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• A Dog-Killing Meteorite Just Rewrote Mars’ Volcanic History

  04-10-2017 23:44 via feedproxy.google.com
  For millions of years, a group of tiny asteroids circled our solar system. Then, around 9 a.m. on June 28, 1911, one blazed into earthly skies near a village outside Cairo, Egypt. Locals watched the fireball, and they heard its explosion. A farmer even claimed a dog was killed by one meteorite fragment, making it—if true—the only known modern space rock casualty. Let's hope it was just a rumor, but NASA says there's no reason to doubt it.In the years since, about a dozen siblings fro
  
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• Some Odd Behavior Was Detected in a Distant Galaxy

  04-10-2017 23:16 via feedproxy.google.com
  Imagine a sparkler, crackling and spitting, leaving behind a faint trail of smoke. Now imagine your surprise as, instead of dissipating away, that smoke trail actually got bright over time, or lit up. That’s effectively what astronomers have seen in the Abell 1033 system of colliding galaxy clusters about 1.6 billion light-years away — and they don’t understand it.“This was totally unexpected,” said lead author Francesco de Gasperin of Leiden University in the Nethe
  
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• New Research Reveals Dimming of Tabby’s Star May Be Caused by Dust

  04-10-2017 22:52 via scitechdaily.com
  Using NASA’s Spitzer and Swift missions, as well as the Belgian AstroLAB IRIS observatory, astronomers reveal new details on one of the most mysterious stellar...
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• Drones Are Keeping Watch on the Arctic's Polar Bear Population

  04-10-2017 22:46 via feedproxy.google.com
  Polar bears' fortunes are deeply tied to the whims of a changing climate, and as the Arctic continues to warm it's increasingly important to keep an eye on their populations. But the Arctic’s stark white terrain can make that a difficult task to accomplish.In the past, helicopters have been used to spot the bears, but those aircraft are both costly and disturbing to the wildlife. However, drones are a low-cost, less invasive alternative. On a recent Arctic mission, drones helped gather d
  
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• Google Takes a Giant Leap Onto Apple's, Samsung's Turf

  04-10-2017 22:25 via nbcnews.com
  From a mini Google Home virtual assistant to a powerful new phone, search giant Google is slowly but surely nudging its way into the tech gadget space.
  
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• Another hurricane could threaten the Gulf Coast this weekend

  04-10-2017 22:04
  
  EnvironmentThe season isn't over yet.
  A developing tropical depression in the Caribbean could threaten the Gulf Coast as a hurricane this weekend, but the storm's future is far from certain.
  
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• New Study Shows Earth’s Tectonic Plates Are Weaker Than Once Thought

  04-10-2017 20:22 via scitechdaily.com
  New research from the University of Pennsylvania gives scientists a better idea of olivine’s strength, with implications for how tectonic plates form and move. No...
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• The Latest: A Google hands-free camera snaps pics by itself

  04-10-2017 20:20 via abcnews.go.com
  The Latest: A Google hands-free camera snaps pics by itself
  
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• Nobel-winning technique like "Google Earth for molecules"

  04-10-2017 20:13 via abcnews.go.com
  Three researchers based in the U.S., U.K. and Switzerland won the Nobel Prize in chemistry for developing a way to create detailed images of the molecules that drive life
  
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• 60 years ago, Sputnik shocked the world and started the space race

  04-10-2017 20:00
  
  SpaceHere’s how it all began.
  A sharp, insistent beep sang out over short-wave radios, filling up our ears with the knowledge that humans had succeeded in the impossible.
  
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• Fin24.com | AS IT HAPPENED: Google launches Pixel 2, Pixelbook and new home assistants

  04-10-2017 19:37
  
  Tech giant Google has launched its highly anticipated Pixel 2 smartphones, a new notebook and two new digital assistant pods, on Wednesday evening.
  
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• In photos: The last great American watchmaker

  04-10-2017 19:02
  
  GadgetsWatchmakers use century-old tools to turn gold and gems into timepieces.
  In Pennsylvania, watchmakers use tools from 100 years ago to turn gold and gems into timepieces.
  
