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• Our closest neighboring star system sounds like a terrible place to live

  27-02-2018 23:54
  
  SpaceInstead of hosting planet-friendly dust, Proxima Centauri spews radiation.
  We'd hoped to find life on our closest exoplanet, but the massive stellar flares might pose a bit of a problem.
  
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• Amazon's dream of connecting your home just got bigger

  27-02-2018 23:41 via nbcnews.com
  Amazon's acquisition follows the launch of a program that lets delivery people into homes via connected locks and cameras.
  
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• Google's Clips camera uses AI to try to spot your important family moments

  27-02-2018 23:34
  
  TechnologyThe little camera looks for faces and records short videos.
  Google’s new camera, called Clips, is a small, intriguing device that feels experimental.
  
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• It doesn't really matter which smartphone has the 'best' camera

  27-02-2018 22:16
  
  TechnologyMost modern smartphones have great imaging devices with lots of marketing attached
  Modern smartphones cameras are good.
  
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• Astronauts aim for icy homecoming after months in space

  27-02-2018 21:51
  Three astronauts face a bitterly cold homecoming after nearly six months aboard the International Space Station
  
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• Why Did Magic Mushrooms Evolve 'Magic'?

  27-02-2018 21:50 via feedproxy.google.com
  By now, it's pretty clear that psilocybin, the active compound in "magic mushrooms" has a potent effect on human beings. But psychedelic visions obviously weren't the evolutionary force that caused some fungi to make the compound — it's an unforeseen side effect.With a new genetic analysis, researchers think they've identified why magic mushrooms started producing "magic" in the first place. The culprit, they say, is insects.
  Psychedelic Genetics
  By sequencing the genomes of three sep
  
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• There’s a better way to use a standing desk

  27-02-2018 21:30
  
  HealthIs standing actually better than sitting?
  A growing body of evidence suggests that yes, sitting for long periods of time can have a detrimental effect on your health. But unfortunately, standing for large spans…
  
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• I'm creating a song using at-home recording tech. First up: the drums.

  27-02-2018 21:04
  
  GadgetsHow does Yamaha's $500 EAD10 sound?
  Over the next few months, I’m going to explore some new pieces of music tech that embrace change, but also preserve what I love about music making: the human performance…
  
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• Disney to Donate $1 Million of ‘Black Panther’ Proceeds to Youth STEM Programs

  27-02-2018 20:56 via nytimes.com
  The move is a nod to one of the film’s key themes: the way technology can inspire and empower young people from marginalized communities.
  
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• Justices look at how older law applies to internet cloud

  27-02-2018 20:48
  The Supreme Court is signaling it will allow the government to force American technology companies to hand over emails and other digital information sought in criminal probes but stored in the internet cloud outside the U.S.
  
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• WATCH: TSA testing new bomb detection technology

  27-02-2018 20:08
  ABC News' Aaron Katersky explains the systems that could become widely used to thwart would-be suicide bombers.
  
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• Fin24.com | Nokia launches a fistful of phones, including another legendary icon

  27-02-2018 19:21
  
  Mobile phone maker Nokia has unveiled five new smartphones at the Mobile World Congress 2018 in Barcelona, Spain.
  
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• Facebook offers an olive branch to local newspapers as tensions escalate

  27-02-2018 18:58 via nbcnews.com
  A $3 million project to help boost subscriptions comes as a newspaper trade group pushes to band against Facebook and Google
  
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• Supreme Court seems set to rule against Microsoft in email privacy case

  27-02-2018 18:49 via nbcnews.com
  The U.S. Supreme Court takes up a battle between the federal government and the internet giant Microsoft over the privacy of data belonging to its customers.
  
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• New Production Process Could Help Eradicate Malaria Related Deaths

  27-02-2018 18:39 via scitechdaily.com
  The most important active ingredient against malaria can now be produced in a considerably more efficient and environmentally friendly way. Researchers at the Max Planck...
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• Urine Could Help Determine How Old You Really Are

  27-02-2018 18:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  For doctors, looking at a person’s birth date doesn’t tell them much. Sure, a person might be 75 on paper, but genes, lifestyle and environment all play into health. So it's important to get a good understanding of how old our bodies really are — a biological age rather than chronological age.A new study, published Tuesday in Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, found that a simple urine test could deliver valuable information about our biological age.
  Age is Just a Number
  In the s
  
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• It's 2018 and black lung disease seems to be on the rise

  27-02-2018 18:30
  
  HealthThere is no cure for the fatal condition.
  Mining conditions were getting better, until recent trends revealed an increase in black lung disease.
  
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• Wind and Solar Power Could Generate Most But Not All of the Electricity in the USA

  27-02-2018 18:25 via scitechdaily.com
  Wind and solar power could generate most but not all electricity in the United States, according to an analysis of 36 years of weather data...
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• Physicists Image Individual Quantum Dots in 3-D for the First Time

  27-02-2018 18:02 via scitechdaily.com
  Researchers have developed an imaging technique that uses a tiny, super sharp needle to nudge a single nanoparticle into different orientations and capture 2-D images...
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• Astronomers Measure Temperature Shift in Brown Dwarfs for the First Time

  27-02-2018 17:48 via scitechdaily.com
  Brown dwarfs, the larger cousins of giant planets, undergo atmospheric changes from cloudy to cloudless as they age and cool. A team of astronomers led...
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• Scientists Link Specific Genes to Individual Differences in Autistic Children

  27-02-2018 17:36 via scitechdaily.com
  A team of scientists at the University of Cambridge has discovered that specific genes are linked to individual differences in brain anatomy in autistic children....
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• Water on the Moon Raises Questions About Its Origin Story

  27-02-2018 17:17 via scitechdaily.com
  It’s amazing what a difference a little water can make. The Moon formed between about 4.4 and 4.5 billion years ago when an object collided...
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• Fin24.com | SA shipbuilding firm nets massive maritime contract

  27-02-2018 17:17
  
  South African shipbuilding firm Damen Shipyards Cape Town has received an order from Armscor for the construction of three Inshore Patrol Vessels estimated at R5bn.
  
