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• Human Hearts Evolved for Endurance — and They Need It to Stay Healthy

  19-09-2019 23:42 via feedproxy.google.com
  (Credit: lzf/Shutterstock)(Inside Science) -- Millions of years ago, after the ancestors of humans diverged from the last link they shared with chimpanzees, they began developing the numerous adaptations that made endurance one of the defining traits of our species. By about 2 million years ago, the genus Homo had emerged and the process really took off. Today, humans can run for miles or walk all day thanks to those changes. In new research, scientists have shown just how substantiall
  
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• Next-generation F-35 fighter jets go to National Guard unit

  19-09-2019 22:56 via abcnews.go.com
  The Vermont Air National Guard has taken delivery of the first two of what will become 20 F-35 fighter aircraft, the first guard unit to receive the next-generation fighter
  
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• Airbnb says it will go public in 2020

  19-09-2019 22:36 via abcnews.go.com
  Home-sharing site Airbnb says it will go public in 2020
  
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• California promises fight to keep auto emission authority

  19-09-2019 22:35 via abcnews.go.com
  The Trump administration has decided to stop California from setting its own emission standards for cars and trucks, and that move would undermine the state's ability to convince automakers that they should make more environmentally friendly vehicles.
  
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• Hubble Spots a Dim, Dark Matter-Rich Galaxy

  19-09-2019 20:45 via feedproxy.google.com
  (Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, D. Calzetti)Some 30 million light-years from Earth, a faint monster lurks in the constellation Cetus the Whale. Astronomers dub the object UGC 695, and astronomers recently caught this image of it using the Hubble Space Telescope.
  It’s a galaxy fainter than even the background brightness of our planet’s atmosphere, which makes it tough to see with Earth-bound telescopes.
  These so-called “low-surface-brightness galaxies” get their signature
  
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• Where have the wild birds gone? 3 billion fewer than 1970

  19-09-2019 20:31 via abcnews.go.com
  A new study finds there are nearly 3 billion fewer wild birds flying in North American skies than in 1970
  
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• Giant Volcano on Jupiter’s Moon Could Erupt Any Second

  19-09-2019 19:11 via feedproxy.google.com
  A true color approximation of Jupiter's moon Io taken by the Galileo spacecraft in 1999. (credit: PIRL/University of Arizona)A volcano spread across an area greater than Lake Michigan could erupt any day. Located on Jupiter’s moon Io scientists predict that Loki, named after the Norse trickster god, is due to explode sometime in mid-September. The volcano last erupted in May 2018, an event also predicted by scientists. 
  “Loki volcano is huge — 200 kilometers across. It&rsq
  
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• Greece: Oxygen-starved fish dying in drought-hit lake

  19-09-2019 18:54 via abcnews.go.com
  Tens of thousands of dead fish have been found on the banks of a lake in northern Greece after high temperatures and drought conditions caused a severe drop in water levels
  
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• Huawei debuts phone without Google apps as US sanctions bite

  19-09-2019 18:36 via abcnews.go.com
  Huawei is launching a new flagship smartphone that will run on the Chinese tech giant's own version of Google's Android operating system because of U.S. export sanctions
  
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• How to navigate new privacy features in Apple iPhone update

  19-09-2019 17:44 via abcnews.go.com
  Apple's iOS 13 software update comes with plenty of privacy enhancements _ but you need to resist the urge to keep saying "yes."
  
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• Jeff Bezos unveils Amazon's sweeping plan to address climate change

  19-09-2019 17:35 via nbcnews.com
  As part of the announcement, Amazon has agreed to purchase 100,000 electric delivery vans from vehicle manufacturer Rivian
  
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• When Did Humans Reach North America? The Question Keeps Growing More Complex

  19-09-2019 17:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  Native Americans have been visiting Calvert Island off the Canadian coast for more than 10,000 years. (Credit: Pacific Northwest Sailing/Shutterstock)Humans have long found comfort on Calvert Island, just off the coast of mainland British Columbia. For millennia, they have climbed the island’s rocky outcrops, walked through its rainy conifer forests, and waded through its chilly intertidal pools to collect crabs, mussels, and other marine life.There, in 2014, a group of Canadian researc
  
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• Instagram cracks down on posts touting 'miraculous' weight loss

  19-09-2019 17:30 via nbcnews.com
  The problem of health misinformation has become so pervasive on social media that Harvard published a report with advice on how health professionals can push back on influencers
  
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• Fin24.com | Cell C now valued at zero

  19-09-2019 17:29
  
  Cell C's major equity holders Blue Label Telecoms and Net1 have both placed the fair value of the mobile operator at zero.
  
