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• Vice president gets insider look at Kennedy Space Center

  06-07-2017 23:37
  
  Vice President Mike Pence tours NASA's Kennedy Space Center, addresses workers
  
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• Microsoft laying off thousands of workers in sales shakeup

  06-07-2017 23:28
  
  Microsoft is laying off thousands of employees in a shake-up aimed at selling more subscriptions to software applications that can be used on any internet-connected device
  
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• When butterfly male sex-bias flaps its wings

  06-07-2017 23:00
  
  In butterflies, sex is determined by chromosome differences between males and females. But unlike in humans with the familiar X and Y, in butterflies, it is the females that determine the sex of offspring.
  
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• 2nd pack of gray wolves spotted in Northern Calif.

  06-07-2017 22:45
  
  Wildlife officials say a female gray wolf and her mate have produced at least three pups this year in the wilds of Northern California
  
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• Some iPhones face US ban in Apple-Qualcomm legal tussle - CNET

  06-07-2017 22:30
  
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  Some iPhones face US ban in Apple-Qualcomm legal tussle
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  Qualcomm wants the US International Trade Commission to ban the import of certain iPhones that don't use Qualcomm's chips. Sarah Tew/CNET. If Qualcomm wins its latest legal battle against Apple, it could be a lot harder to buy certain iPhones in the US.
  Qualcomm asks ITC to block import and sale of Apple iPhone, iPadAppleInsider (press release) (blog)
  Qualcomm accuses Apple of infringing six patents in iPhone, iPadReuters
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• Could all iPhones in 2018 get this screen? - CNET

  06-07-2017 22:18
  
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  Could all iPhones in 2018 get this screen?
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  Now you LCD-it, now you don't? Sarah Tew/CNET. All of next year's iPhones could adopt a new screen technology, according to Nikkei Asian Review, not just the most high-end model. (Brace yourself for a lot of "ifs.") That could be a departure from what ...
  Apple Planning to Launch Three New OLED iPhones in 2018Mac Rumors
  Here's what Apple could be planning after the iPhone 8Business Insider
  This Apple patent could describe facial recognition f
  
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• New mysteries surround New Horizons' next flyby target

  06-07-2017 22:13
  
  NASA's New Horizons spacecraft doesn't zoom past its next science target until New Year's Day 2019, but the Kuiper Belt object, known as 2014 MU69, is already revealing surprises.
  
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• Montana earthquake smashes bottles, jolts residents awake

  06-07-2017 21:57
  
  The strongest earthquake to hit Montana in more than half a century sent bartenders jumping over bars, food falling off grocery store shelves and woke up residents and dogs
  
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• A company that makes $70000 cameras for filming blockbuster movies is making a $1200 smartphone - Business Insider

  06-07-2017 21:43
  
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  A company that makes $70000 cameras for filming blockbuster movies is making a $1200 smartphone
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  The professional camera company RED is best known for its high-end cameras used to film blockbuster movies like "Transformers: The Last Knight," "Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol. 2," and "The Martian," among many others. But now it's getting into the ...
  RED is making a $1200 smartphone with a 'holographic display'The Verge
  RED launches pre-orders of bizarre $1600
  
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• Mars More Toxic to Life Than Previously Thought

  06-07-2017 21:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Life on Mars ... does it exist? Depending on when you last checked in with news about the Red Planet, you could probably be convinced either way. As we discover more and more about the composition and planetary dynamics of Mars, there has been cause for both elation and disappointment regarding the likelihood that organic life could manage to eke out a living on the planet.The pendulum swung back toward the "no" side today with the release of a study examining how a special kind of salt
  
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• How wheat lost the evolutionary battle against its deadly fungal nemesis

  06-07-2017 21:14
  
  A University of Kentucky plant pathologist is part of an international team of researchers who have uncovered an important link to a disease which left unchecked could prove devastating to wheat. UK College of Agriculture, Food and Environment faculty member Mark Farman co-authored an article being published today in Science.
  
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• Our Nearest Neighboring Planet May Have a Sister World

  06-07-2017 21:11 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Proxima Centauri b may not be alone out there.The 2016 announcement of Proxima Centauri b was a watershed moment in exoplanet research. Not only had researchers found a potentially habitable Earth-mass planet, but it was at the nearest star to Earth. This means it could be one of the easiest systems to study using future telescopes.But researchers are now looking into some promising signals suggesting there are more planets lurking in the system.Indeed, such a companion was sugge
  
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• Scientists begin to unravel how the protein tau transitions from a soluble liquid state to solid fibrous tangles

  06-07-2017 21:07
  
  While much about Alzheimer's disease remains a mystery, scientists do know that part of the disease's progression involves a normal protein called tau, aggregating to form ropelike inclusions within brain cells that eventually strangle the neurons. Yet how this protein transitions from its soluble liquid state to solid fibers has remained unknown—until now.
  
