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• No small feat: Santa Barbara Zoo giraffe births 6-foot baby

  16-03-2018 23:21
  The Santa Barbara Zoo's Masai giraffe, Audrey, gave birth this week to a 6-foot-1-inch newborn
  
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• 1 in 3 Michigan workers tested opened fake 'phishing' email

  16-03-2018 23:02
  Michigan auditors who conducted a fake "phishing" attack on 5,000 randomly selected state employees say that nearly one-third opened the email
  
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• Hacker who turned in Chelsea Manning to FBI dead at age 37

  16-03-2018 23:01
  Authorities have confirmed the death in Kansas of the computer hacker who turned in Chelsea Manning in to law enforcement for giving thousands of documents to WikiLeaks
  
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• Listen to the first-ever recordings of volcanic thunder

  16-03-2018 23:00
  
  ScienceThe sounds of science.
  It’s an explosion that starts within the earth, a release of pressurized gases and bits of rock, either sharp shards or molten fragments or both. A volcanic eruption is…
  
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• Your Weekly Attenborough: Blakea attenboroughii

  16-03-2018 22:45 via feedproxy.google.com
  Plants, they're just like us.We begin our lives as, really, parasites. A baby may bring some joy into the world, but it's not contributing much beyond that. It takes feeding, cleaning, protecting, teaching and money to polish a human being into something approaching societal worth. After all, David Attenborough wouldn't have been Sir David Attenborough without Frederick and Mary.Blakea attenboroughi shares at least one thing with its namesake — they both needed a bit of help to get off t
  
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• Stop shouting at your smart home so much and set up multi-step routines

  16-03-2018 22:00
  
  TechnologyThis week, Google pushed out its multi-step smart home actions you can start with a simple voice command.
  Whether your smart home is based on the Google, Apple, or Amazon platform, you can cut down on the number of commands you have to shout.
  
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• Bridge collapse puts spotlight on rapid building technique

  16-03-2018 20:53
  The deadly collapse of a pedestrian bridge in Florida has cast a spotlight on a rapid construction technique widely used around the U.S.
  
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• APNewsBreak: EPA may be overstating claims from mine spill

  16-03-2018 20:21
  The Environmental Protection Agency says it has almost finished a review of damage claims from a Colorado mine spill the agency accidentally triggered, but an internal agency accounting of those claims could be off by tens of millions of dollars
  
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• Astronaut Scott Kelly and His Twin Brother Are Still Identical, NASA Says - Space.com

  16-03-2018 20:12
  Space.com
  Astronaut Scott Kelly and His Twin Brother Are Still Identical, NASA Says
  Space.com
  Twin astronauts Scott and Mark Kelly pose at Johnson Space Center in Houston on Jan. 19, 2015, before Scott Kelly's nearly yearlong stay on the International Space Station. Credit: Robert Markowitz. After a stream of erroneous media coverage about how ...
  The truth about astronaut Scott Kelly's viral 'space genes'Washington Post
  How Did Astronaut DNA Become 'Fake News'?The Atlantic
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• Ford is helping you drive more safely with its Ford Co-Pilot360 system - Digital Trends

  16-03-2018 19:58
  Digital Trends
  Ford is helping you drive more safely with its Ford Co-Pilot360 system
  Digital Trends
  Bad driver? Ford wants to help. In the 21st century, the automaker isn't simply manufacturing machines to get you from point A to point B — it's also creating new technologies to make sure you get to your destination safely. This week, the company ...
  Safety Standard: Ford to Include Auto Braking, Other Tech Lineup-WideCars.com News
  Burly Bronco: This very green 1979 Ford needs a new homeA
  
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• NASA Releases 12 New Hubble Images from the Messier Catalog

  16-03-2018 19:41 via scitechdaily.com
  The Hubble Space Telescope has not produced images of every object in the Messier catalog, it has observed 93 of them as of February 2018....
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• NASA almost never came to be. Its creation is a lesson in political power.

  16-03-2018 19:30
  
  Nexus Media News The battle over America’s space program shows how to turn science into a winning issue.
  The creation of the space agency is a triumph of political gamesmanship and public pressure, and a vital lesson to lawmakers fighting for science.
  
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• Apple March 27 Chicago event: New iPads, and other things we hope to see - CNET

  16-03-2018 19:03
  CNET
  Apple March 27 Chicago event: New iPads, and other things we hope to see
  CNET
  Chicago, anyone? Apple. Apple is having a spring event this year -- but it's looking to be a big departure from the usual Bay Area confab. The March 27 press conference will play out at the Lane Tech College Prep High School in Chicago. The invitation ...
  Apple announces March 27th event focusing on educationThe Verge
  Apple is holding an education event on March 27 in ChicagoMacworld
  Apple to Host March 27 Event
  
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• Worn-Down Tusks Show Most African Elephants Are Righties

  16-03-2018 18:57 via feedproxy.google.com
  You don't need hands to be right- or left-handed. Many kinds of animals have shown a preference for using one side of their body or the other. They include apes, whales, dogs, cats, cows, toads, fish and even honeybees. Now, with data from a rather unsavory source, researchers have found evidence for "tuskedness" in elephants.Although humans aren't alone in having handedness, we do seem to have the most extreme bias as a species. Other animals seem more evenly divided between righties
  
