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• Airmega 400S review: This smart purifier will clear the air and your bank account

  10-11-2017 23:15
  
  GadgetsIt's beautiful and effective, but comes at a high price.
  If you want seriously clean air, this is the box for you. Bring money.
  
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• Live Event: Technology’s Role in the Conversation About Sexual Assault

  10-11-2017 22:53 via nytimes.com
  Join us on Nov. 20 for a discussion with Jessica Bennett, Amanda Hess and Jenna Wortham on technology’s role in the continuing conversations about sexual harassment and assault.
  
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• She's back! As a giant blob of cold water arises from the depths, La Niña takes over the equatorial Pacific

  10-11-2017 22:12 via feedproxy.google.com
  Will La Niña help bring a warmer or colder winter to your neck of the woods? And will it be wetter or drier? Read on.
  Before I delve into the substance of this post, I should mention this: As regular readers may have noticed, I've been gone for awhile. That's because my day job is directing the University of Colorado's Center for Environmental Journalism, not ImaGeo — and sometimes there are just not enough hours in the day to keep up with everything. But now I'm very glad to be bac
  
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• Meet the very good dogs who hunt down invasive species

  10-11-2017 21:30
  
  AnimalsThey can sniff out troublesome weeds and other pests.
  In 2011, Seamus and Lily made their first forays into the Montana brush, sniffing out hundreds of noxious weeds. Now there are hardly any left.
  
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• 'Iron Man' Jet Pack Flier Just Set New World Speed Record

  10-11-2017 20:32 via nbcnews.com
  British inventor reached a top speed of 32.02 miles per hour.
  
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• You can use aluminum foil to strengthen your Wi-Fi signal

  10-11-2017 20:30
  
  TechnologyBut we don't 100 percent think you actually need to do this.
  Metal reflects Wi-Fi waves, a fact you can even take advantage of to shape the signal in your home.
  
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• New Fabric Warms or Cools Depending How You Wear It

  10-11-2017 20:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  If you’ve ever worked in an office, you know about the battle of the thermostat. This futile clash costs quite a bit of energy: some 12 percent of the United States’ total energy consumption goes to regulating building temperature with air conditioning.Now, a new fabric could end that war and save energy at the same time. The textile, described Friday in the journal Science Advances, offers wearers dual heating and cooling, allowing individuals to control their persona
  
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• Fin24.com | Panic button app Namola goes national

  10-11-2017 20:00
  
  An Uber-like South African safety and security app - Namola - has gone national.
  
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• The ocean harbors unimaginable secrets, but we need to explore them responsibly

  10-11-2017 19:15
  
  EnvironmentFamiliarity breeds exploitation.
  Rather than declaring the deep sea off-limits, we think our best course of action is to regain our fascination with it.
  
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• Stuffed Animals Help Scientists Learn How Sea Lion Moms Recognize Their Babies

  10-11-2017 18:45 via feedproxy.google.com
  Tending to a nursing newborn is hard enough, but sea lion moms have an extra challenge. To consume enough calories for themselves and their pups, they have to repeatedly leave their babies behind and swim out to sea to hunt. Each time the mothers return, they have to find their pups again. Australian sea lion moms use a pup's smell and the sound of its calls to recognize it. They also use sight—which scientists learned by creating fake, stuffed sea lion p
  
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• New Research Shows Cellular Clean-Up Can Also Sweep Away Forms of Cancer

  10-11-2017 18:42 via scitechdaily.com
  Two new research papers from Yale University reinforce the benefits of a novel therapy that hijacks the cell’s own protein degradation machinery to destroy cancer...
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• Apollo 4 Image of Earth at an Altitude of 9,544 Miles

  10-11-2017 18:23 via scitechdaily.com
  On November 9, 1967, the uncrewed Apollo 4 test flight made a great ellipse around Earth as a test of the translunar motors and of...
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• Laser-Produced Plasma Sheds Light on Cosmic Rays, Solar Eruptions

  10-11-2017 18:15 via scitechdaily.com
  Scientists reveal that laser-produced plasma can provide insight into bursts of subatomic particles that occur in deep space. Such findings could help scientists understand cosmic...
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• Scientists Exploit Rhythm of DNA-Replication to Kill Cancer Cells

