-term issues following surgery, such as lameness, chewing of toes and infection, but the long-term health effects of this procedure have not to date been investigated.
  
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• Study: Street gangs, crime serve as deviant leisure activities for youths

  23-05-2017 18:39
  
  Although at-risk youths may have a variety of reasons for joining street gangs, a new study suggests that gang membership and criminal acts often serve as deviant leisure activities, fulfilling young people's needs for excitement, a sense of belonging and social support.
  
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• Cowbird moms choosy when selecting foster parents for their young

  23-05-2017 18:39
  
  Brown-headed cowbirds are unconventional mothers. Rather than building nests and nurturing their chicks, they lay their eggs in the nests of other species, leaving their young ones to compete for resources with the foster parents' own hatchlings. Despite their reputation as uncaring, absentee moms, cowbird mothers are capable of making sophisticated choices among potential nests in order to give their offspring a better chance of thriving, a new study shows.
  
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• Study: DNA may have only modest impact on sexual assault arrests

  23-05-2017 18:38
  
  Most arrests in sexual assault cases occur before crime laboratory results are available, a new study found, suggesting that DNA testing may influence arrests in just a small number of cases.The paper is among the first studies to examine the impact of DNA on sexual assault arrest rates, although the researchers said the findings should be interpreted cautiously because of the small sample size of cases used in key analyses.
  
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• Pope's encyclical boosted his credibility on climate change, especially among liberals

  23-05-2017 18:36
  
  Pope Francis's 2015 encyclical on climate change, "Laudato si'," sought to leverage the pontiff's moral authority and draw attention to climate change as a global issue that disproportionately harms the poor.
  
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• Oyster farming to benefit from new genetic screening tool

  23-05-2017 18:34
  
  Oyster farmers are set to benefit from a new genetic tool that will help to prevent disease outbreaks and improve yields.
  
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• Atomic structure of irradiated materials is more akin to liquid than glass

  23-05-2017 18:32
  
  Materials exposed to neutron radiation tend to experience significant damage, leading to the containment challenges involved in immobilizing nuclear waste or nuclear plant confinements. At the nanoscale, these incident neutrons collide with a material's atoms that, in turn, then collide with each other somewhat akin to billiards. The resulting disordered atomic network and its physical properties resemble those seen in some glassy materials, which has led many in the field to use them in nuclear
  
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• Astrophysicists Solve Mystery of How Antimatter in the Milky Way Forms

  23-05-2017 18:32 via scitechdaily.com
  
  In a newly published study led by Australian National University, astrophysicists reveal how most of the antimatter in the Milky Way forms. Antimatter is material...
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• Understanding stars: How tornado-shaped flow in a dynamo strengthens the magnetic field

  23-05-2017 18:30
  
  The massive, churning core of conducting liquids in stars and some planets creates a dynamo that generates the planetary body's magnetic field. Researchers aim to better understand these dynamos through computer simulations and by recreating them in the laboratory using canisters of rapidly spinning, liquid sodium.
  
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• Neptune: Neutralizer-free plasma propulsion

  23-05-2017 18:30
  
  Plasma propulsion is an important and efficient technology used to control spacecraft for Earth observation, communications and fundamental exploration of outer space.
  
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• Collecting real-time data for material microstructural evolution during radiation exposure

  23-05-2017 18:30
  
  It may be surprising to learn that much remains unknown about radiation's effects on materials. To find answers, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) researchers are developing techniques to explore the microstructural evolution and degradation of materials exposed to radiation.
  
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• Researchers reveal bioelectric patterns guiding worms' regenerative body plan after injury

  23-05-2017 18:00
  
  Researchers have succeeded in permanently rewriting flatworms' regenerative body shape by resetting their internal bioelectric pattern memory, causing even normal-appearing flatworms to harbor the "code" to regenerate as two-headed worms. The findings, published today in Biophysical Journal, suggest an alternative to genomic editing for large-scale regenerative control, according to the authors.
  
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• Ikea's Tradfri smart bulbs to support Alexa, Google and Apple HomeKit this summer - CNET

  23-05-2017 17:46 via cnet.com
  
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  Ikea's "Tradfri" line of smart lighting starter kits had us intrigued when we tested the system out recently, but a lack of integrations with popular smart home platforms kept us from recommending them outright. Tuesday, Ikea moved to address that ...
  IKEA's smart light bulbs will soon be compatible with Amazon Echo, Siri, and Google AssistantBusiness Insider
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• Spacewalking astronauts pull off urgent station repairs

  23-05-2017 17:36
  Spacewalking astronauts have successfully completed urgent repairs at the International Space Station
  
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• Secondary Mirror of Extremely Large Telescope Successfully Cast

  23-05-2017 17:29 via scitechdaily.com
  
  SCHOTT at Mainz, Germany has completed the casting of the secondary mirror blank for ESO’s Extremely Large Telescope (ELT). The completed mirror will be 4.2...
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• Common artificial sweetener likely a safe, effective birth control and pesticide

  23-05-2017 17:11
  
  Because of its quick lethality to freshly hatched flies and the ability to halt egg production, the artificial sweetener behind Truvia could be a potent but safe pesticide, according to a new study by Drexel University researchers.
  
