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• Grand jury indicts man in killing of runner in Massachusetts

  23-06-2017 23:42
  A man accused of killing a Google employee who went out for a run near her mother's Massachusetts home last summer has been indicted
  
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• Video of gaming Seattle officer discussing shooting removed

  23-06-2017 23:21
  
  After an online outcry, a Seattle Police Department video in which an officer playing a video game discussed the recent fatal police shooting of a pregnant mother has been removed from social media
  
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• Google to stop reading your Gmail to help sell ads

  23-06-2017 23:18
  
  Google is going to stop reading your Gmail in search of opportunities to sell ads
  
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• 'Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered' Standalone Release Has One Big Problem - Forbes

  23-06-2017 23:00 via forbes.com
  
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  'Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered' Standalone Release Has One Big Problem
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  Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered is finally getting a standalone release. The game drops on PS4 next Tuesday for $39.99. That's not a huge surprise. The standalone release was leaked as recently as last week. The game lands on June 27th, ...
  Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered Is Officially Coming As A Standalone GameCinema Blend
  'Modern Warfare Remastered' heads to PS4 without the bun
  
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• Fire near Utah ski resort burns 13 homes after evacuations

  23-06-2017 22:42
  
  A wildfire near a southern Utah ski town has doubled in size for the second night in a row and burned a total of 13 homes
  
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• NASA dismisses Goop-promoted $120 healing stickers - SFGate

  23-06-2017 22:16 via sfgate.com
  
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  NASA dismisses Goop-promoted $120 healing stickers
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  Gwyneth Paltrow, actress & founder of Goop, speaks onstage at the 3rd Annual Airbnb Open Spotlight at the Los Angeles Theatre on November 19, 2016 in Los Angeles, California. Photo: JB Lacroix/WireImage. Image 2 of 33. Which of the widely held "facts" ...
  Gwyneth Paltrow's Goop stickers aren't made with NASA materialsPulse Headlinesall 91 news articles »
  
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• The future of the Air Force is fighter pilots leading drone swarms into battle

  23-06-2017 22:07
  
  MilitaryCheap, unmanned wingmen could add punch and protection to fighter formations.
  A relatively inexpensive unmanned drone could change how the air force fights its wars…
  
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• Recycled Falcon 9 rocket survives one of SpaceX's most challenging landings yet

  23-06-2017 21:46
  
  SpaceChallenge accepted.
  Today's rocket booster came down hard, but otherwise it was a successful landing.
  
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• The Latest: Work underway to move massive Idaho sequoia

  23-06-2017 21:42
  
  Workers in Idaho are preparing to inflate rolling tubes beneath a massive sequoia that grew from a seed sent by naturalist John Muir
  
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• Why Morse code is actually a really weird way to communicate

  23-06-2017 21:30
  
  EntertainmentAn excerpt from Your Brain is a Time Machine.
  Why is time so important to Morse code? Read on.
  
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• Sex Sells? No, It Doesn't

  23-06-2017 20:41 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Chiseled abs and bikinis can sell just about anything, right? According to the minds behind those Carl’s Jr. ads—and countless others—you’d think that’d be true.This idea that “sex sells” has hung around for more than a century, and by this point it’s almost accepted as a doctrine. And those are exactly the types of claims researchers love putting to the test.John Wirtz, an advertising professor at the University of Illinois, conducted a meta-analy
  
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• #PopSciLovesNature and so do you

  23-06-2017 20:27
  
  EnvironmentWe asked you to show us your best nature photos, and you delivered! Here are some of our faves.
  Beautiful nature photos taken by you, our dear readers. Use #PopSciLovesNature to get yours added to the list.
  
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• Google will stop scanning your Gmail messages to sell targeted ads - The Verge

  23-06-2017 19:30 via theverge.com
  
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  Google will stop scanning your Gmail messages to sell targeted ads
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  Google will stop its long-standing practice of scanning the contents of individual Gmail users for advertising purposes, the company announced in a blog post today. The practice, something Google has done nearly since the launch of its email service ...
  Google Will No Longer Scan Gmail for Ad TargetingNew York Times
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• Kansas jury awards $218M to farmers in Syngenta GMO suit

  23-06-2017 19:24
  
  A Kansas federal jury awarded nearly $218 million on Friday to farmers who sued Swiss agribusiness giant Syngenta over its introduction of a genetically engineered corn seed variety.
  
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• Bid for environmental rights pact to kick off in Paris

  23-06-2017 19:24
  
  Politicians, legal experts and activists will launch a campaign in Paris on Saturday for a global pact to protect the human right to a clean, healthy environment.
  
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• Bioengineers create more durable, versatile wearable for diabetes monitoring

  23-06-2017 19:21
  
  Researchers at The University of Texas at Dallas are getting more out of the sweat they've put into their work on a wearable diagnostic tool that measures three diabetes-related compounds in microscopic amounts of perspiration.
  
