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• In Google vs. the EU, a $2.7B fine could just be the start

  24-07-2017 23:59 via abcnews.go.com
  Google's parent company Alphabet can easily afford the $2.7 billion write-down it's taking to cover a big antitrust fine in Europe, but that might only be the start of its problems
  
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• Saturn surprises as Cassini continues its grand finale

  24-07-2017 23:46
  As NASA's Cassini spacecraft makes its unprecedented series of weekly dives between Saturn and its rings, scientists are finding—so far—that the planet's magnetic field has no discernable tilt. This surprising observation, which means the true length of Saturn's day is still unknown, is just one of several early insights from the final phase of Cassini's mission, known as the Grand Finale.
  
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• Fact-checking site Snopes pleads for help to stay alive

  24-07-2017 23:26
  Snopes, touted as the internet's oldest fact-checking website, said Monday it is in danger of shutting down due to a legal dispute with a digital services company hosting the site.
  
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• Alphabet profit hit by EU fine on Google

  24-07-2017 23:19
  Google parent Alphabet on Monday reported a quarterly profit of $3.5 billion, in a sharp decline from a year ago, with a massive fine by the European Commission biting into earnings.
  
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• The best ways to follow breaking news on your phone

  24-07-2017 23:11
  
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• Follow breaking news on your phone

  24-07-2017 23:11
  
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• Fishing crew catches 926-pound shark off New Jersey coast

  24-07-2017 22:43 via abcnews.go.com
  A fishing crew has reeled in a 926-pound Mako shark, and New Jersey officials say it's the biggest shark catch in the state's history
  
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• Woman Livestreamed Dying Sister on Instagram After Crash

  24-07-2017 22:30 via nbcnews.com
  Obdulia Sanchez, 18, has been arrested in California on suspicion of causing a fatal car crash that was recorded live on Instagram.
  
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• Google parent books $2.7B fine as European fight looms

  24-07-2017 22:23
  Google parent Alphabet is taking a $2.7 billion write-down to cover a large fine EU antitrust enforcers assessed in June . While the search giant can shrug off the cost, uncertainty lingers over its ability to operate freely on the continent going forward.
  
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• Microsoft Paint brushed aside

  24-07-2017 22:12
  Microsoft on Monday announced the end of days for its pioneering Paint application as it focuses on software for 3-D drawing.
  
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• Greatest threat to eastern forest birds is habitat loss on wintering grounds

  24-07-2017 22:10
  Within the next few decades, human-caused habitat loss looms as the greatest threat to some North American breeding birds. The problem will be most severe on their wintering grounds, according to a new study published today in the journal Global Change Biology. By the end of this century, the study's authors say predicted changes in rainfall and temperature will compound the problem for birds that breed in eastern North America and winter in Central America. 
  
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• Multitasking monolayers lay groundwork for devices that can do two things at once

  24-07-2017 22:08
  Two-dimensional materials that can multitask.
  
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• Why scientists are racing to uncover the Greenland shark's secrets

  24-07-2017 22:06
  
  ScienceWhat’s cooler than the Arctic ocean? The sharks that live there.
  Researchers are racing to learn as much as possible about the once elusive Greenland shark. Read on.
  
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• How fear alone can cause animal extinction

  24-07-2017 21:58
  Researchers have discovered that the fear of predators causes flies to spend less time eating, more time being vigilant, have less sex, and produce fewer offspring. 
  
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• Pokemon Go Festival Turns Into a Tech Nightmare

  24-07-2017 21:56 via nbcnews.com
  Niantic is refunding people who paid to attend a Pokemon Go festival that didn't go according to plan.
  
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• Free Microchip Implants, the New Employee Perk?

  24-07-2017 21:47 via feedproxy.google.com
  A Wisconsin company will be the first in the United States to implant microchips beneath the skin of its employees.Three Squared Market (32M), a break-room kiosk company, has offered to give its workers subdermal RFID tags, tiny rice-grain-sized pellets that can hold information like credit card numbers and passwords. With their "handy" chips, they'll be able to unlock doors, log in to computers, and, of course, buy snacks from the company vending machines—all with a wave of their hand.
  
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• ESO Views Spiral Galaxy NGC 7098

  24-07-2017 21:46 via scitechdaily.com
  The European Southern Observatory’s image of the week gives us a closer look at spiral galaxy NGC 7098. Approximately 95 million light-years away, in the...
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• Algae cultivation technique could advance biofuels

  24-07-2017 21:30
  Washington State University researchers have developed a way to grow algae more efficiently—in days instead of weeks—and make the algae more viable for several industries, including biofuels.
  
