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• A Massive Star Completely Destroyed by a Supernova is Puzzling Scientists

  16-08-2019 23:47 via feedproxy.google.com
  Supernova 2016iet is an example of one of the most extreme types of stellar explosions, though it has some odd features. (Credit: Gemini Observatory/NSF/AURA/ illustration by Joy Pollard)In November of 2016, the sharp-eyed Gaia spacecraft spied a supernova that exploded some billion light-years from Earth. Astronomers followed up with more telescopes, and quickly realized that this supernova – dubbed SN2016iet – was an odd one in many ways.
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• NASA picks Alabama's 'Rocket City' for lunar lander job

  16-08-2019 23:40
  NASA has picked Alabama's 'Rocket City' to manage astronauts' next lunar lander
  
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• Stocks - S&P Rallies as Techs Climb and Trade Tensions Ease - Investing.com

  16-08-2019 22:57 via investing.com
  Stocks - S&P Rallies as Techs Climb and Trade Tensions Ease  Investing.comStocks Swing Wildly as Yield Curve Flips.  Barron'sDow rallies 300 points to end another wild week on Wall Street  CNBCWhy the Dow Jones Today Will Rise 100 Points or More  Money MorningStocks move broadly higher as turbulent week nears its end  USA TODAYView full coverage on Google News
  
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• Colorado OKs electric car requirement to fight air pollution

  16-08-2019 22:56
  Colorado is tightening its air quality regulations, requiring 5% of vehicles sold in the state by 2023 emit zero pollution
  
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• Amazon: Facial recognition program for cops detects emotion

  16-08-2019 22:42
  Amazon has announced that its facial recognition program used by one Washington state police agency can now detect emotion, generating concerns from privacy advocates
  
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• More West Nile Virus samples test positive in Washoe County - KOLO

  16-08-2019 22:37 via kolotv.com
  More West Nile Virus samples test positive in Washoe County  KOLOMosquitoes are testing positive for West Nile across the Central Valley, here's where they're being found  KFSN-TVWest Nile virus cases spike in U.S.  CBS NewsWest Nile human infection confirmed in Southwest Ga.  WTOCMosquito-Borne Illness Deadlier Than West Nile Virus Confirmed In New Jersey, Health Officials Say  CBS PhillyView full coverage on Google News
  
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• Inside Miley Cyrus' Ex Justin Gaston's Family Life and Career Now - Distractify

  16-08-2019 22:28 via distractify.com
  Inside Miley Cyrus' Ex Justin Gaston's Family Life and Career Now  DistractifyMiley Cyrus Drops New Breakup Song Following Split With Liam Hemsworth  SlateMiley Cyrus' split with Liam Hemsworth isn't just celebrity gossip — it's a blow to the patriarchy  NBC NewsKaitlynn Carter Gets Back to Work with No Miley Cyrus in Sight  TMZMiley Cyrus releases break-up song 'Slide Away'  CNNView full coverage on Google News
  
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• Cuban state to absorb underground video-gamers' network

  16-08-2019 22:24
  After weeks of resistance from Cuban video gamers, the island's state-run computer organization will absorb the services of an offline street network that for more than a decade extended privately in Havana
  
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• jail administrator resigns after not taking wife's mug shot; woman reportedly threatened students with gun - Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

  16-08-2019 22:23 via arkansasonline.com
  jail administrator resigns after not taking wife's mug shot; woman reportedly threatened students with gun  Arkansas Democrat-GazetteJerri Kelly - Arkansas woman - held four black boots fundraising for high school football at gunpoint in Wynne County  CBS NewsBlack teens were raising money for their football team when a white woman held them at gunpoint, police say  CNNTeens raising money for their football team held at gunpoint by woman who thought they were suspic
  
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• Sailing team to fly 2 crew to US to bring Thunberg boat back

  16-08-2019 22:13
  Sailing team taking climate activist Greta Thunberg to US aboard a high-tech racing yacht will fly two crew across the Atlantic to bring the boat back, but insists their emissions will be compensated for
  
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• Amazon.com defeats IRS appeal in U.S. tax dispute - Reuters

  16-08-2019 21:07 via reuters.com
  Amazon.com defeats IRS appeal in U.S. tax dispute  ReutersAmazon.com Inc on Friday defeated an appeal by the U.S. Internal Revenue Service in what the online retailer has called a $1.5 billion dispute over its tax ...View full coverage on Google News
  
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• Nevada will seek new court order to remove plutonium

  16-08-2019 21:02
  Nevada isn't giving up its push to get the Trump administration to remove weapons-grade plutonium that was secretly shipped to a site near Las Vegas last year
  
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• Trump calls supporter whose weight he mocked after mistaking him for a protester - NBC News