  10-11-2017 18:04 via scitechdaily.com
  In a newly published study, scientists detail how they can manipulate the rhythm of DNA replication and suggest how this can be used in the...
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• Newly Discovered Fossils Reveal Man’s Earliest Ancestors

  10-11-2017 17:49 via scitechdaily.com
  Researchers at the University of Portsmouth have discovered fossils of the oldest mammals related to mankind on the Jurassic Coast of Dorset. The two teeth...
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• Asteroid Chicxulub Impactor Changed the History of Life on Earth

  10-11-2017 17:36 via scitechdaily.com
  An asteroid, also known as the Chicxulub Impactor, hit Earth some 66 million years ago, causing a crater 180 km wide. The impact of the...
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• Hubble Telescope Views Light Expanding from an Exploded Star

  10-11-2017 17:30 via scitechdaily.com
  The Hubble Space Telescope views light from a supernova explosion in the nearby starburst galaxy M82 is reverberating off a huge dust cloud in interstellar...
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• Is Cannabis an Effective Sleep Aid?

  10-11-2017 17:27 via feedproxy.google.com
  If you speak to someone who has suffered from insomnia at all as an adult, chances are good that person has either tried using marijuana, or cannabis, for sleep or has thought about it.This is reflected in the many variations of cannabinoid or cannabis-based medicines available to improve sleep – like Nabilone, Dronabinol and Marinol. It’s also a common reason why many cannabis users seek medical marijuana cards.I am a sleep psychologist who has treated hundreds of patients with inso
  
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• WATCH: Apple fixes iPhone 'I' glitch

  10-11-2017 17:20 via abcnews.go.com
  Users who have seen "I" switched out to an "A" and a question mark in a box can now install the latest iOS update to fix the autocorrect glitch.
  
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• MSU Researchers Develop Nanostructured Gas Sensors

  10-11-2017 17:20 via scitechdaily.com
  Scientists from the Physics Department of Moscow State University and their colleagues have discovered a mechanism that allows gas sensors, based on nanocrystalline metal oxides,...
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• Russia’s New Robot Tank Will Outperform Humans

  10-11-2017 17:16 via technocracy.news
  Once standardized, these robots could roll off assembly lines like automobiles; their application on the battlefield will automate the killing of humans by an order of magnitude over WWI and WWII. Technocrats invent because they can, not because there is a need. ⁃ TN EditorThe Russian military will field a new armed tank-like robot that “outperformed” manned platforms in recent exercises at the Alabino proving grounds outside Moscow.
  That’s what Col. Oleg P
  
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• Homeland Security Warns Of Weaponized Drones And Aviation Threats

  10-11-2017 17:00 via technocracy.news
  Weaponized drones in the hands of terrorists are frightening, but remember that it was the Technocrat-heavy military establishment that developed the technology in the first place. This has sparked a massive arms race throughout the world, and is naturally trickling down to terrorists. ⁃ TN EditorThe Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued an updated terror bulletin on Thursday highlighting the threat of weaponized drones, chemical attacks and the continued targeting of commercia
  
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• ALMA Observes Dust Formation and Wind Acceleration Around W Hydrae

  10-11-2017 16:59 via scitechdaily.com
  Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), researchers from Kyoto University help explain aluminum oxide enrichment around AGB stars. Stars like our Sun eject large...
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• Claim: When AI Rules, One Rogue Programmer Could End The Human Race

  10-11-2017 16:51 via technocracy.news
  At the end of the day, it will be tech-saturated human Technocrats, not programs, that create the anti-human policies and outcomes that harm humanity. They will hide behind AI to escape responsibility, and everyone will think that the algorithms did them in.⁃ TN EditorThe idea of small groups of humans having control over some of the most powerful weapons ever to be built is scary, but it’s the reality we live in. In the not-so-distant future, that incredible power and responsibility
  
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• Juno Spacecraft Views Jupiter’s Stunning Southern Hemisphere

  10-11-2017 16:48 via scitechdaily.com
  This new image taken by NASA’s Juno Spacecraft shows Jupiter’s southern hemisphere in beautiful detail. The color-enhanced view captures one of the white ovals in...
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• Testing your tap water for contamination is way easier than you think

  10-11-2017 16:45
  
  EnvironmentThere are more options for at-home testing than ever.
  An increasing number of companies are offering customers the ability to do the kind of environmental testing once limited to municipalities.
  
