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• What the heck is the Doomsday Clock, and why did it just tick?

  25-01-2018 23:00
  
  ScienceWe're two minutes to midnight. Again.
  The Doomsday Clock just ticked 30 seconds, bringing us at an uncomfy two minutes to midnight for the first time since the Cold War.
  
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• The price of solar panels just went up—here's what that means for you

  25-01-2018 21:30
  
  TechnologyA steep new tariff on imported solar panels will have a profound effect on the industry.
  President Trump's new tariff on imported solar panels could alter the technology's future.
  
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• Modern humans left Africa earlier than thought, fossil shows

  25-01-2018 21:14
  Researchers found a jaw in an Israeli cave, indicating that modern humans left Africa as much as 100,000 years earlier than previously thought
  
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• Correction: Burned Bears story

  25-01-2018 21:11
  Correction: Burned Bears story
  
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• In Memoriam: Conversations with my Grandpa

  25-01-2018 21:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  For several months, my grandfather—Ralph Bianchi—has been battling stage four kidney cancer. On Monday, that battle ended when he passed peacefully in his sleep. While you can read his obituary in today's Boston Globe, a few hundred words cannot wholly capture his legacy. Ralph Bianchi was an engineer and pioneer who dedicated his career to cleaning up the messes of others. I wrote the following post in June of 2010, when an explosion on the Deepwater Horizon oil
  
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• How polar animals cope with frigid darkness for months at a time

  25-01-2018 20:30
  
  AnimalsEndless darkness? Subzero temperatures? They can work with that.
  The Arctic in winter is dark—but it's not empty. Some animals choose to stay put.
  
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• Oldest Human Fossils Outside Africa Push Back Our Timeline...Again

  25-01-2018 20:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Time keeps marching on...backwards, at least when it comes to telling the story of human evolution and migration. The oldest human fossils found outside of Africa suggest our species may have left that continent 200,000 years ago.
  You may recall that 2017 was the year that the conventional timeline for human evolution and migration finally toppled thanks to overwhelming archaeological and paleogenetic evidence. Our species is much older, and left its ancestral continent of Africa much e
  
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• Fin24.com | Opera browser stops your phone from mining bitcoin without consent

  25-01-2018 20:00
  
  Software company Opera has recently added protection to its mobile browsers against hackers who make use of smartphones to mine cryptocurrencies.
  
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• Quantum Cocktail Provides New Insights on Quantum Many-Body Systems

  25-01-2018 19:32 via scitechdaily.com
  Experiments based on atoms in a shaken artificial crystal made of light offer novel insight into the physics of quantum many-body systems — which might...
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• Robots to the Rescue: Saving Lives with Unmanned Vehicles

  25-01-2018 19:23 via feedproxy.google.com
  Last week’s sea rescue of Australian swimmers by an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) is just the start of a robotics revolution.On January 18, an Australian lifeguard piloted a drone over the turbulent ocean off the far north coast of New South Wales to rescue two teens in distress. As thrilling as it was to watch a tiny drone drop a flotation device to the two struggling swimmers, the rescue was relatively easy, using proven robotic technology in an ideal, wide-open environment.#RESCUE
  
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• Scientists Sequence Largest Genome to Date, the Axolotl Genome

  25-01-2018 19:14 via scitechdaily.com
  A team of researchers led by scientists in Vienna, Dresden and Heidelberg has decoded the entire genetic information of the Mexican salamander axolotl. The axolotl...
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• Geneticists Fully Decode a New Genome for Regeneration Research

  25-01-2018 19:02 via scitechdaily.com
  The planarian flatworm Schmidtea mediterranea is an extraordinary animal. Even when cut into tiny pieces, each piece can regenerate back into a complete and perfectly...
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• Remembering the Columbia Space Shuttle Disaster