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• APNewsBreak: US demands proof steel is safe in nuke plant

  16-03-2018 18:51
  The federal government is demanding that the company building a giant nuclear waste treatment plant in Washington state provide records proving that the steel used in the nearly $17 billion project is safe
  
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• Steve Jobs' 1973 job application sells for over $174K - CNET

  16-03-2018 18:39
  CNET
  Steve Jobs' 1973 job application sells for over $174K
  CNET
  The gavel has fallen, and a job application filled out by tech mogul Steve Jobs in 1973 has sold for $174,757 (roughly £125,416, AU$226,376), according to RR Auction. Steve Jobs 1973 job application. An application filled out and signed by Steve Jobs ...
  Lisa Brennan-Jobs to Publish Memoir of Her Childhood With Steve Jobs and Chrisann BrennanMac Rumors
  Steve Jobs' Half-Assed Job Application Sells for $174000Gizmodo
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• Key settings you need to change on your brand-new Galaxy S9 or S9 Plus - Digital Trends

  16-03-2018 18:24
  Digital Trends
  Key settings you need to change on your brand-new Galaxy S9 or S9 Plus
  Digital Trends
  So you got yourself a shiny, new Galaxy S9, or maybe you sprung for the more versatile camera on the Galaxy S9 Plus — no matter which Samsung device you have, there are several useful settings that are not enabled by default when you first set up the ...
  Top 10 Galaxy S9 Settings to ChangeGotta Be Mobile
  One year later, Bixby is still half-bakedEngadget
  How to turn off Bixby on the Samsung
  
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• Here's where we're actually looking for intelligent life

  16-03-2018 18:00
  
  ScienceBecause it sure isn't here.
  Scientists at SETI send out signals in hopes of hailing alien life—and put out all sorts of telescopes and sensors in case one of them tries to flag us down. Here's…
  
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• Giant Impact Explains Unusual Amount of Noble Metals on Mars

  16-03-2018 17:41 via scitechdaily.com
  New research has revealed that a giant impact on Mars more than four billion years ago would explain the unusual amount of “iron loving” elements...
  The post Giant Impact Explains Unusual Amount of Noble Metals on Mars appeared first on SciTechDaily.
  
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• Five rad and random music products I found this week

  16-03-2018 17:30
  
  GadgetsThe end-of-week dispatch from PopSci's commerce editor. Vol. 42.
  Throughout the week I spend hours scouring the web for things that are ingenious or clever or ridiculously cheap.
  
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• Scientists Demonstrate How Auxin Reaches Its Destination

  16-03-2018 17:26 via scitechdaily.com
  A team of researchers from the University of Freiburg have discovered how the plant hormone auxin is transported within the cell and how this signaling...
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• Man charged in phone hacking extortion scheme

  16-03-2018 17:20
  Police have charged a Connecticut man with hacking the cellphones and social media accounts of more than 20 women and girls to obtain sensitive photos and personal information
  
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• Scientists Mimic Neural Tissue in Next-Generation Soft Materials

  16-03-2018 17:12 via scitechdaily.com
  U.S. Army-funded researchers at Brandeis University have discovered a process for engineering next-generation soft materials with embedded chemical networks that mimic the behavior of neural...
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• Whitehead Institute Biologists Uncover a Blueprint for Regeneration

  16-03-2018 17:01 via scitechdaily.com
  Researchers at Whitehead Institute have uncovered a framework for regeneration that may explain and predict how stem cells in adult, regenerating tissue determine where to...
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• How cryptocurrency could kill off cash

  16-03-2018 16:50 via nbcnews.com
  National governments are also looking into creating virtual currencies of their own.
  
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• Juno Captures Close-Up View of a Storm on Jupiter

  16-03-2018 16:49 via scitechdaily.com
  This image captures a close-up view of a storm with bright cloud tops in the northern hemisphere of Jupiter. NASA’s Juno spacecraft took this color-enhanced...
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• Navy's new attack submarine named Colorado to join the fleet

  16-03-2018 16:18
  The U.S. Navy's newest attack submarine is joining the fleet in a ceremony in Connecticut
  
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• Google Lens arrives on iOS - TechCrunch

  16-03-2018 16:08
  TechCrunch
  Google Lens arrives on iOS
  TechCrunch
  On the heels of last week's rollout on Android, Google's new AI-powered technology, Google Lens, is now arriving on iOS. The feature is available within the Google Photos iOS application, where it can do things like identify objects, buildings, and ...
  The best feature of Google Photos is now available on iPhonesBGR
  The Google Lens app is now available on Google Photos for iOSDigital Trends
  Google Lens Comes To iOS Via PhotosForbes
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• They don’t make baby poop like they did in 1926, that’s for sure. Here’s why scientists care.

  16-03-2018 16:00
  
  HealthOur stool is a window into the health of our guts.
  It turns out, stool has a lot more power than we tend to think—and not just in terms of its pungent smell. Our poops can say a lot about our health, and that’s true from…
  
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• Fin24.com | Media24 agrees to pay R14m in price-fixing settlement

  16-03-2018 15:12
  
  Media24 has agreed to pay a penalty as settlement in a price-fixing case brought against it and 27 other media companies by the Competition Commission.
  