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• Don’t get too hyped about 'Planet 10' just yet

  23-06-2017 19:20
  
  SpaceAnother day, another hypothetical object on the outskirts of the solar system.
  Something weird is going on out there, but scientists can't say for sure that it's a hidden planet. Read on.
  
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• CHESS mission will check out the space between stars

  23-06-2017 19:20
  
  Deep in space between distant stars, space is not empty. Instead, there drifts vast clouds of neutral atoms and molecules, as well as charged plasma particles called the interstellar medium—that may, over millions of years, evolve into new stars and even planets. These floating interstellar reservoirs are the focus of the NASA-funded CHESS sounding rocket mission, which will check out the earliest stages of star formation.
  
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• Team launches 'comb and copter' system to map atmospheric gases

  23-06-2017 19:19
  
  Researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University of Colorado Boulder have demonstrated a new mobile, ground-based system that could scan and map atmospheric gas plumes over kilometer distances.
  
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• Forget The Sharks: How 47 Meters Down Fails Dive Science

  23-06-2017 19:12 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  This is a guest post by Jake Buehler, who just so happens to be an AAUS certified scientific diver as well as a science writer based in the Seattle area. He blogs over at Sh*t You Didn’t Know About Biology, which is full of his "unrepentantly celebratory insights into life on Earth’s under-appreciated, under-acknowledged, and utterly amazing stories."Summer is finally here in the Northern Hemisphere. The days are long, the weather is warm, and the water is in
  
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• Fungal toxins easily become airborne, creating potential indoor health risk

  23-06-2017 19:00
  
  Toxins produced by three different species of fungus growing indoors on wallpaper may become aerosolized, and easily inhaled. The findings, which likely have implications for "sick building syndrome," were published in Applied and Environmental Microbiology, a journal of the American Society for Microbiology.
  
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• NASA’s Juno Spacecraft Views Jupiter’s Bands of Clouds

  23-06-2017 18:17 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Using data from the JunoCam imager on NASA’s Juno Spacecraft, citizen scientists Gerald Eichstädt and Seán Doran created this enhanced-color image of Jupiter’s bands of...
  The post NASA’s Juno Spacecraft Views Jupiter’s Bands of Clouds appeared first on SciTech Daily.
  
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• These bamboo bed sheets reach new levels of softness

  23-06-2017 18:00
  
  Sponsored PostSave 40 percent off a luxurious set of natural yarns that stay soft and wrinkle-free.
  40 percent off bamboo bedsheets. Read on.
  
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• Finding NASA's Curiosity rover, art-attacking microbes, and other amazing images of the week

  23-06-2017 18:00
  
  ScienceNewsworthy eye candy
  Our favorite images from this week in science, health, and environmental news. Read on.
  
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• German parties salvage vote on social media hate posts bill

  23-06-2017 17:40
  
  Germany's governing parties have cleared the way for parliament to vote on legislation designed to get illegal content such as hate speech or defamatory fake news removed quickly from social networking sites.
  
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• Massive, 'Dead' Galaxy Puzzles Astronomers

  23-06-2017 17:38 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Objects in the distant universe appear small and difficult to see – unless they’re sitting behind a cosmic magnifying glass.That’s exactly the case for MACS 2129-1, a galaxy lensed by a massive foreground galaxy cluster. Using the Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have managed to catch a glimpse of this unusual object, which appears to be an old, “dead” galaxy that’s already stopped making new stars just a few billion years after the Big Bang. Not only is th
  
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• Total solar eclipse 1st in 99 years to sweep width of US

  23-06-2017 17:30
  
  This August, the U.S. will experience its first coast-to-coast total solar eclipse in 99 years.
  
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• Astronomers Uncover Origins of the Sun’s Swirling Spicules

  23-06-2017 17:29 via scitechdaily.com
  
  For the first time, a computer simulation shows how solar material burst from the sun’s surface form, helping astronomers understand how these spicules can break...
  The post Astronomers Uncover Origins of the Sun’s Swirling Spicules appeared first on SciTech Daily.
  
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• Self-folding origami: Chemical programming allows Nafion sheets to fold and refold

  23-06-2017 17:15
  
  Plastic with a thousand faces: A single piece of Nafion foil makes it possible to produce a broad palette of complex 3D structures. In the journal Angewandte Chemie, researchers describe how they use simple chemical "programming" to induce the foil to fold itself using origami and kirigami principles. These folds can be repeatedly "erased" and the foil can be "reprogrammed".
  
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• Founder of Russian messaging app defies official ultimatum

  23-06-2017 17:15
  
  The founder of a Russian encrypted messaging app is defying the government's request to provide information about his company.
  
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• Is it okay for children to count on their fingers?

  23-06-2017 17:12
  
  Is it OK for children to count on their fingers? Generations of pupils have been discouraged by their teachers from using their hands when learning maths. But a new research article, published in Frontiers in Education shows using fingers may be a much more important part of maths learning than previously thought.
  
