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• SpaceX chief says 1st launch of big new rocket will be risky

  19-07-2017 23:56 via abcnews.go.com
  SpaceX chief says the first launch of its big new rocket will be risky with 'a real good chance' of failure
  
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• SpaceX chief says first launch of big new rocket will be risky

  19-07-2017 22:39
  
  SpaceX's chief says the first launch of its big new rocket is risky and stands "a real good chance" of failure.
  
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• Elon Musk says successful maiden flight for Falcon Heavy unlikely (Update)

  19-07-2017 22:39
  
  SpaceX CEO and founder Elon Musk has downplayed the chances of a successful inaugural flight for his Falcon Heavy space launch vehicle, admitting there is a "good chance it would not make it to orbit in its first launch."
  
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• Here's How Much Plastic Humanity Has Produced

  19-07-2017 22:37 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  I want to say just one word to you. Just one word. Are you listening?Plastics.There was indeed a great future in plastics back in 1967 when "The Graduate" came out, and those words ring true even today as plastic production continues to soar. Try imagining toothbrushes, dashboards, pens, video game controllers, the ephemera of our daily lives, made from wood or metal — plastics are indispensable.Our appetite for cheap, durable materials is such that humans have produced 9.1
  
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• Northwest Passage's history marked by dangers, death

  19-07-2017 22:35
  
  European explorers had long speculated about the existence of an Arctic route that connected the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans and would avoid the long journey around South America's Cape Horn.
  
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• Facebook to test news story paywalls: report

  19-07-2017 22:30
  
  Facebook will test limiting the number of published news stories that can be read for free on its Instant Articles platform for premium publishers, US media reported on Wednesday.
  
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• High-fat ice cream may not necessarily mean tastier ice cream

  19-07-2017 22:29
  
  Even though ice cream connoisseurs may insist that ice cream with more fat tastes better, a team of Penn State food scientists found that people generally cannot tell the difference between fat levels in ice creams.
  
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• Here's a tip: Indented cement shows unique properties

  19-07-2017 22:28
  
  Rice University scientists have determined that no matter how large or small a piece of tobermorite is, it will respond to loading forces in precisely the same way. But poking it with a sharp point will change its strength.
  
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• Skin vaccination with microneedle patch, influenza fusion protein improves efficacy of flu vaccines

  19-07-2017 22:26
  
  A boosting skin vaccination with a biodegradable microneedle patch and protein constructed from sequences of influenza virus subtypes could improve the effectiveness of conventional influenza vaccines, according to a study led by Georgia State University.
  
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• Massive Asteroid Impact Could Explain Martian Geological Mysteries

  19-07-2017 22:23 via scitechdaily.com
  A newly published study reveals that a colossal impact with a large asteroid is a likely cause for the mysterious features found on Mars. The...
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• Why Is It So Tough for New Companies to Grab a Share of the $7 Billion Music Streaming Industry?

  19-07-2017 21:46 via nbcnews.com
  
  With Apple Music and Spotify at the front of the pack, is it really just a two-horse race?
  
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• Doctors are wearing the new Google Glass while seeing patients

  19-07-2017 21:40
  
  TechnologyAnd a remote scribe does the busy work.
  Augmedix has built a platform that enables physicians to wear Glass Enterprise Edition as they see patients, while remote medical scribes fill out the electronic medical…
  
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• First half of 2017 was 2nd warmest such period on record

  19-07-2017 21:28 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The month of June by itself was third warmest in records dating back 138 years, according to NOAA
  The Earth has been cooling somewhat since the epic El Niño of 2015/2016. But even so, conditions are still plenty warm.The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration rates January through June of 2017 as the second warmest first half of any year since record-keeping began in 1880, behind the record year of 2016.The year-to-date temperature across global land and ocean
  
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• Facebook working on way to charge for reading news articles

  19-07-2017 21:12 via abcnews.go.com
  Facebook is launching a news subscription product to help publishers make money from the articles people share and read on its platform
  
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• Amazon isn't technically dominant, but it pervades our lives

  19-07-2017 21:12 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Amazon will bind its customers even more closely once it completes its $13.7 billion bid for the organic grocer Whole Foods.
  
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• Is Neuroscience Underpowered? "Power Failure" Revisited

  19-07-2017 21:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Back in 2013, a Nature Reviews Neuroscience paper appeared called Power failure: why small sample size undermines the reliability of neuroscience. This paper got a lot of attention at the time and has since been cited a dizzying 1760 times according to Google.'Power Failure' made waves for its stark message that most neuroscience studies are too small, leaving neuroscience lacking statistical power, the chance of detecting signal in the noise. As the authors Kate Button et al. wrote
  The
  
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• NASA just caught a glimpse of the mysterious object New Horizons will reach in 2019

  19-07-2017 20:53
  
  SpaceThere’s still more to explore after Pluto.
  2014 MU69 is starting to take shape. Read on.
  
