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• The Top 10 women Joe Biden might pick as vice president - CNN

  25-06-2020 23:34 via news.google.com
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• Ten Years in the Life of the Sun, Up Close and Personal

  25-06-2020 22:45 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A decade of the Sun turning on its axis condensed down to a mesmerizing 61-minute time-lapse video, along with other stunning views showing flares, explosions, eruptions and other events
  
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• Latino House Democrats demand answers on government coronavirus contracts with Palantir

  25-06-2020 22:14 via nbcnews.com
  
  HHS tapped Palantir in April to create a new platform, HHS Protect, which will aid the White House Coronavirus Task Force.
  
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• iOS 14 lets deaf users set alerts for important sounds, among other clever accessibility perks - TechCrunch

  25-06-2020 22:00 via news.google.com
  iOS 14 lets deaf users set alerts for important sounds, among other clever accessibility perks  TechCrunchTikTok to stop spying on iPhone users after iOS14 exposes huge flaw  Tom's GuideiOS 14 hands-on preview: Widgets, Picture in Picture, Back Tap and more  CNETNew iPhone 12 Exclusive Reveals Stunning Apple Display Decision  ForbesTikTok To Stop Clipboard Snooping After Apple Privacy Feature Exposes Behavior  ThreatpostView Full Coverage on Goog
  
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• Harvard Medical School: $15 Billion Revenue Loss Projected for US Primary Care Due to COVID-19 Shutdowns

  25-06-2020 22:00 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Primary care practices are projected to lose more than $65,000 in revenue per full-time physician in 2020, following drastic declines in office visits and fees...
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• Monster Billion Solar Mass Black Hole Found in the Early Universe

  25-06-2020 20:55 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Most massive quasar known in early universe discovered on Maunakea. The second-most distant quasar ever discovered now has a Hawaiian name. Astronomers have discovered the...
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• Super-Earths Discovered Orbiting Nearby Red Dwarf Gliese 887

  25-06-2020 20:00 via scitechdaily.com
  
  International researchers led by University of Göttingen find multiple planet system orbiting Gliese 887. The nearest exoplanets to us provide the best opportunities for detailed...
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• Democratic lawmakers propose nationwide facial recognition ban

  25-06-2020 19:42 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Democratic lawmakers proposed a sweeping nationwide ban on facial recognition software Thursday, with a bill that seeks tough new limits on the technology at all levels of government.
  
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• Hubble Spots Cosmic Flapping “Bat Shadow” in Outer Space [Video]

  25-06-2020 19:34 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Sometimes nicknames turn out to be closer to reality than you might imagine. NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope captured a striking image of a fledgling star’s...
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• Amanda Seales On Hosting BET Awards: I'm 'Not Trying To Have Black Twitter Come For Me' - Essence

  25-06-2020 19:28 via news.google.com
  
  Amanda Seales On Hosting BET Awards: I'm 'Not Trying To Have Black Twitter Come For Me'  EssenceBeyonce to be recognized with 2020 Humanitarian Award at BET Awards  Good Morning AmericaBeyoncé to receive Humanitarian Award at 2020 BET Awards  REVOLT TV"The Rundown": Amanda Seales Dishes on 2020 BET Awards  E! NewsAmanda Seales on Importance of Hosting BET Awards During 'Uprising Against Racial Discrimination'  PEOPLEView Full Coverage on G
  
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• 2 Democratic senators propose ban on use of facial recognition by federal law enforcement

  25-06-2020 19:08 via nbcnews.com
  
  The bill would also make federal funding for state and local law enforcement contingent on the enactment of similar bans.
  
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• Site showing how lockdown changed Earth unveiled

  25-06-2020 18:45
  
  Three space agencies are showing people how the coronavirus lockdowns are changing Earth in real time
  
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• NASA naming headquarters for 'Hidden Figures' engineer

  25-06-2020 18:40
  
  NASA is naming its headquarters in Washington after the space agency's first African American female engineer
  
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• Huawei to build $1.2 billion Cambridge facility as it faces uncertain UK future

  25-06-2020 18:38 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Huawei received approval on Thursday to build a $1.25 billion research facility in the United Kingdom. The announcement comes as the United Kingdom is scrutinizing the Chinese telecom company's involvement in the country's 5G networks.
  
