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• Explosions May Have Formed Lakes on Saturn's Moon Titan

  10-09-2019 23:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  This artist’s concept of a lake at the North Pole of Titan shows the raised features that inspired the theory that exploding pockets of liquid nitrogen may be forming craters, which become lake basins.
  (Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech)Saturn’s moon Titan is a distant and frigid world, but it also carries intriguing similarities to Earth’s own terrain. Liquid lakes and seas dot its landscape, though the methane and ethane that fill them are a far cry from terrestrial water. Now a new t
  
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• The Sima Hominins: An Ancient Human Cold Case

  10-09-2019 23:19 via feedproxy.google.com
  A skull from Sima de los Huesos showing evidence of blunt force trauma. (Credit: Sala et al./PLOS One)From the scene, authorities recovered DNA, a stone handaxe and more than 7,000 scattered bones, including a bashed human skull. It was a case for the ages. But there was one complication: the events unfolded 430,000 years ago.
  The evidence was unearthed by anthropologists beginning inthe 1980s at Sima de los Huesos — the “pit of bones” — in Spain’s Atapuerca mountai
  
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• NPR Exposes CIA’s MK-Ultra, Mind Control, Torture

  10-09-2019 22:36 via technocracy.news
  It is amazing that NPR would print anything on the CIA’s infamous and horrific MK-Ultra program from the Cold War era. Repatriated Technocrat scientists from Nazi Germany  played a key role after WWII. ⁃ TN EditorDuring the early period of the Cold War, the CIA became convinced that communists had discovered a drug or technique that would allow them to control human minds. In response, the CIA began its own secret program, called MK-ULTRA, to search for a mind control drug that
  
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• Over 250 Neanderthal Footprints Reveal Clues to the Ancient Humans' Social Lives

  10-09-2019 22:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  This is one of the Neanderthal footprints discovered at Le Rozel. (Credit: Image courtesy of Dominique Cliquet)At first glimpse, it looks like the Neanderthals might have just vanished around the corner. Their footprints are engraved in the soft oceanside rock, like photographic negatives of their passage, seemingly ready to be swept away by the nearby ocean.In reality, the impressions are around 80,000 years old, pressed into ancient sediments by a group of ancient humans and preserved
  
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• New Tesla Batteries Could Run for One Million Miles

  10-09-2019 22:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  (Credit: Grisha Bruev/Shutterstock)Car batteries don’t last forever. Generally, they need to be replaced every five to six years, sometimes sooner, depending how worn they are. But engineers working to develop batteries for Tesla claim to have created one that can outlast a typical vehicle’s power source by over a decade.
  Researchers at Dalhousie University in Canada tested a new lithium-ion cell battery that could last for roughly 20 years, or one million miles, according to a repor
  
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• Hubble Explores the Formation and Evolution of Star Clusters in the Large Magellanic Cloud

  10-09-2019 22:00 via scitechdaily.com
  Just as people of the same age can vary greatly in appearance and shape, so do collections of stars or stellar aggregates. New observations from...
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• Twitter users mock new iPhone camera, compare it to fidget spinner

  10-09-2019 21:54 via nbcnews.com
  "iPhone 11 Pro cameras straight up look like Philips Shaver!" The iPhone 11 Pro costs $999, while the iPhone 11 Pro Max is $1,099.
  
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• NASA Satellite Data Shows Climate Change’s Impact on Fires [Video]

  10-09-2019 21:43 via scitechdaily.com
  Hot and dry. These are the watchwords for large fires. While every fire needs a spark to ignite and fuel to burn, it’s the hot...
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• Warning: Commonly Used Antibiotics May Lead to Heart Problems

  10-09-2019 21:32 via scitechdaily.com
  Scientists have shown for the first time a link between two types of heart problems and one of the most commonly prescribed classes of antibiotics....
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• This New Species of Electric Eel Delivers the Strongest Shock Yet

  10-09-2019 21:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  Electrophorus voltai, one of the two newly discovered electric eel species, lives in the Brazilian highlands. (Credit: L. Sousa)In the murky freshwater rivers and streams that snake across the Amazon lurks an eight-foot fascination: the electric eel. Since their discovery more than 250 years ago by Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus, researchers have thought the electric eel was a one-of-a-kind phenomenon, with only one species, Electrophorus electricus.Now scientists say they have discov
  
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• Key Brain Circuit Controls Individual Responses to Temptation

  10-09-2019 21:20 via scitechdaily.com
  Differences in how individual rats respond to ‘reward cues’, which have been linked to compulsive behaviors such as substance abuse and overeating, can be traced...
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• YouTube channel Ryan ToysReview accused of deceiving kids into watching sponsored content

  10-09-2019 20:39 via nbcnews.com
  A complaint filed with the Federal Trade Commission accuses the online wunderkind of subjecting preschoolers to ads disguised as toy reviews.
  
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• Apple event: A new iPhone and details on subscriptions services

  10-09-2019 19:44 via nbcnews.com
  With smartphone sales slowing globally, Apple has begun to emphasize its subscription services — but it also rolled out an iPhone with a dual camera system.
  
