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• U.S. will aggressively enforce sanctions over Iran tanker: State... - Reuters

  22-08-2019 23:36 via reuters.com
  U.S. will aggressively enforce sanctions over Iran tanker: State...  ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States will aggressively enforce its sanctions to prevent the private sector from assisting an Iranian oil tanker that is ...View full coverage on Google News
  
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• Overstock CEO resigns after 'Deep State' comments roil stock

  22-08-2019 23:15
  The CEO of Overstock.com has resigned, saying he'd become "far too controversial" to helm the e-commerce company
  
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• Doctors confirm 1st case of vaping-related lung illness in state - 9News.com KUSA

  22-08-2019 22:56 via 9news.com
  Doctors confirm 1st case of vaping-related lung illness in state  9News.com KUSAFirst case of severe lung illness related to vaping confirmed in Colorado  FOX 31 DenverCDC says 153 cases of severe lung disease can likely be blamed on vaping  9NEWSMore than 150 people reported vaping after severe lung illnesses surface across US  KPTV.comVaping Is Suspected in Severe Lung Illnesses  The Wall Street JournalView full coverage on Google News
  
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• Sarah Sanders jumps onboard Fox News | USA TODAY - USA TODAY

  22-08-2019 22:29 via youtube.com
  
  
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• Babies Need Healthy Microbiomes. But Where Do Microbiomes Come From?

  22-08-2019 21:57 via feedproxy.google.com
  (Credit: Odua Images/Shutterstock)A human’s genes are laid down at
  conception. A fetus’ heart, brain and other organs start to form five weeks later.
  At six months, an unborn child has most of its body parts. But there is one
  essential component missing: the helpful bacteria, often referred to as the microbiome,
  that will inhabit its gut, skin and other organs.
  Our first interactions with microbes set the stage for health throughout our lives. Babies’ microbiomes have been link
  
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• Google ditches dessert names for Android 10

  22-08-2019 21:56 via rss.cnn.com
  Google may be doing away with its dessert naming scheme after a long, delicious run.
  
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• Federal officials raise concerns about White House plan to police alleged social media censorship

  22-08-2019 21:56 via rss.cnn.com
  Officials from the Federal Communications Commission and the Federal Trade Commission have expressed serious concerns about a draft Trump administration executive order seeking to regulate tech giants such as Facebook and Twitter.
  
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• Jewish model who came to Trump's defense speaks out - Fox News

  22-08-2019 21:54 via foxnews.com
  Jewish model who came to Trump's defense speaks out  Fox NewsAnderson Cooper takes a dig at Ivanka Trump after her father's remarks on Jewish Democrats  USA TODAYWhat Republicans Really Mean When They Call Jews Disloyal  SlateTrump sees all U.S. Jews as Israelis because his Christian Zionist allies do, too  The Washington PostTrump’s Attack on the Loyalty of American Jews  The New York TimesView full coverage on Google News
  
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• Fed's Kaplan: He backed the Fed's July rate cut - Forex Factory

  22-08-2019 21:22 via forexfactory.com
  Fed's Kaplan: He backed the Fed's July rate cut  Forex FactoryFed Officials Strike Defiant Pose Against Trump, Sending Yield Curve Back Into Inversion  BreitbartFed's George: Rate cuts 'not likely to resolve' trade uncertainty  Yahoo FinanceKaplan: Risks From Global Growth, Trade Uncertainty Could Mean Rate Cut  The Wall Street JournalKansas City Fed President on economic uncertainty, Fed's next move  Yahoo FinanceView full coverage on Google New
  
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• Vaping and blood vessels: E-cigarettes may reduce blood flow in femoral artery after just one use, study finds; long-term effects unknown - CBS News

  22-08-2019 21:09 via cbsnews.com
  Vaping and blood vessels: E-cigarettes may reduce blood flow in femoral artery after just one use, study finds; long-term effects unknown  CBS NewsVaping, even temporarily, can affect the blood vessels in healthy people — even if the vape pod does not contain nicotine, according to a new study published in ...
  
