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• Review: ‘Outrageous Acts of Danger’ Makes Science Life-Threatening

  20-06-2017 23:59 via nytimes.com
  
  A new Science Channel series puts physics to the test in perilous fashion.
  
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• Phoenix is too hot for planes to takeoff

  20-06-2017 23:57
  
  AviationHigh temperatures mean thin air, which makes getting airplanes off the ground tricky
  Phoenix is too hot for some planes to take off.
  
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• Phoenix is too hot for planes to take off

  20-06-2017 23:57
  
  AviationHigh temperatures mean thin air, which makes getting airplanes off the ground tricky
  Phoenix is too hot for some planes to take off.
  
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• Don't believe our planet is warming up? Look at this.

  20-06-2017 23:01
  
  EnvironmentYes, it's happening.
  Here we see the number of years per decade that had above-average temperatures—and how many of those years rose a half, or even a whole, degree above the norm. Read on.
  
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• Oil giants endorse carbon tax after Trump's Paris exit

  20-06-2017 22:26
  
  Major oil producers, including for the first time ExxonMobil, expressed support on Tuesday for a new US carbon tax, which could help cut emissions despite President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw from the Paris Agreement.
  
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• When customers forget their passwords, business suffers

  20-06-2017 22:20
  
  A lot of money goes unspent in the online world for a simple reason: Shoppers can't remember their passwords.
  
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• Persistent, Deadly Heat at the Equator Could Be the Norm by 2100

  20-06-2017 22:09 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Tuesday in Phoenix, Arizona, the temperature kept some planes grounded.Phoenix was projected to reach of 120 degrees Fahrenheit, a near-record for the desert city, and hot enough that small planes cannot generate enough lift to fly. Phoenix and other cities have experienced similar conditions before, but only rarely—for now. The grounded passengers got to sit inside an air-conditioned terminal, at least. But in other parts of the world where temperatures are set to soar regularly above 1
  
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• Einstein letters on God, Israel and physics fetch $210,000

  20-06-2017 21:55
  
  Letters written by Albert Einstein about God, Israel and physics fetched nearly $210,000 at a Jerusalem auction Tuesday, with the highest bid going to a missive about God's creation of the world.
  
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• Small variations in breeding pools make for big differences in Yosemite toad use

  20-06-2017 21:43
  
  The Yosemite toad (Anaxyrus canorus) is a rare species found exclusively in California's Sierra Nevada. While its range encompasses hundreds of miles, spanning five national forests and two national parks, the livelihood and future survival of this federally threatened species may come down to mere centimeters.
  
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• Science Says: Why some airplanes don't fly in high heat

  20-06-2017 21:43
  
  When it comes to getting airplanes off the ground in broiling weather, it's not the heat or the humidity. It's the air density.
  
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• Signs of past California 'mega-quakes' show danger of the Big One on San Andreas Fault

  20-06-2017 21:40
  
  As Interstate 10 snakes through the mountains and toward the golf courses, housing tracts and resorts of the Coachella Valley, it crosses the dusty slopes of the San Gorgonio Pass.
  
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• Meet What's-His-Name, the Apollo Astronaut You've Never Heard Of

  20-06-2017 21:33 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  There are some astronauts we know a lot about, or at least whose names are familiar, like Neil or Buzz (as in Armstrong and Aldrin, the first men on the Moon). More nerdy space fans will also recognize the names Gene and Pete (as is Cernan and Conrad). But what about Donn, is Eisele? Donn Eisele — whose last name is pronounced Eyes-lee, not Eye-zell — is a fascinating character who flew on the first Apollo mission but most people have never heard of him.
  Like all his peers, because N
  
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• Amazon.com once sold only books; now the retail giant markets everything

  20-06-2017 21:30
  
  When Jeff Bezos first launched Amazon.com in 1994, he gave himself a 30 percent chance of success - slightly better than the 1 in 10 odds for internet startups.
  
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• Uber allows riders to tip drivers via app, matching Lyft

  20-06-2017 21:20
  
  Uber is enabling passengers to tip its U.S. drivers with a tap on its ride-hailing app for the first time, part of a push to recast itself as a company with a conscience and a heart.
  
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• Uber adds option to tip drivers as it heads in new direction

  20-06-2017 21:20
  
  Uber is enabling passengers to tip its U.S. drivers with a tap on its ride-hailing app for the first time, part of a push to recast itself as a company with a conscience and a heart.
  
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• Vice Media to push global expansion with new funds

  20-06-2017 21:03
  
  Vice Media's latest capital infusion of $450 million will help accelerate its global expansion to some 80 markets by next year for the youth-focused media group.
  
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• Cheering 1st day of summer? Not in Phoenix when 120 expected

  20-06-2017 21:03
  
  The first day of summer was expected to bring some of the worst heat the Southwest U.S. has seen in years, forcing flights to be canceled, straining the power grid and making life miserable for workers toiling in temperatures that could reach 120 degrees in Phoenix.
  