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• This is What Denisovans May Have Looked Like

  19-09-2019 17:21 via feedproxy.google.com
  This is an estimate of what Denisovans may have looked like, based on a new DNA analysis technique. (Credit: Maayan Harel)Every time archaeologists pry the remains of a newly-identified human ancestor from the earth, there’s one question we care about most: What did they look like? For the first time, researchers have tried to answer that burning query about Denisovans, one of the most intriguing ancient relatives on our family tree.Discovered in 2010 in a Siberian cave, these ancient h
  
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• From DNA, scientists create skull of Neanderthal cousin

  19-09-2019 17:11 via abcnews.go.com
  Scientists say they've constructed the skull and other features of a mysterious, extinct cousin of Neanderthals
  
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• 75 Nations Now Use AI Facial Recognition For Surveillance

  19-09-2019 17:07 via technocracy.news
  Technocrats have run amok throughout the world while spreading dystopian technology for tracking citizens everywhere. Few have noticed their strategy, but now the shocking numbers are rolling in.  ⁃ TN EditorA growing number of countries are following China’s lead in deploying artificial intelligence to track citizens, according to a research group’s report published Tuesday.
  The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace says at least 75 countries are actively using AI to
  
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• 'Jeopardy' fans can play this game while they drive. Experts aren't sure that's safe

  19-09-2019 17:04 via rss.cnn.com
  A Google and Amazon-backed startup believes its Jeopardy trivia app is safe for drivers to play while behind the wheel, but experts on distracted driving aren't convinced.
  
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• iOS 13 comes out today. Here's what's new

  19-09-2019 17:04 via rss.cnn.com
  After months of waiting, Apple's new software update for iPhones is almost here.
  
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• This Gut Bacteria Makes People Drunk Without Drinking — And Causes Liver Disease

  19-09-2019 17:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Klebsiella pneumoniae bacteria grown in culture. (Credit: Sirirat/Shutterstock)Three years ago, a woman in upstate New York was charged with drunk driving and then exonerated when she proved her high blood alcohol level was the result of a rare condition in which her body brews its own alcohol. At the time, the bizarre story made national headlines. Now,auto-brewery syndrome, as the condition is called, may have helped researchers unlock some of the secrets of a common but little-understo
  
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• China Pledges Green While Building New Coal Power Plants

  19-09-2019 16:48 via technocracy.news
  China is proving that green climate hysteria is antithetical to real economic growth. Its official rhetoric pledges to Sustainable Development and Green economy, but it is building record energy capacity with coal generation.  ⁃ TN EditorChina, which has pledged that projects built under its Belt and Road Initiative will be green and sustainable, will fund more fossil fuel power projects in Southeast Asia even as western, Japanese and South Korean financiers increasingly walk away fr
  
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• IARPA Seeks Long-Range Biometric Identification Tech

  19-09-2019 15:59 via technocracy.news
  Close-up biometric identification is not enough for the Technocrat-laden Intelligence community. Tech is being extended to use Images from drones and long-range cameras to positively identify people. ⁃ TN EditorThe intelligence community is working to build biometric identification systems that can single out individuals from hundreds of yards away or more, a feat that’s virtually impossible using the technology that exists today.
  Ultimately, the tech would let spy agencies rapidly i
  
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• Correction: Bolivia-Tiwanaku Vessels story

  19-09-2019 15:39 via abcnews.go.com
  Correction: Bolivia-Tiwanaku Vessels story
  
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• Fin24.com | EXPLAINER: Why you should care that parts of RICA are unlawful

  19-09-2019 14:14
  
  Legal experts unpack the latest high court ruling which declared parts of RICAunconstitutional.
  
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• Fin24.com | Legal battle over Tshwane broadband intensifies

  19-09-2019 13:32
  
  Altron is heading to the Supreme Court of Appeal.
  
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• Huawei is about to unveil the Mate 30, its first flagship phone without Google services

  19-09-2019 09:40 via rss.cnn.com
  Huawei is about to find out just how important the Google ecosystem is to its global smartphone business.
  
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• Facebook bans plastic water bottles in new offices

  19-09-2019 09:40 via rss.cnn.com
  Facebook will no longer offer single-use plastic water bottles in its new offices worldwide. Instead, it will install water-filling stations for employees.
  