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• Smart Cities: Fulfilling The Promise Of Technology In Local & State Government

  16-03-2018 15:11 via technocracy.news
  As economic uncertainty and turmoil spread throughout the world, Technocrats call for the demise of Free Enterprise and Capitalism and salvation through implementation of technology and Technocracy. Virtually all underlying assumptions are flawed, if not altogether false. ⁃ TN EditorThe global economy is in constant turmoil, governments are challenged to provide levels of service that typically only private businesses can provide and disruptive technologies are transforming industry a
  
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• How Stephen Hawking's Greatest Discovery Revolutionized Black Holes - Forbes

  16-03-2018 15:01
  Forbes
  How Stephen Hawking's Greatest Discovery Revolutionized Black Holes
  Forbes
  Starts With A Bang The Universe is out there, waiting for you to discover it Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Ethan Siegel , Contributor. NASA; Jörn Wilms (Tübingen) et al.; ESA. The event horizon of a black hole is a spherical ...
  I Was a Student of Stephen Hawking: Here's What He Taught MeNewsweek
  Stephen Hawking Was Very Particular About His TeaThe Atlantic
  'He Lives on as All
  
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• Add a dash of chemistry for the best microwave mug cake of your life

  16-03-2018 15:00
  
  DIYThis single-serving dessert takes 60 seconds—and some chemistry.
  A microwave can transform a mug of batter into a single-serving dessert in 60 seconds. Here's how that magical humming box turns a liquid into a fluffy treat.
  
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• 5G Rollout Will Unlock Smart Cities, Internet Of Everything

  16-03-2018 14:50 via technocracy.news
  Urban planners intend to hardwire 5G into the fabric of smart cities in order to achieve maximum efficiency, environmental sustainability and cost savings. Sensors everywhere will collect real-time data on everything that moves or functions, providing real-time modeling with artificial intelligent algorithms. ⁃ TN EditorFor years mobile connectivity has been touted as a clean technology. The dematerialisation of telecommunications networks, the digitalisation of the workplace, and the pote
  
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• 2019 Ram 1500 pickup truck gets jump on Chevrolet Silverado, GMC Sierra - USA TODAY

  16-03-2018 14:38
  USA TODAY
  2019 Ram 1500 pickup truck gets jump on Chevrolet Silverado, GMC Sierra
  USA TODAY
  Fiat Chrysler's 2019 Ram 1500 hits the road with a smooth, quiet ride and high-end features no competitor can top. Loading… Post to Facebook. 2019 Ram 1500 pickup truck gets jump on Chevrolet Silverado, GMC Sierra Fiat Chrysler's 2019 Ram 1500 hits ...
  First drive: 2019 Ram 1500, the all-new and highly capable pickup truckNew Atlas
  The all-new 2019 Ram 1500 shows off new features and an improved r
  
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• Stephen Hawking Supported Globalism And Technocracy

  16-03-2018 14:35 via technocracy.news
  Stephen Hawking is seen as a Technocrat after he is dead, but the markers were always visible. Hawking’s radical atheism masked his deep belief in Scientism, which is Technocracy’s religion. ⁃ TN EditorAs the world mourns deceased physicist Stephen Hawking, it is important to remember his legacy. Celebrated for decades as a hero by the mainstream media, he used that influential position to frequently promote globalism and technocracy to the masses.
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• These animals have nipples on their butts and that is not the most fascinating thing about them

  16-03-2018 14:00
  
  AnimalsThe tiny, venomous mammal outlived the dinosaurs, but might go extinct due to extreme clumsiness.
  If any animal were going to outlive the dinosaurs, you probably wouldn’t guess it’d be this lil shrew-lookin’ dude. Look at it, with its little eyes and…
  
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• WATCH: Facebook Lite launches in America

  16-03-2018 12:14
  Originally created for developing countries with limited bandwidth, the app is now available for Android users who may have older devices or slower internet connections.
  
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• Pigment of Our Imagination

  16-03-2018 11:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  The story of human evolution is written in ochre.
  
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• Snow science: Crystal clues to climate change, watersheds

  16-03-2018 10:52
  Science of snow: Researchers say tiny crystals could help unlock secrets to climate change, watersheds
  
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• Hawaii releases redacted recording of missile alert drill

  16-03-2018 01:20
  The state of Hawaii is releasing an audio recording of the drill it was running in January when an employee mistakenly sent cellphone and broadcast alerts warning of a ballistic missile attack
  
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• San Francisco fertility clinic sued over embryo tank failure

  16-03-2018 01:09
  A San Francisco fertility clinic is facing at least two lawsuits over the possible destruction of thousands of frozen eggs and embryos in a storage tank that malfunctioned
  
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• French court issues mixed ruling in Facebook nudity case

  16-03-2018 00:07
  A French court has ruled that Facebook failed to fulfill its contractual obligations by closing without prior notice the account of a user who posted a photo of a famous 19th century nude painting
  
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