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• Deepwater Horizon Oil Buried in Gulf Coast Beaches Could Take 30 Years to Biodegrade

  10-09-2019 19:40 via scitechdaily.com
  Golf ball-size clods of weathered crude oil originating from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon catastrophe could remain buried in sandy Gulf Coast beaches for decades, according...
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• New Reptile Species Was One of Largest Ever Flying Animals

  10-09-2019 19:27 via scitechdaily.com
  A newly identified species of pterosaur is among the largest ever flying animals, according to a study from Queen Mary University of London. Cryodrakon boreas,...
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• Sixth Person Dies of Severe Lung Illness, CDC Says to Stop Vaping as They Investigate 450 Cases - Yahoo Entertainment

  10-09-2019 19:25 via yahoo.com
  Sixth Person Dies of Severe Lung Illness, CDC Says to Stop Vaping as They Investigate 450 Cases  Yahoo EntertainmentSixth Person Dead After Vaping as Lung Illness Cases Hit 450.View full coverage on Google News
  
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• New Species of Giant Flying Reptile Identified: “Frozen Dragon of the North”

  10-09-2019 19:18 via scitechdaily.com
  The creature is similar to the largest pterosaurs known. Key characteristics were gleaned from a cache of bones unearthed in Canada. A USC scientist and...
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• Struggling to Hit Your Step Count? Competition May be the Best Motivation

  10-09-2019 19:07 via feedproxy.google.com
  (Credit: shepele4ek2304/Shutterstock)Yes, physical activity is good for your health, but sometimes – OK, maybe a lot – you just don’t want to. How do you get yourself up and going when inspiration lags? According to a new study, the answer may be a little friendly competition.
  In a study out Monday in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine, researchers have found that gamifying physical activity objectives encourages people to take more steps per day than merely setting a
  
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• Near Misses at Large Hadron Collider Shed Light on the Behavior of Gluons

  10-09-2019 18:55 via scitechdaily.com
  New findings from University of Kansas experimental nuclear physicists Daniel Tapia Takaki and Aleksandr (Sasha) Bylinkin were just published in the European Physical Journal C....
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• New Volcanic Eruption Forecasting Technique Unveiled by Geologists

  10-09-2019 17:15 via scitechdaily.com
  Volcanic eruptions and their ash clouds pose a significant hazard to population centers and air travel, especially those that show few to no signs of...
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• 'Here we go again': Young Americans turn to memes, dark humor in face of recession

  10-09-2019 16:35 via nbcnews.com
  "A lot of us are in a lot of college debt, jobs are hard to get," said one young person who posted to Twitter about a possible recession.
  
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• New Study Uncovers Why People Gain Weight As They Get Older [Video]

  10-09-2019 15:38 via scitechdaily.com
  Many people struggle to keep their weight in check as they get older. Now new research at Karolinska Institutet has uncovered why that is: Lipid...
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• Male Honeybees Inject Queens With Blinding Toxins During Sex

  10-09-2019 15:08 via scitechdaily.com
  They say love is blind, but if you’re a queen honeybee it could mean true loss of sight. New research finds male honeybees inject toxins...
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• New iPhone 11 to be unveiled at Apple event

  10-09-2019 13:08 via rss.cnn.com
  The new lineup will reportedly include the iPhone 11 Pro, the iPhone 11 Pro Max and the iPhone 11.
  
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• Jack Ma retires from Alibaba as he turns 55. What comes next?

  10-09-2019 13:08 via rss.cnn.com
  Jack Ma, the billionaire who ushered e-commerce into China, is officially stepping down as Alibaba's executive chairman on Tuesday. He's celebrating his retirement with a big bash at an Olympic-sized stadium in the company's hometown of Hangzhou.
  
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• Facebook tries to get ahead of upcoming iPhone privacy changes

  10-09-2019 13:08 via rss.cnn.com
  Facebook published a blog post explaining how it relies on location data and how new iOS and Android software updates will affect access to that information.
  
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• China's data centers emit as much carbon as 21 million cars

  10-09-2019 13:08 via rss.cnn.com
  China's data centers produce 99 million metric tons of carbon dioxide each year, says Greenpeace.
  
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• First Day of Dinosaur Extinction Recorded by Rocks at Asteroid Impact Site

  10-09-2019 08:43 via scitechdaily.com
  When the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs slammed into the planet, the impact set wildfires, triggered tsunamis and blasted so much sulfur into the...
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• Inherited Bleeding Disorder Hemophilia 3x More Prevalent Than Thought

  10-09-2019 08:27 via scitechdaily.com
  More than 1,125,000 men around the world have the inherited bleeding disorder. More than 1,125,000 men around the world have the inherited bleeding disorder of...
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• Watching Music Move Through the Brain

  10-09-2019 07:16 via scitechdaily.com
  Listening to and remembering music involve different cognitive processes. Scientists have observed how the human brain represents a familiar piece of music, according to research...
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• The iPhone rumors you should know ahead of Apple's big event

  10-09-2019 03:22 via rss.cnn.com
  Apple is widely expected to unveil its latest lineup of iPhones at a closely watched media event on Tuesday.
  
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• Nearly every state is now investigating Google over antitrust

  10-09-2019 03:22 via rss.cnn.com
  A group of 50 attorneys general from 48 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico unveiled a major antitrust investigation of Google Monday, sharply escalating the regulatory scrutiny facing the tech giant.
  
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• Tesla driver caught on camera apparently asleep at the wheel

  10-09-2019 00:50 via nbcnews.com
  A motorist on a Massachusetts highway captured a man asleep behind the wheel of his Tesla, presumably in autopilot mode. It’s the latest incident involving semi-autonomous cars that have police and federal safety experts sounding an alarm.
  
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• Cement Mixed on ISS Helps Pave the Way for Future Space Colonies

  10-09-2019 00:21 via feedproxy.google.com
  As cement hardens through a process called hydration, the molecules within the mixture develop millions of microscopic crystals, like those seen in this screenshot from the NASA video below. These interlocking crystals help the cement molecules bind with each other, as well as other concrete ingredients like gravel, sand, and small rocks. (Credit: NASA ScienceCasts)Concrete, in one form or another, has been a staple of human construction for some 5,000 years. Now, researchers have finally b
  
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