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• World's plastic waste could bury Manhattan 2 miles deep

  19-07-2017 20:42 via abcnews.go.com
  
  New study finds that production of plastic is soaring; three-quarters ends up as waste.
  
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• Fin24.com | Dlamini to work with Post Office on Sassa grants

  19-07-2017 20:33
  
  Social Development Bathabile Dlamini says the ANC has instructed her to work with the SA Post Office to pay grants to about 17 million people.
  
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• Plant-inspired soft robot grows to reach difficult places

  19-07-2017 20:27
  
  TechnologyIt can expand 25,000 times its original size and lift 150 pounds.
  Researchers at the University of California, Santa Barbara and Stanford University have made a machine with long tendrils that can perform dangerous tasks like reaching…
  
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• Panel approves bill to boost testing of self-driving cars

  19-07-2017 20:25
  
  A House subcommittee has approved legislation designed to allow automakers to increase the testing of self-driving cars on U.S. roads.
  
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• Superhero 'Deadpool' opens fire in virtual reality

  19-07-2017 20:22
  
  Smart-mouthed, mayhem-prone anti-hero "Deadpool" made a virtual reality debut on Wednesday in a "Marvel Powers United" game being tailored for Oculus Rift gear.
  
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• Russian man who helped develop Citadel malware gets five years

  19-07-2017 20:22
  
  A Russian man who helped develop and distribute malicious software designed to steal personal financial information has been sentenced to five years in prison.
  
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• India's top court considers whether privacy is a right

  19-07-2017 20:21
  
  India's Supreme Court began hearing submissions Wednesday to determine whether Indians have a constitutional right to privacy in a challenge to the government's massive biometric database, which critics argue violates that right.
  
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• Why are dogs such doting companions? It's in their genes

  19-07-2017 20:19
  
  Researchers have identified a genetic difference in domesticated dogs and wolves that could explain the canines' contrasting social interaction with humans.
  
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• Satellite shows a weaker Hurricane Fernanda

  19-07-2017 20:16
  
  Hurricane Fernanda appears to be weakening on infrared satellite imagery. NOAA's GOES-West satellite imagery on July 19 showed a more disorganized hurricane nearing the Central Pacific Ocean.
  
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• Damming and lost connectivity for fish in northeastern ecosystems

  19-07-2017 20:15
  
  Anadromous forage fish, which spawn in freshwater but spend much of their lives at sea, are an important food source for many species. They also play a major role in how freshwater ecosystems function. Despite their importance for ecosystems, many of these fish exist at only a tiny fraction of their previous populations. Writing in BioScience, Steven Mattocks of the University of Massachusetts, in Amherst, and his colleagues outline the effects of lost habitat and river connectivity for these cr
  
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• Humans have created 9.1 billion tons of plastic. Here's how you can help stop the madness.

  19-07-2017 20:00
  
  EnvironmentA new study shows just how much plastic junk we've made, and the numbers are grim.
  We've made 9.1 billion tons of plastic since the 1950s, and if we don't change our habits, it'll only get worse in the future.
  
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• Heat tweet: Users flock to Twitter when temperatures rise

  19-07-2017 20:00
  
  For more than a decade, people have used social media to express themselves and inform and engage users across the globe. Now, a new study by Florida State University researchers examines the impact rising temperatures have on Twitter activity, and how government officials use the social media tool to warn the general public of heatwave conditions.
  
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• Discarded oyster shells can help us grow food, make cement, and fight climate change

  19-07-2017 20:00
  
  From Our Blogs: Nexus Media News Solutions on the half shell
  Crushed oyster shells can be used to feed livestock, nurture soil, make cement and seed reefs.
  
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• 8.3 billion metric tons: Scientists calculate total amount of plastics ever produced

  19-07-2017 20:00
  
  Humans have created 8.3 billion metric tons of plastics since large-scale production of the synthetic materials began in the early 1950s, and most of it now resides in landfills or the natural environment, according to a study published today in the journal Science Advances.
  
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• Harnessing Quantum Cryptography

  19-07-2017 19:59 via scitechdaily.com
  Physicists have created one precondition for using quantum cryptography to communicate over large distances as well without any risk of interception. What started out as...
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• Team uncovers secrets of our cellular 'energy sensor'

  19-07-2017 19:56
  
  A scientific collaboration between researchers in Scotland and China has uncovered a new kind of 'energy sensor' in our cells, changing our understanding of how the body monitors glucose levels and switches on the supply of alternative 'fuels'.
  
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• High-tech sensing illuminates concrete stress testing

  19-07-2017 19:53
  
  Using the principles of light, University of Leeds scientists have discovered a new way to measure the strength of modern forms of concrete - giving industry a better way to understand when it could fracture.
  