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• Overwatch PTR Update Patch Notes Include Doomfist, Loot Box Improvements, And More - GameSpot

  06-07-2017 21:07
  
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  Overwatch PTR Update Patch Notes Include Doomfist, Loot Box Improvements, And More
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  A new Overwatch update has been released on the Public Test Realm today, and Blizzard has released the full patch notes. Its primary addition is undoubtedly that of Doomfist, the game's next playable character. Coinciding with his announcement and ...
  Doomfist Confirmed for Overwatch, Here's His Origin Story & GameplayPlayStation LifeStyle
  Terry Crews is not Doomfist, breaking Overwatch
  
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• Archaeologists put sound back into a previously silent past

  06-07-2017 21:05
  
  Many attempts to explain how past people experienced their wider world have focused on sight at the expense of sound, but researchers from the University at Albany and the University at Buffalo have developed a tool that puts sound back into the ancient landscape.
  
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• Hubble pushed beyond limits to spot clumps of new stars in distant galaxy

  06-07-2017 21:02
  
  When it comes to the distant universe, even the keen vision of NASA's Hubble Space Telescope can only go so far. Teasing out finer details requires clever thinking and a little help from a cosmic alignment with a gravitational lens.
  
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• These Transparent, Solar Power-Generating Windows Are the World's First

  06-07-2017 20:57 via nbcnews.com
  
  Trying to make large buildings energy-neutral, companies are taking advantage of building windows' surface area to harvest solar energy.
  
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• Ceria-zirconia nanoparticles as enhanced multi-antioxidants are effective in sepsis treatment

  06-07-2017 20:53
  
  During sepsis, cells are swamped with reactive oxygen species generated in an aberrant response of the immune system to a local infection. If this fatal inflammatory path could be interfered, new treatment schemes could be developed. Now, Korean scientists report in the journal Angewandte Chemie that zirconia-doped ceria nanoparticles act as effective scavengers of these oxygen radicals, promoting a greatly enhanced surviving rate in sepsis model organisms.
  
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• Jellyfish use high-powered 'syringes' to shoot venom into your skin

  06-07-2017 20:20
  
  AnimalsSomeday, we could use those mechanics for drug delivery or advanced tech.
  Float like a jellyfish, sting like a jellyfish. Read on.
  
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• How jellyfish use high-powered 'syringes' to shoot venom into your skin

  06-07-2017 20:20
  
  AnimalsSomeday, we could use those mechanics for drug delivery or advanced tech.
  Float like a jellyfish, sting like a jellyfish. Read on.
  
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• Wild wheat genome sequencing provides 'time tunnel' capable of boosting future food production and safety

  06-07-2017 20:00
  
  A global team of researchers has published the first-ever Wild Emmer wheat genome sequence in Science magazine. Wild Emmer wheat is the original form of nearly all the domesticated wheat in the world, including durum (pasta) and bread wheat. Wild emmer is too low-yielding to be of use to farmers today, but it contains many attractive characteristics that are being used by plant breeders to improve wheat.
  
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• Wheat genome sequencing provides 'time tunnel'

  06-07-2017 20:00
  
  A global team of researchers has published the first-ever Wild Emmer wheat genome sequence in Science magazine. Wild Emmer wheat is the original form of nearly all the domesticated wheat in the world, including durum (pasta) and bread wheat. Wild emmer is too low-yielding to be of use to farmers today, but it contains many attractive characteristics that are being used by plant breeders to improve wheat.
  
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• Scientists get first direct look at how electrons 'dance' with vibrating atoms

  06-07-2017 20:00
  
  Scientists at the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Stanford University have made the first direct measurements, and by far the most precise ones, of how electrons move in sync with atomic vibrations rippling through an exotic material, as if they were dancing to the same beat.
  
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• Microsoft to Lay Off Thousands of Workers

  06-07-2017 20:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  Microsoft is laying off thousands of employees as the company reorganizes with a focus on selling its cloud software — which has been a huge area of growth.
  
