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• These 5 Valentine’s Day Science Projects Will Nurture Your Love of Science

  14-02-2020 23:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  This Valentine's Day, cuddle up with these five citizen science projects -- and one book -- that we love. From watching bumble bees to hunting flower blossoms, they're waiting for you with open arms.
  
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• Does the Universe Need Dark Matter to Form Galaxies? A Controversial Model Says 'No'

  14-02-2020 23:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Theory has long said you can't form galaxies without dark matter. A recent paper questions that assumption.
  
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• Big tech talks to WHO about coronavirus misinformation

  14-02-2020 22:50 via nbcnews.com
  
  The meeting was organized by WHO and hosted at Facebook’s Menlo Park campus, a Facebook spokesperson confirmed to CNBC.
  
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• Someone left a bad review about an Australian dentist. Now Google could be forced to hand over their data

  14-02-2020 22:19 via rss.cnn.com
  
  A court in Australia has ruled that a dentist who claims he was defamed in a Google review can serve the tech giant with an order to unmask the post's author.
  
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• Scientists Find a Mysterious 'Ghost Lineage' In the DNA of West Africans

  14-02-2020 22:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Researchers find evidence that a group of still-unknown humans interbred with our ancestors.
  
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• Do You Smell Your Romantic Partner's Clothes? You're Not Alone

  14-02-2020 22:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A study finds the scent of a romantic partner can actually help reduce stress and improve sleep.
  
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• Wind delays Northrop Grumman's supply run to space station

  14-02-2020 21:55
  
  High wind has delayed Northrop Grumman's supply run to the International Space Station
  
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• The Apple Watch outsold the entire Swiss watch industry in 2019

  14-02-2020 21:07 via rss.cnn.com
  
  The Apple Watch outsold the entire Swiss watch industry in 2019.
  
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• U.S. officials: Using Huawei tech opens door to Chinese spying, censorship

  14-02-2020 20:43 via nbcnews.com
  
  The closest U.S. ally, Britain, disagrees with U.S. warnings that any use of Huawei technology exposes a country to digital espionage.
  
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• Archaeologists Have Long Sought — But Never Found — The Very First Wheel

  14-02-2020 20:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Humans invented the wheel over 5,000 years ago, but where it first originated is a mystery.
  
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• Fossil Eggshells Suggest All Dinosaurs May Have Been Warm-Blooded

  14-02-2020 20:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  New analysis reveals body temps in same range as modern birds.
  
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• 2 Japanese businessmen charged in tech hardware price fixing

  14-02-2020 19:52
  A federal grand jury has charged two Japanese businessmen for their role in an alleged global conspiracy to fix prices for components used in computer hard disk drives
  
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• Betelgeuse is Dimming and Changing Shape, New Image of Its Surface Reveals

  14-02-2020 19:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The nearby red supergiant has been dimming for a while now, but its exact fate is still unknown.
  
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• Facebook's latest experimental app looks a lot like Pinterest

  14-02-2020 18:28 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Facebook is taking some inspiration from Pinterest.
  
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• US's Pelosi urges countries to steer clear of Huawei for 5G

  14-02-2020 17:36
  
  U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has appealed to an audience in Germany for countries to steer clear of Chinese tech giant Huawei as they build their next-generation cellular networks
  
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• What Will a Betelgeuse Supernova Look Like From Earth?

  14-02-2020 17:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Astronomers simulated what humans will see on Earth when the star Betelgeuse explodes as a supernova sometime in the next 100,000 years. 
  
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• They Wanted Research Funding, So They Entered the Lottery

  14-02-2020 17:14 via nytimes.com
  
  A survey of New Zealand scientists found that recipients of a randomized funding program favored random allocations of some kinds of grant money.
  
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• London Police Deploying Facial Recognition Cameras Across City

  14-02-2020 17:08 via technocracy.news
  
  It appears that all the stops against Technocracy have been pulled out in Britain, and the rush to implement command and control systems is in full display. The danger for the U.S. is that we are following the exact same path. ⁃ TN EditorLive facial recognition cameras will be deployed across London, with the city’s Metropolitan Police announcing today that the technology has moved past the trial stage and is ready to be permanently integrated into everyday policing.
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• Neuralink: Elon Musk Ready To Connect Human Brain to Computer

  14-02-2020 16:49 via technocracy.news
  
  Specifically, Technocrat Musk wants to merge human consciousness with Artificial Intelligence in order to give humans hyper-intelligence and save them from a future machine uprising.
  Keep in mind that Musk’s grandfather, Dr. Joshua Haldeman, was the Canadian leader of the Technocracy movement in the 1930s and ’40s. Such was the environment that he grew up in and he has stayed true to it for his entire life. ⁃ TN EditorElon Musk has tweeted that his brain-computer chip company N
  
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• Net Censorship Kills Free Speech In Britain

  14-02-2020 16:13 via technocracy.news
  
  Thanks to PM Boris Johnson, Techno-Populism has swept Britain. The Populism element of the political equation will soon be discarded as Orwell’s “Ministry of Truth” is established and Technocracy takes over. ⁃ TN EditorThe United Kingdom has become the first Western nation to move ahead with large-scale censorship of the internet, effectively creating regulation that will limit freedom on the last frontier of digital liberty. In a move that has the nation reelin
  
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• Update: Coronavirus patient under quarantine at Lackland transported to Methodist Texsan - mySA

  14-02-2020 15:12 via news.google.com
  Update: Coronavirus patient under quarantine at Lackland transported to Methodist Texsan  mySACoronavirus Texas case confirmed in San Antonio, CDC says  The Texas TribuneCoronavirus Test Kits Sent to States Are Flawed, CDC Says  msnNOWCDC confirms 15th case of coronavirus in the U.S.  MarketWatch15th Case of Coronavirus in U.S. Confirmed in Texas Patient  NBC 5 Dallas-Fort WorthView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• How Do Stars Produce and Release Energy?

  14-02-2020 14:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Stars generate energy through nuclear fusion. Here’s an easy explanation into how the process works.
  
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• Tesla prices its second offering of stock at $767 apiece

  14-02-2020 13:42
  
  Tesla is pricing its second offering of stock at $767 apiece
  
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• Fire Breaks Out At Bridgeton Body Shop - catcountry1073.com

  14-02-2020 13:36 via news.google.com
  
  Fire Breaks Out At Bridgeton Body Shop  catcountry1073.com
  
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• Fin24.com | WATCH: US charges Huawei with racketeering

  14-02-2020 11:39
  
  US prosecutors added trade secret theft charges to their bank fraud case against Chinese smartphone maker Huawei, further escalating the US battle with the world's largest telecommunications equipment maker.
  
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• Jeff Bezos just dropped $165 million on a new Beverly Hills mansion

  14-02-2020 01:34 via rss.cnn.com
  
  The world's richest man is on a real estate binge.
  
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• US charges Huawei with racketeering, escalating crackdown on tech giant

  14-02-2020 00:33 via rss.cnn.com
  
  The US government has charged Chinese technology giant Huawei with racketeering and conspiracy to steal trade secrets, according to a superseding indictment unsealed Thursday in the US District Court for the Eastern District of New York.
  
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• Ex-Waymo driver accused of deliberately causing crash

  14-02-2020 00:28
  
  A man described by Waymo as a disgruntled former driver has been arrested on suspicion of deliberately crashing a passenger car into one of the company’s vans with self-driving capabilities
  
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• In win for Amazon, judge freezes work on Pentagon contract

  14-02-2020 00:05
  
  A federal court has ordered the Pentagon to temporarily halt work with Microsoft on a $10 billion military cloud contract that Amazon was initially favored to win
  
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