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• These Singing Mice Take Turns During Duets, Offering Insights into Human Speech

  01-03-2019 23:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  High in the cloud forests of Costa Rica, a distinct chirping sound ripples across the landscape. This high-pitched staccato refrain trills not from birds, but mice. Now researchers have found that the tiny rodents making these sounds, known as Alston’s singing mice, take turns belting out their tunes much in the same way people take turns when they talk to each other. The discovery could shed light on communication problems in human speech.
  Some 10 percent of the Americans suffer from
  
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• Tesla's online-only sales approach comes with big risks

  01-03-2019 22:55 via abcnews.go.com
  Tesla's bold move to close most of its stores and shift all of its purchases online is a major departure from the way most people buy cars but experts say it may appeal to a generation that has grown up ordering goods from Amazon
  
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• SpaceX Ready to Launch First Dragon Crew Capsule Early Tomorrow

  01-03-2019 20:45 via feedproxy.google.com
  SpaceX’s Dragon Crew Capsule is set to launch from Cape Canaveral in a pivotal test flight for human-crewed missions that could happen as soon as this summer. The only passengers for this mission are a mannequin and some cargo for the International Space Station. It will dock on Sunday, stay for five days, and then depart before splashing down in the Atlantic Ocean on March 8.This flight is a milestone for NASA and for SpaceX. NASA has been without a domestic carrier for the
  
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• NASA’s Bold Apollo 9 Plans Made the Moon Landing Possible

  01-03-2019 20:26 via feedproxy.google.com
  Apollo 9 launched 50 years ago, on March 3, 1969, and it might be the most important but least celebrated of the early Apollo missions. In fact, it was so important to NASA’s ultimate lunar landing goal that the space agency had a series of contingency missions in place to ensure it could get as much data as possible if something went wrong.Apollo 9’s mission wasn’t necessarily glamorous. Commander Jim McDivitt, Command Module Pilot (CMP) Dave Scott, and Lunar Module Pilot (LMP
  
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• WATCH: SpaceX launches new technology

  01-03-2019 19:10 via abcnews.go.com
  Elon Musk's company closes in on human spaceflight capabilities.
  
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• WATCH: YouTube no longer allows comments on most videos involving children

  01-03-2019 18:45 via abcnews.go.com
  Plus, the Tesla Model 3 is now available, and it's National Unplug Day.
  
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• When Women Control the Money, Female Founders Get Funded

  01-03-2019 18:22 via nytimes.com
  At a pitch night in SoHo, female entrepreneurs pitch female venture capitalists.
  
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• Robot Deliveries Grew By 40% In 2018

  01-03-2019 17:06 via technocracy.news
  With robot delivery growth rates of 40-50% per year, the displacement of human workers will soar during the next 10 years. As a result, the robotics industry will be one of the hottest investment areas, further exacerbating the displacements. ⁃ TN Editor
  Robots took on a record number of jobs in North American firms last year, the Robotic Industries Association (RIA) said Thursday.
  According to the RIA’s data, 35,880 robots were shipped in 2018 to the U.S., Canada and Mexico, up
  
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• Transhumans Now Predicting Life Extension by 2022

  01-03-2019 16:53 via technocracy.news
  Transhumans are the prospective inhabitants of the Brave New World of Technocracy, with immortality and omniscience as their core characteristics. While waiting for that, they have turned their focus to ‘life extension’ instead. ⁃ TN EditorAubrey de Grey is getting more bullish about his timeframes for robust human rejuvenation and longevity escape velocity. He now thinks it is only 18 years away and not 25 years anymore.
  There is fastly progressing science and there is a
  
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• Tim Ball: How Too Many Lawyers Create Legal Chaos

  01-03-2019 16:33 via technocracy.news
  Technocracy rolls on behind the scene while politicians are gridlocked in legislative and legal chaos, while selective deregulation turns over more power to Technocrats advancing Sustainable Development. ⁃ TN EditorVoltaire said, “If you wish to converse with me, define your terms.” In this article, the required definitions are explained as follows.
  Many people have heard laws and regulations being used in the same sentence. It is also assumed that they are related to each othe
  
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• YouTube to disable comments on virtually all videos with young children

  01-03-2019 12:46 via abcnews.go.com
  YouTube said it will ban comments on virtually all videos featuring young minors amid concerns about child predators.
  
