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• The Science of Making a Wild Sourdough Starter

  15-06-2020 23:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The Wild Sourdough Project aims to advance our understanding of yeast and microbes while helping home bakers create delicious bread.
  
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• As Zuckerberg champions free speech, activists complain of account deletions

  15-06-2020 22:54 via nbcnews.com
  
  “Facebook doesn’t care. It closes our accounts on the pretext of terrorism. We are against terrorism and violence," one journalist said.
  
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• Former eBay employees allegedly used cockroaches, spiders, and a gruesome mask to harass a couple

  15-06-2020 22:34 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Six former eBay employees face charges for cyberstalking and tampering with evidence after, according to federal prosecutors, they harassed a Boston-area couple who ran a news site that was at times critical of the company.
  
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• Copernicus Sentinel-6: Testing Complete for New International Ocean Satellite

  15-06-2020 22:31 via scitechdaily.com
  
  New International Ocean Satellite Completes Testing A team of engineers in the U.S. and Europe subjected the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich spacecraft to a battery of...
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• WhatsApp starts payments in Brazil: Sign of things to come?

  15-06-2020 21:31 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Facebook's WhatsApp chat platform is launching mobile payments in Brazil, a country often used to test out new services because of its large online population
  
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• Hummingbirds See Spectacular Colors Humans Can Only Imagine – Comparatively, We’re Color-Blind

  15-06-2020 21:00 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Princeton-led team trains wild hummingbirds to discriminate UV color combinations. To find food, dazzle mates, escape predators and navigate diverse terrain, birds rely on their...
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• Live Rayshard Brooks Protest Updates and Video - The New York Times

  15-06-2020 20:13 via news.google.com
  Live Rayshard Brooks Protest Updates and Video  The New York TimesRayshard Brooks' final moments were caught on video. Here's what the footage shows  CNNPolice killing of Rayshard Brooks in Atlanta ruled a homicide  NBC NewsAtlanta shooting, Ahmaud Arbery case are the backdrops as Georgia General Assembly returns  WRDW-TVWendy's Restaurant in Atlanta Set on Fire by Protesters After Deadly Police Shooting  Bloomberg Markets and FinanceView Full Co
  
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• Hydroxychloroquine: FDA pulls emergency use of malaria drug touted by Trump to treat the coronavirus - USA TODAY

  15-06-2020 20:10 via news.google.com
  Hydroxychloroquine: FDA pulls emergency use of malaria drug touted by Trump to treat the coronavirus  USA TODAYView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• California 'sanctuary' law won't face Supreme Court review - POLITICO

  15-06-2020 20:10 via news.google.com
  
  California 'sanctuary' law won't face Supreme Court review  POLITICOSupreme Court won't hear challenge to California sanctuary law  CNNCalifornia sanctuary law: Supreme Court rejects Trump challenge  Los Angeles TimesSupreme Court won't hear Trump administration challenge to California sanctuary law  CNBCSupreme Court lets stand California’s ‘sanctuary’ law on undocumented immigrants  The Washington PostView Full Coverage on Goo
  
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• Trump supporters will get masks, hand sanitizer, temperature checks at Tulsa rally, campaign boss says - CNBC

  15-06-2020 20:09 via news.google.com
  Trump supporters will get masks, hand sanitizer, temperature checks at Tulsa rally, campaign boss says  CNBCTrump campaign pushes ahead with Tulsa rally despite warnings from top health officials  CBS This MorningNBC News called out over tweets about Trump’s Tulsa event and a 'packed' rally in Brooklyn  Fox NewsRecord spikes in new coronavirus cases, hospitalizations sweep parts of U.S.  AOLTrump is in denial about his and others’ health &
  
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• U.S. Embassy In South Korea Removes Its Black Lives Matter Banner - NPR

  15-06-2020 19:50 via news.google.com
  U.S. Embassy In South Korea Removes Its Black Lives Matter Banner  NPRU.S. Embassy in Seoul removes Black Lives Matter banner, two days after it was unfurled  The Washington Post'Black Lives Matter' Banner Removed at U.S. Embassy in Seoul  BloombergBlack Lives Matter banner removed from U.S. embassy in Seoul after it displeased Trump and Pompeo  FortuneUS embassy in Seoul removes Black Lives Matter banner and Pride flag  CNNView Full Coverage on
  
