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• These are the world's most powerful supercomputers

  14-11-2017 23:55
  
  TechnologyThis is how these machines work, and why they're important.
  Twice a year, an organization called the TOP500 publishes a list of the world’s fastest supercomputers. Here's what it means.
  
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• Meet the world's most powerful supercomputers

  14-11-2017 23:55
  
  TechnologyThis is how these machines work, and why they're important.
  Twice a year, an organization called the TOP500 publishes a list of the world’s fastest supercomputers. Here's what it means.
  
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• The skyscrapers of the future could be built with the garbage of today

  14-11-2017 23:15
  
  Nexus Media News Green buildings made of recycled materials are the hot new thing.
  The buildings of the future may not look like the ones we've imagined. For starters, they'll probably be made of garbage.
  
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• Russian Twitter trolls stoked voter fraud fear before election

  14-11-2017 22:33 via nbcnews.com
  Months before Wikileaks messaged Donald Trump Jr. about a "rigged" election, Russian Twitter trolls sowed doubt about the election's validity online.
  
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• The Latest: US delegation to climate talks gets new leader

  14-11-2017 22:07
  The U.S. State Department says its third-ranking diplomat will no longer lead the American delegation to climate change talks in Bonn, Germany, this week
  
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• From an evolutionary perspective, does it make any sense to be nice?

  14-11-2017 21:30
  
  ScienceSolving Darwin’s puzzle of kindness.
  How could cooperative populations, which allegedly survived better than competitive populations, have evolved in the first place?
  
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• Cygnus cargo ship arrives at space station

  14-11-2017 21:14
  Orbital ATK's unmanned Cygnus cargo ship arrived Tuesday at the International Space Station carrying more than 7,400 pounds (3,400 kilograms) of food, supplies and experiments, the US space agency said.
  
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• Businesses need better approach to compliance programs, research finds

  14-11-2017 21:01
  Recent reports of sexual harassment committed by powerful men also highlight the failures of corporate compliance programs designed to protect employees. This is because few companies understand how their employees reach unethical and illegal decisions or have compliance strategies aimed at curbing them, according to research by a professor in the Indiana University Kelley School of Business.
  
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• Disease-resistant apples perform better than old favorites

  14-11-2017 21:00
  You may not find them in the produce aisle yet, but it's only a matter of time before new disease-resistant apple cultivars overtake favorites like Honeycrisp in popularity, according to a University of Illinois apple expert.
  
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• Punctuation in text messages helps replace cues found in face-to-face conversations

  14-11-2017 20:58
  Emoticons, irregular spellings and exclamation points in text messages aren't sloppy or a sign that written language is going down the tubes—these "textisms" help convey meaning and intent in the absence of spoken conversation, according to newly published research from Binghamton University, State University of New York.
  
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• Making mosquitoes self-destruct

  14-11-2017 20:57
  Researchers at the University of California, Riverside have developed transgenic mosquitoes that stably express the Cas9 enzyme in their germline. The addition of Cas9 will enable the use of the CRISPR gene editing tool to make efficient, targeted changes to the mosquitoes' DNA.
  
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• With launch of new night sky survey, UW researchers ready for era of 'big data' astronomy

  14-11-2017 20:55
  The first astronomers had a limited toolkit: their eyes. They could only observe those stars, planets and celestial events bright enough to pick up unassisted. But today's astronomers use increasingly sensitive and sophisticated instruments to view and track a bevy of cosmic wonders, including objects and events that were too dim or distant for their sky-gazing forebears.
  
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• Researchers examine social identity threat and religion in the US

  14-11-2017 20:53
  When people feel targeted because of their religious identity, they can experience a psychological threat that may undermine psychological well-being and increase prejudice toward other groups, according to a new study by Penn State psychologists.
  
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• Microbiome transplants provide disease resistance in critically-endangered Hawaiian plant

  14-11-2017 20:51
  Transplanting wild microbes from healthy related plants can make a native Hawaiian plant healthier and likelier to survive in wild according to new research from The Amend Laboratory in the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa (UHM) Botany Department and the O'ahu Army Natural Resources Program (OANRP). Professor Anthony Amend and postdoctoral researcher Geoff Zahn used microbes to restore the health of a critically endangered Hawaiian plant that, until now, had been driven to extinction in the w
  
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• Scientists testing sweat analysis for cellphone authentication

  14-11-2017 20:41
  Dr. Halamek and his lab are analyzing amino acids for smartphone identification.
  
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• Mariner 9 Image of a Shield Volcano on Mars

  14-11-2017 20:40 via scitechdaily.com
  On November 14, 1971, Mariner 9, the first spacecraft to orbit the Red Planet took this and other images of a Martian shield volcano, approximately...
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• Rise in teen suicide, social media coincide; is there link?

  14-11-2017 20:29
  A new analysis says a surge in suicide rates and depression among U.S. teens may be linked with rising social media use.
  
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• Oxygen-Rich Iron Reservoirs Could Have Played a Crucial Role in the Creation of Life

  14-11-2017 20:28 via scitechdaily.com
  A new study from the Carnegie Institution For Science shows that reservoirs of oxygen-rich iron between the Earth’s core and mantle could have played a...
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• WATCH: Hottest tech toys of the 2017 holiday season

  14-11-2017 20:21
  Toy Insider Mom Laurie Schacht stops by to share the hottest high-tech toys your kids are bound to have on their wish lists this holiday season.
  