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• Scientists are trying to figure out where the heck horses came from

  27-02-2018 17:00
  
  AnimalsA new study shows how little we know about their origins.
  A new study published in Science suggests that the Botai horses were not the ancestors of our modern equine companions – and challenges what we thought we knew about one…
  
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• Neurologists Reveal What Happens in the Split Second Before the Emergence of Consciousness

  27-02-2018 16:55 via scitechdaily.com
  Our brains are bombarded with information about events around us, but we only become conscious of a few of them. Yale researchers have captured what...
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• Biochemists Identify Key Similarity in the Way Water Oxidation Occurs in Plants and Bacteria

  27-02-2018 16:40 via scitechdaily.com
  Researchers at Yale and the University of California-Riverside recently identified a key similarity in the way water oxidation occurs in green plants and bacteria during...
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• WATCH: Amazon adds augmented reality function to its Android app

  27-02-2018 16:19
  The retail giant's new tool, "AR View," allows users to visualize items inside their homes using augmented reality technology before making a purchase.
  
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• Outbursts From Supermassive Black Hole Transform Exoplanets

  27-02-2018 16:18 via scitechdaily.com
  A team of astrophysicists and planetary scientists has predicted that Neptune-like planets located near the center of the Milky Way galaxy have been transformed into...
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• Seven automated smartphone commands you should try

  27-02-2018 15:30
  
  DIYTeach your old phone some new tricks.
  Your phone can make your life even more convenient if you automate some of its commands. Set up your device to complete these seven tasks automatically.
  
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• Less is more as companies explore shopping by voice

  27-02-2018 15:21
  Less is more as companies explore shopping by voice
  
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• Silicon Valley faces 'perfect storm' of public contempt

  27-02-2018 14:14 via nbcnews.com
  Gone are the glory days of glowing praise and good PR for big tech companies.
  
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• WATCH: California city bans texting and walking

  27-02-2018 14:04
  It's now a ticketable offense to cross the street while texting, talking on the phone or listening to music on a smartphone in Montclair, California.
  
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• Cyclones in the Pacific made it snow in Rome, and soon that weather will hit the U.S.

  27-02-2018 14:00
  
  ScienceYour regular reminder that weather is a wild system of tiny causes and huge effects.
  There’s more to this story than a few pretty pictures of snowy Roman roofs. There's also some sweet gifs of a splitting polar vortex.
  
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• 20 Years of ‘Help Me!’ Tech Questions

  27-02-2018 12:30 via nytimes.com
  Technology has changed since 1998, but the plea for advice from The Times’s “Tech Tip” columnist has not.
  
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• WATCH: iPhone X Plus reported to have largest display ever

  27-02-2018 11:39
  According to Bloomberg, the Apple phone will feature a 6.5-inch screen.
  
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• Amid backlash, it's a make or break moment for big tech

  27-02-2018 11:00 via nbcnews.com
  Gone are the glory days of glowing praise and good PR for big tech companies.
  
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• YouTube's conspiracy video problem is just getting worse

  27-02-2018 09:57 via nbcnews.com
  The shooting in Parkland, Florida is only the most recent tragic event to feed a growing network of misinformation videos
  
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• China Excels In Development Finance, Or ‘Fintech’

  27-02-2018 05:45 via technocracy.news
  As a full-fledged Technocracy, China’s Technocrat leaders have no interest in helping the poor in their country or anywhere else in the world. They do intend to lead in so-called ‘Fintech’ that will complete massive infrastructure projects. ⁃ TN EditorThe China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) is reshaping the landscape of development finance, UNCTAD economist Daniel Poon has told a seminar on South-South cooperation run by Africa 21, a Geneva-based think t
  
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• Science Journal Pushes International Technocratic Tyranny

  27-02-2018 05:34 via technocracy.news
  The global elite that are promoting Technocracy are deft at deception, propaganda, half-truths and fake news. This article explains the hypocrisy of these Technocrats and suggests that they must be stopped now! ⁃ TN EditorThe environmental movement wants to make the rich West much poorer so that the destitute can become richer.
  However, rather than improve the plight of the developing world through such crucial projects as constructing an Africa-wide electrical grid, environmentalists say
  
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• The Fight Against Lab-Grown Meat Has Officially Begun

  27-02-2018 05:22 via technocracy.news
  Technocrat scientists are bent on transforming the food system of the entire planet, using science-based solutions, in this case, lab-grown meat. Cattle ranchers are attempting to stop the threat against them before it takes hold. ⁃ TN EditorWhat is meat?
  Back in the day, the distinction was simple. Animals are meat, and plants are not. But now, it’s getting a lot more complicated thanks to cultured, or what some might call “fake,” meat.
  Companies like Impossible Foods an
  
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• Star Trek, James Bond, and the trip from science fiction to science fact

  27-02-2018 00:00
  
  ScienceExcerpt: The Edumacation Book
  There were so many things in fiction, movies, and TV shows that people just took for granted. Cool stuff that was part of their world of the future.
  
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