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• Biden fundraising surged in May - POLITICO

  15-06-2020 19:18 via news.google.com
  Biden fundraising surged in May  POLITICOA 'panic button' moment for Senate Republicans  CNNLindsey Graham praises Joe Biden and calls Donald Trump a 'race-baiting, xenophobic, religious bigot' in new ad  The IndependentMy birthday wish for Trump  CNNSteve Hilton: Trump can give voters a choice - reform the police with him or abolish them with Democrats  Fox NewsView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Mars: Green glow detected on the Red Planet - BBC News

  15-06-2020 19:12 via news.google.com
  
  Mars: Green glow detected on the Red Planet  BBC NewsView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Black Lives Matter activist Oluwatoyin Salau found dead in Florida - New York Post

  15-06-2020 19:12 via news.google.com
  Black Lives Matter activist Oluwatoyin Salau found dead in Florida  New York Post Florida protester Oluwatoyin Salau, 19, found dead in Tallahassee after going missing  USA TODAYBlack Lives Matter protester, 19, missing for nine days is found dead  Daily MailWho is Oluwatoyin Salau? FL cops confirm death of missing Black Lives Matter activist  Miami HeraldBlack Lives Matter protester and 2nd woman found dead in Florida; arrest made  CBS NewsView
  
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• Amazon says Jeff Bezos is willing to testify before Congress

  15-06-2020 19:02 via nbcnews.com
  
  In a letter made public Monday, a lawyer for the company said Bezos was "available to testify at a hearing with the other CEOs this summer."
  
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• Feeling Disconnected? Loneliness Alters Your Brain’s Social Network

  15-06-2020 19:00 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Feeling disconnected from others is reflected by how the brain represents relationships. Social media sites aren’t the only things that keep track of your social...
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• Dengue Fever Is on the Rise — a Ticking Time Bomb in Many Places Around the World

  15-06-2020 19:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The spread of dengue taps into a perfect storm of climate change and economic strife.
  
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• Amazon says Jeff Bezos is willing to testify before Congress following pressure from lawmakers

  15-06-2020 18:57 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos is willing to testify before House lawmakers who are probing the tech industry for potential antitrust violations, according to a letter sent by the company's lawyer to congressional leaders and reviewed by CNN Business.
  
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• Barbra Streisand gives Disney stock to George Floyd's 6-year-old daughter - CBS News

  15-06-2020 18:48 via news.google.com
  Barbra Streisand gives Disney stock to George Floyd's 6-year-old daughter  CBS NewsBarbra Streisand Helps George Floyd's Daughter Become Disney Shareholder  TMZBarbra Streisand donates Disney stock to George Floyd's daughter Gianna | ABC7  ABC7Barbra Streisand gifts George Floyd's daughter Disney shares  CNNDisney’s got a new shareholder in George Floyd’s daughter, courtesy of Barbra Streisand  MarketWatchView Full Coverage on Google
  
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• Amazon says Jeff Bezos is willing to testify before Congress following pressure from lawmakers - CNN

  15-06-2020 18:45 via news.google.com
  Amazon says Jeff Bezos is willing to testify before Congress following pressure from lawmakers  CNNJeff Bezos Willing to Testify Before Congress  The New York TimesAmazon's Bezos willing to testify before Congress in antitrust probe: Report  Fox BusinessAmazon's Bezos willing to testify in House antitrust probe  POLITICONYT: Jeff Bezos willing to testify before Congress  CNBC TelevisionView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Supreme Court refuses to hear cases on 'qualified immunity' for police - NBC News

  15-06-2020 18:44 via news.google.com
  Supreme Court refuses to hear cases on 'qualified immunity' for police  NBC NewsSupreme Court again declines to take up Second Amendment cases  CNNSupreme Court Will Not Reexamine Qualified Immunity For Police  NPRClarence Thomas is right about qualified immunity  Washington ExaminerHow Congress can end qualified immunity to provide civil justice | TheHill  The HillView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Apple will give students free AirPods when they buy a MacBook Air or iPad Air - The Verge

