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• Apollo 11 astronauts reunite on 50th anniversary of moonshot

  19-07-2019 23:55
  Apollo 11's Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins reunite on eve of 50th anniversary of humanity's first moon landing
  
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• A bad year for right whales: 2 more found dead off Canada

  19-07-2019 23:27
  The Canadian government says two more rare North Atlantic right whales have been found dead in the country's waters
  
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• Pampers is making a 'smart' diaper. Yes, really

  19-07-2019 23:14 via rss.cnn.com
  It's come to this: Babies may soon be wearing Pampers smart diapers.
  
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• Libra is a great idea. But Facebook has to get out of the way

  19-07-2019 23:14 via rss.cnn.com
  In many respects, Libra sounds like the way of the future. But the shining vision for Libra is clouded by a big concern: Facebook is behind it.
  
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• Meghan McCain Reveals She Suffered a Miscarriage: 'My Father Is Holding His Granddaughter in His Hands' - PEOPLE.com

  19-07-2019 22:50 via people.com
  Meghan McCain Reveals She Suffered a Miscarriage: 'My Father Is Holding His Granddaughter in His Hands'  PEOPLE.comMeghan McCain reveals she recently had a 'horrendous' miscarriage: 'I would not wish it upon anyone'  Yahoo EntertainmentMeghan McCain reveals she suffered a miscarriage: 'Inside, I am dying'  Fox NewsMeghan McCain: What I Learned From My Miscarriage  The New York TimesMeghan McCain Reveals She Suffered a Miscarriage in Emotional First-Person
  
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• African Union warns travel curbs would hurt DRC's Ebola response - Al Jazeera English

  19-07-2019 22:44 via aljazeera.com
  African Union warns travel curbs would hurt DRC's Ebola response  Al Jazeera EnglishDaily double-digit Ebola cases continue in DRC  CIDRAPWHO says investigators conclude Ebola victim did not enter Rwanda  The New TimesEbola outbreak: Soldiers on handwashing patrol to curb spread  The TimesPublic Health Emergency: Ebola outbreak in Congo  Breaking Belize NewsView full coverage on Google News
  
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• TV’s role in the moon landing — and moon landing conspiracy theories - Vox.com

  19-07-2019 22:40 via vox.com
  TV’s role in the moon landing — and moon landing conspiracy theories  Vox.comThe moon landing is one of the most famous events in human history. When it was broadcast on TV in July 1969 — July 20 in some parts of the world and July ...View full coverage on Google News
  
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• Elon Musk Confirms SpaceX's Starhopper Survived Recent Fireball - D-brief - Discover Magazine

  19-07-2019 22:37 via blogs.discovermagazine.com
  Elon Musk Confirms SpaceX's Starhopper Survived Recent Fireball - D-brief  Discover MagazineCould we really travel to Mars in the next 4 years?  CBS NewsHow SpaceX's new Starship launch system compares to NASA's towering moon rockets  Business InsiderSpaceX's Mars Rocket Prototype Set Off a Fireball, But Musk Says It's Still Working  ScienceAlertLink Tank: 14 Facts About The NeverEnding Story  Den of Geek USView full coverage on Google News
  
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• Elon Musk Confirms SpaceX's Starhopper Survived Recent Fireball

  19-07-2019 22:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  An artist rendition of Starship on a future flight in space. (Credit: SpaceX)In a series of Twitter responses, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk confirmed Starhopper, the prototype for the company’s next generation of spacecraft, survived what appeared to be an explosion during a recent test.On Tuesday, July 16, Starhopper had undergone a “static fire test” to check recently added Raptor engines on a testing pad in Boca Chica, Texas. But about five seconds after the test, a fireball surroun
  
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• Ex-NSA contractor to be sentenced in stolen documents case

  19-07-2019 22:10
  A former National Security Agency contractor who stored two decades' worth of classified documents at his Maryland home has been sentenced to nine years in prison
  
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• Apollo Anniversary - STEM: Forward to the Moon - NASA

  19-07-2019 21:41 via youtube.com
  
  
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• Instagram expands hiding 'likes' to make you happier

  19-07-2019 21:35
  Instagram is expanding a test to hide how many "likes" people's posts receive on its photo-sharing app as it tries to combat criticism that such counts hurt mental health and make people feel bad when comparing themselves to others
  