  16-08-2019 20:34 via nbcnews.com
  Trump calls supporter whose weight he mocked after mistaking him for a protester  NBC NewsWASHINGTON — President Donald Trump called a supporter from Air Force One on Thursday night after mistakenly identifying him as a protester during a ...View full coverage on Google News
  
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• California sound system tries to keep whales and ships apart

  16-08-2019 20:28
  Scientists have installed an underwater sound system they hope will reduce collisions between whales and ships in the Santa Barbara Channel off Southern California
  
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• Microplastics Are Falling Along With Snow in the Arctic

  16-08-2019 19:59 via feedproxy.google.com
  Frigid terrain on the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard, where researchers recently documented microplastic pollution in falling snow. (Credit: Sejsejlija/Shutterstock)When it snows in the Arctic, there's another kind of flake drifting down alongside the ice crystals. Tiny bits of degraded plastic, commonly called microplastics, have been found swirling among the snow in otherwise pristine Arctic environments.Microplastic pollution has previously been found everywhere from city streets
  
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• Denmark: Trump's plan to buy Greenland is "final proof that he's gone mad" - Salon

  16-08-2019 19:45 via salon.com
  Denmark: Trump's plan to buy Greenland is "final proof that he's gone mad"  SalonGreenland tells Trump it's open for business — not for sale.View full coverage on Google News
  
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• Ebola is now largely curable, new clinical trials suggest - Big Think

  16-08-2019 19:38 via bigthink.com
  Ebola is now largely curable, new clinical trials suggest  Big ThinkEbola virus outbreak spreads to South Kivu in Congo with 2 confirmed cases and one death today  CBS NewsShould you be worried about Ebola? It depends on where you live  Los Angeles TimesMother dies of Ebola in Congo's South Kivu province, baby under care  CNNEbola Could Be Eradicated — But Only if the World Works Together  The New York TimesView full coverage on Google News
  
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• County officials vote to favor mining near Okefenokee refuge

  16-08-2019 19:07
  Georgia county officials vote to support mining plan near edge of the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge
  
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• Russian hackers, town budgets, Windows updates: Officials grapple with realities of election security

  16-08-2019 19:06 via nbcnews.com
  Inside a 21-seat conference room in Silver Spring, Maryland, a meeting of the Election Assistance Commission convened to talk about a software update touched on much more.
  
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• Why Do We Still Believe in 'Lunacy' During a Full Moon?

  16-08-2019 18:06 via feedproxy.google.com
  The full moon has been associated with aberrant behavior for centuries. (Credit: Aron Visuals/Unsplash)It’s sometimes called the "Transylvania effect.” In the dark sky, the clouds shift, revealing the full moon’s eerie silver gleam, and the people on Earth below go mad. It’s a story that gets repeated by doctors, teachers and police officers. The science, though, says something different.Blaming the full moon
  for strange behavior is a time-honored tradition. In the first
  
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• Nano-Sized Factories Based on Bacteria Targeted for Biotech [Video]

  16-08-2019 17:59 via scitechdaily.com
  The lab of Cheryl Kerfeld at Michigan State University has created a synthetic nano-sized factory, based on natural ones found in bacteria. This research could someday lead to...
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• Nano-Sized Factories Based on Bacteria Targeted for Biotech

  16-08-2019 17:59 via scitechdaily.com
  The lab of Cheryl Kerfeld at Michigan State University has created a synthetic nano-sized factory, based on natural ones found in bacteria. This research could someday lead to...
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• New Breed of Supernova Results In Total Annihilation for Supermassive Stars

  16-08-2019 17:42 via scitechdaily.com
  A renegade star exploding in a distant galaxy has forced astronomers to set aside decades of research and focus on a new breed of supernova...
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• Army Developing AI Missiles That Identify Their Own Targets

  16-08-2019 17:36 via technocracy.news
  Technocrats at defense contractors have developed a hybrid targeting system using drones and AI that find their own targets, then coordinate with artillery-launch missiles for destruction.
  There has never been a weapon created in the history of mankind that was not used in battle. ⁃ TN EditorThe U.S. Army is working on a new artillery shell capable of locating enemy targets, including moving tanks and armored vehicles. The shell, called Cannon-Delivered Area Effects Munition (C-DAEM), is d
  
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• Hubble’s “Jellyfish” Portrait of Star’s Gaseous Glow

  16-08-2019 17:33 via scitechdaily.com
  Although it looks more like an entity seen through a microscope than a telescope, this rounded object, named NGC 2022, is certainly not algae or...
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• Study Reveals How Plants Adapt to Rising Carbon Dioxide

  16-08-2019 17:26 via scitechdaily.com
  Study of the world’s tropical forests pinpoints how much water plants put back into the atmosphere compared to how much carbon they take up Study...
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• Instagram now lets users flag misinformation

  16-08-2019 17:22 via rss.cnn.com
  Instagram is rolling out a new feature that allows users to flag misinformation.
  