  15-06-2020 18:43 via news.google.com
  Apple will give students free AirPods when they buy a MacBook Air or iPad Air  The Verge2020 iPhone Shock As Nine ‘All-New’ Apple iPhones Revealed  ForbesApple launches new 0% Apple Card financing for iPad, Mac, AirPods, and more  9to5MaciPhone 12 molds show that flat is back  SlashGearAlleged iPhone 12 Molds and CAD Images Show New iPad Pro-Style Design  MacRumorsView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Trilateral Commission: A Deep Insight Into The Globalist Mind

  15-06-2020 18:35 via technocracy.news
  
  The only reason that the Trilateral Commission targeted its members for national governments, especially the U.S., was to get control over the economic engine of the world. Why? To transform it into their own self-conceived image.
  Steven Guinness in the UK is one of the very few economic analysts in the world who understand the insidious nature of globalization, and the role of the Trilateral Commission in bringing it about. ⁃ TN EditorWhen the term ‘globalist‘ is used by alter
  
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• Coronavirus: Minnesota cases fall despite George Floyd protests - Daily Mail

  15-06-2020 18:34 via news.google.com
  Coronavirus: Minnesota cases fall despite George Floyd protests  Daily MailEarly test results show only a few Minnesota protesters got coronavirus  New York Post MDH reports new COVID death in Blue Earth County  Mankato Free PressCoronavirus June 14: Developments across our region  West Central TribuneMinnesota reaches 30,000 in number of COVID-19 cases  KELOLAND.comView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• John Oliver on police use of facial recognition: 'We’re about to cross a major line' - The Guardian

  15-06-2020 18:33 via news.google.com
  John Oliver on police use of facial recognition: 'We’re about to cross a major line'  The GuardianFacial Recognition: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)  LastWeekTonightHBO Darling John Oliver Thinks HBO Max Is a Piping Load of ‘Ash Heap’  VultureJohn Oliver Explains Why Facial Recognition Technology Is More Dangerous Than Ever  Slate MagazineJohn Oliver Responds To ‘Gone With The Wind’ Controversy: ‘Who Gives A S*
  
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• 50-Year-Old Cosmic Mystery Solved: Why Pulsars Shine Bright

  15-06-2020 18:14 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Intense radio emissions produced by the fast-spinning stars are caused by newborn particles interacting with powerful electromagnetic fields, new plasma simulations suggest. When Jocelyn Bell...
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• Shopify Stock Jumps on Walmart Deal - Barron's

  15-06-2020 18:13 via news.google.com
  Shopify Stock Jumps on Walmart Deal  Barron'sWalmart partners with Shopify to expand its online marketplace  TechCrunchJim Cramer on Walmart, Shopify partnership  CNBC TelevisionWalmart partners with Shopify to expand online marketplace business  ReutersWalmart Opens Marketplace to Shopify Merchants  EcommerceBytesView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Ex-eBay employees harassed couple who criticized company, prosecutors say

  15-06-2020 18:13 via nbcnews.com
  
  The company allegedly harassed the people behind a newsletter and then offered to help stop the harassment.
  
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• SpaceX will have to demonstrate Starlink internet’s low latency within the next month to qualify for up to $16B in federal funding - TechCrunch

  15-06-2020 18:10 via news.google.com
  SpaceX will have to demonstrate Starlink internet’s low latency within the next month to qualify for up to $16B in federal funding  TechCrunchSpaceX Inches Closer to a $16 Billion FCC Payday  Motley FoolSpaceX has a month to prove Starlink is worthy of rural broadband funding  EngadgetSpaceX's predawn Starlink satellite launch looks simply stunning in these Twitter photos  Space.comSpaceX Starlink user terminals tested by board members as beta nears&
  
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• Stocks Drop After Coronavirus Outbreaks In Beijing And U.S. States - NPR

