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• Spooky action at a record-breaking distance

  16-06-2017 23:36
  
  ScienceEntangled particles remain linked over 746 miles apart
  A Chinese satellite sent entangled photons to locations 746 miles apart—and the particles remained entangled over this record-breaking distance.
  
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• Australian Scientists Dredged the Deep Seafloor — Here's What they Found

  16-06-2017 22:11 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  In a dark world of crushing pressures and barren landscapes, creatures we've never seen before, and, likely, couldn't even imagine, are swimming.The ocean's abyssal zone begins over two miles beneath surface; it's so deep that light never touches it. What little we know about it comes from sediment dredged up from the seafloor and brief snapshots captured by remotely operated submarines. This makes it a gold mine for marine biologists, for whom each rare glimpse beneath the waves offers
  
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• Noiseless river 'bubble' taxi sails through Paris test

  16-06-2017 21:31
  
  An odd-looking electric boat taxi whose inventor believes it could be an eco-friendly transport solution for cities worldwide was put to the test in Paris for the first time Friday.
  
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• MAVEN's top 10 discoveries at Mars

  16-06-2017 21:30
  
  On June 17, NASA's MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution Mission) will celebrate 1,000 Earth days in orbit around the Red Planet. Since its launch in November 2013 and its orbit insertion in September 2014, MAVEN has been exploring the upper atmosphere of Mars. MAVEN is bringing insight to how the sun stripped Mars of most of its atmosphere, turning a planet once possibly habitable to microbial life into a barren desert world.
  
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• EU unveils plans to regulate drones by 2019

  16-06-2017 21:29
  
  The EU unveiled a blueprint to safely regulate drone traffic in Europe by 2019 in order to tap the growing commercial potential for unmanned aircraft technology.
  
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• Nickel for thought: Compound shows potential for high-temperature superconductivity

  16-06-2017 21:28
  
  A team of researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory has identified a nickel oxide compound as an unconventional but promising candidate material for high-temperature superconductivity.
  
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• Building a better alligator: Researchers develop advanced 3-D models of bite data

  16-06-2017 21:25
  
  The skulls of alligators protect their brains, eyes and sense organs while producing some of the most powerful bite forces in the animal kingdom. The ability to bite hard is critical for crocodilians to eat their food such as turtles, wildebeest and other large prey; therefore, their anatomy is closely studied by veterinarians and paleontologists who are interested in animal movements and anatomy. Now, researchers at the University of Missouri and the University of Southern Indiana have develope
  
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• Bangladesh's heavy rainfall examined with NASA's IMERG

  16-06-2017 21:25
  
  At least 156 people in Bangladesh were killed during the past week by landslides and floods caused by heavy rainfall. NASA calculated the amount of rain that has fallen using data from satellites.
  
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• Bendable, Stretchable Batteries Provide a Jump Start for Wearable Tech

  16-06-2017 21:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Incorporating electronic components into everything we wear is the fashion trend of the future. But those LEDs, health sensors, heaters and whatever else we’ll come up with all need energy. A battery is a logical solution, but it’s been difficult to design one that’s rugged and efficient, but also comfortable.However, in a study published today in Science Advances, a team from the University of California, Berkeley described a battery that perhaps satisfies all of those paramet
  
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• Hey Jeff Bezos, Do You Donate?

  16-06-2017 20:18 via nbcnews.com
  
  After the New York Times called out the Amazon CEO for not disclosing any philanthropy, Jeff Bezos asked Twitter for ideas.
  
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• Buying Whole Foods could complete an Amazon ecosystem a decade in the making

  16-06-2017 20:04
  
  TechnologyMaybe the Dash Wand was a good idea after all
  A day after rolling out seemingly frivolous hardware, Amazon's impending Whole Foods purchase may have tipped its hand about why.
  
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• American and Chinese aircraft could be flying 4,000 miles per hour by 2030

  16-06-2017 19:43
  
  From Our Blogs: Eastern Arsenal How China and the United States compare in the hypersonic arms race
  By the 2030s, the high skies could be filled with American and Chinese hypersonic aircraft flying at over 4,000 miles per hour. Read on.
  
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• Ex-Yahoo CEO Levinsohn says Jeff Bezos is likely eyeing media companies - CNBC

  16-06-2017 19:26
  
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  Ex-Yahoo CEO Levinsohn says Jeff Bezos is likely eyeing media companies
  CNBC
  Levinsohn says he wouldn't be surprised if Amazon makes a big run on acquisition in the media space. He also said no sector is safe from Amazon. Chantel McGee. Friday, 16 Jun 2017 | 1:26 PM ET CNBC.com. SHARES ...
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  Amazon offers 27 percent premium for Whole Foods MarketAustrian Tribune
  Amazon to Buy Whole Foods for $13.4
  
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• The Internet Is Flipping out Over Twitter's Redesign

  16-06-2017 19:18 via nbcnews.com
  
  Twitter unveiled a bubbly new look this week — but not everyone is into it.
  