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• Cassini Sees the Slim Crescent of Saturn’s Moon Enceladus

  23-05-2017 17:10 via scitechdaily.com
  
  This newly released image from the Cassini Spacecraft shows the low angle of sunlight along the slim crescent of Saturn’s moon Enceladus, highlighting the many...
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• Fall calving season may yield higher returns for southeastern beef producers

  23-05-2017 17:08
  
  The vast majority of cow-calf producers in Tennessee and the Southeast using a defined calving season have long favored spring calving; however, researchers at the University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture have evaluated the risk and returns for a fall calving season, proving once again that timing is everything.
  
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• School choice policies may impact segregation and diversity of public schools

  23-05-2017 17:07
  
  Despite decades of educational reform and legal efforts, many U.S. schools are experiencing increasing segregation, with 16 percent of public schools serving both minority and high poverty students. A Supreme Court decision a decade ago eliminated the use of certain types of district policies that had been voluntarily adopted by some school districts to address rising segregation. Now, a Penn State researcher is looking at how student assignment policies may be impacting the diversity of public
  
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• NASA scientist parlays experience to build ocean worlds instrument

  23-05-2017 17:05
  
  An instrument originally developed to search for organic molecules on Mars is being repurposed to potentially hunt for life on a handful of moons in the outer solar system that appear to host oceans, geysers and vents of ice volcanoes.
  
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• Video: Should you pee on a jellyfish sting?

  23-05-2017 16:35
  
  Sure, jellyfish look pretty serene, but we all know the evils that come from a run-in with those tentacles.
  
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• Research decoding the first deep-sea mussel genome published

  23-05-2017 16:32
  
  A joint research led by Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) and the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) has assembled the 1.64 gigabytes genome of a deep-sea mussel, which is roughly equivalent to 50% of the size of human genome. This is the first decoded genome among all deep-sea macrobenthic animals, revealing a complete set of DNA. The discovery gives wider insights into future research on the mechanisms of symbiosis in other marine organisms such as giant tubeworms and gia
  
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• Tracking down the scent of recycled plastic

  23-05-2017 16:31
  
  Recycling plastic has an important role in sustainable manufacturing. However, there are still barriers to using recycled plastic not only because of its material and processing properties but also because of its smell. A young researcher at Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) has now studied what causes recycled plastic to smell.
  
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• A CLOUD of possibilities: Finding new therapies by combining drugs

  23-05-2017 16:29
  
  The CeMM Library of Unique Drugs (CLOUD) is the first condensed set of FDA-approved drugs representing all clinical compounds. Its potential was shown in a combinatorial high throughput screen at the CeMM chemical screening platform, published in Nature Chemical Biology: by testing all CLOUD compounds in combination with each other, a pair of hitherto unrelated drugs proved to be highly effective against multiple prostate cancer cell lines known for their resistance to therapy.
  
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• Total synthesis of flueggenine C via an accelerated intermolecular Rauhut-Currier reaction

  23-05-2017 16:26
  
  The first total synthesis of dimeric securinega alkaloid (-)-flueggenine C was completed via an accelerated intermolecular Rauhut-Currier (RC) reaction. The research team led by Professor Sunkyu Han in the Department of Chemistry succeeded in synthesizing the natural product by reinventing the conventional RC reaction.
  
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• Do consent decrees adequately address police misconduct?

  23-05-2017 16:26
  
  In recent years, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) has forced reform in police departments through the consent decree process, in which departments have agreed to take specific actions without admitting fault or guilt.
  
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• Three new mini thorn snails described from Georgia (USA), Belize and Panama

  23-05-2017 16:23
  
  Although computer tomography (CT) is widely used in medicine, its application in micro snail identification is still at the pioneering stage.
  
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• What will happen to European criminal law after Brexit?

  23-05-2017 16:22
  
  Britain will not be able to select which sections of the European Union criminal law system it abides by, as was previously the case. This is according to Valsamis Mitsilegas of Queen Mary University of London in the UK, author of an article in Springer's journal Criminal Law Forum that assesses the future of European criminal law after Brexit. The article is part of a special issue that focuses on the legal, practical and operational ramifications that are part of Britain's decision to leave th
  
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