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• PetSmart Is Celebrating National Ice Cream Day By Giving Your Dog A Free Pet-Friendly Scoop - Delish

  19-07-2019 21:06 via delish.com
  PetSmart Is Celebrating National Ice Cream Day By Giving Your Dog A Free Pet-Friendly Scoop  DelishNational Ice Cream Day brings free ice cream, deals and contests Sunday  USA TODAYSunday July 21 is National Ice Cream Day  WSPA 7NewsIce Cream Day deals in the Athens area  Online AthensWhy wait for Sunday to celebrate National Ice Cream Day? See ranking of 37 flavors at Ben & Jerry's  cleveland.comView full coverage on Google News
  
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• Fast-growing web of doorbell cams raises privacy fears

  19-07-2019 20:50
  America's fast-growing web of doorbell cameras is being fueled in part by the support of cities and police departments whose officials see them as a tech ally in the fight against crime
  
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• Why Do Mosquitos Love Biting Some People More Than Others?

  19-07-2019 20:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  Mosquitos are an annoyance to all — but some people seem to attract them far more than others. (Credit: mycteria/Shutterstock)As I slept unaware beneath the stars one night in early July, what I can only assume to be a legion of mosquitoes declared war against my forehead.
  I’ve been a mosquito magnet as long as I can remember, so I should have foreseen the itchy misery they would deliver upon my face. I offered them an exposed patch of flesh, they took it. Eight times. But my two com
  
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• Fin24.com | Tesla’s surprise $6 410 price cut sparks a rant from one devotee

  19-07-2019 19:49
  
  Soon after Tesla cleaved the cost of the Model 3, an owner on one of the company’s online forums started a thread with a tongue-in-cheek initial post: “Let the whining begin!”
  
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• Social influencers see stardom potential on LinkedIn and Pinterest

  19-07-2019 19:42 via rss.cnn.com
  LinkedIn and Pinterest want a piece of the influencer industry. An emerging group of creators are already taking advantage of these platforms' recent push into video.
  
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• Huawei executive says US export ban will cost American jobs

  19-07-2019 19:42 via rss.cnn.com
  Huawei will survive the US pressure campaign against it, but American jobs may not, says Andy Purdy, Huawei's chief security officer and former head of the US Department of Homeland Security's national cybersecurity division.
  
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• U.S. spy chief creates a new head of election security for intelligence agencies

  19-07-2019 19:22 via nbcnews.com
  Dan Coats announced Friday he has appointed a career official, Shelby Pierson, to serve as the first intelligence community election threats executive.
  
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• On Instagram, counterfeit cash is for sale — and a short search away

  19-07-2019 19:13 via nbcnews.com
  Instagram has struggled to crack down on the sellers of counterfeit goods, who use the platform’s photo-focused network to show off their wares.
  
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• DC will feel as hot as Death Valley as record-breaking heat wave scorches most of the US - Yahoo News

  19-07-2019 19:00 via news.yahoo.com
  DC will feel as hot as Death Valley as record-breaking heat wave scorches most of the US  Yahoo NewsMore than 150 million will be in stifling heat this weekend from the Plains to Midwest to East Coast  CNN200M across US brace for record heatwave; NYC orders tall buildings to raise temps to avoid another blackout  Fox NewsNYC's Cooling Center Network Strands Nearly A Third Of City's Seniors  GothamistHeat wave descends on the US: Live updates  CNN
  
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• Virgin Orbit in launch deal with UK's Royal Air Force

  19-07-2019 18:58
  Virgin Orbit says it has been selected by the United Kingdom's Royal Air Force to provide launches of small satellites on short notice
  
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• NASA: Last month was the warmest June on record. Will July turn out to be the warmest month ever observed?

  19-07-2019 18:21 via feedproxy.google.com
  Satellite image of a wildfire blazing in in the Qeqqata Kommunia of western Greenland. The image consists of data acquired by a Sentinel satellite on July 14th, 2019 in the infrared and visible parts of the electromagnetic spectrum. (Source: Copernicus Sentinel Data processed by Pierre Markuse)Last month has gone into the books as the warmest June on record, beating out 2016 by a comfortable margin, according to the latest global analysis by NASA.Now, more than half way through July, co
  
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• ESPN Host Goes After Own Network - TPM

  19-07-2019 17:46 via talkingpointsmemo.com
  ESPN Host Goes After Own Network  TPMDan Le Batard Grills ESPN's "Politics Policy"  The Young TurksESPN reminds staffers to stick to sports, not talk politics after star rips Trump on-air  Fox NewsOn ESPN, Dan Le Batard calls his own network 'cowardly' for not addressing racism  CNNESPN host Dan Le Batard shoots, scores on Donald Trump (and ESPN)  AZCentralView full coverage on Google News
  
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• ESPN's Dan Le Batard calls out Trump, network's no-politics policy

  19-07-2019 17:14 via nbcnews.com
  “There's a racial division in this country that's being instigated by the president, and we here at ESPN haven't had the stomach for that fight,” he said.
  