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• Fin24.com | Telkom says government has identified potential buyers of stake

  10-11-2017 15:56
  
  Telkom executives have met with South African government officials to discuss plans to sell the state's 39% stake.
  
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• How to make a sourdough starter—and keep it alive

  10-11-2017 15:30
  
  DIYThe perfect loaf starts with some bacterial friends.
  Sourdough bread begins with its starter, a mix of flour and water that houses living wild yeast and bacteria. Here's how to grow your own tasty microbial mix.
  
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• A psychologist explains why those Facebook product ads are so darn compelling

  10-11-2017 14:00
  
  ScienceBrands know exactly how to play into your mistrust of. . . brands.
  You probably want to own a mattress you saw on Facebook. Here's why.
  
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• WATCH: British inventor sets jet suit record

  10-11-2017 13:41 via abcnews.go.com
  Richard Browning sets a world record for the fastest speed in a body controlled jet engine powered suit.
  
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• WATCH: Apple releases update to fix autocorrect bug

  10-11-2017 13:30 via abcnews.go.com
  Finally iPhone users can type the letter 'I' again thanks to the latest Apple fix.
  
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• Fin24.com | Uber loses employment rights case in Britain - lawyers

  10-11-2017 13:11
  
  US ride-hailing app Uber on Friday lost a landmark case in Britain that would give drivers the right to paid holidays and the national minimum wage, lawyers representing the claimants said.
  
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• The Peanut Plague

  10-11-2017 13:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  A toxic fungus infects crops eaten across the developing world. Scientists are engineering a solution.
  
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• The Immortal Jellyfish

  10-11-2017 13:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Society has long misunderstood these spineless swimmers. Now they could unlock the keys to regeneration.
  
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• Pluto and Ceres: Long Lost Twins?

  10-11-2017 13:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Despite their differences, these two bodies at the edge of the solar system may have been separated at birth.
  
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• New Horizons, New Worlds

  10-11-2017 13:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Four billion miles away, an ancient and pristine world awaits the Pluto hunter.
  
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• A Global State of Mind

  10-11-2017 13:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Mental illness knows no borders. One relentless Indian psychiatrist pushes to make treatment a standard around the world.
  
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• Fin24.com | Airbnb guns for China to become leading source of travellers

  10-11-2017 12:48
  
  Airbnb is opening more offices in China and expects the country to be its leading source of customers by 2020.
  
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• Fin24.com | Over half of Cape Town Airbnb hosts use it to cover bills

  10-11-2017 12:18
  
  Up to 52% of Cape Town Airbnb hosts use the online home sharing service in order to afford their homes, the company has revealed.
  
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• Behind the Cover: 11.12.17

  10-11-2017 11:00 via nytimes.com
  In this issue, a look at life beyond the steering wheel.
  
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• Fin24.com | Economic conditions put strain on Telkom results

  10-11-2017 10:53
  
  A tough economic environment has put strain on fixed and mobile operator Telkom, according to company CEO Sipho Maseko.
  
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• Fin24.com | Facebook said to move to London office, close to Google HQ

  10-11-2017 10:44
  
  Facebook is in negotiations to lease a new London office close to the planned headquarters of Google, according to people with knowledge of the talks.
  
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• Can Old Rocket Tech Jump-Start a New Era of Space Exploration?

  10-11-2017 10:20 via nbcnews.com
  NASA thinks 'nuclear thermal propulsion' might get it to Mars and beyond.
  
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• Fin24.com | Free smartphone offer 'won't compromise your data'

  10-11-2017 06:06
  
  User information will be kept safe, promises a retailer which is giving away smartphones as part of a programme to disrupt the traditional mobile business model.
  
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• Fin24.com | X days with iPhone X: Changing habits to embrace the future

  10-11-2017 05:00
  
  The future of the smartphone, as Apple calls its new iPhone X, means breaking old habits.
  
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