  25-01-2018 18:55 via feedproxy.google.com
  NASA is holding its annual Day of Remembrance today to honor the crew members of Apollo 1 and space shuttles Challenger and Columbia, as well as other NASA employees who have lost their lives while advancing space exploration.This year marks the 15th anniversary of Columbia’s last space shuttle mission, which suffered a catastrophic and fatal end. The unfortunate event shook the science community and the public, but the lessons taken away from the incident overhauled NASA’s approach
  
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• Scientists Reveal the Evolution of Modern Human Brain Shape

  25-01-2018 18:50 via scitechdaily.com
  Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, reveal how and when the typical globular brain shape of modern humans evolved....
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• Simulations Show Planetary Bodies May Have Extremely Low-Density Surfaces

  25-01-2018 18:33 via scitechdaily.com
  Spacecraft landing on Jupiter’s moon Europa could see the craft sink due to high surface porosity, research by Planetary Science Institute Senior Scientist Robert Nelson...
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• This Ultrathin Miniaturized System Can Deliver Drugs Directly to the Brain

  25-01-2018 18:15 via scitechdaily.com
  MIT researchers have devised a miniaturized system that can deliver tiny quantities of medicine to brain regions as small as 1 cubic millimeter. This type...
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• What Really Controls the Pace of Spring Snowmelt

  25-01-2018 18:02 via scitechdaily.com
  A new study has found that dust, not spring warmth, controls the pace of spring snowmelt that feeds the headwaters of the Colorado River. Contrary...
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• Jack White bans cellphones at concerts for '100% human experience'

  25-01-2018 17:51 via nbcnews.com
  The former White Stripes frontman, who is slated to release a new album in March, said in a statement that his upcoming concerts will be "phone-free."
  
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• Researchers Discover a Missing Link in Virus Evolution

  25-01-2018 17:50 via scitechdaily.com
  A type of virus that dominates water samples taken from the world’s oceans has long escaped analysis because it has characteristics that standard tests can’t...
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• 'Incredible genes' can only do so much to counteract an unhealthy lifestyle

  25-01-2018 17:41
  
  HealthYour genes are only part of you.
  What defines our health? We know it’s some combination of genes, the environment, and the choices we make. But which one has the most impact?
  
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• Egypt places colossus of Ramses II in atrium of new museum

  25-01-2018 17:25
  Egypt places giant statue of Ramses II inentrance hall of antiquities museum under construction outside Cairo
  
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• Fin24.com | Bitcoin’s about to get easier for Wall Street pros to trade

  25-01-2018 17:19
  
  The company that developed one of the most popular pieces of trading software is about to make it easier for professionals to bet on cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin.
  
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• Alibaba Founder Jack Ma Says Big Data And AI Pose Threat To Humans

  25-01-2018 16:59 via technocracy.news
  Technocrat Jack Ma’s Alibaba is the Amazon of China, and he is closely aligned with the Chinese government. He readily admits that “The AI and robots are going to kill a lot of jobs as machines will replace humans in future” and that Big Data and AI are a threat to humanity. Nevertheless, Technocracy races forward in China and around the world. ⁃ TN EditorA day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi struck a chord with business and political leaders at the World Economic Foru
  
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• Davos: Social Media Firms Under Heavy Pressure For Increased Regulation

  25-01-2018 16:40 via technocracy.news
  On several fronts, Big Tech and particularly social networks are under attack, with many saying that regulation is inevitable. Public sentiment is obviously turning and leaders are looking very intently at the practices and biases of these tech giants.  ⁃ TN EditorTechnology companies have gotten a free pass on regulation, and that should change said Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff at a panel in Davos entitled, “In Tech We Trust.”
  “The signs are pointing to more regulati
  
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• University Of Manchester: Your Sandwich Is Bad For The Environment

  25-01-2018 16:17 via technocracy.news
  Technocrat scientists intend to micro-manage every facet of your life, including the type of sandwich you pack in little Johnny’s lunchbox. Yes, this is the true nature of Technocracy. ⁃ TN EditorDo you take a packed lunch to work or buy a sandwich from the shop? The carbon footprint of your sandwich could be having a major impact on greenhouse gas emissions according to new research.
  Researchers at The University of Manchester have carried out the first ever study looking at the&nbs
  
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• Scientists successfully clone monkeys; are humans up next?

