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• The fast, fancy, and futuristic cars from the 2018 Geneva Motor Show

  09-03-2018 23:27
  
  TechnologyThere are lots of new rides to see in Switzerland this week.
  Electric cars, super cars, and a self-driving living room.
  
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• Your Weekly Attenborough: Acisoma attenboroughi

  09-03-2018 23:20 via feedproxy.google.com
  Klaas-Douwe Dijkstra is no stranger to new insects. The prolific odonatologist has dozens to his name, thanks in large part to a sweeping 2015 paper cataloguing the results of 15 years of work in Africa. That effort added 60 dragonflies and damselflies to the scientific record, and was met with general acclaim from critics.Most people would be content to coast on the success of a mainstream breakthrough, but Dijkstra returned just months later, dropping a brand new, albeit smaller, col
  
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• Daylight Saving Time Has a Dark Side

  09-03-2018 22:26 via feedproxy.google.com
  A train hurtled around a corner at 82 mph, eventually coming off the rails and killing four passengers.Decades earlier, faulty decision-making resulted in the deaths of the seven-person crew of the Space Shuttle Challenger.Years before these events, a stuck valve regulating the supply of coolant to a nuclear reactor nearly resulted in the meltdown of a nuclear plant in Pennsylvania. In each of these cases, poor or inadequate sleep was one of the factors that contributed to the f
  
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• Say what? This is the storm-tossed north pole of Jupiter?

  09-03-2018 21:54 via feedproxy.google.com
  NASA's Juno mission to Jupiter has produced some wild imagery of the giant planet, showing massive swirling cyclones with a 3D effect
  When I first glanced at the image above, I thought I was looking at the surface of the Sun. But no, these really are mega cyclones swirling with winds up to 220 miles per hour around Jupiter’s north and south poles, as seen by NASA's Juno spacecraft.According to new research, they are long-lasting features unlike anything else seen before in o
  
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• What Does Any Part of the Brain Do?

  09-03-2018 21:43 via feedproxy.google.com
  How can we know the function of a region of the brain? Have we been approaching the problem in the wrong way? An interesting new paper from German neuroscientists Sarah Genon and colleagues explores these questions.According to Genon et al., neuroscientists have generally approached the brain from the standpoint of behavior. We ask: what is the neural basis of this behavioral or psychological function?
  Traditionally, assigning functions to brain regions has mainly been based on conc
  
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• Our stupid brains love spreading lies all over the internet

  09-03-2018 21:30
  
  ScienceA new study from MIT suggests "fake news" often trumps the truth.
  That’s not at all surprising, from a psychological standpoint. By their very design, these falsehoods prey upon one of humanity’s greatest cognitive weaknesses.
  
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• Facebook's spring training: Buying rights to 25 baseball games

  09-03-2018 21:09 via nbcnews.com
  Facebook, Twitter and Amazon and other tech companies are in a race to acquire sports streaming rights
  
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• Report says radioactive monitors failed at nuclear plant

  09-03-2018 21:05
  A new report says mistakes and mismanagement are to blame for the exposure of workers at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in Washington state to radioactive particles in December
  
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• Mars to undergo a long-overdue 'health checkup'

  09-03-2018 20:47 via nbcnews.com
  The InSight mission is scheduled to launch this spring.
  
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• Cost of San Francisco-Los Angeles bullet train jumps 20 percent to $77 billion, opening date extended 4 years to 2033

  09-03-2018 20:20
  Cost of San Francisco-Los Angeles bullet train jumps 20 percent to $77 billion, opening date extended 4 years to 2033
  
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• John Sulston, who decoded the human genome, dies at 75

  09-03-2018 19:22
  John Sulston, a Nobel Prize-winning British scientist who helped decode the human genome, has died
  
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• New Experiment Recreates Prehistoric Ocean Conditions

  09-03-2018 18:56 via scitechdaily.com
  A new experiment by Elizabeth Swanner evaluating the reduction of iron in prehistoric oceans may reinterpret the conditions under which iron-rich sedimentary rock is formed....
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• Study Shows Thirdhand Smoke Increases Lung Cancer Risk

  09-03-2018 18:42 via scitechdaily.com
  Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) identified thirdhand smoke, the toxic residues that linger on indoor surfaces and in...
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• Most teens still visit pediatricians—but they deserve doctors trained to treat them

  09-03-2018 18:33
  
  HealthAn adolescent health specialist explains what it means to understand teens.
  Teenagers make up 13 percent of the U.S., and most see pediatricians for their health needs. But experts say teens need doctors trained to work with adolescents.
  