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• A Texas-size chunk of Antarctica partially melted last year

  16-06-2017 19:02
  
  EnvironmentIt could be a sign of more damage to come.
  El Niño has given us a preview of West Antarctica’s future, and things do not look good.
  
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• Juno Spacecraft Views the Many Colors of Jupiter’s Clouds

  16-06-2017 18:24 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Taken on on May 19, 2017 by NASA’s Juno Spacecraft, this enhanced image reveals the many colors of Jupiter. NASA’s Juno Spacecraft was racing away...
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• New Aluminum Batteries Increase the Range of UUVs Tenfold

  16-06-2017 18:20 via scitechdaily.com
  
  New batteries that “drink” seawater could power long-range underwater vehicles, giving UUVs a tenfold increase in range over traditional lithium-ion batteries used for the same...
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• Astronomers Reveal Detailed Relationships Between Gas and Dust in Molecular Clouds

  16-06-2017 18:09 via scitechdaily.com
  
  New research on the molecular cloud complex in Orion-B reveals the detailed relationships between the gas and dust, and quantifies how the spatially varying intensities...
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• Education a top priority

  16-06-2017 18:06
  
  Almost 80 percent of respondents support more or even much more spending on education, whereas only 20 percent would support more spending on defense policy. In a number of countries, a majority of respondents is even willing to pay higher taxes in order to finance additional spending on education. The details of the study have been published as online pre-prints in the Journal of European Social Policy and the Journal of European Public Policy.
  
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• This eBook Bundle is the ultimate handbook for all current & future developers

  16-06-2017 18:00
  
  Sponsored PostGet nine ebooks on topics ranging from web development to software engineering.
  This eBook Bundle is the ultimate handbook for all current & future developers. Get nine ebooks on topics ranging from web development to software engineering. Read on.
  
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• The 21 best game trailers of E3 2017 - The Verge

  16-06-2017 18:00
  
  The Verge
  The 21 best game trailers of E3 2017
  The Verge
  Rejoice, for E3 is over for another year, and we can all take a breath. The world's biggest video games trade show brings such a flurry of news that it's hard to stop and take it in before you're whisked to the next keynote, the next conference, or the ...
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• A 99 million-year-old baby bird, Mario's high-flying odyssey, and other amazing images of the week

  16-06-2017 18:00
  
  ScienceNewsworthy eye candy
  From fossils to video-game sneak-peaks, a roundup of the most exciting images in science, space, and technology news. Read on.
  
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• Tuning a golf club's signature "thwack" sound costs millions

  16-06-2017 17:15
  
  TechnologyThe wrong timbre can make even a great stick seem terrible
  Players don't like golf clubs with bad acoustics, so manufacturers pull out all the stops engineering sweet sounding clubs.
  
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• Tech stocks trip away from highs, but few expect bigger drop

  16-06-2017 17:03
  Technology stocks just stumbled after reaching their highest levels in more than a decade
  
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• Mathematicians deliver formal proof of Kepler Conjecture

  16-06-2017 16:58
  
  A team led by mathematician Thomas Hales has delivered a formal proof of the Kepler Conjecture, which is the definitive resolution of a problem that had gone unsolved for more than 300 years. The paper is now available online through Forum of Mathematics, Pi, an open access journal published by Cambridge University Press. This paper not only settles a centuries-old mathematical problem, but is also a major advance in computer verification of complex mathematical proofs.
  
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• Amazon's Bezos asks for philanthropic ideas, gets plenty

  16-06-2017 16:20
  
  Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is asking for ideas to help the world through philanthropy—and is getting an earful.
  
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• Seven tips for shooting nature photos with your smartphone camera

  16-06-2017 16:19
  
  EnvironmentMake every day Nature Photography Day!
  A few quick tips to help you get the most out of your next nature photography adventure.
  
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• New approach to unlock the genetic potential of plant cell wall

  16-06-2017 16:12
  
  Researchers from the University of York and the Quadram Institute have unlocked the genetic secrets of plant cell walls, which could help improve the quality of plant-based foods.
  
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• Increase in ciguatera fish poisoning cases in Europe

  16-06-2017 16:12
  
  The substance ciguatoxin is only found in fish from tropical and subtropical seas. For some years now, cases of ciguatera have been reported with increasing frequency in Europe, in particular on the Spanish and Portuguese islands in the Atlantic but also in Germany. New information indicates that these toxins are increasingly prevalent in the Mediterranean. The global trade of imported fish is another reason for the increasing occurrence of ciguatoxin poisoning in Europe. "Fish should be a regul
  
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• Tech startups founded by women have twice the number of female employees, study says

  16-06-2017 16:00
  
  Startups with at least one female founder build companies where nearly half the staff are women, a study found.
  
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• Amazon buying Whole Foods, making strong move into groceries

  16-06-2017 15:52
  
  Online juggernaut Amazon is buying Whole Foods in a deal valued at about $13.7 billion, a strong move to expand its growing reach into groceries.
  