  25-01-2018 15:51
  The primate barrier has been broken: For the first time, scientists have successfully created monkeys by using the cloning technique that produced Dolly the sheep. Are humans up next?
  
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• We pitted digital assistants against each other to find the most useful AI

  25-01-2018 15:30
  
  DIYAlexa vs Siri vs Google Assistant vs Cortana vs Bixby.
  We decided to compare all the leading digital assistants—Alexa, Siri, Google Assistant, Cortana, and Bixby—to discover which best meets your every need.
  
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• Burger King weighs in on net neutrality with $26 Whopper

  25-01-2018 14:53 via nbcnews.com
  When it comes to accessing the internet, Burger King's latest social experiment is showing the fast-food company is in full support of net neutrality.
  
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• Deep-sea robots are scoping out the secret origins of algae blooms

  25-01-2018 14:00
  
  Nexus Media News “They work everywhere, any time.”
  Scientists are using robots to better understand algae blooms in the fight against climate change.
  
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• WATCH: Apple will give users control over iPhone slowdown issues

  25-01-2018 13:46
  Apple's next operating system will allow users to disable the feature that slows down old iPhones.
  
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• Artificial Intelligence’s ‘Black Box’ Is Nothing to Fear

  25-01-2018 11:45 via nytimes.com
  We actually understand this technology better than we understand human decision-making.
  
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• Channel24.co.za | The top 10 shows South Africans like to binge-watch on Netflix

  25-01-2018 09:56
  
  Streaming video service Netflix has revealed the top binged shows South Africans have watched in less than three months in 2017.
  
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• Erupting Philippine volcano still swelling with magma below

  25-01-2018 09:41
  Philippine scientists say a volcano that's been erupting for almost two weeks still appears to be swelling with magma under the surface
  
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• Police State: Round Ups, Checkpoints And National ID Cards

  25-01-2018 06:04 via technocracy.news
  John Whitehead absolutely gets the rising authoritarian police state in America, but not the larger picture of Technocracy that is driving it. The national identification system, for instance, is a Technocrat initiative to track everyone, everywhere, at all time. ⁃ TN EditorHere in Amerika, things are getting worse—not better—as the nation inches ever closer towards totalitarianism, that goose-stepping form of tyranny in which the government has all of the power and “we t
  
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• Sophia The Robot Debuts On Fashion Magazine Stylist’s Cover

  25-01-2018 05:47 via technocracy.news
  Robots with AI are turning up everywhere you look; women are idolizing them and men are falling in love. Will this disrupt humanity altogether? Technocrats don’t seem to care if it does or not, because they have the limelight and resources to invent whatever they want! ⁃ TN EditorTo mark the release of its 400th issue, United Kingdom-based publication Stylist decided to feed into one of the most popular topics of today – the impending robot revolution.
  “What would re
  
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• China Building ‘Super Laser’ That Can Rip Holes In Space

  25-01-2018 05:32 via technocracy.news
  Why would Technocrats want to rip holes in outer space? Because they can. China is a Technocracy that believes the answer to everything is found in science and only science. Super-lasers have application in weather modification, terrestrial warfare and space warfare, and China can be expected to dominate all three.  ⁃ TN EditorBoffins in Shanghai, China, have been designing the world’s most powerful laser.
  The team has already made history with its earlier invention, the Shangha
  
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• Don't want to bother with cat litter? Japan offers robots

  25-01-2018 05:25
  Unlike real children or pets, they don't require constant attention.
  
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• Disco nights? Rocket Lab launches glinting sphere into orbit

  25-01-2018 01:58
  Look into the night sky at the right time and you might see what seems like a disco ball shimmering and glinting back
  
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• The world's strongest athletes benefit from some extra body fat

  25-01-2018 00:00
  Fat Month A belly isn't a big deal when you're eating 5,000 calories a day over 1,000 pounds.
  Bodybuilding and strength competitors look very different, and there's good reason.
  
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