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• WATCH: Glamour magazine is going digital

  21-11-2018 23:41
  The final print edition for the publication will hit newsstands next week.
  
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• NASA to launch 'workplace safety review' of Elon Musk's high-flying SpaceX firm

  21-11-2018 23:40
  NASA also announced this week that a SpaceX rocket would test launch in January.
  
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• 5 Thanksgiving foods that are not safe for cats and dogs

  21-11-2018 23:27
  
  AnimalsHold the turkey skin and fatty gravy—your pet will thank you later.
  A lot of ingredients that might show up in your holiday spread (or unguarded trashcan) are harmful to pets.
  
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• James Billington, who put Library of Congress online, dies at 89

  21-11-2018 22:48 via nbcnews.com
  Billington also doubled the library's traditional analog collections as America's head librarian for 28 years.
  
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• Scientists wind up deep-water probes in Caribbean waters

  21-11-2018 22:45
  U.S. scientists have wrapped up a 22-day mission exploring waters around Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands with the deepest dives ever undertaken in the region
  
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• How Firing Lead At Dust Clumps is Informing Our Theory of Planetary Formation

  21-11-2018 22:11 via feedproxy.google.com
  By firing plastic, lead and glass projectiles into clumps of dust, researchers are improving our understanding of how planets form in the universe.Planets start out as loose clumps of dust grains. And, like flour clumps up as you mix it into cake batter, cosmic dust clumps eventually build up to become planets like Earth as gravity pulls them together. But there's still much to be understood about this process. So, to investigate some of the dynamics behind this process, researchers sh
  
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• What We Know about Why We Itch

  21-11-2018 21:51 via feedproxy.google.com
  From dogs to giraffes, humans aren’t the only ones who know the glorious relief that comes from scratching an itch. But the science around itchiness is still kind of hazy. Especially when it stems from skin diseases like psoriasis or eczema, which each affect more than 3 million people in the U.S. yearly.To try and get experts on the same page, researchers at the Washington University School of Medicine’s aptly named Center for the Study of Itch, published a review of work that&
  
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• What do shrink-wrapped Thanksgiving turkeys and the Higgs Boson have in common?

  21-11-2018 21:20
  Both can be made using the power of particle accelerators.
  
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• Mars landing comes down to final 6 minutes of 6-month trip

  21-11-2018 21:01
  For NASA's InSight spacecraft, it all comes down to the final 6 minutes of a 6-month journey to Mars
  
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• Gut Feelings

  21-11-2018 20:49 via feedproxy.google.com
  Every November, millions of Americans tuck into a tasty Thanksgiving dinner, most often a traditional roast turkey with all the trimmings. Come December, they feast all over again. Few of the holiday diners realize, however, that their bodies will continue tasting that meal long after they’ve swallowed it.Scientists are finding that the same taste receptors lining the tongue and palate also occur in the stomach, intestines and other internal organs. They’re finding new receptors that
  
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• Silent Flight: New Drone Is Powered By An Ionic Wind Requiring No Moving Parts

  21-11-2018 20:48 via feedproxy.google.com
  Most drones today are noisy: The whine of motors and the hum of propellers produces an unavoidable din that instantly telegraphs their presence.By contrast, the small plane that flew across an indoor track on the MIT campus this fall was eerily silent. Though its furthest flights were obviously powered, you could be forgiven for thinking it was some sort of trick. That's because the plane uses an entirely novel propulsion system, one without even a single moving part.Researchers call
  
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• 6 tricks that might keep you from getting a hangover

  21-11-2018 20:47
  
  HealthMaybe.
  After thousands of years of getting wasted, humans still aren't exactly sure what causes hangovers.
  
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• Stone Tool Discovery Fills Gap in Ancient Chinese History

  21-11-2018 20:39 via feedproxy.google.com
  To the untrained eye, stone tools look a lot like old rocks. But to an archeologist, stone tool surfaces provide important clues about the technological advancements of their crafters.The history of stone tool making dates back to 3 million years ago. As our ancient predecessors evolved, their tools changed, too. And a more complex toolmaking style, known as the Levallois technique, emerged in Africa and Europe around 300,000 years ago. Researchers assumed the West introduced this more s
  
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• How These Glowing Blue Thrusters Will Get BepiColombo to Mercury

  21-11-2018 20:37 via feedproxy.google.com
  Glowing Blue
  In December, two discs on the bottom of a minibus-sized spacecraft headed for Mercury will start to glow blue. These blue, glowing discs are the solar-powered electric thrusters that will get the BepiColombo mission to Mercury.BepiColombo, a collaborative mission between the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), launched from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana on October 20, 2018, and is slated to arrive at Mercury in December of 2025
  
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• 'Relatively few' Twitter bots were needed to spread misinformation, study finds

  21-11-2018 20:00 via nbcnews.com
  “Bots amplify the reach of low-credibility content, to the point that it is statistically indistinguishable from that of fact-checking articles,” researchers wrote.
  