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• What the Ebola emergency means, what it doesn't mean, and what's next - STAT

  19-07-2019 17:10 via statnews.com
  What the Ebola emergency means, what it doesn't mean, and what's next  STATSome global health experts have insisted an emergency declaration could improve the outbreak response and speed an end to the crisis. But how?View full coverage on Google News
  
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• Green New Deal Demands End To Factory Farming

  19-07-2019 17:09 via technocracy.news
  In a panic to cut CO2 emissions, demands are being made to end factory farming and shut down large scale animal operations like feed lots. There are strong overtones of radical veganism and vegetarianism in this movement. ⁃ TN EditorThis week, a petition signed by more than 100,000 people was delivered to Congress, outlining issues that should be addressed in Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and Senator Ed Markey’s (D-MA) Green New Deal. This petition shows ov
  
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• This AI Solves The Rubik’s Cube Way Better Than You

  19-07-2019 17:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  (Credit: rcherem/shutterstock)In 1974, an architecture professor named Erno Rubik built a movable piece of art to help his students understand three-dimensional problems. Though his own creation took him more than a month to solve, it soon became an iconic puzzle game, the Rubik’s cube. The goal of the game is to re-arrange the faces of a cube decorated with 54 multi-colored squares so that each face shows a solid block of color. There are 43 quintillion potential ways to arrange the
  
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• US drug overdose deaths are falling. That's not the case in Tennessee - NewsChannel5.com

  19-07-2019 16:53 via newschannel5.com
  US drug overdose deaths are falling. That's not the case in Tennessee  NewsChannel5.comPrescription opioid overdoses drop, as fentanyl deaths skyrocket  USA TODAYOpioid deaths are down for the first time in decades. But the crisis of addiction is as severe as ever.  The Washington PostKentucky reports drop in drug overdose deaths in 2018  WKRC TV CincinnatiTennessee sees annual increase in drug overdose deaths  WBBJ-TVView full coverage on Google
  
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• Trump hammers Fed after confusion over rate cut predictions - Politico

  19-07-2019 16:46 via politico.com
  Trump hammers Fed after confusion over rate cut predictions  PoliticoWhy Is Wall Street So Sold on the 50-Basis-Point Rate Cut?  The Wall Street JournalTrump wades into debate over controversial Fed speech Thursday, calls for end to tight policy  CNBCFed Officials Signal Quarter-Point Rate Cut Likely at July Meeting  The Wall Street JournalThe Fed Cherry-Picked Its Way to a Rate Cut. Here's Proof.  BloombergView full coverage on Google News
  
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• Deepfake videos pose a threat, but 'dumbfakes' may be worse

  19-07-2019 16:39
  Deepfake video could threaten elections, but simpler 'dumbfakes' may be even worse
  
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• Globalization Is Destroying The ‘Great American Middle’

  19-07-2019 16:26 via technocracy.news
  Sen. Hawley has correctly nailed the big picture, except to name those who created weaponized globalization in the first place. TN readers can start with The Trilateral Commission and its New International Economic Order. ⁃ TN EditorThe ruling class’s consensus in support of globalizing the American economy is working “quite well” for its architects, the “cosmopolitan class,” while leaving behind the “great American middle,” Sen. Josh Hawley (
  
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• Emptiness: The City’s Future Is Childless

  19-07-2019 16:06 via technocracy.news
  If climate hysteria isn’t curtailing bearing children, economic pressures of the city are. Young, high-powered workers can’t afford kids, don’t want to get married and many don’t even want to have sex. The lemmings are headed to the edge of the cliff. ⁃ TN EditorCities have effectively traded away their children, swapping capital for kids. College graduates descend into cities, inhale fast-casual meals, emit the fumes of overwork, get washed, and bounce to sma
  
