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• Uber CEO Confirms He Is Taking Indeterminate Leave

  13-06-2017 23:59 via nbcnews.com
  
  Kalanick's leave comes after the death of his mother and an independent report released on company's handling of harassment claims.
  
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• Canadian oil hike puts Trudeau climate action in doubt

  13-06-2017 23:00
  
  Oil companies said Tuesday they planned to ramp up their output in Canada, throwing a wrench in Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's efforts to slash greenhouse gas emissions.
  
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• Garbage dumped in sea off Lebanon sparks outrage

  13-06-2017 22:50
  
  A "mountain of garbage" dumped at sea off Beirut under a deal between the government and a company has sparked outrage in Lebanon, two years after mass protests over a waste crisis.
  
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• 'Fintech' startup SoFi moving into traditional banking

  13-06-2017 22:48
  
  Online lender and financial startup SoFi has taken the first step toward competing with the nation's biggest banks on their home turf: the checking account.
  
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• Superconducting nanowire memory cell, miniaturized technology

  13-06-2017 22:47
  
  Developing a superconducting computer that would perform computations at high speed without heat dissipation has been the goal of several research and development initiatives since the 1950s. Such a computer would require a fraction of the energy current supercomputers consume, and would be many times faster and more powerful. Despite promising advances in this direction over the last 65 years, substantial obstacles remain, including in developing miniaturized low-dissipation memory.
  
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• People 'phone snubbed' by others often turn to phones, social media for acceptance

  13-06-2017 22:43
  
  People who are phone snubbed - or "phubbed" - by others are, themselves, often turning to their smartphones and social media to find acceptance, according to new research from Baylor University's Hankamer School of Business.
  
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• Fin24.com | Uber CEO Kalanick takes leave of absence

  13-06-2017 22:20
  
  Uber CEO Travis Kalanick is reportedly taking a leave of absence from his post to grieve the loss of his mother, an email distributed among company employees said.
  
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• Coral reefs show signs of climate stress, but there's still hope

  13-06-2017 22:00
  
  From Our Blogs: Nexus Media News They show signs of stress, but also resilience.
  The diverse ecosystems that comprise coral reefs are suffering worldwide as a result of climate change, overfishing and pollution. Read on.
  
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• Flatworm Travels to Space With One Head, Comes Back With Two

  13-06-2017 21:57 via feedproxy.google.com
  Researchers have been sending animals to space for decades, and the growing roster includes everything from dogs and monkeys to scorpions and jellyfish. But a more recent animal space traveler returned to Earth with something never before seen: an extra head.The newly bi-cranial creature is a flatworm of the species Dugesia japonica, one of 15 flown above the International Space Station for five weeks by Tufts University researchers. The flatworms were cut in half before bein
  
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• Scientists may have found a way to tan skin without damaging it

  13-06-2017 21:49
  
  HealthAt least on skin samples in a lab.
  Researchers identified a small molecule that successfully darkens skin without exposure to UV radiation from the sun. Read on.
  
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• More diversity, less booze: Key changes recommended to Uber

  13-06-2017 21:40
  
  After allegations of sexual harassment and a toxic workplace from a former employee, Uber hired former Attorney General Eric Holder and his law firm to and come up with recommendations for changes
  
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• Researchers discover new structures in bacteria, seek to determine function

  13-06-2017 21:28
  
  Using high magnification imaging, a team of researchers has identified several never before seen structures on bacteria that represent molecular machinery. The research is published this week in the Journal of Bacteriology, published by the American Society for Microbiology.
  
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• Alien Life Could Easily Planet Hop in This Tantalizing Solar System

  13-06-2017 21:19 via feedproxy.google.com
  If we detect alien life on a planet in the TRAPPIST solar system, there’s a chance they’ve already spread to one or more of the other six planets orbiting this ultra-cool, ultra-tiny star some 40 light-years away.In May 2016, scientists made headlines when they discovered three, Earth-size, rocky planets (in February scientists announced they found four more) orbiting a red dwarf star that’s roughly the size of Jupiter. Planets in this system huddle around their home star in ti
  
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• Who's Going to Run Uber?

  13-06-2017 21:01 via nbcnews.com
  
  Uber CEO Travis Kalanick announced that he is taking time away from the company to grieve for his late mother.
  
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• 'Green police' to battle Tunisia trash scourge

  13-06-2017 21:00
  
  Tunisia on Tuesday launched a special "green police" unit aimed at dealing with the proliferation of waste, a scourge that has worsened dramatically since the 2011 revolution.
  
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• GM raises output of self-driving Bolts, boosts test fleet

  13-06-2017 20:48
  
  General Motors says it has built 130 self-driving Chevrolet Bolts to join its test fleet
  
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• Historic shipwreck discovered off Southern California coast

  13-06-2017 20:30
  
  Researchers have discovered the underwater wreck of a U.S. Coast Guard ship that first set out to sea during the Spanish-American War and sunk off the coast of Southern California 100 years ago, officials said.
  