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• Cheering 1st day of summer? Not in Phoenix as temps hit 119

  20-06-2017 21:03
  
  The first day of summer brought some of the worst heat the Southwest U.S. has seen in years, forcing flights to be canceled, straining the power grid and making life miserable for workers toiling in temperatures that reached 120 degrees or higher in some desert cities.
  
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• While trust is inherited, distrust is not: study

  20-06-2017 21:00
  
  Research has shown that how trusting a person is may depend, at least in part, on his or her genes. However, distrust does not appear to be inherited in the same way, according to a new study led by the University of Arizona.
  
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• People are apparently injecting themselves with other people's blood to get high now?

  20-06-2017 21:00
  
  HealthBecause we ran out of other terrible ideas.
  A man in Bucks County, PA was planning to inject himself with drug-laced blood, and no one understands why. Read on.
  
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• People are apparently injecting themselves with blood to get high now?

  20-06-2017 21:00
  
  HealthBecause we ran out of other terrible ideas.
  A man in Bucks County, PA was planning to inject himself with drug-laced blood, and no one understands why. Read on.
  
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• Star's birth may have triggered another star birth, astronomers say

  20-06-2017 20:59
  
  Astronomers using the National Science Foundation's Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA) have found new evidence suggesting that a jet of fast-moving material ejected from one young star may have triggered the formation of another, younger protostar.
  
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• When Did People Start Using Money?

  20-06-2017 20:49 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Sometimes you run across a grimy, tattered dollar bill that seems like it’s been around since the beginning of time. Assuredly it hasn’t, but the history of human beings using cash currency does go back a long time – 40,000 years.Scientists have tracked exchange and trade through the archaeological record, starting in Upper Paleolithic when groups of hunters traded for the best flint weapons and other tools. First, people bartered, making direct deals between two parties of des
  
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• Amazon Brings Prime To Your Clothing Closet

  20-06-2017 20:25 via nbcnews.com
  
  Amazon launches Prime Wardrobe to let Prime members try clothes on at home and return for free what they don't like.
  
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• Finding the perfect match: A new approach to battle drug-resistant bacteria

  20-06-2017 20:00
  
  Antibiotics were the wonder drug of the 20th century, but persistent use and over-prescription have opened the door that has allowed bacteria to evolve resistance. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than two million people in the United States develop bacterial infections that are resistant to multiple antibiotics every year.
  
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• NASA found a bunch more potentially habitable planets

  20-06-2017 19:45
  
  SpaceBut our days of massive exoplanet dumps may be numbered.
  The Kepler mission just yielded hundreds of new exoplanets—some very much like Earth—but these discoveries will probably slow down for awhile. Read on.
  
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• Kepler's Final Crop of Promising Exoplanet Discoveries

  20-06-2017 19:13 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The newest Kepler catalog draws out 219 new planetary candidates and infers that 10 of them may be habitable — doubling the number of planetary candidates in the habitable zone of their star. The Kepler catalog now stands at 2,335 confirmed planets and 4,034 strong candidates.This catalog marks the final results of the first Kepler mission, which stared at the same portion of the sky for three-and-a-half years before a busted reaction wheel forced NASA to pivot the mission to other forms
  
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• NASA examines potential tropical or sub-tropical storm affecting Gulf states

  20-06-2017 18:59
  
  NASA's Global Precipitation Measurement mission or GPM core satellite passed over a developing low pressure area in the Gulf of Mexico and gathered two days of rainfall and storm height information. The disturbance could become Tropical or Sub-tropical Storm Cindy in the next couple days.
  
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• Spectrin proteins spring into action to restore nucleus

  20-06-2017 18:58
  
  When you lift weights, carry heavy boxes, or engage in physical activity, the cells in your body stretch and deform to accommodate your movements. But how do your cells recover, or return to their original state, once you set down the weights, unpack those heavy boxes, or complete your workout?
  
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• Scientists to explore meltwater at Greenland Cold War camp

  20-06-2017 18:50
  
  Scientists in Denmark plan an expedition to Greenland's remote northwest to measure how fast ice is melting around a Cold War-era US military base, which risks leaking toxic waste into the environment.
  
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• Simple method measures how long bacteria can wait out antibiotics

  20-06-2017 18:38
  
  A growing number of pathogens are developing resistance to one or more antibiotics, threatening our ability to treat infectious diseases. According to a study published June 20th in Biophysical Journal, a simple new method for measuring the time it takes to kill a bacterial population could improve the ability of clinicians to effectively treat antimicrobial-tolerant strains that are on the path to becoming resistant.
  
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• Board game helps Mexican coffee farmers grasp complex ecological interactions

  20-06-2017 18:38
  
  A chess-like board game developed by University of Michigan researchers helps small-scale Mexican coffee farmers better understand the complex interactions between the insects and fungi that live on their plants—and how some of those creatures can help provide natural pest control.
  