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• Researchers uncover fresh role for nitric oxide

  19-07-2017 19:51
  
  Cornell University chemists have uncovered a fresh role for nitric oxide that could send biochemical textbooks back for revision.
  
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• Facebook blames glitch for shutdown of Catholic pages

  19-07-2017 19:42 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Facebook is blaming a technical glitch for knocking several Catholic-focused Facebook pages with millions of followers offline for more than a day
  
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• Russian man who helped develop Citadel malware gets 5 years

  19-07-2017 19:12 via abcnews.go.com
  A Russian man who helped develop and distribute malicious software designed to steal personal financial information has been sentenced to serve five years in prison
  
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• Google's New Mobile Search Is Kinda Like … Facebook?

  19-07-2017 19:11 via nbcnews.com
  
  The next time you open Google's mobile app to search, expect to be greeted with an experience that feels less like the old Google you know.
  
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• The First Australians Arrived 65,000 Years Ago

  19-07-2017 19:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  New archaeological evidence supports an idea previously suggested by genetic studies: The first humans arrived in Australia at least 65,000 years ago. This earlier arrival date means humans were present Down Under before its widespread megafauna extinction, an event in which human activity has been debated.The discovery is also at odds with the conventional date for our species leaving Africa, and adds fuel to the growing bonfire of what was the evolutionary timeline for Homo sapi
  
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• Researchers find path to discovering new topological materials

  19-07-2017 19:00
  
  An international team of researchers has found a way to determine whether a crystal is a topological insulator—and to predict crystal structures and chemical compositions in which new ones can arise. The results, published July 20 in the journal Nature, show that topological insulators are much more common in nature than currently believed.
  
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• Conserve intact forest landscapes to maximize biodiversity, reduce extinction risk

  19-07-2017 19:00
  
  A new global analysis of forest habitat loss and wildlife extinction risk published July 19 in the journal Nature shows that species most at risk live in areas just beginning to see the impacts of human activities such as hunting, mining, logging and ranching.
  
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• Artifacts suggest humans arrived in Australia earlier than thought

  19-07-2017 19:00
  
  When and how the first humans made their way to Australia has been an evolving story.
  
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• A uranium-based compound improves manufacturing of nitrogen products

  19-07-2017 19:00
  
  Nitrogen is abundantly available in nature and forms the basis for many valuable products, both natural and artificial. This requires a reaction known as "nitrogen fixation", whereby molecular nitrogen is split into two atoms of nitrogen that can then be connected to other elements like carbon or hydrogen. But performing nitrogen fixation to make ammonia on an industrial scale requires harsh conditions with very high temperature and pressure. EPFL scientists have now developed a uranium-based co
  
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• Nanoparticles could spur better LEDs, invisibility cloaks

  19-07-2017 18:55
  
  In an advance that could boost the efficiency of LED lighting by 50 percent and even pave the way for invisibility cloaking devices, a team of University of Michigan researchers has developed a new technique that peppers metallic nanoparticles into semiconductors.
  
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• 'Don' and 'Hilary' storm near US

  19-07-2017 18:55
  
  Off the Atlantic coast, Tropical Storm Don is thundering away. Meantime in the Pacific, a roaring tropical depression will be named Hilary if it grows into a tropical storm, according to the National Hurricane Center (NHC).
  
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• Indestructible virus yields secret to creating incredibly durable materials

  19-07-2017 18:46
  
  It's like the Superman of viruses, astonishingly tough and able to survive in an environment that would dissolve flesh and bone. And now scientists have unlocked the secrets of its indestructibility, potentially allowing them to harness its remarkable properties to create super-durable materials and better treat disease.
  
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• Goodbye HERA, hello sleep: NASA's HERA XIII crew returns home to slumber

  19-07-2017 18:38
  
  After 45 days in NASA's Human Exploration Research Analog (HERA), the four-man crew can hardly hold their eyes open. This mission was the first of its kind to last 45 days, as well as incorporate sleep reduction for research purposes.
  
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• This smartphone stand folds to the size of a credit card

  19-07-2017 18:30
  
  Sponsored PostIt works with phones and tablets, and you can currently get three for $19.99
  This smartphone stand folds to the size of a credit card. It works with phones and tablets, and you can currently get three for $19.99. Read on.
  
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• Shark scavenging helps reveal clues about human remains

  19-07-2017 18:20
  
  Shark feeding habits are helping scientists identify marks on human bones found in the ocean.
  
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• New Horizons Captures New Data on Kuiper Belt Object 2014 MU69

  19-07-2017 18:20 via scitechdaily.com
  NASA’s New Horizons team captured an event that’s known as an occultation on an elusive target, an ancient Kuiper Belt object known as 2014 MU69....
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