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• A seaweed derivative could be just what lithium-sulfur batteries need

  13-06-2017 20:26
  
  Lithium-sulfur batteries have great potential as a low-cost, high-energy, energy source for both vehicle and grid applications. However, they suffer from significant capacity fading. Now scientists from the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have made a surprising discovery that could fix this problem.
  
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• Noninvasive Deep Brain Stimulation - Has Neuroscience's Holy Grail Been Found?

  13-06-2017 20:25 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A high-profile paper in Cell reports on a new brain stimulation method that's got many neuroscientists excited. The new technique, called temporal interference (TI) stimulation, is said to be able to reach structures deep inside the brain, using nothing more than scalp electrodes.Currently, the only way to stimulate deep brain structures is by implanting electrodes (wires) into the brain - which is an expensive and potentially dangerous surgical procedure. TI promises to make deep brain sti
  
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• New window improves the view of science on orbiting laboratory

  13-06-2017 20:25
  
  One of the busiest work stations on the International Space Station got a major upgrade recently, and it already has saved dozens of hours on a variety of experiments for crew members aboard the orbiting laboratory.
  
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• Magnets, all the way down!

  13-06-2017 20:25
  
  In many ways, magnets are still mysterious. They get their (often powerful) effects from the microscopic interactions of individual electrons, and from the interplay between their collective behavior at different scales. But if you can't move these electrons around to study how factors like symmetry impact the larger-scale magnetic effects, what can you do instead?
  
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• NASA's Aqua satellite sees Tropical Depression Calvin soak Mexico

  13-06-2017 19:30
  
  Tropical Depression 3E briefly strengthened into a tropical storm and was renamed Calvin before it made landfall in southwestern Mexico. NASA's Aqua satellite captured a look at the depression just prior to its classification as a tropical storm.
  
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• VLA gives new insight into galaxy cluster's spectacular 'mini-halo'

  13-06-2017 19:23
  
  Astronomers using the National Science Foundation's Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA) have discovered new details that are helping them decipher the mystery of how giant radio-emitting structures are formed at the center of a cluster of galaxies.
  
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• Researcher sheds light on life of lesbians in Nazi Germany

  13-06-2017 19:21
  
  Lesbians may have enjoyed limited toleration during the Nazi regime in Germany, according to new Stanford research.
  
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• Small scale, big improvements

  13-06-2017 19:11
  
  Methods to improve water purification or build better batteries are problems that have challenged scientists for decades. Advances have inched forward, but rising demand moves the finish line further and further away.
  
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• Partial skeleton reveals primate ancestors dwelled in trees

  13-06-2017 19:11
  A 62-million- year-old partial skeleton discovered in New Mexico confirms that early primateancestors preferred to dwell in trees.
  
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• What drives hacktivism? Weighing the payoffs against the risks

  13-06-2017 19:10
  
  A new study examining factors that contribute to the likelihood of a hacktivist carrying out an attack showed, unexpectedly, that the payoffs are the main predictor, not the risks involved. The study, which also considered the potential effects of sex differences and peer hacking activity on hacktivism, is published in Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, a peer-reviewed journal from Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers.
  
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• 2.2 billion people are overweight and sick, but we’re still measuring them by a terrible metric

  13-06-2017 19:08
  
  HealthWe could save lives by getting rid of BMI.
  We’re so used to thinking about obesity in terms of BMI that it’s difficult to view it any other way. But it's actually a terrible measure of health.
  
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• Travelers are terrified by bed bugs—but can’t spot one in a lineup

  13-06-2017 18:49
  
  ScienceYou probably wouldn’t know one if you saw one.
  Study finds American travelers really don’t like bedbugs—but also don’t know what a bedbug looks like. Read on.
  
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• Apple sees autonomous cars as 'core' technology

  13-06-2017 18:40
  
  Apple views autonomous driving systems as a "core technology" for the future, chief executive Tim Cook said in an interview aired Tuesday.
  
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• When the rubber hits the road: Recycled tires create stronger concrete

  13-06-2017 18:30
  
  UBC engineers have developed a more resilient type of concrete using recycled tires that could be used for concrete structures like buildings, roads, dams and bridges while reducing landfill waste.
  
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• Charred flowers and the fossil record

  13-06-2017 18:30
  
  One of the main types of fossil used to understand the first flowering plants (angiosperms) are charred flowers. These charcoals were produced in ancient wildfires, and they provide some evidence for the types of plants that grew millions of years ago. However, when fires burn they not only produce charcoal, but they also destroy it.
  
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• Is Palmer amaranth developing traits that make it harder to control?

  13-06-2017 18:25
  
  Palmer amaranth is widely considered to be one of the most damaging and difficult to control agricultural weeds in North America. A lot of time and attention has been devoted to herbicide-resistant Palmer amaranth and the significant yield losses it can produce. Research featured in the journal Weed Science, though, shows other "life history" traits may be contributing to crop losses by making Palmer amaranth more aggressive and difficult to control.
  