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• Why the Mediterranean Is a Pivotal Climate Change Hotspot

  25-06-2020 18:22 via scitechdaily.com
  
  MIT analysis uncovers the basis of the severe rainfall declines predicted by many models. Although global climate models vary in many ways, they agree on...
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• The FBI’s Repatriation of Stolen Heritage

  25-06-2020 18:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  When the bureau’s Art Theft Program teamed up with a cultural anthropologist to investigate one man’s private collection, they began a yearslong project to return cultural objects and human remains to their rightful homes.
  
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• Technocracy, Digital Feudalism And Scientific Dictatorship

  25-06-2020 17:21 via technocracy.news
  
  This is the essence of Technocracy Rising: The Trojan Horse of Global Transformation: “All this would be something like a type of global technocracy under (pseudo)promises of liberation that serves to feed the established powers.” ⁃ TN EditorMany speak people are now speaking of ‘Digital Feudalism’, a topic that, for some experts, could be the end of liberal principles, the global drive for domination, vigilance, and absence of personal independence.
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• Race Is Real, But It’s Not Genetic

  25-06-2020 17:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  For over 300 years, socially defined notions of “race” have shaped human lives around the globe—but the category has no biological foundation.
  
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• “Fascinating Machines of Death” – The Latest Research on Bacterial Toxins

  25-06-2020 17:00 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Research finds mechanism by which bacterial toxis evolve ability to cause new illnesses. The coronavirus pandemic is a daily reminder of the consequences brought by...
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• Understanding Separation Anxiety in Dogs — and How to Help Them Cope

  25-06-2020 16:47 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Your dog’s favorite place to be is at your side. But if your pup’s neediness gets out of hand, there are things you can do to help them stay calm.
  
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• Astronomers Find Evidence Black Hole Collision Exploded With Light

  25-06-2020 16:00 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Possible light flare observed from small black holes within the disk of a massive black hole.  When two black holes spiral around each other and...
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• From Jekyll to Hyde: Genetic Mutation That Makes E. Coli Deadlier Pinpointed

  25-06-2020 15:27 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Scientists identify an important protein that increases “bacterial virulence,” when mutated, changing harmless bacteria to harmful ones. As far as humans are concerned, bacteria can...
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• Incredible Astronaut’s View of an Annular “Ring of Fire” Eclipse

  25-06-2020 15:20 via scitechdaily.com
  
  A day after the summer solstice, a new Moon passed in front of the Sun to create an annular eclipse across large swaths of Asia...
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• Most Effective CBD Products – Why Terpenes are Important

  25-06-2020 15:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  There’s more to CBD’s therapeutic benefits than CBD itself
  
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• Sustainable Chaos: When Globalists Call For A ‘Great Reset’

  25-06-2020 14:57 via technocracy.news
  
  The ultra-radical agenda of the global elite is to completely disrupt the existing order and implement  its new Sustainable Development model, aka Technocracy, where the entire planet will be micromanaged by technology. It’s a Brave New World after all. ⁃ TN EditorThe unveiling on June 3rd by the World Economic Forum of ‘The Great Reset‘ agenda appears on the surface to be a newly devised concept created directly in response to Covid-19. As it turns out the firs
  
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• Time Traveling to Deliver the Unseen: Mapping the Early Universe With NASA’s Webb Space Telescope

  25-06-2020 14:46 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Astronomers and engineers have designed telescopes, in part, to be “time travelers.” The farther away an object is, the longer its light takes to reach...
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• Google to start paying some news publishers for content

  25-06-2020 14:35
  Google says it will start paying some news publishers for their journalistic content, in a deal that could ease tensions between the internet search giant and the beleagured news industry
  
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• NASA Names Headquarters After ‘Hidden Figure’ Mary W. Jackson – First African American Female Engineer at NASA

  25-06-2020 14:13 via scitechdaily.com
  
  NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine announced Wednesday the agency’s headquarters building in Washington, D.C., will be named after Mary W. Jackson, the first African American female...
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• SoftBank or SoftBankrupt? Masa Son says his rescue plan is working

  25-06-2020 13:34 via rss.cnn.com
  
  SoftBank founder and CEO Masayoshi Son knows that his company's staggering losses shook a lot of investors. But he's confident that his recovery strategy is working.
  
