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• SpaceX changes plans to send tourists around the moon

  14-09-2018 23:38
  SpaceX says it has signed the first private moon traveler
  
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• Is Time Running Out For NASA's Mars Opportunity Rover?

  14-09-2018 23:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  Since June 10, the 14-year-old Opportunity rover has been silent, presumably sleeping as thick dust clouds blocked the Sun from its solar cells. But now, that sky is clearing, and NASA is implementing a listening plan for the rover through January 2019.
  Without power, the rover has likely experienced several faults. Among them, its mission clock may have stopped recording time accurately. To counteract this possibility, the rover’s mission team is both passively waiting for the rover to
  
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• Rolls Royce built a silent isolation chamber in its Phantom luxury car

  14-09-2018 23:20
  
  CarsIt will likely command a hefty price hike on a car that's already well over $400,000.
  It's really quiet inside the new Rolls Royce. Too quiet.
  
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• Where Have All The Turtles Gone?

  14-09-2018 23:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Turtles survived the massive extinction event that took out the dinosaurs more than 60 million years ago. But climate change, habitat loss and exploitation from the commercial pet industry have now decimated global turtle populations.Of the 356 turtle species scientists know about today, more than half are endangered or have already gone extinct. As their numbers continue to decline, scientists say their loss will alter ecosystems around the world.Dwindling Numbers
  Turtles were once
  
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• Humans are natural runners—and this ancient gene mutation might have helped

  14-09-2018 22:30
  
  HealthYour muscles are ready to run, whether you like it or not.
  Your cells are ready to run a marathon, even if you’re not. Every cell in the human body is carrying a mutation that might help optimize our muscles for running long…
  
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• Three affordable soundbars worth bringing home

  14-09-2018 20:30
  
  GadgetsIn the last few months, I've played with several soundbars. Here are my picks.
  In the last few months, I've played with several soundbars. Here are my picks. Luckily, none of them will break the bank.
  
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• Apple, Firefox browsers aim to thwart Facebook, Google tracking

  14-09-2018 20:21 via nbcnews.com
  The new browser features provide consumers with protection from tracking in what's becoming an escalating privacy arms race.
  
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• New MacBook Air, Samsung's foldable smart phone, and the rest of the current tech rumors

  14-09-2018 19:30
  
  GadgetsCatch up on all the technology gossip without all the hype.
  Keep it real with your tech rumors.
  
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• Hurricane Florence’s slow creep across the Carolinas is bad news

  14-09-2018 19:04
  
  EnvironmentWind speeds are not the problem.
  The storm will be slow to weaken as it moves away from the warm ocean waters, but even as the winds subside, the real story of the hurricane is just beginning.
  
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• SpaceX says it has a customer for its flight around the moon

  14-09-2018 17:59 via nbcnews.com
  The company said it would reveal the identity of the passenger at an event on Monday.
  
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• Red-hot book sales show Americans love to read about Trump

  14-09-2018 17:50 via nbcnews.com
  Sales of political books are up 25 percent this year, according to one survey.
  
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• AT&T And LA Explore Massive Public-Private Partnership To Impose Smart City Tech

  14-09-2018 17:03 via technocracy.news
  Activists in Los Angeles should be hounding its city council day and night to stop these devilish negotiations to create the “smartest city” in America that would follow the China model of Technocracy. Public-Private Partnerships are a spawn of the United Nations and Sustainable Development, aka Technocracy. ⁃ TN EditorAT&T is exploring a public-private partnership (P3) that would make Los Angeles “one of the smartest cities in America.” Through the partnership,
  
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• Hurricane category ratings can be misleading. Check out these deadly ‘minor’ storms.