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• Tumor Cells Get Hooked on Cancer Drugs, Meet Their Demise

  04-10-2017 19:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Cancerous tumor cells get addicted to the very drugs meant to eradicate them.It's an ironic twist in the field of cancer treatment. A small percentage of tumor cells can possess a resistance to cancer-fighting drugs, rendering treatments ineffective. These few cells usually possess a mutation that renders them immune, but the protection comes at a cost. To withstand the drug regimen, the cells must alter their metabolisms to adapt to the new environment. This effectively makes the
  
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• Worship: Robotics Pioneer Proposes New Religion Where AI is God

  04-10-2017 18:47 via technocracy.news
  In the past, men have worshiped rocks, wooden and carved images, the sun, the moon, animals and every conceivable thing, so why not worship an AI bot? Wired Magazine wrote “God is a bot, and Anthony Levandowski is his messenger.” To Christians, this is reminiscent of Revelation 13:15.  ⁃ TN EditorA new religion has been founded:  The Way of the Future. Its purpose, in the words of its registration documents, is to “develop and promote the rea
  
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• A super chill microscopy method just nabbed a Nobel prize

  04-10-2017 18:47
  
  ScienceThis new way of looking at cells is revolutionizing biochemistry.
  This new way of looking at cells is revolutionizing biochemistry.
  
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• CERN Open Data Portal Results Confirm Subatomic Particle Patterns

  04-10-2017 18:44 via scitechdaily.com
  Researchers from MIT used the CMS data to reveal, for the first time, a universal feature within jets of subatomic particles, which are produced when...
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• Let's watch Google announce the Pixel 2, the Home Mini, and other stuff

  04-10-2017 18:09
  
  TechnologySpend your lunch break watching the Google livestream as the new products debut.
  Meet the Google Pixel 2 smartphone, as well as the new Home speaker.
  
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• Disappearing Family-Owned Farms Make Way For AgTech Dominion

  04-10-2017 18:04 via technocracy.news
  Economic pressure has been on family farms for decades as the UN’s Agenda 21/2030 Agenda policies drive young people away from rural communities into cities. Some UN predictions place urban density as high as 70% of total population by 2040. ⁃ TN EditorSmall family farms have been slowly disappearing for decades and this will likely be the case of Minor‘s Farm in Bristol. Founded in 1864, the 30-acre parcel on Chippens Hill is operated by Paul C. Minor; his wife, Vick
  
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• Fin24.com | Trigger warning - South Park switches on digital assistants by saying 'Alexa'

  04-10-2017 17:55
  
  Animated TV show South Park’s latest episode has activated the artificial intelligence (AI) assistant Amazon Echo in the real world.
  
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• The Death Of Work: More Calls For Universal Basic Income

  04-10-2017 17:43 via technocracy.news
  The concept of UBI is as fantastical as the notion that it’s OK to create a new class of unemployables by displacing them with robotic counterparts. It isn’t OK, and it will create a horrific Scientific Dictatorship. However, this is the mind of a Technocrat and the goal of Technocracy. Calls for UBI will not go away until people begin to confront these issues head-on. ⁃ TN EditorDavid Simon, creator of the popular HBO series “The Wire,” and most recently &ldqu
  
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• NASA’s Webb Telescope Will View First Galaxies and Stars

  04-10-2017 17:40 via scitechdaily.com
  NASA astronomers will use the James Webb Space Telescope to understand the creation of the universe’s first galaxies and stars. After it launches and is...
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• Fin24.com | LIVE: Google to launch new smartphones

  04-10-2017 17:39
  
  Tech giant Google is expected to release its highly anticipated Pixel 2 and 2 XL smartphones on Wednesday.
  
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• Fin24.com | What to expect at today's Google smartphone launch

  04-10-2017 16:19
  
  Tech giant Google will release its highly anticipated Pixel 2 and 2 XL smartphones on Wednesday.
  
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• Participating in #NoRedOctober is good. Meatless Mondays are better.

  04-10-2017 16:00
  
  EnvironmentIt's just basic math.
  This month, people are celebrating #NoRedOctober by avoiding meats like beef. While this is a good idea in theory, there's a better option: Meatless Mondays.
  
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• Wait a second: What came before the big bang?

  04-10-2017 15:02
  
  ScienceNot everyone thinks the universe had a beginning.
  Cosmologists used to think the universe was totally timeless: no beginning, no end.
  
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• In photos: The last American shop where precious metals become fine watches

  04-10-2017 15:02
  
  GadgetsWatchmakers use century-old tools to turn gold and gems into timepieces.
  In Pennsylvania, watchmakers use tools from 100 years ago to turn gold and gems into timepieces.
  
