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• Americans are gargling with bleach and drinking household cleaners to prevent coronavirus: CDC report - msnNOW

  05-06-2020 23:56
  Americans are gargling with bleach and drinking household cleaners to prevent coronavirus: CDC report  msnNOWView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• First stage of cleanup completed after huge fuel spill in northern Russia, state media says - CNN

  05-06-2020 23:42
  
  First stage of cleanup completed after huge fuel spill in northern Russia, state media says  CNNView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Reddit co-founder leaves board, urges black replacement

  05-06-2020 23:07
  
  Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian announced his resignation from the board of the social media site and urged the board to replace him with a black candidate
  
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• Discovery Unlocks ‘Hot’ Electrons for More Efficient Solar Panels

  05-06-2020 22:55 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Highly energetic, “hot” electrons have the potential to help solar panels more efficiently harvest light energy. But scientists haven’t been able to measure the energies...
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• Reddit cofounder Alexis Ohanian resigns from board, urges seat be filled by black candidate

  05-06-2020 22:16 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Alexis Ohanian says he is trying to set an example for other leaders -- by stepping down.
  
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• What Is Hydroxychloroquine and Does It Treat COVID-19?

  05-06-2020 22:10 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A look at the science and developments behind the pandemic’s most controversial drug.
  
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• May 2020 Had the Highest Monthly Atmospheric CO2 Reading Ever Recorded

  05-06-2020 21:50 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Rise of carbon dioxide unabated: Seasonal peak reaches 417 parts per million at Mauna Loa observatory Atmospheric carbon dioxide measured at Mauna Loa Observatory reached...
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• Instacart changes policy after CNN Business report on tip baiting

  05-06-2020 21:08 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Instacart is making changes to its tipping policy in an apparent effort to curb the practice of "tip baiting" on its grocery-delivery app following a report from CNN Business.
  
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• Apple will offer coronavirus tests to employees returning to its headquarters, Bloomberg reports

  05-06-2020 20:38 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Apple employees returning to its Silicon Valley headquarters will reportedly have the option of getting tested for the coronavirus.
  
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• FDA Approved Drug May Help Calm Cytokine Storm in COVID-19

  05-06-2020 20:31 via scitechdaily.com
  
  The drug acalabrutinib, FDA-approved for the treatment of several types of B cell cancers, improved the oxygenation levels and decreased molecular markers of inflammation in...
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• Slouching Toward Sedition: Social Media Giants Are Crossing The Line

  05-06-2020 18:52 via technocracy.news
  
  As their own actions demonstrate, social media companies are coming together to essentially overthrow the government of the United States. While it’s difficult to prove back-room collusion, it is not difficult to see these companies forming a like-minded mob that moves in unison toward some common objective.
  In this case, the objective is to destroy a presidency, a person and a system of government that has served America for over 200 years.
  Attacks are coming from all directions, large an
  
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• WeWork's last remaining cofounder is leaving

  05-06-2020 18:48 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Less than a year ago, WeWork cofounders Adam Neumann and Miguel McKelvey were on the cusp of taking their company public in what promised to be one of the most high-profile Wall Street debuts of the year.
  
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• Curbing Implicit Bias: What Works and What Doesn't

  05-06-2020 18:45 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Psychologists have yet to find a way to diminish hidden prejudice, but they do have strategies for thwarting discrimination.
  
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• The Paradox Behind an Emerging Microfluidics Revolution

  05-06-2020 18:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Constructing switches out of pure liquid seemed impossible. Then researchers discovered Braess’ paradox could help.
  
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• The Government is Scaling Back Water Quality Protections. These Surfers are Picking up the Slack

  05-06-2020 18:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Decades ago, California surfers decided to fight coastal pollution. Today, their massive network of citizen scientists is monitoring water quality in places the government doesn’t.
  
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• Something in the Water: Environmental Pollutant May Be Much More Hazardous Than Previously Thought

  05-06-2020 17:41 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Sometimes toxins, such as hazardous wastes and industrial byproducts, seep into groundwater, the source of our drinking water. One such pollutant is perchlorate, a chemical...
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• Contact Tracing, Big Tech Help Police Identify Protestors

  05-06-2020 17:20 via technocracy.news
  
  The “Great Riots of 2020” are providing police and Technocrat surveillance companies with a goldmine of testing opportunities for Orwellian systems that track every characteristic of a mob as well as its participants. Such perfected tech can be applied to any group, left or right. ⁃ TN EditorCountless warnings about how law enforcement could use contact-tracing apps to monitor people have gone unheeded.
  As BGR.com revealed police are using contact tracing to iden
  
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• Promising Advances to Lower Cost and Durable Smart Window Technology

  05-06-2020 17:00 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder have developed an improved method for controlling smart tinting on windows that could make them cheaper, more effective...
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• International Death Counts Show Peaks of the Coronavirus Pandemic

  05-06-2020 16:05 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Weekly death counts for 15 countries are now publicly available in an online database. Weekly death counts can be used to calculate how many more...
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• Study: Autonomous Cars Way Oversold On Reducing Accidents

  05-06-2020 16:01 via technocracy.news
  
  Technocrats build with a vision of Utopia but Utopia never arrives. Claims that autonomous cars will prevent 2/3 of all accidents and associated deaths have been greatly exaggerated and unattainable. Other risks include hacking, software faults and mechanical failure. ⁃ TN EditorSome 94% of vehicle crashes are caused by humans. This figure is often touted by autonomous vehicle developers when they try to promote the potential value in their tech. It sounds logical: remove humans and road s
  
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• Tracking apps were supposed to help beat the pandemic. What happened to them?

