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• Drugs Team Up to Counter Antibiotic Resistance

  05-09-2018 23:34 via feedproxy.google.com
  As the crisis of antibiotic resistance deepens, researchers are looking for new ways to combat infectious diseases. One solution proposed by UCLA researchers: When one drug won't work, try two. Or three, four or five.
  Seeing What Sticks
  In a new paper in Nature Systems Biology and Applications, scientists take a look at eight common antibiotics and run through thousands of combinations involving anywhere from two to five of them. They uncovered numerous combinations that they say work bett
  
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• Fitness trackers turn health into a game that users rarely win

  05-09-2018 23:15
  
  TechnologyWearables seldom make us healthier. Will Google's "heart points" be any better?
  The new Google Fit for Android and Wear OS for iPhone may help users understand their data better, but it won’t solve the field’s fundamental problem: motivation.
  
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• Here’s what we had to say about Voyager 1 when it launched 41 years ago

  05-09-2018 23:00
  
  SpaceFrom the Popular Science archives.
  On September 5, 1977, Voyager 1 launched and forever changed our understanding of the solar system.
  
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• Utah driver sues Tesla after crashing in Autopilot mode

  05-09-2018 22:19 via nbcnews.com
  A Utah driver who slammed her Tesla into a stopped firetruck at a red light earlier this year while using the vehicle's semi-autonomous function has sued the company, saying salespeople told her the car would stop on its own in Autopilot mode if something was in its path.
  
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• The weirdest things we learned this week: deadly insomnia, the prettiest poop, and emergency beekeepers

  05-09-2018 21:30
  
  ScienceOur editors scrounged up some truly bizarre facts.
  What’s the weirdest thing you learned this week? Well, whatever it is, we promise you’ll have an even weirder answer if you listen to PopSci’s newest podcast.
  
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• Uber CEO says company is 'on track' for IPO in 2019

  05-09-2018 21:20 via nbcnews.com
  Going forward, Uber will conceal specific pickup and drop-off addresses in the driver's trip history.
  
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• Nike doubles down on defiance of Kaepernick criticism, releases full-length TV ad

  05-09-2018 20:55 via nbcnews.com
  Staring down a boycott, and criticism from President Donald Trump, Nike released a full-length commercial featuring Colin Kaepernick.
  
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• Jupiter's magnetic field has two 'south poles'

  05-09-2018 20:30
  
  SpaceIt's completely different from Earth
  Jupiter's magnetic field is profoundly different from that of all other known planets — it essentially has two magnetic south poles instead of just one, a new Nature…
  
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• Here’s what we learned from today’s Senate committee meetings on social media

  05-09-2018 20:11
  
  TechnologyYou don't need to watch C-Span to find out what Twitter and Facebook have to say.
  Executives from big internet companies are making a regular habit of testifying in front of Congressional committees. Here's what you need to know.
  
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• Here’s what we learned from today’s Congressional committee meetings on social media

  05-09-2018 20:11
  
  TechnologyYou don't need to watch C-Span to find out what Twitter and Facebook have to say.
  Executives from big internet companies are making a regular habit of testifying in front of Congressional committees. Here's what you need to know.
  
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• 800-plus Fossils Reveal How Bugs Rose From The 'Great Dying'

  05-09-2018 20:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Around 250 million years ago, a massive extinction event known as the “Great Dying” wiped out nearly every organism on Earth. Scientists know plants and animals bounced back a few million years later and exploded in diversity, but what about insects? These days they’re the most diverse group of organisms on Earth with estimates of as many as 30 million species.
  Now, a team of Chinese researchers describes a collection of bug fossils from 237 million years ago that has the
  
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• 'Infowars' host reaches for spotlight outside Senate hearing

  05-09-2018 19:37
  Alex Jones, the right-wing conspiracy theorist, tried to make himself the sideshow _ or if he could the center _ of a congressional hearing on social media and elections
  
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• Facebook, Twitter pledge to defend against foreign intrusion

  05-09-2018 19:37
  Facebook and Twitter executives are pledging to better protect their social media platforms in the 2018 elections and beyond
  
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• Facebook and Twitter execs offer apologies and promises to senators

  05-09-2018 19:34 via nbcnews.com
  The hearing highlighted a growing consensus between tech companies and U.S. politicians about what needs to be done to prevent election manipulation.
  