  15-06-2020 18:08 via news.google.com
  Stocks Drop After Coronavirus Outbreaks In Beijing And U.S. States  NPRLive Market Watch: Second wave of coronavirus rattles Dow | 6/15/2020  Fox BusinessVirus wave fears slam Wall Street  ReutersThe stock market is tracing an important reversal pattern that you should watch  MarketWatchThe stock market can't sit still. Why you should  CNBCView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Cowboys, Texans have tested positive for COVID-19 - NFL.com

  15-06-2020 18:07 via news.google.com
  
  Cowboys, Texans have tested positive for COVID-19  NFL.comEzekiel Elliott one of several Cowboys, Texans players to test positive for COVID-19  Yahoo SportsEzekiel Elliott among players from Cowboys & Texans to test positive for COVID-19  CBS Sports HQReport: Cowboys RB Ezekiel Elliott tests positive for coronavirus  The Dallas Morning NewsFour total Cowboys and Texans have tested positive  NBC Sports - NFLView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• The Supreme Court’s LGBTQ ruling, explained in 5 sentences - Vox.com

  15-06-2020 18:04 via news.google.com
  The Supreme Court’s LGBTQ ruling, explained in 5 sentences  Vox.comSupreme Court rules gay workers protected from job discrimination, in big win for LGBT rights  Fox NewsSupreme Court says federal law protects LGBTQ workers from discrimination  CNNSupreme Court bends to reality on LGBTQ rights  The Washington PostNeil Gorsuch and John Roberts deliver biggest LGBT win since Obergefell because biological sex exists  Washington ExaminerView Fu
  
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• Scientists Surprised by Growth Rates in World’s Deepest Photosynthetic Corals

  15-06-2020 18:00 via scitechdaily.com
  
  New research published in the journal Coral Reefs revealed unexpectedly high growth rates for deep water photosynthetic corals. The study, led by Samuel Kahng, affiliate graduate faculty in the...
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• Technocracy In Venezuela: Biometric Data To Buy Fuel

  15-06-2020 17:46 via technocracy.news
  
  Marxist Socialism thoroughly destroyed a once prosperous nation, but out of the ashes, we see the green shoots of Technocracy. The careful rationing of energy has always been central to Technocracy.
  The first requirement in the Technocracy Study Course is: “Register on a continuous 24-hour time period basis the total net conversion of energy.”
  The second requirement is “By means of the registration of energy converted and consumed, make possible a balanced load.” 
  
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• Philippines journalist Maria Ressa found guilty of 'cyber libel' in latest blow to free press - CNN

  15-06-2020 17:42 via news.google.com
  Philippines journalist Maria Ressa found guilty of 'cyber libel' in latest blow to free press  CNNRodrigo Duterte Critic Found Guilty of Libel in the Philippines  The Wall Street JournalFilipino journalist Maria Ressa found guilty of libel  ReutersPhilippine Journalist Maria Ressa Found Guilty Of Violating Cyber Libel Law  NPRJournalist speaks after being convicted by Philippine government  CNNView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Unique Green Glow Spotted on Mars – First Time Around a Planet Other Than Earth

  15-06-2020 17:37 via scitechdaily.com
  
  ESA’s ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter has detected glowing green oxygen in Mars’ atmosphere – the first time that this emission has been seen around a...
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• UN atomic watchdog head calls for more access in Iran

  15-06-2020 17:32 via abcnews.go.com
  
  The head of the United Nations’ atomic watchdog agency says Iran must provide inspectors access to sites where the country is thought to have stored or used undeclared nuclear material
  
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• Soros: Billionaire Ideologues Who Finance Society-Destroying Anarchy

  15-06-2020 17:21 via technocracy.news
  
  It is not a myth that George Soros funded Black Lives Matter, knowing that it was dedicated to ‘depolicing’ in high-crime urban areas, thus promoting anarchy. Technocrats promote the destruction of society to Technocracy can provide the ‘Big Reset’. ⁃ TN EditorWhen the dust was cleared and the debris swept away, he stood revealed as Hillary Clinton’s most generous billionaire donor. Yet his name rarely surfaced during the presidential campaign—and that&r
  
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• Norway ends virus tracing app over privacy concerns

  15-06-2020 17:15 via abcnews.go.com
  Norway has suspended use of its smartphone app meant to track and trace coronavirus contagions after a public spat between health authorities and the information watchdog
  
