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• What Happens When You Go Beyond the Final Frontier?

  31-01-2019 23:55 via feedproxy.google.com
  It was a New Year's Eve like no other. First of all, the big celebration started a half hour after midnight. Children were waving mini-flags, surrounded by throngs of giddy planetary scientists. And four billion miles away, one billion miles past Pluto, the New Horizons spacecraft was flying past an enigmatic object called 2014 MU69--better known by its nickname, Ultima Thule.When radio signals from New Horizons finally reached Earth the next morning, they revealed that the mission was a
  
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• Scientists Just Cleared Up A Mystery About Auroras

  31-01-2019 23:33 via feedproxy.google.com
  Auroras: They're colorful, mesmerizing and, most of all, mysterious. Scientists understand the basic physics behind how charged particles interact with our atmosphere to produce these dancing lights. But the larger mechanics of when, why and how auroras appear still isn't very well understood.One particular mystery is that the northern and southern lights don't always match up like researchers would expect. For years, scientists assumed that aurora borealis and aurora australis would m
  
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• Brazilian environmental group tests water after dam collapse

  31-01-2019 23:30 via abcnews.go.com
  A Brazilian environmental group has begun testing river water in areas around where a dam holding back mine waste collapsed, to measure the level of toxicity and assess risks to human and other forms of life
  
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• New Study Says that Dark Energy Could be Growing in Strength

  31-01-2019 23:17 via feedproxy.google.com
  Dark Energy
  Dark energy, the mysterious and hypothetical force that scientists think is causing the expansion of the universe to accelerate, may actually be growing over time, according to one new study.About 20 years ago, scientists discovered dark energy by measuring the light coming from exploding stars, known as supernovas. Dark energy is thought to permeate all of space and, by continuing to study the light coming from supernovas, scientists have observed the effects of dark energy a
  
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• Amazon has another 'Prime' holiday: Profit tops $3 billion

  31-01-2019 22:52 via nbcnews.com
  The Seattle-based company's estimated revenue for the current quarter, however, was below what Wall Street analysts expected.
  
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• New Study Says We Can Prime Our Brains to Learn While We Sleep

  31-01-2019 22:38 via feedproxy.google.com
  “Learn a new language while you sleep!” may sound like the start of a bad 3 a.m. infomercial, but new research has found some evidence for sleep learning. Of course, listening to French on tape while you sleep is unlikely to instantly give you the ability to order a vanilla latte and an omelet in a foreign tongue the next morning. But it may enhance your ability to learn new vocabulary, according to a study published in Current Biology.Researchers have long known that sleep
  
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• Eating Breakfast Might Not Matter When It Comes to Weight Loss

  31-01-2019 22:33 via feedproxy.google.com
  There are two kinds of people in this world: those who eat breakfast and those who skip it. Maybe that’s exaggerating things a little, but the debate over whether or not adults should eat The Most Important Meal of the Day, especially for weight loss, can be polarizing — and not just for the average person. Researchers, too, have been arguing this point for years.Now, a new literature review says there’s a possibility that eating breakfast might not help us shed pounds.
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• Foxconn going ahead with construction in Wisconsin

  31-01-2019 22:06 via rss.cnn.com
  Foxconn says it is moving ahead with its construction plans in Wisconsin, despite uncertainty about what it might eventually build on the site.
  
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• Facebook and Twitter remove thousands of fake accounts tied to Russia, Venezuela and Iran

  31-01-2019 22:06 via rss.cnn.com
  For anyone hoping that foreign operations are no longer using social media to try to meddle in and influence debate and policy in the US and all over the world, Thursday should be a wakeup call.
  
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• Twitter and Facebook say they removed thousands of troll accounts in run-up to 2018 midterms

  31-01-2019 20:31 via nbcnews.com
  Twitter said the Russian operation mirrored the tactics of the 2016 campaign by the Internet Research Agency.
  