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• NASA opens $1 million public contest to turn carbon dioxide into sugar on Mars

  05-09-2018 19:30
  The space agency needs the public's help to make the special "food."
  
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• Saturn's Hexagon Could Be an Enormous Tower

  05-09-2018 19:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Above Saturn's north pole, clouds swirl in a distinct and stunning hexagonal shape. Discovered by NASA’s Voyager mission in 1981, Saturn's hexagon is striking to behold, and one new study suggests that this six-sided vortex may actually be hundreds of kilometers tall.
  After the Voyager mission pushed human exploration far out into the solar system and, subsequently, discovered Saturn's hexagon whirling at a low altitude, the Cassini spacecraft returned to the ringed planet in 2004 and co
  
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• Six portable batteries for all kinds of power needs

  05-09-2018 18:50
  
  GadgetsJuice up for your commute or camping trip.
  Keep your devices juiced for your commute or camping trip. Because having a device die on you is unfortunate and totally avoidable.
  
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• Uber rolls out safety features for drivers, passengers

  05-09-2018 18:31
  Uber is aiming to boost driver and passenger safety in an effort to rebuild trust in the brand
  
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• How to make the world's best paper airplane

  05-09-2018 18:00
  DIYJohn Collins designed the current world-record-holding paper airplane. Here are his tips.
  John Collins designed the current world-record-holding paper airplane. According to him, there are four things to consider when making a paper airplane: the paper, lift…
  
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• Live blog: Big tech faces a grilling at Senate Intelligence Committee hearing

  05-09-2018 17:47 via nbcnews.com
  With midterms just a couple months away, tech companies are under close watch for how they will stop the spread of misinformation and propaganda.
  
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• Silicon Valley execs face Capitol Hill grilling

  05-09-2018 17:04 via rss.cnn.com
  Executives from Facebook and Twitter will appear on Capitol Hill today for Congressional hearings. See live updates.
  
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• WATCH: Are bulletproof doors the future of school safety? A school district is testing them

  05-09-2018 17:02
  "GMA" explores the latest safety innovations to protect students in the event of a school shooting.
  
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• California is poised to go carbon-free by 2045

  05-09-2018 17:00
  
  EnvironmentA new bill has been fast-tracked in the midst of a climate change-fueled wildfire season.
  The push to fast-track the state's clean energy trajectory coincides with real-world climate change concerns. California is experiencing longer and deadlier wildfire…
  
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• Shock Tech: AI To Resurrect The Dead With Human Replicas?

  05-09-2018 16:36 via technocracy.news
  Technocrat engineers are obsessed with Transhumanism and conquering immortality, but this ‘breakthrough’ is little more than a technology parlor trick to imitate life after death. Before technology, we had puppets with strings, and this is no different except that it is much more realistic. ⁃ TN EditorA model has been created by computer scientist Supasorn Suwajanakorn that allows for the generation of a real-life replicas of any human being – dead or alive.The
  
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• Paris Climate Agreement Is Finally Unraveling Everywhere

  05-09-2018 16:20 via technocracy.news
  While the rhetoric continues, actions are speaking louder than words: coal and fossil fuel production and usage is still rising as nations refuse to do things that will harm their own economies. Technocrats at the UN and elsewhere can only scream louder and longer that mankind is doomed if global warming isn’t curtailed. ⁃ TN EditorThe Paris Climate Agreement is a dead non-binding treaty walking. All the signatories know this, none of them will admit it. So instead, we have to endure
  
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• Early results boost hopes for historic gene editing attempt

  05-09-2018 16:20
  Early results from a historic gene editing study give encouraging signs that the treatment may be safe and having at least some of its hoped-for effect, but it's too soon to know whether it ultimately will succeed
  
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• AP EXPLAINS: What is shadow banning?

  05-09-2018 15:57
  AP EXPLAINS: What is shadow banning?
  