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• Amazon buying Whole Foods in bold move into brick and mortar

  16-06-2017 15:52
  
  Amazon is buying Whole Foods in a deal valued at about $13.7 billion, a stunning move into brick-and-mortar retail that sets the stage for more radical store experimentation and intensified competition with grocery rivals.
  
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• Google presence would be a boon for San Jose, but not everyone is impressed

  16-06-2017 15:50
  
  While San Jose city officials and property developers are over the moon about Google's quest to create a massive village of gleaming new tech offices and housing downtown, some local merchants fear the project could displace their shops and send them packing.
  
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• $1.2 million of pangolin scales seized in Malaysia

  16-06-2017 15:40
  
  A $1.2 million illegal shipment of scales from the critically endangered pangolin have been uncovered in Malaysia, officials said Friday, the second such seizure in a week.
  
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• Bacteria free themselves with molecular 'speargun'

  16-06-2017 15:30
  
  Many bacteria are armed with nano-spearguns, which they use to combat unwelcome competitors or knockout host cells. The pathogen responsible for tularemia, a highly virulent infectious disease, uses this weapon to escape from its prison in cells defending the host. Researchers from the Biozentrum of the University of Basel report on this bacterial strategy in the current issue ofNature Communications.
  
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• London fire may have destroyed DNA needed to ID victims

  16-06-2017 15:24
  
  The devastating fire that struck a high-rise tower in London may have been so powerful that it destroyed much of the DNA evidence needed to identify its victims.
  
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• The coupling relationship between urbanization and the eco-environment in urban agglomeration

  16-06-2017 15:23
  
  The Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei urban agglomeration will be constructed as one of the largest urban agglomerations in the period of the 13th national five-year plan, and it is also the strategic core region for implementing the outline of collaborative development of Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei provinces and promoting the coordinated development of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region. Recently, researches of CAS have revealed the local coupling and telecoupling relationship between urbanization and the ec
  
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• Scientists warn of seasonal increase of deadly rabbit disease

  16-06-2017 15:20
  
  Scientists at the University of Liverpool are using big data and text mining methods to create a warning system for a devastating disease in pet rabbits and sheep.
  
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• How Arizona plans its water use

  16-06-2017 15:10
  
  In the heat of June, before the monsoon arrives, thoughts turn to water and how we manage to live in a desert. In central Arizona, we know that much of the water comes from the Colorado River via the Central Arizona Project, or CAP, and we know that basinwide drought and overallocation are threatening that supply.
  
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• Two-headed porpoise pulled from the ocean in the North Sea

  16-06-2017 15:00
  
  A newly born two-headed porpoise has been documented by a group of Dutch fishermen and studied by a team of researchers from several institutions in the Netherlands. In their paper published in Deinsea—Online Journal of the Natural History Museum Rotterdam, the researchers report how the fishermen caught the porpoise, photographed it and then threw it back into the ocean.
  
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• Get up-close and personal with these incredible sharks

  16-06-2017 15:00
  
  AnimalsExcerpt: Shark
  Gaze in awe at some of the most incredible creatures on Earth: Sharks.
  
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• Augmented reality system to help medical professionals

  16-06-2017 15:00
  
  A mixed reality system which allows medical practitioners to view and interact with virtual replicas of patients' organs, bones or body parts is being developed by academics.
  
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• Can we predict political uprisings?

  16-06-2017 14:50
  
  Forecasting political unrest is a challenging task, especially in this era of post-truth and opinion polls.
  
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• Apple Hires Executives From Sony Pictures TV to Lead Push Into Original Programming - Mac Rumors

  16-06-2017 14:50
  
  Mac Rumors
  Apple Hires Executives From Sony Pictures TV to Lead Push Into Original Programming
  Mac Rumors
  Apple today announced that television executives Jamie Erlicht and Zack Van Amburg will be joining the company to help craft its new slate of original video programming. The two will lead Apple's video programming efforts on a worldwide scale and ...
  Apple hires two top Sony Television executives to lead original content production9to5Mac
  Apple Hires Sony Pictures TV Chiefs Jamie Erlicht, Z
  
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• India's wells are running dry, fast

  16-06-2017 14:40
  
  Over the past three years, the monsoon – the rainy season that runs from June through September, depending on the region – has been weak or delayed across much of India, causing widespread water shortages.
  
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• E. coli bacteria found in drinking water at US Open

  16-06-2017 14:39
  
  Health officials say E. coli bacteria have been found in a drinking water station at Erin Hills golf course where the U.S. Open is underway, but there have been no reports of illness.
  
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• Wind farms are hardly the bird slayers they're made out to be—here's why

  16-06-2017 14:30
  
  People who oppose wind farms often claim wind turbine blades kill large numbers of birds, often referring to them as "bird choppers". And claims of dangers to iconic or rare birds, especially raptors, have attracted a lot of attention.
  
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• Researchers send DNA on sequential building mission

  16-06-2017 14:30
  
  A team of scientists has developed a method to create structures whose building blocks are a millionth of a meter in size by encoding DNA with assembly instructions.
  
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