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• Supergenes – Massive Blocks of Genes – May Help Fill Lingering Gaps in Darwin’s Theories of Evolution

  09-07-2020 23:01 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Supergenes Play a Larger Role in Evolution Than Previously Thought Massive blocks of genes—inherited together ‘plug and play’ style—may play a larger role in evolutionary...
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• How Astronomers Learned to ‘Listen’ to Gravitational Waves

  09-07-2020 23:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Since confirming the existence of ripples in the fabric of space-time some five years ago, the LIGO/Virgo collaboration has advanced gravitational-wave research by leaps and bounds.
  
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• San Diego Comic-Con goes digital, but heavy hitters from Marvel Studios and Warner Bros. may be absent - The Verge

  09-07-2020 22:25 via news.google.com
  San Diego Comic-Con goes digital, but heavy hitters from Marvel Studios and Warner Bros. may be absent  The VergeComic-Con ‘At Home’ Thursday Schedule Includes ‘Star Trek,’ ‘His Dark Materials,’ ‘The Boys’  VarietyComic-Con@Home's Thursday Schedule Includes The Boys, Marvel & More  CBR - Comic Book ResourcesIGN Exclusively Collaborates With San Diego Comic-Con 2020 - IGN  IGNYESTERDAYS San Diego Comic-Con
  
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• Vanguard 1: Earth’s Oldest Artificial Satellite That's Still in Orbit

  09-07-2020 22:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  America’s second satellite stopped communicating with Earth in 1964, but it will stay in orbit for centuries.
  
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• Big Ten Statement on 2020-21 Fall Season - Big Ten Conference

  09-07-2020 22:01 via news.google.com
  Big Ten Statement on 2020-21 Fall Season  Big Ten ConferenceBREAKING: Big Ten will play Conference games ONLY for football in 2020 | CBS Sports HQ  CBS Sports HQBig Ten moving to conference-only model for all sports this fall  ESPNRabalais: Big Ten was premature, but 'out of the box' approach needed to play this fall  The AdvocateOpinion: Big Ten's conference-only football schedule is understandable, but Big 12 won't follow for now  Oklahoman.com
  
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• TikTok may undergo corporate changes to distance from China amid US scrutiny

  09-07-2020 21:49 via rss.cnn.com
  
  The short-form video app TikTok could soon see a shakeup of its corporate structure as it confronts mounting criticism from politicians in the US over ties to its Chinese parent company.
  
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• Sony invests $250 million in Fortnite maker Epic Games

  09-07-2020 21:49 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Sony is investing $250 million in Fortnite maker Epic Games, giving the Japanese company a minority stake in Epic.
  
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• Supercomputer Finds Existing Osteoporosis Drug With Potential for Treating COVID-19

  09-07-2020 21:44 via scitechdaily.com
  
  A European Union-backed high-performance computing platform has tested the impact of known molecules against the genomic structure of coronavirus and identified an already-registered generic medication’s...
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• WATCH: UFC fighter Mike Perry uses racial slurs, throws punches at Lubbock, Texas, restaurant - KCBD

  09-07-2020 21:24 via news.google.com
  WATCH: UFC fighter Mike Perry uses racial slurs, throws punches at Lubbock, Texas, restaurant  KCBDUFC's Mike Perry seen on video punching man, dropping multiple racial slurs at restaurant  Yahoo SportsVideo shows UFC welterweight Mike Perry hitting man, using racial slurs in Texas bar  ESPNUFC star Mike Perry strikes man, uses racial slurs in Texas bar incident  Fox NewsShannon Sharpe: I don't see Dana White taking action against Mike Perry using racial s
  
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• MLB releases 2021 schedule: What to know about 162-game slate, including April 1 Opening Day - CBS Sports

  09-07-2020 20:58 via news.google.com
  MLB releases 2021 schedule: What to know about 162-game slate, including April 1 Opening Day  CBS SportsAll 30 teams open April 1 on 2021 MLB schedule  ESPNWhat is a 100-win club in MLB's shortened season? Wrap your mind around these new projections  Yahoo SportsMLB roundtable: Which team is best built for a 60-game season?  CBS SportsWhat Will Empty Stadiums All Over the Majors Be Like for Players in 2020?  Sports IllustratedView Full Coverage o
  
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• White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany's parents received at least $1 million in relief funds - Salon

  09-07-2020 20:17 via news.google.com
  
  White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany's parents received at least $1 million in relief funds  SalonWill Trump pardon Roger Stone? Kayleigh McEnany weighs in  Fox NewsTrump Is Successfully Running Out the Clock  The AtlanticFaces of young Chicago gun violence victims shown on White House news briefing screen as press secretary advoc  Chicago TribuneTrump signs exec order on White House Hispanic Prosperity Initiative  Fox NewsView Full Cover
  
