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• Texans aiming to extend QB Deshaun Watson with deal similar to Wilson, Rodgers - NFL.com

  03-09-2020 23:52
  
  Texans aiming to extend QB Deshaun Watson with deal similar to Wilson, Rodgers  NFL.comNFL insider notebook: Expect a Deshaun Watson extension before kickoff, why mass strike is unlikely and more  CBS SportsBreaking down the Chiefs-Texans opening-night matchup  Arrowhead PrideDeshaun Watson Contract Extension Update  Battle Red BlogMcClain's Mailbag: Answering your Texans-Chiefs questions  Houston ChronicleView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Facebook and Twitter labeled Trump's post about voting twice, but never said doing so was illegal

  03-09-2020 23:46 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Facebook and Twitter applied warning labels Thursday on President Donald Trump's claims that voters should attempt to vote twice to be sure their votes are counted.
  
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• Dual Infections: When Coronavirus And Flu Virus Compete : Shots - Health News - NPR

  03-09-2020 23:21
  Dual Infections: When Coronavirus And Flu Virus Compete : Shots - Health News  NPRGet a flu shot to help avoid 'twindemic' of flu season and COVID-19, experts warn  CBC NewsWhen and where you should get a flu shot, according to doctors  New York Post COVID-19: B.C. preparing 2 million flu shot doses as part of immunization campaign | Vancouver Sun  Vancouver SunQ&A: How flu season and COVID-19 pandemic will mix  KPRC Click2HoustonView Full Co
  
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• US gives first-ever OK for small commercial nuclear reactor

  03-09-2020 23:18 via abcnews.go.com
  The U.S. for the first time has approved a design for a small commercial nuclear reactor
  
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• A Three-Star System Ripped Apart Its Own Protoplanetary Disc - Futurism

  03-09-2020 23:03
  A Three-Star System Ripped Apart Its Own Protoplanetary Disc  FuturismScientists spot a triple-star system shredding its planet-forming disk in a cosmic first  Space.comRarest planet in the universe may be lurking in Orion's nose  Live ScienceThis triple-star system has a bizarre, tilted planet-forming disk | Science News  Science NewsAstronomers Find Warped Planet-Forming Disk Around Star Trio  NerdistView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Michigan confirms first 2020 human case of West Nile virus in Wayne County resident - WDIV ClickOnDetroit

  03-09-2020 22:52
  Michigan confirms first 2020 human case of West Nile virus in Wayne County resident  WDIV ClickOnDetroit18 Texas counties report West Nile virus in 2020, including Bexar County, state data shows  KSAT San AntonioWest Nile Mosquitoes Found In Costa Mesa  CBS Los AngelesNewtown Reporting One Of Three Regional West Nile Cases  The Newtown BeeWayne County resident diagnosed with first human case of West Nile this year  The Detroit NewsView Full Cover
  
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• Vega Rocket Flight VV16 Lifts Off and Deploys 53 Satellites [Video]

  03-09-2020 22:47 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Vega Return to Flight Proves New Rideshare Service The first flight of Vega’s rideshare service using the Small Spacecraft Mission Service (SSMS) dispenser for light...
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• Apple will delay enforcing ad privacy controls that hit Facebook and developers

  03-09-2020 21:59 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Apple will delay the implementation of new privacy controls that curb advertisers' ability to track its device users across the internet.
  
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• NASA Tracks California’s Wildfires From Space and in the Air

  03-09-2020 21:26 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Earth-observing instruments on satellites and aircraft are mapping the current fires, providing data products to agencies on the ground that are responding to the emergency....
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• Study: Electronics could stop 40% of big truck rear crashes

  03-09-2020 21:20 via abcnews.go.com
  A new study says that safety features such as automatic emergency braking and forward collision warnings could prevent more than 40% of crashes in which semis rear-end other vehicles
  
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• Watch anchor grill UK official over 'homophobic misogynist' trade appointee | TheHill - The Hill

  03-09-2020 20:28
  Watch anchor grill UK official over 'homophobic misogynist' trade appointee | TheHill  The HillTony Abbott: Ex-Australian PM to be appointed UK trade adviser  BBC NewsBoris defends Tony Abbott against 'homophobic misogynist' attacks  The SunBrits, take it from an Aussie: If Tony Abbott is your solution, you've got big problems  The GuardianTony Abbott is scapegoat for the government. Hancock just proved it  The IndependentView Full Coverage on Go
  
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• Planet-Forming Disc Ripped Apart by Its Three Central Stars – Leaving It Warped and With Tilted Rings

  03-09-2020 20:00 via scitechdaily.com
  
  A team of astronomers have identified the first direct evidence that groups of stars can tear apart their planet-forming disc, leaving it warped and with...
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• 'Super Mario 3D World' and a ton of other classic Mario games are coming to the Nintendo Switch

  03-09-2020 19:21 via rss.cnn.com
  
  It's-a Mario's 35th birthday, and Nintendo is celebrating its classic little Italian plumber with several new Switch titles including some remastered beloved classics.
  