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• How Jeff Bezos changed the world

  16-08-2019 17:22 via rss.cnn.com
  It's hard to tell just one story about the first 25 years of Amazon.
  
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• Superconductor Discovery Comes From Disorder

  16-08-2019 17:14 via scitechdaily.com
  Useful chaos — introduced disorder improves superconductivity. Discovered more than 100 years ago, superconductivity continues to captivate scientists who seek to develop components for highly...
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• CBS News' Norah O'Donnell caught on hot mic talking about sex harassment

  16-08-2019 17:10 via nbcnews.com
  The comment by the "CBS Evening News" anchor appears to refer to sexual misconduct allegations at her own network.
  
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• Irish State Ordered To Delete ‘Unlawful’ Data On 3.2m Citizens

  16-08-2019 17:07 via technocracy.news
  The National ID card is a holy grail for Technocrats who want to track all human activity, and is being heavily promoted in the U.S. as well. Here, Technocrats in the Irish government suffered a huge setback. ⁃ TN EditorThe State has been told it must delete data held on 3.2 million citizens, which was gathered as part of the roll-out of the Public Services Card, as there is no lawful basis for retaining it.
  In a highly critical report on its investigation into the card, the Data Protectio
  
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• 'Blinded by the Light' makes a savior of Springsteen - Religion News Service

  16-08-2019 17:04 via religionnews.com
  'Blinded by the Light' makes a savior of Springsteen  Religion News ServiceBlinded by the Light: This exuberant Bruce Springsteen musical wouldn't exist without Brexit  CNETSarfraz Manzoor on new Bruce Springsteen film "Blinded by the Light"  CBS This MorningBlinded by the Light Review: The Hero Worship of New Springsteen Movie Knows No Limits  PitchforkWhy 'Born in the U.S.A' by Bruce Springsteen isn't in 'Blinded by the Light'  Yahoo Entertainm
  
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• Transhuman Quest: AI Chips Implanted In Brain

  16-08-2019 16:46 via technocracy.news
  Make no mistake about this, implantable tech is about Transhumanism, not science. Transhumans like Musk and Ray Kurzweil dream of achieving immortality by uploading their brain to the cloud. ⁃ TN EditorLast month, Elon Musk’s Neuralink, a neurotechnology company, revealed its plans to develop brain-reading technology over the next few years. One of the goals for Musk’s firm is to eventually implant microchip-devices into the brains of paralyzed people, allowing them to con
  
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• The Log Cabin Republicans just endorsed Trump; he deserves their support - Washington Examiner

  16-08-2019 15:57 via washingtonexaminer.com
  The Log Cabin Republicans just endorsed Trump; he deserves their support  Washington ExaminerAides got Trump to delay tariffs by telling President it could 'ruin Christmas'  CNNTrump phones supporter he mocked for having a 'weight problem' | TheHill  The HillThe man Trump mocked as heavyset at his New Hampshire rally was a Trump supporter  The Washington PostOpinion: Trump tries to win over New Hampshire voters — by shamelessly lying to them &nb
  
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• Critics blast Oregon repeal of tsunami-zone building ban

  16-08-2019 15:40
  Earthquake geologists and others are blasting Oregon's recent repeal of a ban on new police stations, fire stations, schools and other "critical facilities" in tsunami inundation zones
  
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• Severe Lung Injury After Vaping Reported - WebMD

  16-08-2019 15:36 via webmd.com
  Severe Lung Injury After Vaping Reported  WebMDDoctors suspect vaping behind dozens of lung illnesses in U.S.  WKTVAt least 50 illnesses in 6 states may be linked to e-cigarettes, other vaping products  News 12 New JerseyDoctors suspect vaping behind dozens of lung illnesses in US  WSPA 7NewsDozens of US teens hospitalised with lung disease after vaping  Jamaica ObserverView full coverage on Google News
  
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• Data confirms growing dead zone in Chesapeake Bay

  16-08-2019 14:14
  Scientists in Maryland confirm a "dead zone" of little-to-no oxygen stretches across much of the Chesapeake Bay, potentially harming marine life
  
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• Axios Sports - August 16, 2019 - Axios

  16-08-2019 14:14 via axios.com
  Axios Sports - August 16, 2019  AxiosUFC 241 predictions  MMA FightingUFC 241 Embedded: Vlog Series - Episode 7  UFC - Ultimate Fighting ChampionshipDoes Doing Your Talking in the Cage Work? Stipe Might Be the Ultimate Test Case  Bleacher ReportUFC 241 Embedded: Vlog Series - Episode 6  UFC - Ultimate Fighting ChampionshipView full coverage on Google News
  