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• Why Is Our Universe Made of Matter? A Blue Spark to Shine on the Origin of the Universe

  25-06-2020 13:14 via scitechdaily.com
  
  An interdisciplinary team of scientists led by researchers from DIPC, Ikerbasque and UPV/EHU, has demonstrated that it is possible to build an ultra-sensitive sensor based...
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• Wirecard files for insolvency after ex-CEO arrested in $2 billion scandal

  25-06-2020 12:08 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Wirecard has filed for insolvency, just days after a $2 billion accounting scandal at the company burst into the open, crashing its stock and leading to the arrest of its former chief executive.
  
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• Physicist’s 50-Year-Old Magnetic Structure Prediction Evidenced at Surprisingly Large Scales

  25-06-2020 12:04 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Imaging Magnetic Instabilities Using Laser Accelerated Protons An international team of researchers highlighted two variants of Weibel’s instability. The magnetic structures resulting from a plasma...
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• The Rebel Physicist Trying to Fix Quantum Mechanics

  25-06-2020 11:00 via nytimes.com
  
  For a century, quantum theory has been scientific orthodoxy. The Italian physicist Angelo Bassi is certain it isn’t the full story — and that he can prove it.
  
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• The Rebel Physicist on the Hunt for a Better Story Than Quantum Mechanics

  25-06-2020 11:00 via nytimes.com
  
  For a century, quantum theory has been scientific orthodoxy. The Italian physicist Angelo Bassi is certain it isn’t the full story — and that he can prove it.
  
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• Improving Lithium-Ion Battery and Fuel Cell Performance With AI

  25-06-2020 11:00 via scitechdaily.com
  
  A new machine learning algorithm allows researchers to explore possible designs for the microstructure of fuel cells and lithium-ion batteries, before running 3D simulations that...
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• Exotic Mixtures: X-Ray Scattering Enables Closer Scrutiny of the Interior of Planets and Stars

  25-06-2020 07:47 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Recreating extreme conditions in the lab, like those in the interior of planets and stars, is very complex and can only be achieved for fractions...
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• Astronomers Find Mystery Object in Mass Gap – “We’ve Been Waiting Decades to Solve This Mystery!”

  25-06-2020 07:24 via scitechdaily.com
  
  When the most massive stars die, they collapse under their own gravity and leave behind black holes; when stars that are a bit less massive...
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• Facial Recognition Algorithm Caused Wrongful Arrest

  25-06-2020 06:36 via technocracy.news
  
  This story reveals why Amazon, IBM and Microsoft have pulled out of the facial recognition business in order to deflect certain criticism over racial bias. In this instance, the algorithm nailed the wrong black man for a crime he did not commit. ⁃ TN EditorOn a Thursday afternoon in January, Robert Julian-Borchak Williams was in his office at an automotive supply company when he got a call from the Detroit Police Department telling him to come to the station to be arrested. He thought at f
  
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• Magnetic and Electronic Phase Transitions in 2D-Materials Probed by Nanomechanical Resonators

  25-06-2020 03:39 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Phase transitions play an important role in materials. However, in two-dimensional materials, the most famous of which is graphene, phase transitions can be very difficult...
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• 'Lawful access' bill would allow feds to legally bust into encrypted devices

  25-06-2020 03:30 via nbcnews.com
  
  "This is the full-frontal nuclear assault on encryption we've been fearing would come," said one cybersecurity expert.
  
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• California plans to ask judge to force Uber and Lyft to reclassify drivers as employees

  25-06-2020 03:21 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Uber and Lyft could soon be forced to reclassify their drivers in California as employees or cease operating in the state as part of an escalating legal battle over a new law impacting much of the on-demand economy.
  
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• MIT Researchers Design Experimental Peptide That Targets and Destroys COVID-19

  25-06-2020 02:29 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Computational modeling yields a protein fragment that could bind to coronavirus spike proteins and destroy them. The research described in this article has been published...
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• Planetary Spectrum Generator: See a Kaleidoscope of Simulated Sunsets on Other Worlds

  25-06-2020 01:09 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Have you ever wondered what a sunset on Uranus might look like? As you can see in the animation above, a Uranian sunset is a...
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• Hope Diamond and British Crown Jewel Diamonds May Be From “Super-Deep” in the Earth’s Mantle

  25-06-2020 00:00 via scitechdaily.com
  
  An analysis of the first large diamonds confirmed to come from deep under the Earth’s surface supports initial predictions showing that the Smithsonian’s famous Hope...
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