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• Hurricane Nana Caught Making Landfall Under Cover of Night by NASA-NOAA Satellite

  03-09-2020 19:19 via scitechdaily.com
  
  NASA-NOAA’s Suomi NPP satellite provided a nighttime look at Hurricane Nana just after it began making landfall in Belize. At 11 p.m. EDT on September...
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• How Chemicals Like PFAS Can Increase Your Risk of Severe COVID-19

  03-09-2020 19:10 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The same chronic illnesses associated with exposure to endocrine-disrupting compounds also increase risk of developing severe COVID-19.
  
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• Miami high schooler charged with cyberattacks that stopped online learning

  03-09-2020 18:53 via nbcnews.com
  
  Police have arrested a Florida high schooler for alleged cyberattacks that rendered the school district’s remote learning platform almost impossible to use.
  
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• Clear Picture of Wind Shear Battering Omar From NASA’s Terra Satellite

  03-09-2020 18:49 via scitechdaily.com
  
  NASA’s Terra satellite provided a visible image that showed Tropical Storm Omar had weakened to a depression as it continued to be battered by strong...
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• NASA Conducts Massive SLS Rocket Booster Test for Artemis Mission to the Moon

  03-09-2020 18:37 via scitechdaily.com
  
  As NASA begins assembling the boosters for the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket that will power the first Artemis mission to the Moon, teams in...
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• Experts identify obesity as major factor in COVID complications | COVID19 - Special - DW News

  03-09-2020 18:30
  Experts identify obesity as major factor in COVID complications | COVID19 - Special  DW NewsMaine CDC reports 50 more cases of COVID-19 as total cases top 4,600  WMTW PortlandNew COVID 19 data from CDC leads to new conspiracy theory  ABC 7 AmarilloNo, South Carolina’s COVID death totals aren’t inflated. DHEC clarifies CDC data  The StateCoronavirus can be listed on a death certificate alongside other medical conditions  WCNCView Full
  
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• What would QAnon debates look like in Congress? California offers a clue

  03-09-2020 18:21 via nbcnews.com
  
  QAnon support has begun to show up in state politics, including a recent argument over a California bill that would change who is considered a sex offender.
  
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• WHO Admits: No Direct Evidence Masks Prevent Viral Infection

  03-09-2020 18:07 via technocracy.news
  
  The pseudo-science promoting lockdowns, face masks, social distancing and business closures is being exposed as it falls apart. The world has been “had” by megalomaniacal Technocrats who have treated their science as some sort of god that is omniscient, infallible and immutable. ⁃ TN EditorAccording to the director general of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, life will not be returning to your old normal anytime soon. What’s more, things will only
  
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• Researchers Identify Possible New Entry Points for SARS-CoV-2 / COVID-19 Into the Human Body

  03-09-2020 17:33 via scitechdaily.com
  
  “Hotspots” of Coronavirus Infections in Human Bodies An infection with the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 can affect multiple organs. With this in mind, researchers of the German...
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• Loners no more: Male elephants stick together, study finds

  03-09-2020 17:01 via abcnews.go.com
  A new study shows that teenage male elephants aren’t as anti-social as once thought
  
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• Genetic Analysis of Bones From a Bronze Age Battle Reveal Lactose Tolerance Quickly Spread Throughout Europe

  03-09-2020 17:00 via scitechdaily.com
  
  A new study published in Current Biology reveals that the ability for humans to digest milk (lactase persistence) spread through Central Europe quickly in evolutionary terms. The...
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• Fauci Booted, Replaced By Medical Realist Dr. Scott Atlas

  03-09-2020 16:44 via technocracy.news
  
  Technocrats Anthony Fauci and Deborah Birx are likely hopping mad because they have lost control over the pandemic narrative in America. Fauci’s replacement, Dr. Scott Atlas, promotes a very different approach to healing America, including herd immunity. ⁃ TN EditorDr. Scott W. Atlas has argued that the science of mask wearing is uncertain, that children cannot pass on the coronavirus and that the role of the government is not to stamp out the virus but to protect its most
  
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• Burn Scars from Elkhorn Fire in California Revealed in Devastating NOAA-NASA Satellite Images

  03-09-2020 16:34 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Imagery from the VIIRS instrument aboard NASA/NOAA’s Suomi NPP satellite highlights the burn scars from the Elkhorn Fire in northern California on September 1, 2020....
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• Pregnant Aussie Mother Arrested For ‘Inciting’ COVID Lockdown Protest