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• Elon Musk SHOCK: SpaceX boss tweets about 'nuking Mars' and sparks an online frenzy - Express.co.uk

  16-08-2019 12:39 via express.co.uk
  Elon Musk SHOCK: SpaceX boss tweets about 'nuking Mars' and sparks an online frenzy  Express.co.ukHere's the stupid reason Elon Musk wants to nuke Mars  The Next WebElon Musk says he wants to 'nuke Mars' and that he plans to make 'Nuke Mars!' T-shirts  INSIDERElon Musk Floats 'Nuke Mars' Idea Again (He Has T-Shirts)  Space.com‘Nuke Mars’: Elon Musk sets Twitter on fire with interplanetary declaration of war  RTView full coverage on Go
  
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• Twenty tons of chicken patties recalled over contamination concern - WFMJ

  16-08-2019 12:14 via wfmj.com
  Twenty tons of chicken patties recalled over contamination concern  WFMJTyson recall: Chicken breast patties recalled because of "extraneous matter"  CBS NewsTyson chicken recalled under Weaver brand for 'extraneous materials'  Business InsiderTyson recalls some ready-to-eat chicken patty products  WKBN.comIt's your Recall Roundup: Week of August 16th  ABC6OnYourSide.comView full coverage on Google News
  
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• Critics: Oregon courts disaster with new tsunami-zone law

  16-08-2019 07:58
  With a huge earthquake expected sooner or later off Oregon's coast, the state's recent repeal of a ban on construction of critical facilities in tsunami inundation zones has unleashed a torrent of criticism
  
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• Newly Discovered Superconductor Material Empowers Quantum Computers

  16-08-2019 07:48 via scitechdaily.com
  Possible “topological superconductor” could overcome industry’s problem of quantum decoherence. A potentially useful material for building quantum computers has been unearthed at the National Institute...
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• 3D Images of Objects Smaller Than a Cell Captured by New Endoscope

  16-08-2019 07:31 via scitechdaily.com
  Researchers have developed a new self-calibrating endoscope that produces 3D images of objects smaller than a single cell. Without a lens or any optical, electrical...
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• NASA Fermi Images: Moon Glows Brighter Than Sun

  16-08-2019 07:22 via scitechdaily.com
  If our eyes could see high-energy radiation called gamma rays, the Moon would appear brighter than the Sun! That’s how NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope...
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• New Compound Accelerates Blood System’s Recovery After Chemotherapy

  16-08-2019 07:03 via scitechdaily.com
  In mice, new compound lifts molecular ‘brakes’ that normally slow the regeneration of blood stem cells. A drug developed by UCLA physician-scientists and chemists speeds...
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• Google employees call for pledge not to work with ICE

  16-08-2019 03:30
  Hundreds of Google employees are calling on the company to pledge it won't work with U.S. Customs and Border Protection or ICE _ the latest in a year full of political and social pushback from the tech giant's workforce
  
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• Last month was Earth's warmest July on record — and by most measures the hottest month, period.

  16-08-2019 03:11 via feedproxy.google.com
  Most of our planet baked in July — earning the title for hottest month on record, according to two analyses, and in a tie in a third. (Source: NASA GISTEMP)Two analyses out today show that in July, Earth endured its hottest month on record.A third analysis shows last month in a tie with August 2016 for the dubious title of Earth's hottest month in records dating back to the 1880s.Also out today: An update from the National Snow and Ice Data Center shows that Arctic sea ice is curren
  
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• Climate change still threatens key US river after wet winter

  16-08-2019 01:25
  U.S. officials say levels in a key reservoir on the Colorado River are low enough that Nevada, Arizona and Mexico will make voluntary reductions to their share of water
  
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• Unusual Parasites Plagued Bronze Age Fen Folk And Their Dogs

  16-08-2019 01:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Parasites aplenty riddled humans and their dogs at a swampy site in Bronze Age England. From left: Microscopic eggs of a fish tapeworm, giant kidney worm and Echinostoma worm found in ancient feces from the Must Farm site. (Black scale bar represents 20 micrometers.)(Credit: M. Ledger, Department of Archaeology, Cambridge University)
  Around 3,000 years ago, people were going about their
  business in a marshy corner of eastern England known as The Fens.These Fenland folk had just built
  
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• These Robotic Shorts Make Everyday Strolls Feel Like a Moving Airport Walkway

  16-08-2019 00:45 via feedproxy.google.com
  (Credit: Wyss Institute at Harvard University)If you have two functioning legs and a reliable nervous system, walking and running are generally thoughtless tasks. But if you’re a soldier hauling massive amounts of gear on your back for an extended period of time, putting one foot in front of the other can get exhausting.That’s where the idea for a soft, futuristic "exosuit" came about in 2011 – when DARPA funded a project, called Warrior Web. The U.S. Army partnered with resear
  
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