  05-06-2020 15:46 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Covid-19 tracking apps were hailed as a way to help countries out of lockdown. Instead many have been delayed, and those that are out are not being downloaded at the rates experts say are needed to have a major effect.
  
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• Infrared Dark Clouds Cataloged Across the Cosmos

  05-06-2020 15:37 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Infrared dark clouds (IRDCs) are dark patches of cold dust and gas seen in the sky against the bright diffuse infrared glow of warm dust...
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• Higher Chance of Finding Young Earth-Like Planets Than Previously Thought

  05-06-2020 15:00 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Research from the University of Sheffield has found that the chance of finding Earth-like planets in their early stages of formation is much higher than...
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• State of Emergency Declared After Massive Diesel Oil Leak Within the Arctic Circle

  05-06-2020 14:11 via scitechdaily.com
  
  A state of emergency has been declared after some 20,000 tonnes of diesel oil leaked into a river within the Arctic Circle. Images captured by...
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• Continuous Pathway to Building Blocks of Life on Earth Revealed

  05-06-2020 13:30 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Researchers have long sought to understand the origins of life on Earth. A new study conducted by scientists at the Institute for Advanced Study, the...
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• Hubble Deep Space Quest Makes Surprising Find in the Early Universe

  05-06-2020 12:58 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Deep Space Quest Doesn’t Find the First Stars, Pushing Back the Timeline of the Universe’s Evolution. In Greek mythology the first deities born from the...
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• 'Call of Duty' gets new screen supporting Black Lives Matter

  05-06-2020 12:47 via rss.cnn.com
  
  The maker of "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare" has added a screen to the shooter game supporting the Black Lives Matter movement, after revealing that it is banning thousands of racist player names every day.
  
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• Today’s Full Moon Is the Strawberry Moon – Why It Is the “Sweetest” Moon

  05-06-2020 12:33 via scitechdaily.com
  
  The Next Full Moon is the Strawberry Moon, Mead Moon, Honey Moon, Vat Purnima, Poson Poya, and the LRO Moon. The next full Moon will...
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• New Report Documents Most COVID-19 Deaths Occurred in Nursing Homes – Up to 81% in Some States

  05-06-2020 12:00 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Long-term care facilities (LTCFs) are a major driver of total COVID-19 deaths. Reported today (June 5, 2020) in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society,...
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• Ultrastable Catalyst Could Lead to More Efficient and Cheaper Production of Propylene From Propane

  05-06-2020 11:00 via scitechdaily.com
  
  A group of Japanese scientists has developed an ultrastable, selective catalyst to dehydrogenate propane — an essential process to produce the key petrochemical substance of...
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• To Think Like a Dinosaur: Paleontologists Created the Most Detailed 3D-Model of Ankylosaur Brain

  05-06-2020 10:00 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Paleontologists at St Petersburg University created the most detailed virtual 3D-model of the endocranial cast and blood vessels of the head of an ankylosaurian. Paleontologists...
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• Mukesh Ambani lands $1.2 billion for Jio from Mubadala as his war chest grows

  05-06-2020 09:50 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Asia's richest man, Mukesh Ambani, has just landed another $1.2 billion for his global tech ambitions — this time from Abu Dhabi's sovereign wealth fund.
  
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• US antitrust probe of Google includes search on Android, says rival

  05-06-2020 04:37 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Justice Department investigators have asked a Google rival, DuckDuckGo, for detailed information about ways to increase competition in the online search market, an indication the DOJ's antitrust probe of Google has expanded to include its core product and that the agency may be moving closer to bringing a case.
  
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• Scientists Set Fire Inside the NASA Cygnus Cargo Spacecraft

  05-06-2020 02:55 via scitechdaily.com
  
  NASA has been conducting a series of space fire experiments called Spacecraft Fire Safety (Saffire) Experiments that investigate how fires grow and spread in space,...
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• Washington state gets back millions in stolen jobless aid

  05-06-2020 01:44
  
  Washington officials say they believe they have recovered about half of the hundreds of millions in unemployment benefits paid to criminals who used stolen identities to file claims during the coronavirus pandemic
  
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• A Rising Tide of Marine Disease? How Parasites Respond to Global Warming

  05-06-2020 01:44 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Warming events are increasing in magnitude and severity, threatening many ecosystems worldwide. As the global temperatures continue to climb, it also raises uncertainties as to...
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• Slack is teaming up with Amazon

  05-06-2020 01:41 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Slack is teaming up with Amazon as it battles Microsoft to be the go-to remote workplace communications tool with the coronavirus keeping more workers at home.
  
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• Mexico's cuts in nature, archaeology budgets draws protests

  05-06-2020 01:04
  
  Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has cut budgets for things like archaeology, nature reserves and crime victims so deeply that parts of his own government are crying foul
  
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• Heat-trapping carbon dioxide in air hits new record high

  05-06-2020 00:35
  
  New measurements show carbon pollution levels in the air hit another record in May
  
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• Famotidine (Pepcid AC) May Curb COVID-19 Symptoms – Effects Felt Within 1–2 Days

  05-06-2020 00:30 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Clinical trial of those who don’t require hospital admission warranted. A widely available and inexpensive drug that is used to ease the symptoms of indigestion...
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