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• Magnetoreception – A Compass In The Dark

  09-03-2018 18:30 via scitechdaily.com
  A research team headed by scientists of Helmholtz Zentrum München and the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has published a new model in ‘Nature Communications’...
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• Google's autonomous vehicle unit to test semis in Atlanta

  09-03-2018 18:26
  Just days after ride-hailing service Uber announced it was testing tractor-trailers that drive themselves, Google's autonomous vehicle unit announced similar testing in Georgia
  
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• Scientists Reveal the Genetic Timeline of Ancient Vanuatu People

  09-03-2018 18:08 via scitechdaily.com
  Researchers from The Australian National University (ANU) have helped put together the most comprehensive study ever conducted into the origins of people in Vanuatu –...
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• NASA Satellites Recreate Solar CME Eruption in 3D

  09-03-2018 17:41 via scitechdaily.com
  The more solar observatories, the merrier: Scientists have developed new models to see how shocks associated with coronal mass ejections, or CMEs, propagate from the...
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• New Hydrogel Adhesive Seals Moving Tissues Even in the Presence of Blood

  09-03-2018 17:26 via scitechdaily.com
  A Band-Aid adhesive bandage is an effective way to stop bleeding from skin wounds, but an equally viable option for internal bleeding does not yet...
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• Google Providing AI Technology To Defense Department’s Algorithmic Warfare

  09-03-2018 17:15 via technocracy.news
  Google censors everyone not sympathetic to its Technocrat ideology, but has no problem working with fellow Technocrats at the Department of Defense. In his farewell speech, President Dwight Eisenhower warned America about the Military-Industrial Complex and then about the Scientific Elite exerting power over society. This story indicates that they have merged together quite naturally. ⁃ TN EditorGoogle has quietly secured a contract to work on the Defense Department’s new algori
  
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• Anti-Bacterial Virus Discovered in a Lake Successfully Treats Antibiotic-Resistant Infection

  09-03-2018 17:13 via scitechdaily.com
  An anti-bacterial virus found in a Connecticut lake successfully treated an 80-year-old doctor with a life-threatening antibiotic-resistant infection in his heart, a Yale team of...
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• You probably shouldn't blame touchscreens for your kid's terrible handwriting

  09-03-2018 17:00
  
  HealthIn fact, they might even do some good.
  Parents the world over are concerned that touchscreen and tablet technology is negatively impacting children’s handwriting. But is this the case?
  
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• New Study Reveals How Gut Bacteria Drive Autoimmune Disease

  09-03-2018 17:00 via scitechdaily.com
  Bacteria found in the small intestines of mice and humans can travel to other organs and trigger an autoimmune response, according to a new Yale...
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• Smart Grid, Smart Structures Key To Lifting World Out Of Poverty

  09-03-2018 16:40 via technocracy.news
  The Technocrat’s solution to every problem known to man is technology and more technology. This is a false premise from the start because there is no demonstrable evidence that it is true. In other words, dreamers who imagine the future do not create reality merely because they imagine it. ⁃ TN EditorIt is a truth universally acknowledged that billions of people around the world live in poverty. But does it have to be that way? Today’s technological progress means that tomorrow
  
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• ALMA Images Molecular Outflow from Luminous Galaxy NGC 6240

  09-03-2018 16:37 via scitechdaily.com
  A merger between galaxies can trigger can intense radiation from bursts star formation and from the accretion of gas onto the two supermassive black holes...
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• Scientists: Now Using Pig Organs For Transplants Into Humans

  09-03-2018 16:16 via technocracy.news
  Technocrat scientists see no risk to humans when substituting pig organs for human organ transplants, which they claim are ‘functionally similar’. To qualify, the pigs must first be tested for 40 different kinds of viruses to prevent unwanted infections. There will be no widespread testing before this practice becomes routine. ⁃ TN EditorA team of scientists says it has created a pig that can be used in transplantations in humans.
  According to the team, which includes researche
  
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• How to make caramel at home without losing your mind

  09-03-2018 15:30
  
  DIYThe real sweet science.
  You don’t have to buy caramels from a candy store. You make them in your own kitchen—and there's some fascinating science behind the sweetness.
  