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• Researchers perform first basic-physics simulation of the impact of recycled atoms on plasma turbulence

  24-07-2017 21:25
  Turbulence, the violently unruly disturbance of plasma, can prevent plasma from growing hot enough to fuel fusion reactions. Long a puzzling concern of researchers has been the impact on turbulence of atoms recycled from the walls of tokamaks that confine the plasma. These atoms are neutral, meaning that they have no charge and are thus unaffected by the tokamak's magnetic field or plasma turbulence, unlike the electrons and ions—or atomic nuclei—in the plasma. Yet, experiments have
  
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• High-temperature superconductivity in B-doped Q-carbon

  24-07-2017 21:24
  Researchers at North Carolina State University have significantly increased the temperature at which carbon-based materials act as superconductors, using a novel, boron-doped Q-carbon material.
  
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• Target 'best connected neighbors' to stop spread of infection in developing countries

  24-07-2017 21:00
  Our lives benefit from social networks: the contact and dialogue between family, friends, colleagues and neighbours. However these networks can also cost lives by transmitting infection or misinformation, particularly in developing nations.
  
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• Rainforest metropolis casts 1,000 km shadow on wildlife

  24-07-2017 21:00
  Urban food demand in the Amazon could be hitting wildlife up to 1,000 km away from the city, according to new research.
  
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• Brave New World: Why (and When) We'll Go From Drivers to Passengers

  24-07-2017 20:42 via nbcnews.com
  Self-driving vehicles will do more than make commuting easier, it will transform the nation as radically as the arrival of the original automobile did.
  
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• Meet an elusive, tragic, and incredibly bizarre new species of fish

  24-07-2017 20:26
  
  AnimalsThey can weigh over 5,000 pounds.
  Sometimes nature gives you a gift. This one looks like a two-year-old tried to sculpt a fish out of clay but got distracted halfway through.
  
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• Fishing crew catches 926-pound shark in New Jersey

  24-07-2017 20:11
  A fishing crew in New Jersey has reeled in a 926-pound Mako shark, and environmental officials say it's the biggest shark catch in the state's history.
  
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• Tropical Storm Kulap forms a fist on satellite image

  24-07-2017 20:04
  NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite captured an image of Tropical Storm Kulap moving through the open waters of the Northwestern Pacific Ocean and the spiral of thunderstorms into the center made it appear like a clenched fist.
  
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• Research showing how nematodes use smell to select new insect hosts could improve biological control of crop pests

  24-07-2017 20:02
  Tiny eel-like creatures called nematodes are surrounding us. While they can be free-living (a cup of soil or seawater contains thousands), the most well-known nematodes are the parasitic kind that wreak havoc in people, animals and plants.
  
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• New study challenges prevailing theory about how deep-sea vents are colonized

  24-07-2017 20:02
  An article just published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B describes two remarkably different hydrothermal vent fields discovered in the southern Gulf of California. Despite being relatively close together, these vents host very different animal communities. This finding contradicts a common scientific assumption that neighboring vents will share similar animal communities. Instead, the new paper suggests that local geology and the chemistry of vent fluids are important factors affectin
  
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• Satellite view of a compact Hurricane Hilary

  24-07-2017 20:00
  Imagery from NOAA's GOES-West satellite shows a more organized and compact Hurricane Hilary on July 24.
  
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• Dark matter is likely 'cold,' not 'fuzzy,' scientists report after new simulations

  24-07-2017 19:55
  Dark matter is the aptly named unseen material that makes up the bulk of matter in our universe. But what dark matter is made of is a matter of debate.
  
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• In photos: restoring a military plane from the 1950s

  24-07-2017 19:47
  
  TechnologyThe task of bringing "Beach City Baby" back to its glory days is a tough one.
  Photos: inside the restoration of a C-53 Skytrooper. The task of bringing "Beach City Baby" back to its glory days is a tough one, but the crew at Vintage Wings is up…
  
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• Yale Study Examines Evolutionary Cradle for Antarctica Marine Life

  24-07-2017 19:40 via scitechdaily.com
  New research from Yale University and the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences reveals that the largely barren islands reaching north from Antarctica are actually...
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• The moon might be hiding more water than we thought

  24-07-2017 19:36
  
  SpaceBut it's still pretty dry.
  Anyone want a (volcanic) glass of water? Read on.
  
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• Nutritional value of soybean meal varies among sources from different countries

  24-07-2017 19:09
  Research from the University of Illinois is helping swine producers know what they're getting when they buy soybean meal from different countries. Genetic differences among varieties of soybeans, as well as differences in growing conditions and processing, may affect the nutritional value of soybean meal produced in different places.
  
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• NASA sees Typhoon Noru raging near the Minami Tori Shima Atoll

  24-07-2017 19:09
  NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite captured an image of Typhoon Noru raging near the unpopulated atoll of Minami Tori Shima in the Northwestern Pacific Ocean. Minami-Tori-shima or Marcus Island is an isolated Japanese coral atoll about 1,150 miles (1,850 kilometers) southeast of Tokyo.
  