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• Researchers show how a cancer gene protects genome organization

  13-06-2017 18:22
  
  UNC School of Medicine researchers have cracked a long-standing mystery about an important enzyme found in virtually all organisms other than bacteria. The basic science finding may have implications for understanding cancer development and how to halt it.
  
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  13-06-2017 18:00
  
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• MIT Engineers Develop Programmable Nanophotonic Processor

  13-06-2017 17:54 via scitechdaily.com
  
  A team of engineers propose a new architecture for a fully optical neural network that, in principle, could offer an enhancement in computational speed and...
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• Marissa Mayer Leaves Yahoo With a Golden Parachute After Merger

  13-06-2017 17:54 via nbcnews.com
  
  Mayer, who served as Yahoo's CEO for nearly five years, is said to be receiving a $23 million golden parachute.
  
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• WebKnossos: An Annotation Tool for 3D Electron Microscopic Data

  13-06-2017 17:50 via scitechdaily.com
  Researchers have developed reconstruction software that allows them to fly through the brain tissue at unprecedented speed, gaining an about 10-fold speedup for data analysis...
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• Yahoo signs off, completes sale to Verizon

  13-06-2017 17:37
  
  Internet pioneer Yahoo ended its two-decade run as an independent company on Tuesday, completing the sale of its core online assets to telecom giant Verizon.
  
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• Romania to ban wild animals in circuses

  13-06-2017 17:37
  
  Tigers, lions, bears and other wild animals will be banned from circuses in Romania after the country's parliament passed a bill on Tuesday in a movewelcomed by animal rights groups.
  
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• DHS chief hints laptop ban may not be extended right now

  13-06-2017 17:37
  
  It may not be necessary to expand a ban on laptops and other large electronics in the cabins of many international flights into the United States right now, Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly said Tuesday.
  
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• Taking the guesswork out of forensic analysis of fingermarks

  13-06-2017 17:35
  
  Researchers in the Louisiana State University Department of Chemistry including postdoctoral researcher Fabrizio Donnarumma, former undergraduate researcher and current LSU alumus Eden E. Camp, graduate student Fan Cao and Roy Paul Daniels Professor of Chemistry Kermit K. Murray have developed an infrared laser ablation and vacuum capture system for fingermark sampling that takes the mystery out of the process of identifying the chemical compositions of fingermarks at a crime scene. They've desc
  
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• Scientists discover more effective, and potentially safer, crystallized form of DDT

  13-06-2017 17:33
  
  A team of scientists has discovered a new crystal form of DDT that is more effective against insects than the existing one. Its research, which appears in the journal Angewandte Chemie, points to the possibility of developing a new version of solid DDT—a pesticide that has historically been linked to human-health afflictions and environmental degradation—that can be administered in smaller amounts while reducing environmental impact.
  
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• Research effort creates new alloys, phase diagram

  13-06-2017 17:33
  
  A multi-institutional team led by the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) discovered a way to create new alloys that could form the basis of next-generation semiconductors.
  
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• Scientists solve a mystery in cellular 'droplet' organelles

  13-06-2017 17:31
  
  Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have solved a cellular mystery that may have important implications for fundamental biology and diseases like ALS. Their new research suggests that RNA may be the secret ingredient that helps cells to assemble, organize internal architecture, and ultimately dissolve dynamic droplet-like compartments.
  
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• Astronomers Reveal That Jupiter is the Oldest Planet in Our Solar System

  13-06-2017 17:23 via scitechdaily.com
  
  New research from the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory reveals that Jupiter is the oldest planet in our solar system. By looking at tungsten and molybdenum...
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• Shark sightings on the rise? What you need to know

  13-06-2017 17:15
  Reports of violent shark attacks have been more prevalent than in years past. Horrifying accounts of legs and arms being torn off by sharks have reestablished the Jaws mentality.
  
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• Moment of truth at Uber as internal probe results to be released

  13-06-2017 17:12
  
  Uber was to release results Tuesday of an internal investigation into misconduct and ethics, setting the stage for reforms at the ridesharing giant known for its no-holds-barred style of management.
  
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• NASA’s Cassini Spacecraft Views Iapetus

  13-06-2017 17:10 via scitechdaily.com
  
  This newly released Cassini image shows Iapetus, the third-largest natural satellite of Saturn. Iapetus is a world of contrast, with light and dark regions fitting...
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• Media Microaggressions against Female Olympic Athletes Up 40 percent

  13-06-2017 17:09
  
  Female athletes long have experienced microaggressions from the media and the public, such as racism, sexism, the belittling of athletic accomplishments and being the brunt of sexual jokes. Now, researchers at the University of Missouri School of Journalism have found that microaggressions against female athletes in the media increased by nearly 40 percent from the 2012 Summer Olympic Games to the 2016 Summer Olympic Games. Cynthia Frisby, an associate professor of strategic communication at Miz
  
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