  03-09-2020 16:20 via technocracy.news
  
  Australia has gone full-on police state as it manhandles women by body-slamming and slapping them into handcuffs if they dare to protest lockdowns, mask wearing or social distancing. Once a destination of choice for freedom and liberty, Australia is turning into a dystopian nightmare.
  These are not terrorists who are being arrested. Neither are they violent of criminal. They are rather ordinary citizens who see through the political agenda and choose to not wear a mask. Technocrat social enginee
  
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• Individual Biocontainment Unit – Because Plexiglass Alone Doesn’t Protect Against Aerosolized SARS-CoV-2

  03-09-2020 16:00 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Especially in settings where personal protective equipment, or PPE, is in short supply, intubation — inserting a breathing tube down a patient’s throat — poses...
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• Apple's new iPhone ad puts privacy front and center again

  03-09-2020 15:32 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Apple has been touting its commitment to privacy for years, and its latest iPhone ad focuses on driving that point home.
  
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• Natural Pest Control: Biological Control of Insect Pests Is Saving Farmers Billions of Dollars

  03-09-2020 15:27 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Biological control of insect pests – where ‘natural enemies’ keep pests at bay – is saving farmers in Asia and the Pacific billions of dollars,...
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• September 2020 Skywatching Tips From NASA – Mars, Venus and a Star With a Planet…That Wasn’t

  03-09-2020 15:06 via scitechdaily.com
  
  What’s Up for September? The Moon with Mars and Venus, and a star with a planet…that wasn’t. On September 6th, you’ll find the Moon extremely...
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• Public Health Warning: High Levels of Toxic Chemicals Found in Dust Inside College Classrooms

  03-09-2020 14:00 via scitechdaily.com
  
  School spaces with newer furniture show significantly lower levels of hazardous exposures. There are good reasons to be worried about indoor air quality right now,...
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• Google Maps quietly rolled out one of its most-requested features

  03-09-2020 13:59 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Google Maps has added a new feature to its app: traffic lights at intersections in a number of US cities.
  
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• Facebook will limit some advertising in the week before the US election -- but it will let politicians run ads with lies

  03-09-2020 13:59 via rss.cnn.com
  
  In an attempt to combat efforts to undermine the US presidential election in November, Facebook on Thursday took several steps it says will address concerns about election interference on its platform.
  
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• A Molecular Approach to Quantum Computing Leads to Fewer Errors

  03-09-2020 13:49 via scitechdaily.com
  
  New research demonstrates how the use of molecules in quantum computing leads to fewer errors. The technology behind the quantum computers of the future is...
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• Facebook bans new political ads in week before election as Zuckerberg warns of unrest

  03-09-2020 13:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  The measures also aim to prevent campaigns and their supporters from making premature claims of victory, a situation some Democrats have described as a doomsday scenario.
  
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• Researchers Say Tear Gas Should Be Banned – Here’s Why

  03-09-2020 12:53 via scitechdaily.com
  
  The use of tear gas is rightfully banned in warfare and should equally be banned as a riot-control agent in law enforcement contexts. The use...
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• Unexpected Findings: International Team of Researchers Discover Cosmic “Heartbeat”

  03-09-2020 12:10 via scitechdaily.com
  
  The unexpected findings were a result of data collected for more than a decade at the NSF facility, which is managed by the University of...
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• Twitter investigating apparent hack of account tied to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi

  03-09-2020 08:20 via rss.cnn.com
  
  A Twitter account connected to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi appeared to have been hacked Thursday, prompting an investigation by the social media company.
  
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• Amazingly Strong and Lightweight Spider Silk Made by Photosynthetic Bacteria

  03-09-2020 07:38 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Spiders produce amazingly strong and lightweight threads called draglines that are made from silk proteins. Although they can be used to manufacture a number of...
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• Researchers Predict Mysterious Dark Energy Is Located in Vast Sea of GEODEs Between Galaxies

  03-09-2020 06:27 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Astronomers have known for two decades that the expansion of the universe is accelerating, but the physics of this expansion remains a mystery. Now, a...
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• Facebook India grilled over hate speech, allegations of bias

  03-09-2020 04:30 via abcnews.go.com
  Facebook India executives have been grilled by members of a parliamentary committee on information technology over allegations of political bias and a role in spreading hate speech in India
  
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• Google Maps rolls out traffic lights feature

  03-09-2020 03:11 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Google Maps has added a new feature to its app: traffic lights at intersections in a number of US cities.
  
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• Digital vote suppression efforts are targeting marginalized groups, report warns

  03-09-2020 02:06 via nbcnews.com
  
  With less than 65 days before the election, disinformation experts are on high alert for the efforts of bad actors to manipulate voters through social media.
  
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• Toxic Warning: Chemicals in E-cigarettes Mix Together to Form New, Unexpectedly Toxic Compounds

  03-09-2020 00:00 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Flavorings combine with solvents in e-cigarettes to produce new toxic chemicals that irritate the airways, triggering reactions that can lead to breathing and heart and...
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