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• Rich Technocrats Planning Doomsday Escape To New Zealand Bunkers

  05-09-2018 15:54 via technocracy.news
  The super-rich like Peter Theil and Sam Altman, have packed their bug-out bags and are ready to flee to their underground hideaways in New Zealand on a moment’s notice. They expect and fear Armageddon and are taking every precaution to save their own skins, even though they are all complicit in the future we don’t want. ⁃ TN EditorYears of doomsday talk at Silicon Valley dinner parties has turned to action.
  In recent months, two 150-ton survival bunkers journeyed by land and se
  
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• Murchison Widefield Array Maps Cosmic Rays In The Magellanic Clouds

  05-09-2018 15:37 via scitechdaily.com
  A radio telescope in outback Western Australia has been used to observe radiation from cosmic rays in two neighbouring galaxies, showing areas of star formation...
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• Canon’s EOS R full-frame, mirrorless camera system: Everything you need to know

  05-09-2018 15:30
  
  GadgetsThe company's long-awaited pro-grade mirrorless is ready for your old lenses.
  Canon, Nikon, and Sony are ready to battle it out for full-frame mirrorless dominance.
  
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• New Study Completely Changes Our Understanding of Stellar Evolution

  05-09-2018 15:26 via scitechdaily.com
  At the end of its life, a red supergiant star explodes in a hydrogen-rich supernova. By comparing observation results to simulation models, an international research...
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• FOXSI Mission Will View The Sun With X-Ray Vision

  05-09-2018 15:11 via scitechdaily.com
  Without special instrumentation, the Sun looks calm and inert. But beneath that placid façade are countless miniature explosions called nanoflares. These small but intense eruptions...
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• Blood-testing startup Theranos said to be closing

  05-09-2018 15:04 via nbcnews.com
  Theranos was unable to sell itself and is now looking to pay unsecured creditors its remaining cash of about $5 million in the upcoming months.
  
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• Intrinsic Pink-Noise Provides Better View of Climate Change

  05-09-2018 15:02 via scitechdaily.com
  A new study says pink noise may be the key to separating out natural climate variability from climate change that is influenced by human activity....
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• Charted: Here's how much your food waste hurts the environment

  05-09-2018 14:00
  
  EnvironmentWhen you let broccoli rot in your fridge, you add noxious gases to more than just your veggie drawer.
  Let's face it: We’ve all found liquified lettuce in our veggie drawers. Don't fret. It's arguably impossible to consume 100 percent of the food we buy. But a healthy…
  
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• WATCH: Top social media executives to testify before Congress

  05-09-2018 13:44
  Facebook and Twitter executives will address questions about the political content on their platforms and privacy concerns.
  
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• Leaks, petitions and tweets: How tech workers are starting to revolt

  05-09-2018 10:30 via nbcnews.com
  In recent months, workers at some of the biggest tech companies have mobilized to push their employers to reconsider some government projects.
  
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• A Pipeline To Capture Carbon Dioxide And Store It Underground

  05-09-2018 01:22 via feedproxy.google.com
  Capturing carbon emissions and locking them away deep underground could be a viable means of beginning to combat climate change. But, the industry needs a little help, researchers find.While taking carbon directly from the air and sequestering it in rocks is far from a feasible scenario, capturing it at the source — power plants and refineries — is something that's already being tested at some commercial operations. There, carbon dioxide from burning or refining fuel is sep
  
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• These First-Known Omnivore Sharks Eat Seagrass

  05-09-2018 01:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  Sharks are infamous meat-eaters. The ocean’s buffet of fish, crabs, mussels, shrimp and krill fill the legendary predators’ stomachs and give them sustenance. Now researchers have discovered that one particular species, bonnethead sharks, also dine on seagrass to meet their nutritional needs. The discovery means bonnethead sharks are not carnivores but omnivores — a distinction that changes how the coastal swimmers influence the fragile ecosystems they call home.Bonnethead shar
  
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• Dark Data: The Vulnerable Treasures Sitting On Museum Shelves

  05-09-2018 01:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  As curators begin the grim work of sorting through what's left of Brazil's fire-ravaged National Museum, a new paper quantifies the staggering number of fossils and other scientifically significant finds going unstudied — and vulnerable to loss — in museum collections. It's a call to action, say the authors.
  The cause of the fire that broke out Sunday evening, local time in Rio de Janeiro, at the Museu Nacional is still under investigation, the extent of the losse
  
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• Mathematicians finally found the perfect bubble blowing formula

  05-09-2018 00:00
  
  ScienceScience tackles the hard questions at last.
  What’s the recipe that separates making a good bubble from making a bad bubble? A team of mathematicians took on the daunting question.
  
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