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• Marie Kondo tries to get my digital life in order

  31-01-2019 19:15 via rss.cnn.com
  The clutter that weighs down my life most is online, not offline. It is in my pocket, and on my mind, every hour of the day. Netflix star and decluttering expert Marie Kondo offers a few tips to help manage it.
  
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• Intel names Bob Swan CEO, shedding his interim title

  31-01-2019 19:15 via rss.cnn.com
  Chipmaker Intel elevated Bob Swan to permanent CEO Thursday.
  
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• Drinkable water is scarce. These companies are pulling it out of the air

  31-01-2019 19:15 via rss.cnn.com
  These water-generating device for homes and offices pull water out of the air. If they can make their systems affordable and efficient enough, they may have a chance at alleviating some of humanity's fresh water problems.
  
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• Amazon and Walmart are about to take a big hit in India

  31-01-2019 19:15 via rss.cnn.com
  New internet regulations in the works could threaten companies like Amazon, Walmart, Facebook and Twitter.
  
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• Until Relatively Recently, Giant Pandas Ate Much More Than Bamboo

  31-01-2019 18:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  Pandas are picky eaters. The conservation icons live off a nearly exclusive diet of bamboo. Now, researchers have shown that ancient pandas once had a much broader palette and lived in a wider region. The discovery overturns a long-held belief that while pandas descended from meat-eating animals, they have been dining on bamboo for millions of years.“It has been widely accepted that giant pandas exclusively feed [on] bamboo [since] a long time ago -- 2 millions years,” said Fuwe
  
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• Beyond Good or Bad: Searching For a Diet That Balances The Many Kinds of Fat

  31-01-2019 18:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Public health guidelines, such as the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, have long emphasized reducing dietary fat intake, but nutritionists and other health scientists now have more recent evidence that not all fats have adverse effects. Dietary fats differ with regard to their effects on health and risk for chronic diseases, particularly in regard to effects on risk for heart disease.Indeed, some nutrition experts now believe that certain types of dietary fat may even reduce cardiovascu
  
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• Consumers in crossfire as Facebook and Apple's cold war gets hot — and personal

  31-01-2019 17:29 via nbcnews.com
  Personal animosity is at the heart of it: “There was Ali-Frazier. Now there’s nerd vs. nerd.”
  
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• We Tried 5 Cold-Weather Experiments. Instant Slushies, Frozen Bubbles and More.

  31-01-2019 16:58 via nytimes.com
  With schools closed and temperatures well below zero, one family learned some hard lessons about the scientific process.
  
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• Walgreens Installing ‘Smart Coolers’ To Spy On Shoppers

  31-01-2019 16:52 via technocracy.news
  An outright consumer rebellion is the only thing that will stop giant companies like Walgreens from micro-tracking you from entrance to exit. Walgreens offers an empty promise that they won’t track your identity, but that is nonsense because other stores are already doing exactly that! ⁃ TN EditorWalgreens is piloting a new line of “smart coolers”—fridges equipped with cameras that scan shoppers’ faces and make inferences on their age and gender. On
  
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• Virginia Is 4th State To Reject Smart Metering Plans

  31-01-2019 16:32 via technocracy.news
  In a serious blow to the establishment of Technocracy, four states rejected Smart Metering plans in 2018. Smart meters control energy distribution and consumption, which is a key requirement for Technocracy. People and legislators are pushing back across the nation.⁃ TN EditorOn January 17, Virginia utility regulators rejected Dominion Energy’s bid to deploy ‘smart’ electricity meters across the state.
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• One Time America Thought About Nuking the Moon, and a Few Times Humans Smashed Things Into It Anyway

  31-01-2019 16:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  The 1950s were a bizarre period in American history. An economic boom brought joy to a generation home from war, and also harbored a strange level of distrust, of enemies both internal and external, in a nation not quite at war, but not quite at peace either. Technology was advancing in leaps and bounds, and the Space Race between the United States and the Soviet Union was underway. To America's dismay, the Soviets were winning – at least at first.But before h
  