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• Warning: Cancer Threat From U.S. Tap Water Contaminants Discovered

  19-09-2019 06:07 via scitechdaily.com
  A toxic cocktail of chemical pollutants in U.S. drinking water could result in more than 100,000 cancer cases, according to a peer-reviewed study from Environmental...
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• Rare California trout species returns to native habitat

  19-09-2019 05:03 via abcnews.go.com
  For the first time in nearly a century, a California trout species is swimming in a mountain creek that is its native habitat _ marking a milestone that conservationists hope will lead to a thriving population and removal of its threatened status
  
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• Prosecutor son's job prompts turning over telescope arrests

  19-09-2019 04:25 via abcnews.go.com
  To avoid the appearance of a conflict of interest, the Hawaii attorney general's office will take over the prosecution of protesters arrested for blocking construction of a giant telescope
  
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• Super Durable, Flexible, Water-Repelling Material Inspired by Porcupinefish

  19-09-2019 04:08 via scitechdaily.com
  Nature has evolved a dazzling array of materials that help organisms thrive in diverse habitats. Sometimes, scientists can exploit these designs to develop useful materials...
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• Scientists to Communicate Polymers More Easily With New Notation System

  19-09-2019 03:54 via scitechdaily.com
  BigSMILES language allows computers and researchers to convey stochastic configurations more clearly. Having a compact, yet robust, structurally-based identifier or representation system for molecular structures...
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• Young, White, Daily Opioid Users More Likely to Prefer Fentanyl

  19-09-2019 03:19 via scitechdaily.com
  Study of people who use drugs in three cities will be used to target harm-reduction measures. A minority of people who use illicit opioids indicated...
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• U.S. Army Research Uncovers Pattern in Progression of Weapons Technologies

  19-09-2019 03:05 via scitechdaily.com
  Anticipating the technology and weapon systems of our future Army might not be entirely daunting, new Army research finds. Trends in the progression of weapon...
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• Breastfeeding Lowers Childhood Obesity Risk – Now They May Have Found Out Why

  19-09-2019 02:51 via scitechdaily.com
  Breastfed children have a lower risk of obesity, which may be linked to reduced expression of the hormone, leptin; according to research presented today at...
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• Welcome to Orcland: Lord of the Rings to film in New Zealand

  19-09-2019 02:30 via abcnews.go.com
  Amazon has announced it will film its upcoming television series "The Lord of the Rings" in New Zealand, marking a return of the orcs, elves and hobbits to the country they became synonymous with over the course of six movies directed by Peter Jackson.
  
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• Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg heads to Washington

  19-09-2019 01:22 via abcnews.go.com
  Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg will be in Washington Thursday to meet with lawmakers and talk about internet regulation
  
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• Judge, Dragon Con co-founder accused of criminal trespass

  19-09-2019 00:40 via abcnews.go.com
  A grand jury has indicted a Georgia judge, along with a co-founder of DragonCon and two others, after prosecutors accused them of illegally accessing a courthouse computer network
  
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• Evaporating Exomoon Could Explain Weird Light Patterns of Tabby’s Star

  19-09-2019 00:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  An artist’s concept of a ring of dust orbiting Tabby’s Star. (Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech)About
  four years ago, one star gained notoriety when some astronomers suggested its
  weird light pattern could be signs of artificial “alien megastructures” blocking the
  star’s light. Though scientists generally say that clouds of gas and dust are most
  likely the culprit, the source of that gas and dust remains a mystery.
  One possibility is that the star, formally called KIC 846285
  
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• Feds propose major habitat protections for killer whales

  19-09-2019 00:13 via abcnews.go.com
  U.S. protections for the waters that a group of endangered orcas call home could soon expand beyond the Seattle area to encompass much of the West Coast
  
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• One Protein Makes Ebola Deadly. Scientists Can Turn it Off

  19-09-2019 00:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  A sign in the Democratic Republic of the Congowarns people that Ebola is in the area. (Credit: Sergey Uryadnikov/Shutterstock)The Ebola virus continues to ravage populations across Africa. But earlier this week, researchers reported that they've figured out what makes Ebola just so virulent. One particular protein is giving Ebola its punch, and researchers know how to switch it off. The find could lead to new vaccines and may give a huge boost to Ebola research safety.Ebola's Sneak At
  
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