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• Pioneering Paris canal swimming spot closed due to pollution

  24-07-2017 19:08
  A new public bathing area on a Paris canal that has been helping residents keep cool during the summer was temporarily closed Monday due to pollution concerns just a week after opening.
  
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• Safety Tips for Viewing the August Solar Eclipse

  24-07-2017 19:05 via scitechdaily.com
  NASA has released information and safety tips for viewing the upcoming August 21st solar eclipse. More than 300 million people in the United States potentially...
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• NASA sees Tropical Storm Irwin getting in better shape

  24-07-2017 19:03
  Everyone likes to get in better shape and that's what's happening with Tropical Storm Irwin. Irwin appears much more organized on infrared satellite imagery and there's a hint of an eye developing.
  
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• Sea level rise could bring costly flooding in coastal communities within decades

  24-07-2017 19:00
  As glaciers melt amid the heat of a warming planet, scientists predict that coastal communities in the United States could eventually experience flooding from higher tides.
  
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• Fearing surveillance, dads with a record avoid kids' schools

  24-07-2017 18:59
  Children whose parents have spent time behind bars have worse social, economic, cognitive, behavior and health outcomes than kids whose parents haven't.
  
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• Academics on Google's payroll?

  24-07-2017 18:51
  The Google Transparency Project, an arm of an organization called the Campaign for Accountability, released a study this month claiming that Google funneled money to hundreds of academic research projects related to antitrust, intellectual property and other legal policy issues important to the company's bottom line. Worse, the Google Transparency Project alleged that most of the resulting publications failed to disclose Google's financial stake in the research. Pitched as an expose of corporate
  
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• Hubble Telescope Image of the Week – Spiral Galaxy NGC 4248

  24-07-2017 18:40 via scitechdaily.com
  This Hubble image of the week shows the clump of glowing gas, dust, and glittering stars known as spiral galaxy NGC 4248. NGC 4248 is...
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• CHESS imaging reveals how copper affects plant fertility

  24-07-2017 18:25
  For the first time, Cornell University researchers are using imaging capabilities at the Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source (CHESS) to explore how copper affects plant fertility. The work could provide key insights into how plants can be bred for better performance in marginal soils.
  
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• Scientists synthesize research, evaluate model on coastal armoring

  24-07-2017 18:20
  For nearly a century, the O'Shaughnessy seawall has held back the sand and seas of San Francisco's Ocean Beach. At work even longer: the Galveston seawall, built after America's deadliest hurricane in 1900 killed thousands in Texas.
  
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• Fungi that evolved to eat wood offer new biomass conversion tool

  24-07-2017 18:17
  Twenty years ago, microbiologist Barry Goodell, now a professor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and colleagues discovered a unique system that some microorganisms use to digest and recycle wood. Three orders of "brown rot fungi" have now been identified that can break down biomass, but details of the mechanism were not known.
  
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• NASA flights gauge summer sea ice melt in the Arctic

  24-07-2017 18:15
  Earlier this year Arctic sea ice sank to a record low wintertime extent for the third straight year. Now NASA is flying a set of instruments north of Greenland to observe the impact of the melt season on the Arctic's oldest and thickest sea ice.
  
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• Satellite shows Tropical Storm Greg losing shape

  24-07-2017 18:14
  Tropical Storm Greg appears to be less-rounded and more elongated on satellite imagery from NOAA's GOES-West satellite. Greg is still over 1,500 miles east of Hawaii.
  
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• A Closer Look at 'Rogue Planets' Adrift in the Universe

  24-07-2017 17:57 via feedproxy.google.com
  Not all stars are good parents to their budding planets — some get downright nasty and kick their children into interstellar space.We’ve found a handful of these free orphaned planets before, and they're called “rogue planets.” But a study today in Nature Astronomy suggests that the type we’ve seen so far, which are all gas giant sized, are the exception, not the norm.“Basically, it is much easier to eject an Earth-mass planet than a Jupiter-mass planet,&rdquo
  
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• First U.S. Company Offers Microchip Implants To Employees

  24-07-2017 17:47 via technocracy.news
  Although not required, chipping is socially demanding and will establish two classes of workers: those who have and those who don’t. Technocrats do because they can, not because it is particularly smart. ⁃ TN EditorA Wisconsin company called Three Square Market is going to offer employees implantable chips to open doors, buy snacks, log in to computers, and use office equipment like copy machines. Participating employees will have the chips, which use near field commun
  
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• The Nazi Origins Of Renewable Energy And Global Warming

  24-07-2017 17:33 via technocracy.news
  This article provides a critical historical between the doctrines of Nazi Germany and modern Sustainable Development, Green Economy and Technocracy. I have documented that the U.S. Technocracy movement, once based at Columbia University in 1932, established a sister organization in Nazi Germany by 1933.  Technocracy was very appealing to German scientists and engineers and while the ideology lived on, the organization itself was terminated by Hitler because of perceived competition to his b
  
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