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• NOAA’s Pathetic Weather Forecast From Last November

  31-01-2019 16:15 via technocracy.news
  NOAA’s forecast just 10 weeks ago proves that they have no idea of what they are talking about. Northern temps have been as much as 40 degrees below normal, all-time cold records have been recorded throughout the northern states and snowfall has been one of the heaviest ever. The problem? NOAA is full of Technocrats who cuddle their faulty data in a windowless room and then rely on faulty computer models to make predictions.  ⁃ TN EditorA mild winter could be in store for much o
  
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• Germany sees surge in new solar power as prices drop

  31-01-2019 14:19 via abcnews.go.com
  Germany added almost three gigawatts of new solar power generation in 2018, about 68 percent more than the previous year amid a drop in prices for new systems
  
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• WATCH: Tesla Model Y coming next year

  31-01-2019 13:20 via abcnews.go.com
  CEO Elon Musk says the crossover electric vehicle is set to be released in 2020
  
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• Dinosaur Relative Antarctanax Lived In Antarctica After Biggest Mass Extinction

  31-01-2019 09:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  A dinosaur relative about the size of an iguana, which lived at the bottom of the world 250 million years ago, is throwing paleontologists for a loop. Antarctanax shackletoni, named for explorer Ernest Shackleton, hints at unexpected biodiversity on the now-frozen continent of Antarctica.
  About 252 million years ago, the greatest mass extinction known walloped life on Earth. An estimated 90 percent of all living things perished. In the wake of this event, known as the end-Permian or Gre
  
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• Online H-1B visa registration won't be ready for H-1B season

  31-01-2019 08:56 via rss.cnn.com
  The government's online registration system for the popular H-1B work visa won't be ready for this spring's submission period.
  
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• Microsoft stock falls after revenue misses expectations

  31-01-2019 08:56 via rss.cnn.com
  Microsoft reported its most recent earnings on Wednesday.
  
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• Lyft sues to block NYC's driver minimum wage law

  31-01-2019 08:56 via rss.cnn.com
  Lyft is suing the New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission over its first-of-a-kind driver minimum wage law, claiming its implementation would hurt its business.
  
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• First on CNN: NY Attorney General targets fake social media activity

  31-01-2019 08:56 via rss.cnn.com
  A company that brought in millions of dollars in revenue by creating fake social media posts and comments has settled a case with the state of New York after a probe exposed its activities.
  
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• Facebook posts record $6.9 billion profit despite privacy scandals

  31-01-2019 08:56 via rss.cnn.com
  Facebook's endless PR crises don't appear to be hurting its bottom line.
  
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• Chinese engineer charged with stealing secret material from Apple

  31-01-2019 08:56 via rss.cnn.com
  For the second time in six months, the FBI is accusing a Chinese national working for Apple with stealing trade secrets from the company's self-driving car project.
  
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• Apple says Facebook's controversial market research app violated its policies

  31-01-2019 08:56 via rss.cnn.com
  Apple has banned a controversial market research app Facebook used to collect information on how people use their smartphones because it violated its agreement with the social network.
  
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• Mystery illness sees Canada halve its Cuba embassy staff - BBC News

  31-01-2019 04:01 via bbc.com
  Mystery illness sees Canada halve its Cuba embassy staff  BBC NewsCanada confirms 14th case of diplomat falling mysteriously ill in Cuba  CNNCanada to reduce staff at Cuba embassy after another diplomat falls ill  ReutersCanada Slashes Diplomatic Staff in Cuba After Another Mystery Illness  The New York TimesMystery Illness Leads Canada to Pull Half of Cuba Embassy Staff  BloombergView full coverage on Google News
  
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• 77 below zero? Polar vortex yields deadly cold as thousands endure power cuts, travel issues mount in Midwest - AccuWeather.com