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• Five experts on how time shapes our world—and how our minds shape time

  04-10-2017 14:55
  
  TechnologyIf you’ve ever waited in line, you need to read this.
  Five experts on how time shapes our world—and how our minds shape time…
  
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• The Latest: Nobel winner 'like Google Earth for molecules'

  04-10-2017 14:25 via abcnews.go.com
  3 researchers based in the U.S., U.K. and Switzerland have won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for developments in electron microscopy.
  
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• Fin24.com | UberEATS surpasses 500 000 downloads in SA

  04-10-2017 14:17
  
  As it celebrates its first birthday in SA, food delivery app UberEATS is averaging 10 000 downloads a week.
  
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• Vanuatu says most residents evacuated from belching volcano

  04-10-2017 13:59 via abcnews.go.com
  Vanuatu officials say they have nearly completed the evacuation of an island where a belching volcano has been threatening to blow
  
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• WATCH: Yahoo data breach in 2013 compromised 3 billion users

  04-10-2017 12:50 via abcnews.go.com
  Customers are urged to change their passwords and security questions.
  
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• Fin24.com | Yahoo triples likely scope of 2013 hack to 3 billion users

  04-10-2017 11:14
  
  Yahoo, the internet company acquired by Verizon Communications this year, now believes a 2013 security breach exposed all 3 billion of its users at the time.
  
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• Fin24.com | Equifax raises breach victim number to 145.5 million

  04-10-2017 10:02
  
  Equifax says an investigation into the massive data breach at the credit agency discovered 2.5 million additional potential victims, bringing the total to 145.5 million.
  
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• Nobel Chemistry Prize: Major award for molecular matters

  04-10-2017 07:40 via abcnews.go.com
  The Nobel Prize for Chemistry, being announced Wednesday, rewards researchers for major advances in studying the infinitesimal bits of material that are the building blocks of life
  
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• Fin24.com | #DataMustFall: Vodacom slashes out-of-bundle data costs

  04-10-2017 06:30
  
  Network provider Vodacom has announced that it will “significantly reduce” out-of-bundle prices for all customers from mid-October.
  
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• Gravitational Wave Work Wins Physics Nobel

  04-10-2017 04:19 via nbcnews.com
  Kip Thorne and Barry Barish of Caltech and Rainer Weiss of MIT won the 2017 Nobel Prize in Physics for their work using LIGO to observe gravitational waves.
  
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• Uber undercuts ex-CEO, other early investors in power play

  04-10-2017 04:03 via abcnews.go.com
  Uber is curbing the power of former CEO Travis Kalanick and taking on Japan's SoftBank Group as a major new investor as the ride-hailing service tries to recover from internal strife and a myriad of legal headaches
  
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• Uber Board Votes to Change Company's Power Structure

  04-10-2017 02:00 via nbcnews.com
  Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi met with London transport officials on Tuesday to discuss how Uber can get its license renewed in the bustling UK capital.
  
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• Yahoo: 3 billion accounts breached in 2013. Yes, 3 billion

  04-10-2017 01:13 via abcnews.go.com
  Yahoo has tripled down on what was already the largest data breach in history, saying it affected all 3 billion of its users, not the 1 billion it revealed late last year
  
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• Scientists Find Five New Pairs of Merging Supermassive Black Holes

  04-10-2017 00:27 via scitechdaily.com
  By combining data from different telescopes, astronomers have discovered five new pairs of merging supermassive black holes. Astronomers have identified a bumper crop of dual...
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• Lawmakers grill former Equifax chairman over data breach

  04-10-2017 00:16 via abcnews.go.com
  House Republicans and Democrats have grilled Equifax's former chief executive over the massive data hack of the personal information of 145 million Americans, calling the company's response inadequate as consumers struggle to deal with the breach
  
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• Einstein proof: Nobel winners find ripples in the universe

  04-10-2017 00:16 via abcnews.go.com
  The Nobel Physics Prize 2017 went to three scientists for their discoveries in gravitational waves
  
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• What happened to PopSci.com?

  04-10-2017 00:00
  
  TechnologyA quick note from the online director.
  I could be coy and kick this off with “you may notice something pretty new around these parts” but that would be silly, and I’ve never been good at being coy.
  
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