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• Discovery of a new mechanism involved in the migration of cancer cells

  23-06-2017 17:11
  
  A team of young French researchers has discovered a new mechanism which facilitates cell migration. On the surface of its membrane, the cell develops multiple small hooks which help it to attach to fibers outside the cell and move along them. This action helps us to understand better how a cell escapes from the tumor mass and moves around the body to form a new focus.
  
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• Turtle go-slow zone extensions needed

  23-06-2017 17:03
  
  James Cook University marine scientists are calling for an extension of go-slow zones in turtle habitats to reduce boat strikes on the threatened creatures.
  
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• Researchers develop mathematical method for defining electoral districts

  23-06-2017 17:02
  
  For democratic elections to be fair, voting districts must have similar sizes. When populations shift, districts need to be redistributed - a complex and, in many countries, controversial task when political parties attempt to influence redistricting. Mathematicians at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have now developed a method that allows the efficient calculation of optimally sized voting districts.
  
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• Fin24.com | Naspers positive growth bolstered by Tencent investment

  23-06-2017 17:02
  
  Naspers produced positive results for the year ending 31 March 2017, with a 41% growth, spurred by strong earnings from Chinese money spinner Tencent.
  
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• How to beach-proof your phone

  23-06-2017 17:00
  
  DIYProtect it from sun, sand, and seawater.
  Heat, sand, and water can destroy electronics. But that doesn't mean you have to leave your phone home when you visit the beach. Just take these precautions.
  
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• Dune ecosystem modelling

  23-06-2017 17:00
  
  Acacia longifolia, which is native to Australia, is a species which was cultivated in Portugal primarily to stabilize dunes and as an ornamental plant; now it has spread out uncontrollably in Portugal and into many ecosystems around the world. This has varying effects on native species. Because of a symbiosis with bacteria at its roots, Acacia longifolia can use atmospheric nitrogen from the air; it also grows fast and produces a lot of biomass. This means it adds nitrogen to the otherwise low-n
  
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• Sweet bribes for ants are key to crops bearing fruit, study shows

  23-06-2017 16:59
  
  Flowering crops such as beans and cotton offer their sweetest nectar to recruit colonising ants in a strategy that balances their need for defence and to reproduce, research suggests.
  
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• Equipping form with function

  23-06-2017 16:57
  
  Common toys such as steerable cars or waving wind-up figures are available as 3D-printable models, which also contain their mechanical components. However, these mechanical structures are optimized to fit exactly one particular shape of the toy. If designers want to reuse such a mechanism with different shapes, the necessary manual adjustments to the individual components are often unmanageable for non-experts, in addition to being extremely tedious. Scientists at the Institute of Science and Te
  
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• Does dark matter annihilate quicker in the Milky Way?

  23-06-2017 16:54
  
  Researchers at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research in Mumbai have proposed a theory that predicts how dark matter may be annihilating much more rapidly in the Milky Way, than in smaller or larger galaxies and the early Universe.
  
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• New research reveals impact of seismic surveys on zooplankton

  23-06-2017 16:52
  
  Marine seismic surveys used in petroleum exploration could cause a two to three-fold increase in mortality of adult and larval zooplankton, new research published in leading science journal Nature Ecology and Evolution has found.
  
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• Protein mingling under blue light

  23-06-2017 15:30
  
  One of the current challenges in biology is to understand rapidly-changing phenomena. Interestingly, only a small fraction of them is due to proteins acting in isolation, the majority of biological events are regulated by proteins acting together in clusters. Researchers at the Center for Cognition and Sociality, within the Institute for Basic Science (IBS), have developed a new tool, called "CRY2clust", to trigger protein cluster formation in response to blue light. This new technique has a muc
  
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• Magnetic nanoknots evoke Lord Kelvin's vortex theory of atoms

  23-06-2017 15:30
  
  (Phys.org)—In the late 1800s when scientists were still trying to figure out what exactly atoms are, one of the leading theories, proposed by Lord Kelvin, was that atoms are knots of swirling vortices in the aether. Although this idea turned out to be completely wrong, it ushered in modern knot theory, which today is used in various areas of science such as fluid dynamics, the structure of DNA, and the concept of chirality.
  
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• Researchers design sounds that can be recorded by microphones but inaudible to humans

  23-06-2017 15:25
  
  Microphones, from those in smartphones to hearing aids, are built specifically to hear the human voice—humans can't hear at levels higher than 20 kHz, and microphones max out at around 24 kHz, meaning that microphones only capture the sound we can hear with our ears.
  
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• Sun eruptions hit Earth like a 'sneeze', say scientists

  23-06-2017 15:19
  
  Long-term power cuts, destruction of electronic devices and increased cancer risk for aeroplane passengers are all potential effects of the Earth being hit by a powerful solar eruption.
  
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