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• Elgato Eve Degree Review: A smart-but-spendy way to track your home's climate

  14-11-2017 20:15
  
  GadgetsThis HomeKit device measures temperature, humidity, and barometric pressure.
  Track the environmental variables inside and outside your home.
  
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• Can these drones save elephants from extinction?

  14-11-2017 19:55 via nbcnews.com
  Poachers kill tens of thousands of elephants a year, but now drones are helping to stop the carnage.
  
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• Black Butterfly Enhances Photovoltaic Light Absorption Up to 200 Percent

  14-11-2017 19:45 via scitechdaily.com
  New research focuses on the wings of the black butterfly (Pachliopta aristolochiae), which are covered by micro- and nanostructured scales that harvest sunlight over a...
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• University: Spraying Aerosols Into Atmosphere Will Cause ‘Climate Chaos’

  14-11-2017 19:41 via technocracy.news
  Geoengineering is already underway and is proving to be extremely dangerous to the world’s ecosystem. Scientists at University of Exeter are blowing the whistle and calling for strict regulation before uncontainable damage is done. Up to this point, the Technocrat mindset on chemically dousing the atmosphere has been that since they are right (in their mind only), they need no permission or consultation with anyone else. ⁃ TN EditorArtificially cooling Earth to counter global wa
  
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• Researchers Use CRISPR-Carrying Nanoparticles To Edit Genomes

  14-11-2017 19:25 via scitechdaily.com
  Using a new delivery system, researchers from MIT have developed nanoparticles that can deliver the CRISPR genome-editing system and specifically modify genes, eliminating the need...
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• The Dark, Darker And Darkest Side Of Science

  14-11-2017 19:19 via technocracy.news
  This is a thoughtful article but does not recognize that Technocracy is a global ideology intent on capturing the entire planet into a scientific dictatorship. If successful, the concepts of freedom and liberty will be permanently snuffed out, with no means of escape. ⁃ TN EditorThe technology spawned by science grows ever more powerful, and does so at an ever-faster rate. Where is it taking us?
  Science has bestowed enormous benefits on mankind. But it has a dark side as wel
  
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• Here’s how scientists are tricking you into eating your veggies

  14-11-2017 19:15
  
  HealthStep one: Plant some fake childhood memories in your noggin.
  Because just telling people how healthy vegetables are doesn’t really hack it.
  
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• US attorney general slams 'epidemic' of leaks to media

  14-11-2017 19:10
  Leaks of classified information under Donald Trump's presidency have reached "epidemic proportions," US Attorney General Jeff Sessions said Tuesday.
  
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• Prague zoo fetes health of rare Malayan tiger cubs

  14-11-2017 19:01
  The Prague zoo on Tuesday celebrated the health of two rare Malayan tiger cubs—a male and a female—born there six weeks ago.
  
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• New study shows disadvantage for firms possessing celebrity and status

  14-11-2017 18:59
  Businesses that have attracted lots of positive media coverage and are also affiliated with high-status venture capitalists or underwriters may seem like poster children for corporate success. But new research from the University of Notre Dame shows this kind of attention may be too much of a good thing.
  
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• FDA Approves First Digital Pill For Behavior Modification

  14-11-2017 18:57 via technocracy.news
  As one Technocrat physician stated, ““When patients don’t adhere to lifestyle or medications that are prescribed for them, there are really substantive consequences”. Healthcare enters a new phase as treatment is delivered by enforceable drug regimens. Physicians will be mandated to use digital drugs or face censure or dismissal. Physicians are already subject to “Evidence-Based Medicine” (EBM) where treatments are mandated from above, with penalties for
  
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• Study suggests the body is central to identity manipulation in call center work

  14-11-2017 18:53
  New research highlights the politics of 'identity work' where Indian call centre workers manipulate their cultural identities to sell a global service.
  
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• Sunny future for renewables thanks to China: IEA

  14-11-2017 18:52
  Solar energy is to lead the race to new power generation over the coming decades, thanks in large part to China and India, the International Energy Agency said Tuesday.
  
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• Study settles prehistoric puzzle, confirms modern link of carbon dioxide, global warming

  14-11-2017 18:52
  Fossil leaves from Africa have resolved a prehistoric climate puzzle—and also confirm the link between carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and global warming.
  
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• New internet TV service has $16 monthly tab and no sports

  14-11-2017 18:48
  The hook of the latest internet TV service is a low price and no sports channels.
  
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• Study provides insights for combating devastating amphibian disease

  14-11-2017 18:44
  Amphibian chytridiomycosis, caused by infection with the Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis fungus, is the most devastating vertebrate disease on record. The fungus infects more than 600 species of amphibian and has been implicated as the primary cause of decline in more than 200 species.
  
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• Pesticides may cause bumblebees to lose their buzz, study finds

  14-11-2017 18:44
  Pesticides significantly reduce the number of pollen grains a bumblebee is able to collect, a new University of Stirling study has found.
  
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