  31-01-2019 03:56 via accuweather.com
  77 below zero? Polar vortex yields deadly cold as thousands endure power cuts, travel issues mount in Midwest  AccuWeather.comThe Midwest is colder than Antarctica thanks to the polar vortex — here's what it looks like  Business InsiderPolar vortex: -46C temperatures turn Chicago River to ice  Guardian NewsChicago Weather Forecast Calls For More Snow Thursday Before Temperatures Rise  CBS ChicagoHow dangerous (and historic) is the Polar Vortex hittin
  
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• Chicago police release 'people of interest' photos in 'Empire' actor's alleged attack case - Fox News

  31-01-2019 03:46 via foxnews.com
  Chicago police release 'people of interest' photos in 'Empire' actor's alleged attack case  Fox NewsKevin Hart criticized for telling Jussie Smollett to 'stand strong' after homophobic attack  Yahoo EntertainmentShifting Stories Cloud Claims of Alleged Hate Crime Attack Targeting 'Empire' Actor Jussie Smollett | Trending  PJ MediaJussie Smollett attack: Surveillance video shows potential persons of interest in attack, Chicago police say  WLS-TVJussie Smoll
  
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• Physicists Uncover Quantum Structure of Buckyballs

  31-01-2019 03:44 via scitechdaily.com
  JILA researchers have measured hundreds of individual quantum energy levels in the buckyball, a spherical cage of 60 carbon atoms. It’s the largest molecule that...
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• Newly Developed Cryptocurrency is Faster and More Efficient

  31-01-2019 03:38 via scitechdaily.com
  MIT researchers have developed a new cryptocurrency that drastically reduces the data users need to join the network and verify transactions — by up to...
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• New Discovery Signals Rapid Decay in Antarctic Glacier

  31-01-2019 03:29 via scitechdaily.com
  A gigantic cavity — two-thirds the area of Manhattan and almost 1,000 feet (300 meters) tall — growing at the bottom of Thwaites Glacier in...
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• Scientists Chart Environment Surrounding a Stellar-Mass Black Hole

  31-01-2019 03:17 via scitechdaily.com
  Scientists have charted the environment surrounding a stellar-mass black hole that is 10 times the mass of the Sun using NASA’s Neutron star Interior Composition...
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• Trump singled out Dan Coats in morning rant about intelligence community - CNN

  31-01-2019 03:12 via cnn.com
  Trump singled out Dan Coats in morning rant about intelligence community  CNNTrump Calls Intelligence Officials ‘Naive’ After They Contradict Him  The New York TimesIn latest attack on intelligence agencies, Trump ignores where they actually agree  The Washington PostTrump says the intelligence community is wrong. Actually, he is.  The Washington PostSecond Trump-Kim summit risks US credibility | TheHill  The HillView full coverage on
  
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• The Latest: Nevada looking at legal options for plutonium

  31-01-2019 02:41 via abcnews.go.com
  Nevada seeks another court order to block any more shipments of weapons-grade plutonium
  
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• Zuckerberg says merging WhatsApp, Instagram & Messenger chats will improve security, create an iMessage-like experience - 9to5Mac

  31-01-2019 02:33 via 9to5mac.com
  Zuckerberg says merging WhatsApp, Instagram & Messenger chats will improve security, create an iMessage-like experience  9to5MacFacebook soars after it crushes earnings, posts record profit  CNBCFacebook Stock Is Up Because Earnings Crushed Expectations  Barron'sMark Zuckerberg wants to get back to building new Facebook products  RecodeMark Zuckerberg explains why he wants to merge Messenger, WhatsApp, and Instagram  MashableView full coverag
  
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• Undocumented worker fired from Trump's Bedminster club invited to State of the Union - CNN

  31-01-2019 02:28 via cnn.com
  Undocumented worker fired from Trump's Bedminster club invited to State of the Union  CNNUndocumented worker who worked for Trump golf course to attend State of the Union  The Washington PostUndocumented worker fired from Trump golf club to attend State of the Union: report | TheHill  The HillUndocumented immigrant fired from Trump's N.J. golf club will attend his State of the Union next week - NY Dai  New York Daily NewsDemocrat meets with undocumented im
  
