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• Idaho school can't find small bit of weapons-grade plutonium

  04-05-2018 23:25
  Idaho State University says it can't find a small amount of radioactive, weapons-grade plutonium about the size of a U.S. quarter, and federal officials are proposing an $8,500 fine
  
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• Why Wall Street's worried about Tesla

  04-05-2018 23:20
  Tesla is a company of big ideas, but its stock is falling because of much more practical concerns
  
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• You should buy an instant film camera—here’s how

  04-05-2018 23:15
  
  GadgetsInstant prints make smart phone photography seem boring.
  You have lots of options for instant film cameras. Here's how to pick the best one for you.
  
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• Futuristic 'hologram' tech promises ultra-realistic human telepresence

  04-05-2018 22:46 via nbcnews.com
  It's been a long time coming for sci-fi fans.
  
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• 132-pound tumor removed from woman's abdomen

  04-05-2018 22:39
  Doctors at a Connecticut hospital say they removed a 132-pound tumor from a woman's abdomen and she is expected to recover fully
  
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• Twitter scorned for password issue but praised for disclosing it

  04-05-2018 22:16 via nbcnews.com
  What makes this disclosure different, security experts told NBC News, is how Twitter's team reacted
  
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• Alan Stern on the Pluto Revolution, the Psychology of Persistence, and "Chasing New Horizons"

  04-05-2018 22:10 via feedproxy.google.com
  On July 14, 2015, the New Horizons spacecraft swept past Pluto, returning eye-popping images of the dwarf planet and its huge (relatively speaking) moon, Charon. At the time, the best existing images of Pluto showed nothing more than an enigmatic blur. New Horizons revealed a world of astonishing diversity: organics-coated dark patches, ice mountains, nitrogen glaciers, and methane snows, all in a state of astonishing activity considering the temperatures there are only about 40 degrees abov
  
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• Vermont reduces incentives for renewable energy program

  04-05-2018 22:06
  State utility regulators are reducing the financial incentives for Vermonters who install renewable energy systems such as solar panels and get a credit on their electric bills for providing power to the grid
  
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• How to pick a new password, now that Twitter wants one

  04-05-2018 21:40
  How to pick a new password, now that Twitter has asked everyone to change theirs
  
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• A few simple habits can tack some extra years on your lifespan

  04-05-2018 21:30
  
  HealthYou can do more for your health. And it’s not that hard.
  Researchers calculated that people who adhered to five things—drink no more than one glass of alcohol per day (two for men), maintain a healthy body weight, eat a…
  
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• The Latest: Hawaii woman films lava spewing before fleeing

  04-05-2018 21:10
  A woman who fled her home after Hawaii's Kilauea volcano erupted says she first started getting nervous when she noticed cracks forming in her neighborhood streets
  
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• Tesla's Musk defends comments made during conference call

  04-05-2018 21:10
  Tesla CEO Elon Musk is taking to Twitter to defend comment he made during a contentious conference call
  
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• Google to verify identity of US political ad buyers

  04-05-2018 20:59
  Google says it will do a better job of verifying the identity of political ad buyers in the U.S., requiring them to provide a government-issued ID and other key information before allowing them to buy ads
  
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• Harvard forum examines safety of self-driving vehicles

  04-05-2018 20:22
  A Harvard University forum is examining how a recent death linked to self-driving technology is causing concern about safety
  
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• Correction: Zodiac Killer-DNA story

  04-05-2018 20:20
  Correction: Zodiac Killer-DNA story
  
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• 13 classy Star Wars products that'll make you say 'That's so wizard, Ani!'

  04-05-2018 19:40
  
  GadgetsMay the fourth be with you and all that.
  May the fourth be with you. Star Wars swag you need. Read on.
  
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• Unexpected Burst of Newborn Stars Puzzles Astronomers

  04-05-2018 19:16 via scitechdaily.com
  Since the limited amount of gas survived from the first bulk star forming process will be quickly expelled within several million years, star clusters have...
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• Chemical Engineers Reveal How to Control Knots That Form in DNA Molecules

  04-05-2018 18:59 via scitechdaily.com
  Just like any long polymer chain, DNA tends to form knots. Using technology that allows them to stretch DNA molecules and image the behavior of...
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• GEDI Laser Instrument Moves Toward Launch to Space Station

  04-05-2018 18:38 via scitechdaily.com
  A first-of-its-kind laser instrument designed to map the world’s forests in 3-D is moving toward an earlier launch to the International Space Station than previously...
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• This albatross couple adopted a baby of another species

  04-05-2018 18:30
  
  AnimalsThe endangered birds are picking up some parenting practice.
  Even though the little critter doesn’t represent the rare birth scientists had hoped for, there’s still reason to celebrate. The Black-footed babe could still do its…
  
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• NASA spacecraft will have company all the way to Mars

  04-05-2018 18:27
  NASA's next Mars explorer is going to have company all the way to the red planet
  
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• NASA ScienceCasts: New Science and Images from Jupiter

  04-05-2018 18:27 via scitechdaily.com
  As the Juno spacecraft orbits Jupiter, new discoveries about the giant planet continue to be made. When NASA’s Juno spacecraft recently flew over the poles...
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• Astronomers Detect Massive Clusters of Galaxies in the Early Universe

  04-05-2018 18:15 via scitechdaily.com
  Astronomers have detected massive clusters of galaxies dating from as early as only about three billion years after the big bang. The stars in these...
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• US hedge fund wrests Telecom Italia control from Vivendi

  04-05-2018 18:07
  Hedge fund Elliott Management has won a battle for control of the board of Telecom Italia, Italy's former telecoms monopoly, against majority stakeholder Vivendi of France.
  