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• Fin24.com | Facebook CEO says he hopes to work with Sandberg for 'decades'

  21-11-2018 19:55
  
  Facebook chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg has come under fire for her handling of company disclosures about Russia’s election influence. CEO Mark Zuckerberg came to her defence.
  
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• This new 'ion drive' airplane flew straight out of science fiction

  21-11-2018 19:30
  
  TechnologyThe quiet propulsion system has no moving parts.
  The plane's "engine" has no moving parts.
  
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• Whistleblowers wanted: Activists buy Facebook ads asking Facebook employees to leak

  21-11-2018 19:15 via nbcnews.com
  Freedom from Facebook's campaign comes less than a week after the coalition submitted a complaint to the Federal Trade Commission asking them to consider fining and breaking up the company.
  
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• Blocks found in Egypt bear name of famed pharaoh's builder

  21-11-2018 18:21
  Egypt archaeologists on Cairo dig find 2 limestone blocks with inscriptions belonging to engineer working for Ramses II
  
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• The CDC says everyone needs to toss their romaine

  21-11-2018 18:15
  
  HealthAnd don't buy more.
  We don't lightly advocate for food waste, but with the holidays approaching, an E. coli outbreak of unknown origin is nothing to play around with.
  
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• Amazon exposes some customer names, emails in technical error

  21-11-2018 18:11 via nbcnews.com
  The e-commerce giant said it had emailed customers out of an abundance of caution, although it was unclear how many accounts were affected.
  
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• 9 top tech gifts to give this year

  21-11-2018 16:42 via rss.cnn.com
  iPhones and iPads are predictable gifts. Consider these instead.
  
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• Carving up the Butterball Turkey Talk-Line's most common questions

  21-11-2018 15:30
  
  ScienceNo one seems to know how to thaw a turkey in America.
  Every year, around 100,000 people call the Butterball Turkey Talk-Line to ask their most burning question: how the heck do I thaw this thing?
  
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• Nouriel Roubini: Central Bank Digital Currencies Could Crush Cryptocurrencies

  21-11-2018 15:13 via technocracy.news
  TN agrees that the Central Banks will adopt a variation of cryptocurrencies that will crush all other forms. The field of Fintech (Financial Technology) has already been declared to be the financial enabler for Sustainable Development, aka Technocracy. ⁃ TN EditorLeading economic policymakers are now considering whether central banks should issue their own digital currencies, to be made available to everyone, rather than just to licensed commercial banks. The idea deserves serious consider
  
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• Trilateral Commission Member Gro Brundtland Pushes Hard On Sustainable Development

  21-11-2018 15:01 via technocracy.news
  Gro Harlem Brundtland is the mother of Sustainable Development, having created the policies that led to the creation of Agenda 21 in 1992. She is also a member of the Trilateral Commission and a fanatical supporter of the UN and Sustainable Development, aka Technocracy. ⁃ TN EditorThe Norwegian dramatist Henrik Ibsen once wrote, “A community is like a ship; everyone ought to be prepared to take the helm.” With our global ship being tossed by the stormy and dangerous waters of
  
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• Genetically Modified Virus Made To Kill Cancer Cells

  21-11-2018 14:50 via technocracy.news
  On the surface of it, this is a health breakthrough that could potentially save hundreds of thousands of cancer victims. However, the technology has very dangerous applications in the wrong hands.  ⁃ TN EditorA Genetically modified virus that kills cancer cells and destroys their hiding places has been developed by British scientists.
  It targets both cancer cells and healthy cells that are tricked into protecting the cancer from the immune system.
  Fibroblasts, the most common type of
  
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• Google rolls out Neighbourly, a new app just for India

  21-11-2018 14:40 via rss.cnn.com
  The app is one of several "India-first" services Google has launched as it tries to tap into the country's huge and fast-growing internet.
  