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• Sony invests $250 million in Fortnite maker Epic Games - VentureBeat

  09-07-2020 20:00 via news.google.com
  Sony invests $250 million in Fortnite maker Epic Games  VentureBeatSony buys $250 million stake in Fortnite creator Epic Games  The VergeSony Acquires Minority Stake in Epic for $250 Million  IGNEpic Games Receives Strategic Investment from Sony Corporation  Business WireSony just bought a stake in Fortnite's Epic Games, here's what it could mean  GamesRadar+View Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover Attached to Atlas V Rocket at Cape Canaveral - SciTechDaily

  09-07-2020 20:00 via news.google.com
  NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover Attached to Atlas V Rocket at Cape Canaveral  SciTechDailyWill We Recognize Life on Mars When We See It?  WIREDNASA's Perseverance Rover Attached to Atlas V Rocket  NASACuriosity Mars Rover's Summer Road Trip – “We're Uncovering an Ancient World”  SciTechDailyNASA’s Perseverance rover is locked and loaded  BGRView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• NASA’s Perseverance Mars Rover Attached to Atlas V Rocket at Cape Canaveral

  09-07-2020 20:00 via scitechdaily.com
  
  NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover has been attached to the top of the rocket that will send it toward the Red Planet this summer. Encased in...
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• A 'regime shift' is happening in the Arctic Ocean, scientists say - Phys.org

  09-07-2020 20:00 via news.google.com
  A 'regime shift' is happening in the Arctic Ocean, scientists say  Phys.orgChanges in phytoplankton concentration now drive increased Arctic Ocean primary production  Science Magazine'Regime shift' happening in the Arctic Ocean | Stanford News  Stanford University NewsClimate change tweaks Arctic marine ecosystems  Science MagazineView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon found dead after being reported missing - ABC News

  09-07-2020 19:52 via news.google.com
  Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon found dead after being reported missing  ABC NewsSeoul's mayor found dead, after seven-hour search  CNNMissing Seoul mayor's body found after massive search  Fox NewsSeoul Mayor Park Won-soon Is Found Dead  The New York TimesMayor of South Korea's capital found dead amid impropriety allegation  ReutersView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Satellites Track Massive “Godzilla” Saharan Dust Plume

  09-07-2020 19:45 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Every summer, the wind carries large amounts of desert dust particles from the hot and dry Sahara Desert in northern Africa across the Atlantic Ocean....
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• SpaceX targeting this weekend for 10th Starlink launch - WKMG News 6 & ClickOrlando

  09-07-2020 19:37 via news.google.com
  SpaceX targeting this weekend for 10th Starlink launch  WKMG News 6 & ClickOrlandoSpaceX Falcon 9 landing leg accidentally dropped during retraction attempt  TeslaratiElon, Masa and Boris in low-Earth orbit  The EconomistSpaceX plans to launch 10th Starlink mission this weekend  WFTV OrlandoSpaceX reschedules satellite launch for Saturday  The Daily BreezeView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Expedition 63 Artemis Student Challenge Virtual Event - July 20, 2020 - NASA Video

  09-07-2020 19:22 via news.google.com
  
  Expedition 63 Artemis Student Challenge Virtual Event - July 20, 2020  NASA VideoNASA remembers STS-135 mission: Plans to send the first woman to Moon in 2024  TechGenyzNASA is updating its guidelines on how to prevent contamination of the Solar System  The VergeNASA Increases Investment in US Small Businesses for Artemis Lunar Technology  SciTechDailyNASA chief still hopeful to get more money for moon landing effort  Spaceflight NowView Full Cov
  
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• Google selects Mississippi site for 1st US operations center

  09-07-2020 19:20 via abcnews.go.com
  Google’s first U.S. operations center is coming to northwest Mississippi
  
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• Georgia tries to avoid calamity, fix election problems - Atlanta Journal Constitution

  09-07-2020 18:47 via news.google.com
  Georgia tries to avoid calamity, fix election problems  Atlanta Journal ConstitutionSingapore election held against backdrop of pandemic and recession  BBC NewsSingaporeans Head to Polls Amid Coronavirus Outbreak  Bloomberg PoliticsSingaporeans vote in snap election under coronavirus cloud  Al Jazeera EnglishSingapore Election Sees Record Number of Women Vying for Votes  BloombergView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Extremely Fast Electronic Changes Observed in Real Time in a Special Material Class

  09-07-2020 18:12 via scitechdaily.com
  
  In physics, they are currently the subject of intensive research; in electronics, they could enable completely new functions. So-called topological materials are characterized by special...
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• Why Light Pollution is a Crucial Test of Humanity's Problem-Solving Skills

  09-07-2020 17:45 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A new way to think about light pollution in Europe and the U.S. should help policy makers take its measure. But if they can't solve it, what hope for more complex problems like global heating?
  