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• Mexico president calls 'El Chapo' sentence inhumane, vows better society - NBC News

  19-07-2019 15:35 via nbcnews.com
  Mexico president calls 'El Chapo' sentence inhumane, vows better society  NBC NewsEl Chapo seen for last time before heading to Colorado supermax prison  New York Post Mexican president denounces drug kingpin 'El Chapo' life sentence and 'inhumane' jail conditions  Fox NewsEl Chapo: Drug lord immediately taken to 'Alcatraz' supermax jail by authorities determined to prevent him breaking out again  The IndependentMexican President risks feud with Trump, see
  
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• Germany: Facebook to appeal fine under hate speech law

  19-07-2019 15:32
  Facebook says it plans to appeal a decision by German authorities to fine it 2 million euros ($2.2 million) under a law designed to combat hate speech
  
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• New Concept for Self-Assembling Mobile Micromachines

  19-07-2019 15:30 via scitechdaily.com
  In the future, designers of micromachines can utilize a new effect. A team led by researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems in...
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• Watch the throne: How Netflix can stay on top

  19-07-2019 15:12 via nbcnews.com
  Byers Market is a daily newsletter from NBC News senior media reporter Dylan Byers that takes you behind the scenes in Hollywood, Silicon Valley, New York and Washington.
  
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• Fin24.com | Naspers announces September date for Prosus listing

  19-07-2019 14:35
  
  The media and internet giant is aiming to list its international internet assets on the Euronext Amsterdam exchange, with a secondary inward listing on the JSE.
  
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• Native Hawaiians block construction of telescope on Mauna Kea - Al Jazeera English

  19-07-2019 13:56 via youtube.com
  
  
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• We Went to the Moon. Why Can’t We Solve Climate Change?

  19-07-2019 11:00 via nytimes.com
  The original moon shoot inspired billions. Calling climate action a moon shot isn't an perefect parallel — but maybe we should try it anyway.
  
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• Didi may relaunch a carpooling service that was shut after two murders

  19-07-2019 10:24 via rss.cnn.com
  Didi Chuxing is considering reviving Hitch, a carpooling service that the Chinese ride-hailing company suspended indefinitely last year after two female passengers were murdered.
  
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• Rwanda dismisses WHO report about possible Ebola border breach - Africanews English

  19-07-2019 09:07 via africanews.com
  Rwanda dismisses WHO report about possible Ebola border breach  Africanews EnglishEbola outbreak declared global health emergency in Congo today  CBS NewsEbola outbreak 2019: What is Ebola? What are the symptoms? How is it spread?  Express.co.ukWHO sounds Ebola alarm as risks intensify  The Daily StarThursday's world news: what's making the headlines  RNZView full coverage on Google News
  
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• Awkward exchanges as Trump meets religious persecution survivors – video - The Guardian

  19-07-2019 06:25 via theguardian.com
  Awkward exchanges as Trump meets religious persecution survivors – video  The GuardianIraqi refugee Nadia Murad to Trump: ISIS killed family. Trump responds: 'Where are they now?'  USA TODAYSee Trump's reaction when survivor tells horrific story  CNNYazidi woman who won Nobel Prize pleads with Trump to help her people | TheHill  The HillA Yazidi woman from Iraq told Trump that ISIS killed her family. ‘Where are they now?’ he asked. &
  
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• Trump vows 'strong look' at Pentagon contract that could go to his frequent target, Amazon

  19-07-2019 02:12 via rss.cnn.com
  President Trump said Thursday he intends to scrutinize a plan by the Pentagon that could end in a multi-billion dollar contract being awarded to Amazon.
  
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• Slack is resetting thousands of passwords after 2015 hack

  19-07-2019 02:12 via rss.cnn.com
  Slack has reset the passwords of thousands of accounts after receiving new information about a hack that took place in March 2015.
  
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• Microsoft's 'blow out' fourth quarter beats analyst projections by $1 billion

  19-07-2019 02:12 via rss.cnn.com
  Microsoft beat analysts' revenue projections by nearly $1 billion when it announced earnings for the fourth quarter of its 2019 fiscal year, as its cloud division Azure continues its path of strong expansion.
  
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• Hawaii telescope protesters don't back down after arrests

  19-07-2019 00:40
  Protesters are back to blocking a road to stop construction of a $1.4 billion telescope a day after authorities arrested nearly three dozen people
  
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