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• Images from the surface of asteroid Ryugu show rocks similar to carbonaceous chondrite meteorites - Science Magazine

  22-08-2019 20:01 via science.sciencemag.org
  Images from the surface of asteroid Ryugu show rocks similar to carbonaceous chondrite meteorites  Science MagazineIncredible Images Show Something Uncannily Familiar About The Rocks on Asteroid Ryugu  ScienceAlertUnprecedented Close-Up View of Asteroid Shows Rocks That Look Surprisingly Familiar  GizmodoTiny robot finds an asteroid that’s freakishly free of dust  Ars TechnicaUnexpected discovery on the surface of asteroid Ryugu intrigues scientists&
  
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• The Latest Photos From Hayabusa2's Mission to Asteroid Ryugu Are Here

  22-08-2019 20:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  The image shows the first image acquired by the DLR-developed MASCAM camera system during Hayabusa2's descent, shortly after separation from the landing module at a height of 41 meters. (Credit: Jaumann et al., Science (2019))The solar system is a crowded place. Earth may be the only planet with humans on it, but many worlds are home to robots — rovers and landers and orbiters, gathering data for astronomers. Asteroid (162173) Ryugu joined them last summer, and has been playing host to the
  
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• Android Q has a name: Android 10. Here's how you'll use it - CNET

  22-08-2019 19:58 via cnet.com
  Android Q has a name: Android 10. Here's how you'll use it  CNETGoogle deserts desserts: Android 10 is the official name for Android Q  The VergeGoogle is getting rid of dessert names for Android  CNBCAndroid Q quits sweet naming tradition. Is now Android 10  CNETGoogle ditches its dessert-themed Android names because they 'weren't always understood'  Daily MailView full coverage on Google News
  
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• Audiobooks or Reading? To Our Brains, It Doesn't Matter

  22-08-2019 19:51 via feedproxy.google.com
  These color-coded maps of the brain show the semantic similarities during listening (top) and reading (bottom). (Credit: Fatma Deniz)If you don’t have time to sit and read a physical book, is listening to the audio version considered cheating? To some hardcore book nerds, it could be. But new evidence suggests that, to our brains, reading and hearing a story might not be so different.In a study published in the Journal of Neuroscience, researchers from the Gallant Lab at UC Berkeley sca
  
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• Apple warns not to keep its credit card by leather. Or denim. Or loose change.

  22-08-2019 18:45 via rss.cnn.com
  The new Apple Card comes with a potential headache that will be familiar to iPhone users everywhere: It can get scuffed up a little too easily in the real world.
  
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• Overstock CEO Patrick Byrne resigns following 'deep state' comments

  22-08-2019 18:38 via nbcnews.com
  Last week, Byrne released a statement about his role in the federal government’s investigation into the 2016 election.
  
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• For the fourth time, Facebook removes accounts linked to Myanmar's military

  22-08-2019 16:16 via rss.cnn.com
  For the fourth time in less than a year, Facebook has removed dozens of accounts, pages and groups linked to the Myanmar military, saying they engaged in suspicious activity and used fake profiles.
  
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• Researchers Developing Natural Pesticide Alternative That Doesn’t Harm Honeybees

  22-08-2019 15:35 via scitechdaily.com
  Researchers at the University of Sheffield’s Institute for Sustainable Food are collaborating with industry to develop a natural, sustainable biocontrol which targets pests without harming...
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• Physicists’ Discovery Helps Theory of Quantum Gravity Move Forward

  22-08-2019 15:27 via scitechdaily.com
  The theories of quantum mechanics and gravity are notorious for being incompatible, despite the efforts of scores of physicists over the past fifty years. However,...
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• Scientists Discover Why Brown Fat Is Good and How It Can Fight Diabetes and Obesity

  22-08-2019 15:11 via scitechdaily.com
  Study may help lead to drugs aimed at diabetes and obesity. Rutgers researchers and other scientists have discovered how brown fat, also known as brown...
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• Amazon just opened its biggest office building — and it's not in the United States

  22-08-2019 13:31 via rss.cnn.com
  Amazon just opened its biggest office building in the world in the Indian city of Hyderabad.
  
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• Russia sends robot into space to test out new booster rocket

  22-08-2019 13:10
  Russia has sent a humanoid robot to the International Space Station as part of tests on a new rocket that is expected to replace the current vehicle
  
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• A battle over high-tech crime-fighting is dividing one of America's most dangerous cities

  22-08-2019 10:44 via nbcnews.com
  Detroit’s police chief says facial recognition is making the city safer. Some residents fear it could create a surveillance state.
  