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• Mark Zuckerberg defends his C-suite and says Sheryl Sandberg isn't going anywhere

  21-11-2018 06:11 via rss.cnn.com
  Amid yet another scandal, Facebook is facing calls from investors and critics to shake up its leadership.
  
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• Beyond bitcoin: the otherl cryptocurrencies you should know too

  21-11-2018 06:11 via rss.cnn.com
  Bitcoin may be the most popular form of digital currency but it's far from the only one.
  
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• As problems pile up, Mark Zuckerberg stands his ground in exclusive CNN Business interview

  21-11-2018 06:11 via rss.cnn.com
  After spending much of this year apologizing for Facebook's many missteps, CEO Mark Zuckerberg sounded defiant in an exclusive interview with CNN on Tuesday.
  
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• Zuckerberg says he hopes Sandberg stays on as COO

  21-11-2018 04:26 via nbcnews.com
  Zuckerberg also told CNN that he has no plans to leave his chairman job, and he said some journalists who cover Facebook have a "different world view."
  
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• As Facebook faces fire, heat turns up on No. 2 Sandberg

  21-11-2018 03:18
  For the past decade, Sheryl Sandberg has been the poised, reliable second-in-command to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg
  
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• ESO Captures Stunning Image of a Newly Discovered Triple Star System

  21-11-2018 02:19 via scitechdaily.com
  The VISIR instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope has captured this stunning image of a newly discovered massive triple star system. Nicknamed Apep after an...
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• Bitcoin plunges below $5,000 amid rough 2018 for cryptocurrencies

  21-11-2018 02:09 via nbcnews.com
  Declining prices have been met by growing skepticism around the cryptocurrency and exacerbated by claims that previous price increases were artificially inflated.
  
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• NASA Selects Jezero Crater Landing Site for Mars 2020 Rover

  21-11-2018 01:58 via scitechdaily.com
  NASA has chosen Jezero Crater as the landing site for its upcoming Mars 2020 rover mission after a five year search, during which every available...
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• Hubble Image of the Week – Different Generations

  21-11-2018 01:50 via scitechdaily.com
  Star clusters are common structures throughout the Universe, each made up of hundreds of thousands of stars all bound together by gravity. This star-filled image,...
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• Outages hit Facebook's apps including Instagram and WhatsApp

  21-11-2018 01:01 via nbcnews.com
  Facebook confirmed the issues on its Twitter account, saying the company was "working to resolve the issue as soon as possible."
  
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• Humpback Whales Go Through A 'Cultural Revolution' Every Few Years

  21-11-2018 01:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  Humpback whales are crooners. During the breeding season, all the males typically sing the same tune, which changes over time.Now, researchers find the humpback whales’ song doesn't just change, it gets gradually more complex each year. That is, until the progression abruptly ends and restarts with a new song, something the researchers term a "cultural revolution". The new song is simpler and may represent a cap on social learning, the researchers say.“Humpback whale song is one
  
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• This Is Why Some Cactus Spines Are So Hard — and Painful — to Remove

  21-11-2018 01:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  As anyone who’s gotten too close to a jumping cholla cactus can attest, the experience is singularly painful — and difficult to resolve, as the cactus’ spines are particularly stubborn to remove.Cactus spines have many functions, from protection to the collection of vital water in dry climates, but some are so much harder to remove than others. Now researchers have found out why.Microstructure Matters
  Stephanie Crofts and Philip Anderson of the University of Illinois 
  
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• Oldest Long-Necked Dinosaur Found in Brazil

  21-11-2018 01:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  There's a lot missing from the fossil record when it comes to the earliest dinosaurs. That makes the discovery of not one but three well-preserved skeletons, two of them nearly complete, all the more significant. Even better: The new species they represent, Macrocollum itaquii, is the oldest long-necked dinosaur known. The trio gives us a snapshot of a lineage in transition from small and swift meat-eaters to the mightiest animals ever to walk Earth.
  Uncovered at the Wachholz site near
  
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• The kilogram has a new definition

  21-11-2018 00:00
  
  ScienceA physicist explains why and how we redefined a basic unit of measure.
  Scientists around the world have spent nearly two decades discussing how the kilogram could instead be defined in relation to constant measurements of nature. And now…
  
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