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• Warning: China Is Close To Complete Domination Over 5G And Internet Of Things

  09-03-2018 15:04 via technocracy.news
  China’s Technocrats are playing chess with a far-reaching strategy to dominate the system of Globalization, while America plays checkers, worrying only about the next ‘hop’. If the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) does not block the Qualcomm takeover, China will move into the vacuum and dominate the industry. ⁃ TN EditorAccording to Chang, Broadcom — a Singapore-based semiconductor manufacturer — will likely break up Qualcomm into c
  
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• China Providing ‘Strings Attached’ Academic Financing To Force Censorship In America

  09-03-2018 14:46 via technocracy.news
  The Chinese are very clever to weaponize capital in order to achieve devious ends. In this case, the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) funds selected academic institutions or projects in order to coerce them into self-censorship according to Chinese policies. Congress should block such funding. ⁃ TN EditorThe CIA has issued a classified report detailing China’s far-reaching foreign influence operations campaign in the United States, which imparts financial incentives as leverage to perme
  
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• First Artificial Meat, Now Artificial Milk- All Without Cows

  09-03-2018 14:21 via technocracy.news
  Lab-produced milk will soon become a ubiquitous part of the food chain without labeling requirements because it is already declared to be GMO-fee. However, the yeast that makes the milk proteins is tricked into doing so because of clever genetic modification. There is no guarantee that the resulting milk protein is 100% identical to a cow’s milk. ⁃ TN EditorThree young entrepreneurs in their mid-twenties sat nervously in the Hong Kong office of Solina Chau, one of the world&rsqu
  
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• WATCH: Does Samsung Galaxy S9's software match its impressive design?

  09-03-2018 14:05
  The Wall Street Journal calls the Galaxy S9 impressive and infuriating.
  
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• Whatever the latest infectious disease outbreak is, explained. (This time, it's mumps.)

  09-03-2018 14:01
  
  HealthA tale as old as time.
  Since cases like these are so common in 2018, we’ve put together a template for writing about whatever infectious disease risk is trending on Google News.
  
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• Want something to go viral? Make it fake news

  09-03-2018 13:51 via nbcnews.com
  People are quicker to repeat something that's wrong than something that's true
  
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• Watchdog: Western tech used for hacking in Turkey, Syria

  09-03-2018 12:23
  Researchers say a Canadian company's hardware is being used to hack internet users along Turkey's border with Syria
  
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• Fin24.com | Comic Con Africa ticket sales now open

  09-03-2018 10:31
  
  Tickets to Africa’s first Comic Con to be held in Johannesburg are now on sale. The event will showcase comic books and science fiction/fantasy related films, series and similar popular arts.
  
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• Time is slowing down in Europe. Here's why.

  09-03-2018 03:43 via nbcnews.com
  Forget Daylight Savings, millions of clocks in 25 countries across Europe have lost almost 6 minutes since mid-January because of an electricity dispute between Serbia and Kosovo.
  
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• Permafrost in coldest Arctic areas will melt faster than thought, releasing large amounts of greenhouse gases

  09-03-2018 01:10 via feedproxy.google.com
  No, calamity is not imminent. But new findings offer worrisome insights into the ongoing transformation of the Arctic—and our planet.
  |Update March 9: I've added some commentary at the end of this piece on the implications of the permafrost research described here. |The coldest reaches of the Arctic on land were once thought to be at least temporarily shielded from a major — and worrisome — effect of a warming climate: widespread melting
  
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• Alexa should laugh more, not less, because people prefer social robots

  09-03-2018 00:17
  
  TechnologyServices like Alexa and Siri work best when they emulate humans.
  Alexa, Amazon’s virtual assistant, has been laughing at the wrong times. But it's good that it's trying.
  
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• Now's your chance to send your name hurtling into the Sun's atmosphere

  09-03-2018 00:00
  
  SpaceMeanwhile in space: dusty donuts, 50 launches, and pizza storms on Jupiter.
  You’re probably not going to go to space any time soon. But your name could.
  
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