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• Environmentalists Celebrate COVID-19 Lockdowns As ‘Biggest Conservation Action’

  09-07-2020 17:05 via technocracy.news
  
  While COVID-19 is treated as an accidental blessing to the environment, it should be underscored that the UN’s Agenda 21/2030 Agenda has always called for economic activity to be scaled back to around the 1850 level and here we are in 2020 doing just that. This is not accidental. ⁃ TN EditorSpring is a bloody season on American roads. Yearling black bears blunder over the asphalt in search of their own territories. In the West, herds of deer, elk, and pronghorn scamper across hi
  
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• Discovery of Giant 15′ Extinct Dolphin Shows Surprising Parallel Evolution With Whales

  09-07-2020 17:00 via scitechdaily.com
  
  A report in the journal Current Biology on July 9 offers a detailed description of the first nearly complete skeleton of an extinct large dolphin, discovered in...
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• Major Gene Editing Breakthrough Surpasses CRISPR

  09-07-2020 16:51 via technocracy.news
  
  Editing mitochondria inside every human cell has been the holy grail and last frontier of gene editing. This has been accomplished and opens up a new field for geneticists. Transhumans will find this discovery particularly exciting. ⁃ TN EditorBiologist David Liu was in the middle of his morning commute to the Broad Institute two summers ago when he opened the email. We just discovered a new toxin made by bacteria, explained the note from a researcher Liu had never spoken to, and it &ldquo
  
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• World Economic Forum: The Institution Behind ‘The Great Reset’

  09-07-2020 16:30 via technocracy.news
  
  Sustainable Development, aka Technocracy, is racing to the finish line as the world is forced into a ‘Great Reset’ by the global elite. This is the culmination of the Trilateral Commission’s original New International Economic Order from 1974. COVID-19 is the main driver now. ⁃ TN EditorIn a recent article I briefly examined a number of advances that global planners made prior to the World Economic Forum’s announcement in June of a new initiative dubbed ‘
  
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• Tyson Turns to Robot Butchers, Spurred by Coronavirus Outbreaks - The Wall Street Journal

  09-07-2020 16:08 via news.google.com
  
  Tyson Turns to Robot Butchers, Spurred by Coronavirus Outbreaks  The Wall Street JournalWorker advocates file complaint accusing Tyson, JBS meat plants of racial discrimination  WUSA9.comTyson, JBS plants targets of coronavirus lawsuits alleging racial discrimination  Fox BusinessMeat-packers coalition names JBS, Tyson in civil rights complaint over COVID-19 working conditions  Green Bay Press GazetteWorkers' groups accuse Tyson, JBS of racial discriminati
  
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• TikTok is a national security threat, US politicians say. Here's what experts think

  09-07-2020 13:29 via rss.cnn.com
  
  The short-form video app TikTok has quickly become a key part of popular culture in the US, serving as a platform for viral memes as well as political satire and activism. Facebook, the dominant force in social media, has tried to copy the app, but so far that has not slowed down its rapid rise.
  
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• TikTok is a national security threat, politicians say. Here's what experts think

  09-07-2020 12:47 via rss.cnn.com
  
  The short-form video app TikTok has quickly become a key part of popular culture in the US, serving as a platform for viral memes as well as political satire and activism. Facebook, the dominant force in social media, has tried to copy the app, but so far that has not slowed down its rapid rise.
  
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• Joy Reid to host 'The ReidOut' weeknights on MSNBC

  09-07-2020 12:30 via nbcnews.com
  
  The show will debut on July 20 and will feature one-on-one conversations with politicians and newsmakers and cover the political issues of the day.
  
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• Asian stocks sink after Wall St losses on economy worries - The Associated Press

  09-07-2020 08:00 via news.google.com
  
  Asian stocks sink after Wall St losses on economy worries  The Associated PressView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Facebook civil rights audit: 'Serious setbacks' mar progress

  09-07-2020 05:00 via abcnews.go.com
  
  A two-year audit of Facebook's civil rights record found “serious setbacks” that have marred the social network's progress on matters such as hate speech, misinformation and bias
  
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• Another Month Gone, Another Month Entering the Global Warming Record Books

  09-07-2020 02:45 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  With Siberia burning under unprecedented heat, our planet experienced a virtual tie for warmest June on record.
  
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• Appeals court: Judge was right to revive grizzly protections

  09-07-2020 00:51 via abcnews.go.com
  
  A U.S. appeals court says a federal judge was right to restore protections for about 700 grizzly bears in the Yellowstone region of the Rocky Mountains
  
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• Facebook removes disinformation networks tied to Roger Stone and Jair Bolsonaro

  09-07-2020 00:03 via nbcnews.com
  
  The two operations were entirely distinct, but both used fake accounts to push hyper-partisan, conservative political news stories to domestic audiences.
  
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