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• NASA says the Sun is "tangled up in blue"

  04-05-2018 17:59 via feedproxy.google.com
  A bright tangle of magnetic field lines has appeared on its surface. But otherwise the Sun is singularly serene. What's going on?
  The other day, NASA posted this closeup view of the Sun under the headline: "Tangled Up in Blue."The reference to the Bob Dylan tune aside, I found the video particularly intriguing. That's because the Sun's surface, as imaged here by the Solar Dynamics Observatory spacecraft, is actually quite placid. But there's one exception: a ve
  
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• WATCH: InSight launch set to blast off Saturday from California

  04-05-2018 17:43
  The daring mission to Mars hopes to find out what's hiding under its surface.
  
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• Buffett's firm buys 75 million more Apple shares in 1Q

  04-05-2018 17:07
  Warren Buffett's company bought 75 million more Apple shares in the first quarter to give it more than 240 million shares of the iPhone maker
  
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• We could move to another planet with a spaceship like this

  04-05-2018 17:00
  
  SpaceOur best guess for what it would take to get to planets that are really, really far away.
  Proxima b, our nearest neighboring exoplanet, is almost 25 trillion miles away. It will take several hundred years to get there. Here's our best guess for what it would…
  
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• Facebook's transparency efforts heavily criticized ahead of Irish abortion referendum

  04-05-2018 16:42
  The new Facebook tool will roll out in the U.S. in June.
  
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• How to securely store and share sensitive files

  04-05-2018 15:30
  
  DIYA tin foil hat that actually works.
  If you digitally store sensitive information—think tax forms and legal documents—you need to take extra steps to keep that information safe from prying eyes.
  
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• Zoo's aardvark contributes to national animal milk research

  04-05-2018 15:00
  Got aardvark milk? The Smithsonian's National Zoo does, thanks to Ali in Cincinnati.
  
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• WATCH: Could inexpensive chargers put your iPhone at risk?

  04-05-2018 14:03
  "GMA" Investigates bought eight cables used to charge iPhones and had them examined by the owner of iPad Rehab in Honeoye Falls, New York.
  
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• Plane travel only feels like it's dangerous

  04-05-2018 14:00
  
  AviationDespite the headlines, airplanes remain the safest form of travel.
  Several recent high-profile incidents on Southwest airlines are outliers, according to decades of research on the relative safety of transportation modes.
  
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• US hedge fund in showdown with Vivendi over Telecom Italia

  04-05-2018 13:24
  Telecom Italia shareholders will decide whether the activist hedge fund Elliott Management has the power to revamp the board against controlling stakeholder, the French entertainment group Vivendi
  
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• WATCH: Twitter says an internal glitch exposed all users' passwords internally

  04-05-2018 12:45
  The company says it didn't find a breach or any misuse of the data.
  
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• Hyperloop for cargo aims to deliver at over 600 mph

  04-05-2018 12:09 via rss.cnn.com
  A delivery revolution may be on the horizon, if a recent announcement by Virgin Hyperloop One and DP World comes to fruition.
  
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• Hawaii volcano forces 1,500 from homes as lava bubbles up

  04-05-2018 10:30
  Hawaii's Kilauea volcano is releasing red lava into a residential subdivision, prompting the county to order mandatory evacuations
  
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• Scientists say Chinese-backed dam risks orangutan habitat

  04-05-2018 09:20
  Scientists are calling for cancellation of a Chinese-backed hydro dam in Indonesia which threatens the habitat of a newly discovered orangutan species numbering only 800 animals
  
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• Hawaii volcano shoots lava into sky; evacuations ordered

  04-05-2018 07:57
  Hawaii's Kilauea volcano is releasing red lava into a residential subdivision, prompting the county to order mandatory evacuations
  
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• The Latest: Drone owner says lava like 'curtain of fire'

  04-05-2018 07:25
  A Hawaii man who captured the lava flowing after Kilauea erupted Thursday described the molten lava flowing through forested land as a "curtain of fire"
  
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• Fin24.com | Warren Buffett buys a further 75m Apple shares - report

  04-05-2018 07:20
  
  Berkshire Hathaway bought another 75 million shares of Apple, bolstering its stake and backing the iPhone maker’s ability to generate profits, CNBC reported, citing Chairperson Warren Buffett.
  
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• Twitter exposed some passwords. You should change yours.

  04-05-2018 01:31 via nbcnews.com
  The company says it has fixed the error and knows of no breaches, but users should be cautious anyway.
  
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• DNA match sought to Zodiac Killer after break in other case

  04-05-2018 01:30
  California detectives want to use DNA tracing technology to try to zero in on the infamous Zodiac Killer after investigators used the method to arrest a suspect in another old serial killing case
  
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• South Carolina Senate mulling ban on nearly all abortions

  04-05-2018 01:10
  The South Carolina Senate is debating whether to ban nearly all abortions
  
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• Twitter warns users to change their passwords

  04-05-2018 00:20
  Twitter says they’ve identified a bug that stored passwords “unmasked” (in plain text) in an internal log.
  
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• Stephen Hawking’s final scientific paper explores the mysteries of the multiverse—but it’s not a big deal

  04-05-2018 00:00
  
  SpaceHawking’s posthumous paper is more like a ruminative twist on multiverse theory, but that's just fine.
  Stephen Hawking’s death in March incited us all take a moment and think about the famed physicist’s impact on the scientific world, and the myriad ways his research…
  
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