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• Investigating the Subsurface Processes of Earthquakes and Eruptions of the Aso Volcano

  22-08-2019 10:23 via scitechdaily.com
  The threat of explosive volcanic eruptions looms over many cities around the world. Earthquakes, another major geological hazard, are known to have some relationships with...
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• Researchers Discover Cause of Asthmatic Lung Spasms

  22-08-2019 09:55 via scitechdaily.com
  By creating a microdevice that mimics lung function on single-cell levels, researchers at Rutgers, Yale, and Johns Hopkins have learned more about asthmatic trigger response,...
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• Mayo Clinic: CBD Products & Hemp Oil May Be Helpful but More Research Is Needed

  22-08-2019 09:38 via scitechdaily.com
  Cannabidiol (CBD) oils and products have become increasingly popular with consumers as ways to find relief from aches and pains, anxiety, sleep disturbances, and other...
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• Bolsonaro suggests NGOs setting Amazon fires, gives no proof

  22-08-2019 09:01
  Brazil's official monitoring agency is reporting a sharp increase in wildfires this year, and President Jair Bolsonaro is suggesting that non-governmental organizations could be setting them to make him look bad, though he gives no evidence.
  
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• MoviePass confirms it may have exposed customer credit card numbers

  22-08-2019 07:44 via rss.cnn.com
  MoviePass on Wednesday confirmed a security issue may have exposed customers' records.
  
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• Off the hook: California king salmon rebounds after drought

  22-08-2019 07:31
  California fishermen are reporting one of the best salmon fishing seasons in years, thanks to heavy rain and snow that ended the state's historic drought
  
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• New Technique Streamlines Design of Intricate Fusion Devices

  22-08-2019 06:50 via scitechdaily.com
  Stellarators, twisty machines that house fusion reactions, rely on complex magnetic coils that are challenging to design and build. Now, a physicist at the U.S....
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• Network of Imaging Centers Proposed to Drive Innovation in Biological Research

  22-08-2019 06:33 via scitechdaily.com
  When sparks fly to innovate new technologies for imaging life at the microscopic scale, often diverse researchers are nudging each other with a kind of...
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• Neuroscientist: Animal Brains Key for Next Generation of Artificial Intelligence

  22-08-2019 06:14 via scitechdaily.com
  CSHL neuroscientist Anthony Zador shows how evolution and animal brains can be a rich source of inspiration for machine learning, especially to help AI tackle...
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• 2 top researchers quitting MIT Media Lab over Epstein ties

  22-08-2019 03:10
  Two prominent researchers are quitting MIT's Media Lab over revelations that the technology research hub and its director took money from Jeffrey Epstein
  
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• Weedmaps to stop advertising unlicensed pot businesses

  22-08-2019 03:04
  The major online pot shop directory and cannabis marketplace Weedmaps says it will no longer allow unlicensed marijuana businesses to advertise on its site
  
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• Poverty, The Compassion Cartel, and Environmental Racism

  22-08-2019 02:38 via technocracy.news
  Hernando de Soto had it right: Property rights underpin and and all economic development that is able to actually lift people out of poverty. Thus, the UN’s universal attack on eliminating property rights can never, ever eliminate poverty like they claim. ⁃ TN EditorIn 2006, I was surprised to find myself sitting at a formal dinner in the middle of a 200-year-old debating society at Cambridge University in England. In a few minutes I, and five others were about to engage in a debate
  
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• How Red Light Cameras Undermine Our Rule Of Law

  22-08-2019 02:28 via technocracy.news
  If the vast majority of drivers despise red-light cameras, then why do governments insist on forcing them upon us? This does little more than undermine the Rule of Law while fanning distrust and animosity. ⁃ TN EditorSpeed and red-light cameras are the bane of many motorists. A modern idea made possible by technology, they have been installed in at least 24 states. Although these cameras are a revenue boon for governments across the nation, their intrusion into daily life is disturbin
  
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• Apps To Solve Homelessness Is ‘Seriously Disturbing’

  22-08-2019 02:08 via technocracy.news
  Smart City Technocrats don’t have problems that can’t be fixed by throwing more technology fixes at them. In this particular ludicrous extreme that seeks to fix broken lives, critics can only respond, “people are not potholes.’ ⁃ TN EditorSan Francisco and Seattle residents are becoming increasingly familiar with an easy-to-remember phone number: 311.
  As income inequality widens and tech companies continue to stake their claim in West Coast cities, a growi
  
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• Extremists creep into Roblox, an online game popular with children

  22-08-2019 01:36 via nbcnews.com
  NBC News was able to find more than 100 accounts that featured extremist and racist content
  
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