  14-09-2018 17:00
  
  EnvironmentWater kills far more than wind.
  On its way to the North Carolina coast, Hurricane Florence weakened, yet simultaneously meteorologists warned that it was becoming more dangerous. That might seem…
  
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• Senior Google Scientist Resigns In Protest Over China Censorship Project

  14-09-2018 16:46 via technocracy.news
  A senior scientist at Google, Jack Poulson, did the right thing for the right reasons when he resigned in protest over Google’s new project to build a censored search engine for China. Helping China to further oppress its citizens is a “forfeiture of our values”, he stated, ““I am forced to resign in order to avoid contributing to, or profiting from, the erosion of protection for dissidents.” ⁃ TN EditorA senior Google research scientist has quit th
  
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• Pew: Many Populations Fear Big Job Losses From AI Automation

  14-09-2018 16:31 via technocracy.news
  People have had enough of the standard Technocrat response, “Don’t worry” about robots. No wonder. The World Economic Forum just wrote a story, Humans Aren’t Made For Repetition – It’s Time AI Took Over Manufacturing. With this kind of propaganda, who wouldn’t be worried? ⁃ TN EditorThe public is broadly fearful that automation will lead to significant job losses, with many populations skeptical the technologies will boost economic efficiency,
  
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• Google staff resign over China plan

  14-09-2018 15:54 via nbcnews.com
  More than 1,000 Google employees, six U.S. senators and at least 14 human rights groups have written to the company expressing concern about its China ambitions.
  
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• New Hubble Project Provides Improved View of the Galaxy Cluster Abell 370

  14-09-2018 15:40 via scitechdaily.com
  The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has started a new mission to shed light on the evolution of the earliest galaxies in the Universe. The BUFFALO...
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• Size of Nucleolus Plays Important Role Protecting Cells Against Infection

  14-09-2018 15:38 via scitechdaily.com
  All cells in the body have the basic ability to protect themselves from infection, called the innate immune response. But how cells do this is...
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• Your phone screen is probably too bright—here's how to darken it beyond the built-in limit

  14-09-2018 15:30
  
  DIYSave your eyes at night.
  When your bedroom is pitch black, you unlock your phone...and blazing light sears your eyes. Here's how to dim the screen beyond the lowest brightness setting.
  
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• Very Long Baseline Array Measures Asteroid’s Occultation

  14-09-2018 15:27 via scitechdaily.com
  In an unusual observation, astronomers used the National Science Foundation’s Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) to study the effects on radio waves coming from a...
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• Scientists Discover Tiny Protein Has Big Impact in Times of Stress

  14-09-2018 15:09 via scitechdaily.com
  Ribosomes churn out proteins that carry out all of life’s functions, but when missing a key and previously overlooked factor, they can break down in...
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• Unlocking the Mysteries of Chromatin

  14-09-2018 15:01 via scitechdaily.com
  Unlocking the mysteries of chromatin – a mix of RNA, DNA and protein that serves to package and protect DNA – could lead to important...
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• Buzz Aldrin, who walked on moon, wishes it 'goodnight'

  14-09-2018 14:10
  Aldrin also tweeted that the lunar surface the "best bouncy house ever."
  
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• Fatal gas explosions rock Massachusetts towns—and the cause is still unclear

  14-09-2018 13:39
  ScienceHere's everything we know.
  Dozens of gas explosions rocked the Massachusetts towns of Lawrence, North Andover and Andover on Thursday evening, killing at least one person.
  
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• Thousands of Pacific walruses again herd up on Alaska coast

  14-09-2018 01:34
  The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is monitoring thousands ofPacific walruses resting on Alaska's northwest coast
  
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• How Galveston Survived The Deadliest Hurricane in American History

  14-09-2018 00:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  The citizens of Galveston, Texas, had achieved unprecedented economic prosperity. The city, built on a shallow, sandy island 2 miles (1.2 kilometers) offshore, had become the state’s leading center of trade, exporting some 1.7 million bales of cotton annually. At the turn of the century, the city stood in the doorway to an even more prosperous future.This all changed September 8, 1900, when an unusually high tide and long, rolling sea swells gave way to a massive landfalling hurricane. D
  
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• Trump echoes far-right websites on Puerto Rico

  14-09-2018 00:11 via nbcnews.com
  For almost a year, conservative voices and publications on the internet have been casting doubt on the severity of Hurricane Maria’s impact on Puerto Rico.
  
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• Our seasons are out of whack, which is really bad for migratory birds

  14-09-2018 00:00
  
  AnimalsSpring is advancing much faster in northern areas than it is in southern areas throughout three migration routes.
  In North America, spring is arriving earlier and earlier. But this shift isn't uniform across the continent. That unevenness, according to a new study, has unfortunate…
  
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