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• A Brief Guide to Neuro-Products

  13-08-2018 23:41 via feedproxy.google.com
  On this blog I usually focus on academic, scientific neuroscience. However, there is a big world outside the laboratory and, in the real world, the concepts of neuroscience are being used (and abused) in ways that would make any honest neuroscientist blush.In this post I'm going to focus on three recent examples of neuro-products: commercial products that are promoted as having some kind of neuroscience-based benefit.1) Neuro Connect Golf BandsWe'll start out with a silly one. Th
  
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• Closing In On Vaping's Most Toxic Ingredient

  13-08-2018 23:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  How many breathless older smokers rue the day they first inhaled nicotine and tar?Someday, adolescents sucking tobacco-free Mods and Juuls could face similar regret.
  Initially hailed as a smoking cessation breakthrough, e-cigarettes have now been raising red-flags for years. Thanks to nicotine, vaping can be just as addictive as true cigarettes. And even if youthful vapers never drag on a Camel, preliminary evidence suggests they may still get chronic bronchitis - or even suffer a
  
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• How to get the best possible gas mileage

  13-08-2018 23:15
  
  TechnologyThe price of gas is creeping up, here's how to cut your bill.
  Save cash and gas by understanding your ride.
  
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• NASA’s sun-kissing spacecraft will go 250 times faster than a bullet when it hits its stride

  13-08-2018 21:30
  
  SpaceThe Parker Solar Probe is finally on its way.
  Witnessing the launch of the Parker Solar Probe was Eugene Parker. The mission is the only one in NASA history to be named after a researcher while they were still…
  
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• Fin24.com | Microsoft CEO sells $36m in stock, starts trading plan

  13-08-2018 21:30
  
  Microsoft chief executive officer Satya Nadella has sold 328 000 shares, valued at $35.9m, for financial planning reasons - and is beginning a regularly scheduled trading plan.
  
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• From space, numerous wildfires look like glittering embers strewn across a vast swath of the Pacific Northwest

  13-08-2018 20:49 via feedproxy.google.com
  As more than 140 new wildfires erupted in British Columbia and Washington State, a weather satellite captured this dramatic imagery
  Wildfires blazing in California have received a huge amount of attention in recent weeks. But this summer's wildfire crisis is much more widespread, as shown in dramatic fashion by the animation of satellite images above, as well as other images to follow.The animation consists of images acquired by the GOES-16 weather satellite over the course of&nbs
  
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• Wearables can track your UV exposure, but preventing skin cancer isn’t so simple

  13-08-2018 20:30
  
  HealthScientists still haven't figured out what a safe level of sun exposure is.
  In the past few years, a wave of UV-detection wearables, apps, and stickers designed to alert users to dangerous levels of sun exposure have been making headlines.
  
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• Fin24.com | Netflix's CFO to step down after helping to lead expansion

  13-08-2018 20:00
  
  Netflix Chief Financial Officer David Wells will step down after eight years on the job, during which the streaming service grew into an entertainment giant.
  
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• Last Week in Tech: Samsung Galaxy Note 9, Super Smash Bros., and Jeopardy! is finally streaming

  13-08-2018 19:52
  
  TechnologyThe big phone gets slightly bigger.
  A big week for Android users and people who love to gloat about their knowledge of trivia facts.
  
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• Elon Musk says Saudis want to fund Tesla buyout

  13-08-2018 19:43 via nbcnews.com
  "I left the July 31st meeting with no question that a deal with the Saudi sovereign fund could be closed," wrote Musk.
  
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• Utah Pterosaur Was Desert-Dwelling Badass...Pelican?

  13-08-2018 17:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  More than 200 million years ago, a shadow traveled across the hot, arid landscape of what's now the western United States. It belonged to a Late Triassic pterosaur that may have been the biggest of its time. Describing its size, features and home turf, researchers reveal this new Utah pterosaur is full of surprises.
  Pterosaurs lived at about the same time as dinosaurs, from the late Triassic until the end of the Cretaceous, or roughly  215-66 million years ago. But these fantastic flyi
  
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• Federal judges finally just order the EPA to ban a dangerous pesticide

  13-08-2018 17:00
  
  EnvironmentThe agency concluded it might be unsafe back in 2016.
  Federal judges last week ordered the agency to ban chlorpyrifos, a widespread pesticide derived from chemicals first used to develop World War II nerve agents.
  