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• Apple's latest iPad mini drops to $349 at Amazon - Engadget

  15-06-2020 17:12 via news.google.com
  
  Apple's latest iPad mini drops to $349 at Amazon  EngadgetView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• How MLB blew its chance to grow baseball and ignored the sport's best interests in the process - CBS Sports

  15-06-2020 17:09 via news.google.com
  How MLB blew its chance to grow baseball and ignored the sport's best interests in the process  CBS SportsCanadian playing in Korean Baseball League says the sport can be played safely  Click On Detroit | Local 4 | WDIVWill there be baseball this year or not? Jeff Passan breaks down MLB's ugly labor fight  ESPNThe shortest season in MLB history now seems inevitable. How did we get here?  MLive.comWojo: 50-game baseball season? Don’t even bother 
  
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• STAR WARS: SQUADRONS Trailer (2020) EA X-Wing Fighter Game HD - JoBlo Movie Trailers

  15-06-2020 17:07 via news.google.com
  
  STAR WARS: SQUADRONS Trailer (2020) EA X-Wing Fighter Game HD  JoBlo Movie TrailersStar Wars: Squadrons Officially Revealed, Out in October - IGN  IGNThe Next Star Wars Game Lets You Take Flight for the Rebellion and Empire  GizmodoStar Wars: Squadrons turns players into starship pilots  PolygonStar Wars releases official map of the galaxy – with one major omission  digitalspy.comView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Entanglement-based secure quantum cryptography over 1120 kilometres - Nature.com

  15-06-2020 17:02 via news.google.com
  Entanglement-based secure quantum cryptography over 1120 kilometres  Nature.com
  
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• China Reports Progress in Ultra-Secure Satellite Transmission

  15-06-2020 17:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Researchers enlisted quantum physics to send a “secret key” for encrypting and decrypting messages between two stations 700 miles apart.
  
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• Artificial Synapse That Works With Living Cells Developed at Stanford

  15-06-2020 17:00 via scitechdaily.com
  
  In 2017, Stanford University researchers presented a new device that mimics the brain’s efficient and low-energy neural learning process. It was an artificial version of...
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• Beijing carries out mass testing as coronavirus spreads in the Chinese capital - The Washington Post

  15-06-2020 16:37 via news.google.com
  Beijing carries out mass testing as coronavirus spreads in the Chinese capital  The Washington PostLive Coronavirus Updates: Leaders Threaten New Lockdowns  The New York TimesChina's new coronavirus outbreak sees Beijing adopt 'wartime' measures as capital races to contain spread  CNNBeijing reinstates control measures as coronavirus cases rise | TheHill  The HillCoronavirus: Beijing spike continues with 36 new cases - BBC News  BBC NewsView Full
  
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• Quantum Programming Breakthrough: First Intuitive Language for Quantum Computers

  15-06-2020 16:04 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Several technical advances have been achieved recently in the pursuit of powerful quantum computers. Now, Computer scientists from ETH Zurich have made an important breakthrough...
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• American Paul Whelan convicted of espionage in Russia and sentenced to 16 years in prison - CBS This Morning

  15-06-2020 15:52 via news.google.com
  
  American Paul Whelan convicted of espionage in Russia and sentenced to 16 years in prison  CBS This MorningAmerican Paul Whelan, Held In Russia On Spy Charges, Is Sentenced To 16 Years  NPRRussian court sentences US citizen Paul Whelan to 16 years in prison  CNNRussia Defends 16-Year Jail Term for Ex-U.S. Marine on Spying Charges  The New York TimesUS ambassador slams Russia Whelan verdict  ReutersView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Mutation in new coronavirus increases chance of infection: study - Reuters

  15-06-2020 15:42 via news.google.com
  Mutation in new coronavirus increases chance of infection: study  ReutersView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Solar Orbiter Made First Close Approach to the Sun Today [Video]

  15-06-2020 15:33 via scitechdaily.com
  
  ESA’s Sun-exploring mission Solar Orbiter has made its first close approach to the star on June 15, getting as close as 77 million kilometers to...
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