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• The Cheater's Guide to Interstellar Travel: A Conversation with Slava Turyshev

  01-03-2019 06:56 via feedproxy.google.com
  Science fiction is a genre committed to the concept of "run before you can walk." Long before anyone knew whether heavier-than-air flight was possible, writers were imagining travel to other planets. By the time interplanetary space probes were a reality in the 1960s, the storytellers had long since moved on to thinking interstellar.Today, two or three generations of happy nerds have grown up in a world saturated with science fiction TV shows and movies featuring the word "star" in their
  
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• I Left a Piece of My Heart on the Dusty Sands of Mars

  01-03-2019 05:21 via feedproxy.google.com
  "Any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind, and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee." The quote is so familiar that most people have no idea where it originally comes from (I'll admit, I had to look it up myself to be sure: It is Mediation XVII from John Donne's Devotions upon Emergent Occasions.) In recent years, though, the words have taken on new meaning, at least for those of us who are devoted to astronomical exploration. Any spa
  
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• New Observations Show Clumps of Gas Swirling Around Black Hole

  01-03-2019 04:29 via scitechdaily.com
  The supermassive black hole (SMBH) at the center of our Milky Way galaxy, Sagittarius A*, is by far the closest such object to us, only...
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• Stellar Flyby Helped Shape Our Solar System 3 Million Years Ago

  01-03-2019 04:15 via scitechdaily.com
  Some of the peculiar aspects of our solar system — an enveloping cloud of comets, dwarf planets in weird orbits and, if it truly exists,...
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• Huawei pleads not guilty to trade secrets charges in Seattle

  01-03-2019 01:43 via abcnews.go.com
  The Chinese tech giant Huawei has pleaded not guilty to U.S. charges that it stole trade secrets from T-Mobile
  
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• How 'Momo,' a social media hoax about a paranormal threat to kids, went viral in U.S.

  01-03-2019 01:40 via nbcnews.com
  The meme that supposedly contained harmful messages initially gained traction in South America and eventually spread worldwide.
  
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• HBO chief to step down marking highest-profile exit since AT&T bought Time Warner

  01-03-2019 01:29 via nbcnews.com
  The cable executive championed shows such as “Game Of Thrones” and “True Blood,” and political coverage from news startups Axios and Vice News.
  
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• YouTube disables comments on videos of kids following safety concerns

  01-03-2019 00:50 via rss.cnn.com
  YouTube said it will start disabling comments on most videos of minors following accusations that the platform aided pedophiles in finding clips of young children.
  
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• Why Florida is still dominating the space launch game

  01-03-2019 00:50 via rss.cnn.com
  There are about two dozen launch pads along Florida's coast that have been abandoned for years. And the future of this area looked bleak when NASA's Space Shuttle program ended in 2011.
  
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• US trade secrets case against Huawei set for 2020 trial

  01-03-2019 00:50 via rss.cnn.com
  Huawei on Thursday pleaded not guilty to federal charges that it tried to steal trade secrets from T-Mobile.
  
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• TikTok hit with record fine for collecting data on children

  01-03-2019 00:50 via rss.cnn.com
  Tik Tok, a popular video-sharing app, has agreed to pay $5.7 million to settle allegations that it illegally collected personal information from children under the age of 13, such as names, email addresses and their location.
  
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• These people do not exist. Why websites are churning out fake images of people (and cats)

  01-03-2019 00:50 via rss.cnn.com
  The young girl on the computer screen is adorable, with rosy cheeks, blue-gray eyes, wispy red toddler hair and lips just hinting at a smile.
  
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• Tesla debuts long-awaited $35,000 Model 3

  01-03-2019 00:50 via rss.cnn.com
  Tesla has long promised a pared-down version of its Model 3 sedan that would be $35,000.
  
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• Moderating the internet is hurting workers. How can companies help them?

  01-03-2019 00:50 via rss.cnn.com
  It's a new normal: Thousands of people now have jobs that require them to view graphic and disturbing videos for hours on end. But in this wild, wild west of work, critics say companies need to better understand and support the needs of those in this growing industry.
  
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• How daily life will benefit from 5G

  01-03-2019 00:50 via rss.cnn.com
  5G is more than super-fast broadband, it has the potential to change everything from transport to agriculture.
  
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• Amazon's new waste-reduction strategy: Deliver only once a week

  01-03-2019 00:50 via rss.cnn.com
  Amazon wants to reduce its carbon footprint and give customers more control over when they receive their packages. The company found a way to achieve both in one new program.
  
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• Amazon thinks AI will help solve its counterfeits problem

  01-03-2019 00:50 via rss.cnn.com
  Amazon is using artificial intelligence to stop counterfeit products from appearing on its website.
  
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