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• Engineers Develop Multifunctional Flexible Robots Using MORPH System

  13-08-2018 16:27 via scitechdaily.com
  Roboticists are envisioning a future in which soft, animal-inspired robots could be safely deployed in difficult-to-access environments, such as in delicate surgical procedures in the...
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• Earth’s Minimoons Provide Exciting Opportunities for Science and Technology

  13-08-2018 16:20 via scitechdaily.com
  The detection of “minimoons” — small asteroids temporarily captured in orbit around Earth — will vastly improve our scientific understanding of asteroids and the Earth-Moon...
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• Scientists Discover Possible Treatment for Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease

  13-08-2018 16:12 via scitechdaily.com
  Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease is the most common hereditary neuropathy and affects more than two million people worldwide. Researchers at the Max-Planck-Institute for Experimental Medicine and the...
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• MIT Astrophysicist John Belcher Discusses the Bold Mission to Touch the Sun

  13-08-2018 16:03 via scitechdaily.com
  MIT’s John Belcher discusses the launch of the Parker Solar Probe, which will fly directly into the sun’s atmosphere. On Sunday, NASA launched a bold...
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• Astronomers Unravel the Spectral Energy Distributions of Clustered YSOs

  13-08-2018 15:53 via scitechdaily.com
  About twenty-five percent of young stars in our galaxy form in clustered environments, and stars in a cluster are often close enough to each other...
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• Google tracks your movements, like it or not

  13-08-2018 15:44 via nbcnews.com
  Even with Location History paused, some Google apps automatically store time-stamped location data without asking.
  
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• Spectacular Hubble Space Telescope Image of Galaxy Clusters

  13-08-2018 15:40 via scitechdaily.com
  Galaxies abound in this spectacular Hubble image; spiral arms swirl in all colors and orientations, and fuzzy ellipticals can be seen speckled across the frame...
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• 16 smartphone apps for (nearly) any emergency

  13-08-2018 15:30
  
  DIYApply first aid, face natural disasters, and more.
  In an emergency, your phone can save the day. These 16 apps will help you find your way, apply first aid, escape a dangerous situation, and face natural disasters.
  
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• Rising temperatures are causing soil to dump more carbon dioxide into the air

  13-08-2018 14:00
  
  Nexus Media News The Earth, essentially, is panting.
  Earth is panting as soil struggles to keep up with climate change.
  
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• WATCH: Spotify is testing a skip-ad option for nonpaying users

  13-08-2018 12:35 via abcnews.go.com
  The process would allow users to personalize the ads they hear and skip the ones they don't want.
  
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• The Vanishing City

  13-08-2018 12:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  An archaeologist uses Burning Man — the world’s biggest pop-up community — to learn about humanity’s past settlements.
  
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• The Never Ending Quest To Simulate Doomsday

  13-08-2018 12:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  How scientists learned to stop worrying and simulate the bomb.
  
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• Hearing Nemo

  13-08-2018 12:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  How scientists discovered a symphony under the sea.
  
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• Fin24.com | China orders Tencent to kill game just days after its debut

  13-08-2018 11:08
  
  Tencent has taken another hit to its gaming business, after regulators told the social media giant to remove Monster Hunter: World from its PC downloads service.
  
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• Quayside, Toronto: The Fight Against Google’s Smart City Experiment

  13-08-2018 06:33 via technocracy.news
  Google chose Toronto as a model test site for their vision of a ‘Smart City.” However, Canadian activist Bianca Wylie has Google’s number: “We need to change our laws to reject surveillance capitalism as a social norm.” People are rallying to Wylie’s reasoning, and they are forcing exposure, transparency and accountability, which is something Google was trying to avoid altogether. ⁃ TN EditorBehind a cloak of shrubbery in a gritty Toronto neighborhood li
  
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• Harvard: Reining in Technocracy to Increase Democratic Legitimacy

  13-08-2018 01:08 via technocracy.news
  Caution on Technocracy sometimes comes from the oddest places. In this instance, from the Chair of the Systemic Risk Council and a Senior Fellow at Harvard. He concludes, “Even if, as I believe, technocrats need to retreat somewhat, the larger recommendation is that elected legislators need to step up.” ⁃ TN EditorIn the United States, the marginal lawmaker in many fields is an unelected technocrat, sitting in a court or administrative agency. This is because the U.S. Congress&
  
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• Blueprint: The Technocratic Police State Of Dubai

  13-08-2018 00:50 via technocracy.news
  Because Dubai is an autocratic dictatorship, it is possible to implement Technocracy without any consultation with or consideration of the residents. Thus, the highest-tech equipment available is being rapidly implemented to create a tight-knit police state. Almost all of the technology is of western origin and will certainly make its way back to America. ⁃ TN EditorCould Dubai’s technocratic police force and justice system serve as the blueprint for America’s police state of t
  
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