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• Electron orbitals may hold key to unifying concept of high-temperature superconductivity

  06-07-2017 20:00
  
  A team of scientists has found evidence for a new type of electron pairing that may broaden the search for new high-temperature superconductors. The findings, described in the journal Science, provide the basis for a unifying description of how radically different "parent" materials—insulating copper-based compounds and metallic iron-based compounds—can develop the ability to carry electrical current with no resistance at strikingly high temperatures.
  
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• Defensive bacterial symbionts of fruit flies attack ribosomes of parasitic wasps

  06-07-2017 20:00
  
  Bacteria of the Spiroplasma genus produce toxic, ribosome-inactivating proteins (RIPs) that appear to protect their symbiotic host flies against parasitic wasps, according to new research published in PLOS Pathogens.
  
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• [Watch] Destiny 2's beta will feature first campaign mission, PVP, social hub, and more; New trailer - GameZone

  06-07-2017 19:52
  
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  [Watch] Destiny 2's beta will feature first campaign mission, PVP, social hub, and more; New trailer
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  Destiny 2 is not super far off, we're exactly two months away from release. To help tide us over until it's out on consoles, Bungie is treating us to a beta towards the end of July. A trailer and blog post was released detailing all the fun things we ...
  What's included in Destiny 2's betaPolygon
  Destiny 2 open beta hits PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on July 21VentureBeat
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• 'Some' job cuts confirmed by Microsoft

  06-07-2017 19:33
  
  Microsoft said Thursday it was cutting an unspecified number of jobs amid reports the US tech giant was reorganizing its global sales operations.
  
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• Microsoft announces 'some' job cuts

  06-07-2017 19:33
  
  Microsoft said Thursday it was cutting an unspecified number of jobs amid reports the US tech giant was reorganizing its global sales operations.
  
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• Yale Astronomers Identify 60 New Hot Jupiter Candidates

  06-07-2017 19:32 via scitechdaily.com
  
  A team of researchers from Yale University has identified 60 potential new “Hot Jupiters” — highly irradiated worlds that glow like coals on a barbecue...
  The post Yale Astronomers Identify 60 New Hot Jupiter Candidates appeared first on SciTech Daily.
  
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• Researchers show how to make your own supernova

  06-07-2017 19:30
  
  One of the most extreme astrophysical events, Supernova explosions are the violent deaths of certain stars that scatter elements heavier than hydrogen and helium into surrounding space. Our own solar system is thought to have formed when a nearby supernova exploded distributing these elements into a cloud of hydrogen that then condensed to form our sun and the planets. In fact, the very atoms that make up our bodies were formed in the remnants of such an explosion.
  
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• At Its One Year Anniversary, 'Pokémon GO' Is Almost Ready For Launch - Forbes

  06-07-2017 19:21
  
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  At Its One Year Anniversary, 'Pokémon GO' Is Almost Ready For Launch
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  On this day last year, the world of video games embarked on a very strange journey. Pokémon GO was on our collective radar, to be sure: an augmented reality version of the classic Nintendo/Game Freak RPG, something like Niantic Labs' Ingress only ...
  Why 'Pokemon Go' Matters One Year LaterTIME
  Happy Accident: The Making of Pokemon GoShacknews
  Survey says: Pokémon Go's loyal fans remain e
  
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• NASA’s Cassini Spacecraft Zooms-In On Epimetheus

  06-07-2017 18:54 via scitechdaily.com
  
  This newly released zoomed-in view of Epimetheus is one of the highest resolution images ever taken of the inner satellite of Saturn. It shows a...
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• Microsoft to lay off 'several thousand' employees - ZDNet

  06-07-2017 18:49
  
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  Microsoft to lay off 'several thousand' employees
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  Three days after announcing internally its latest reorg, Microsoft has announced the resulting layoffs that have been rumored for the past week. mslayoffsjuly6.jpg. On July 6, Microsoft officials said they were notifying employees whose jobs were being ...
  Microsoft announces thousands of job cuts as it refocuses on the cloudThe Verge
  Microsoft confirms layoff reports, reorganization expected to impact thousandsTechCrunch
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• States sue over EPA's decision to keep pesticide on market

  06-07-2017 18:40
  
  Several states are seeking to join a legal challenge to a Trump administration decision to keep a widely used pesticide on the market despite studies showing it can harm children's brains.
  