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• Tesla Moves to Build the Model Y After a Gangbusters 2018 - WIRED

  31-01-2019 02:03 via wired.com
  Tesla Moves to Build the Model Y After a Gangbusters 2018  WIREDTesla shares fall after company posts fourth-quarter profit that misses expectations, replaces CFO  CNBCTesla misses on earnings, says it will produce the Model 3 at 'maximum production rates' (TSLA)  Business InsiderTesla’s Incredible Shrinking Growth Machine  BloombergWatch Elon Musk's jet flights in 2018  The Washington PostView full coverage on Google News
  
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• Sarah Sanders: God 'wanted Donald Trump to become president' - CNN

  31-01-2019 01:42 via cnn.com
  Sarah Sanders: God 'wanted Donald Trump to become president'  CNNSarah Sanders: God 'wanted Donald Trump to become president' | TheHill  The HillSarah Sanders: God wanted Trump to become president  POLITICOSarah Sanders: God wanted Trump to be president  CNNSarah Sanders tells Christian Broadcasting Network: God wanted Trump to be president  Washington PostView full coverage on Google News
  
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• Matt Reeves’ ‘The Batman’ Gets June 2021 Release Date - Variety

  31-01-2019 01:42 via variety.com
  Matt Reeves’ ‘The Batman’ Gets June 2021 Release Date  Variety‘The Batman’ To Fly In Summer 2021; Ben Affleck Passes The Torch To Next Generation Of Bruce Wayne  DeadlineThree DC Movies Are Coming Summer 2021, Including The Batman Without Ben Affleck [UPDATED]  Gizmodo'Suicide Squad' Sequel Gets New Title, Release Date  Comicbook.comWarner Bros Release Dates Galore: ‘Doctor Sleep’ Checks In This November, ‘Th
  
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• Sen. Rand Paul awarded more than $580K after neighbor's attack - AOL

  31-01-2019 01:34 via aol.com
  Sen. Rand Paul awarded more than $580K after neighbor's attack  AOLJury Awards Sen. Rand Paul More Than $580000 In Damages In Attack By Neighbor  NPRSen. Rand Paul awarded over $580G after he was attacked by neighbor  Fox NewsSen. Rand Paul awarded $580,000 after neighbor broke six of his ribs in attack  The Washington PostRand Paul awarded $580K in damages after attack by neighbor | TheHill  The HillView full coverage on Google News
  
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• How Russia's effort to sabotage Mueller's investigation backfired

  31-01-2019 01:29 via nbcnews.com
  The fake trove of the special counsel’s files were immediately dismissed as largely fabricated by the reporter and researcher who received them.
  
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• Don't trade in Venezuelan gold, White House warns amid claims Russian plane is taking 20 TONS - Daily Mail

  31-01-2019 01:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  Don't trade in Venezuelan gold, White House warns amid claims Russian plane is taking 20 TONS  Daily MailInside John Bolton's Month-Long P.R. Campaign Against Venezuela's Government  TIMEWhite House's Bolton says he met with Citgo executives  ReutersPentagon chief won't say if officials are considering sending troops to Colombia | TheHill  The HillVenezuela news: '5000 troops to Colombia'- Venezuela crisis MAP, military action escalates  Express.
  
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• PS5 Games We Think May Already Be in Development - IGN

  31-01-2019 01:12 via ign.com
  PS5 Games We Think May Already Be in Development  IGNPlayStation Plus February 2019 games: Hitman, For Honor, and more  PolygonPlayStation 5: Sony Already Focusing on Next Generation  Den of Geek USSony Reportedly Shifting First Party Development Focus onto PS5  IGNRumours Suggest Sony First-Party Developers Are Now Focusing on the PS5  PlayStation UniverseView full coverage on Google News
  
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