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• Fighting a destructive crop disease with mathematics

  20-06-2017 18:37
  
  An international team of researchers has used mathematical modelling to understand new ways of combating maize lethal necrosis, an emerging disease that poses a serious threat to food security in sub-Saharan Africa.
  
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• Scientists warn of asteroid danger

  20-06-2017 18:30
  
  A leading astrophysicist from Queen's University Belfast has warned that an asteroid strike is just a matter of time.
  
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• Changing how solar power rolls

  20-06-2017 18:28
  
  Traditional solar panels used to power satellites can be bulky with heavy panels folded together using mechanical hinges. An experiment that recently arrived at the International Space Station will test a new solar array design that rolls up to form a compact cylinder for launch with significantly less mass and volume, potentially offering substantial cost savings as well as an increase in power for satellites.
  
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• This handsome, classic Withings Activité Steel activity tracker watch is now half price

  20-06-2017 18:00
  
  Sponsored PostThis smartwatch has a battery life of 8 months and works independently of your smartphone.
  The Withings Activité Steel activity tracker watch is now half price. This smartwatch has a battery life of 8 months and works independently of your smartphone. Read…
  
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• More people than ever are taking way too much vitamin D

  20-06-2017 18:00
  
  HealthYou might have a deficiency, but overdosing isn’t the answer.
  Vitamins seem like one of those things you can't have too much of—but not this one.
  
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• ESA boss urges action on 'ticking timebombs' in Earth orbit

  20-06-2017 17:58
  
  A European Space Agency director urged nations Tuesday to unlock concealed data on the whereabouts of hundreds of thousands of pieces of space junk, or "ticking time bombs" threatening spacecraft in Earth orbit.
  
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• Video: The chemistry of olive oil

  20-06-2017 17:57
  
  Whether you sop it up with bread or use it to boost your cooking, olive oil is awesome.
  
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• Scientists Discover Mussels and Sponges Thrive on Oil with the Help of Symbiont Bacteria

  20-06-2017 17:57 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology have discovered deep-sea animals living in symbiosis with bacteria that use oil as an energy source...
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• Delta adds facial recognition kiosks at Twin Cities airport

  20-06-2017 17:57
  
  Delta Air Lines says it is the first U.S. airline to use facial recognition technology to speed the process of checking baggage.
  
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• Apple seeks to void patent claims, fees in Qualcomm dispute

  20-06-2017 17:57
  
  Apple is seeking to void some of Qualcomm's patent claims and licensing agreements, intensifying its legal battle with the chip maker over the technology in iPhones and iPads.
  
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• RAND: 'Principal pipelines' to develop leaders may be affordable way to improve schools

  20-06-2017 17:56
  
  'Principal Pipelines' to Develop School Leaders May Be Affordable Way to Improve Schools, RAND Corporation Finds
  
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• Yale Researchers Show Sedative Combats Virus That Causes Birth Defects

  20-06-2017 17:55 via scitechdaily.com
  
  New research from Yale University reveals that a common sedative may help combat common viral infections that can cause birth defects in developing babies. The...
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• Making waves with the hot electrons within Earth's radiation belts

  20-06-2017 17:55
  
  Encircling the Earth, within its magnetosphere, are two concentric, doughnut-shaped radiation belts known as the Van Allen belts. The Van Allen belts swell and recede in response to incoming energy from the sun, sometimes billowing far enough to expose orbiting satellites and other spacecraft to damaging radiation that can disrupt electronic communications and navigation signals, as well as electric grids. These radiation belt electrons travel near the speed of light and emit and absorb waves th
  
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• Scientists turbocharge high-resolution, 3-D imaging

  20-06-2017 17:52
  
  You may not have heard of optical coherence tomography, or OCT. But if you've visited an ophthalmologist recently, chances are your eye came within an inch or two of a scanning device employing the technology. Tens of thousands of these devices are in place in doctors' offices, where they're widely used to check for eye diseases.
  
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• 8 new skills you can learn by watching YouTube

  20-06-2017 17:47
  
  DIYLet video be your guide.
  Press pause on the cat clips and music videos for a moment—because YouTube also streams tons of educational guides and tutorials.
  
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• City rats: Why scientists are not hot on their tails

  20-06-2017 17:39
  
  Researchers argue they need greater access to urban properties if they are to win the war against rats.
  
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• NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope Identifies 219 New Planet Candidates

  20-06-2017 17:36 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Astronomers have identified 219 new planet candidates, 10 of which are near-Earth size and orbiting in their star’s habitable zone. NASA’s Kepler space telescope team...
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• No evidence of gender bias in philosophy

  20-06-2017 17:34
  
  Despite being a male-dominated field, a recent study has found no evidence for gender bias against women in philosophy, in terms of securing tenure-track positions as college professors. Good news, but why aren't there more women in philosophy?
  
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