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• RED is making a $1200 smartphone with a 'holographic display' - The Verge

  06-07-2017 18:33
  
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  RED is making a $1200 smartphone with a 'holographic display'
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  High-end camera maker RED has just announced a premium smartphone called Hydrogen One, and the headlining feature is something the company is referring to as a “holographic display.” A buzzword-filled press release for Hydrogen One says that the ...
  RED launches pre-orders of bizarre $1600 titanium 'holographic' smartphoneTechCrunch
  This 'holographic' Android phone wants to wow youCNET
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• Fin24.com | REVEALED: SA's favourite smartphone brand

  06-07-2017 18:33
  
  Samsung is four times more popular with consumers than its closest competitor, according to the South Africa Mobile Report 2017.
  
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• New Mysteries Surround Kuiper Belt Object 2014 MU69

  06-07-2017 18:29 via scitechdaily.com
  
  The New Horizons Spacecraft won’t pass its next target until New Year’s Day 2019, but Kuiper Belt object 2014 MU69 is already revealing surprises. Scientists...
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• Infosys plans 2,000 new tech Jobs in North Carolina by 2021

  06-07-2017 18:25
  
  India-based information technology outsourcing company Infosys plans to hire 2,000 workers within four years in North Carolina, the second of four planned expansion sites in the U.S. intended to create 10,000 jobs.
  
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• From Mozart to Botzart: when machines write our music

  06-07-2017 18:25
  
  Machines are already taking our jobs, will they soon be writing our music too?
  
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• From Mozard to Botzard: when machines write our music

  06-07-2017 18:25
  
  Machines are already taking our jobs, will they soon be writing our music too?
  
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• Uber takes break in Finland ahead of new legislation

  06-07-2017 18:24
  
  Ride-hailing service Uber is taking a yearlong break in Finland because legislation that's expected to open the transportation market for new businesses does not come into force until July 2018.
  
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• Can Breathing Like Wim Hof Make Us Superhuman?

  06-07-2017 18:24 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Take a deep breath. Feel the wave of nitrogen, oxygen and carbon dioxide press against the bounds of your ribcage and swell your lungs. Exhale. Repeat.Before consciously inhaling, you probably weren’t thinking about breathing at all. The respiratory system is somewhat unique to our bodies in that we are both its passenger and driver. We can leave it up to our autonomic nervous system, responsible for unconscious actions like our heartbeat and digestion, or we can seamlessly take over the
  
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• How strike-slip faults form, the origin of earthquakes

  06-07-2017 18:21
  
  Structural geologist Michele Cooke calls it the "million-dollar question" that underlies all work in her laboratory at the University of Massachusetts Amherst: what goes on deep in the earth as strike-slip faults form in the crust? This is the fault type that occurs when two tectonic plates slide past one another, generating the waves of energy we sometimes feel as earthquakes.
  
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• Changes in conservation planning can benefit vulnerable mammals

  06-07-2017 18:20
  
  Right now, a prairie dog in Colorado is busy increasing soil carbon retention, increasing water infiltration, and clipping vegetation that will help maintain local grasslands and provide nutritious forage for large herbivores like cattle and bison. And, somewhere in Mexico, a pollinating bat is ensuring agave plants make good tequila.
  
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• How plants grow like human brains

  06-07-2017 18:18
  
  Plants and brains are more alike than you might think: Salk scientists discovered that the mathematical rules governing how plants grow are similar to how brain cells sprout connections. The new work, published in Current Biology on July 6, 2017, and based on data from 3D laser scanning of plants, suggests there may be universal rules of logic governing branching growth across many biological systems.
  
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• A cosmic barbecue: Researchers spot 60 new 'hot Jupiter' candidates

  06-07-2017 18:17
  
  Yale researchers have identified 60 potential new "hot Jupiters"—highly irradiated worlds that glow like coals on a barbecue grill and are found orbiting only 1% of Sun-like stars.
  
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• Learn python programming for under $25 in this four-course bundle

  06-07-2017 18:15
  
  Sponsored PostGet a head start in computer science and watch the career doors open.
  Learn python programming for under $25 in this four-course bundle. Get a head start in computer science and watch the career doors open.
  
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• 10,000 years ago, North Americans were chowing down on potatoes—some things never change

  06-07-2017 18:08
  
  ScienceWe go way, way back.
  Archaeologists discover evidence suggesting that North Americans have been eating potatoes for at least 10,000 years. Read on.
  
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• NASA will try to create glowing rainbow clouds, and you can watch

  06-07-2017 18:03
  
  SpaceThe colorful clouds should be visible from New York to North Carolina.
  Red and blue-green artificial clouds that will help scientists study Earth’s upper atmosphere. Read on.
  
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