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• A New Sun Cycle Promises Relatively Calm Space Weather For The Next Decade - NPR

  15-09-2020 23:13
  A New Sun Cycle Promises Relatively Calm Space Weather For The Next Decade  NPRUpcoming solar cycle could affect earth's technology  WBAL-TV 11 BaltimoreThe sun has started a new solar cycle, experts say  WWSBNASA reveals how Solar Cycle 25 will impact lives and technology on Earth  InverseHow active will the Sun get this cycle? Scientists make their prediction.  SYFY WIREView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Where is the iPhone 12?

  15-09-2020 22:26 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Consumers who tuned in to Apple's signature early September event hoping to hear tantalizing details about the forthcoming iPhone 12 were treated instead to an hour-long infomercial detailing the company's latest Apple Watch models and a refreshed line of mid-range and low-cost iPads.
  
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• Kim Kardashian West will freeze her Instagram to protest Facebook

  15-09-2020 22:26 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Kim Kardashian West, who has one of the biggest Instagram followings in the world, said Tuesday that she would be joining other high-profile users in a protest against Instagram's parent company Facebook and its handlng of misinformation and hate.
  
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• Apple unveils new Watch prioritizing health monitoring

  15-09-2020 22:02 via nbcnews.com
  
  Apple revealed a new Watch that can measure health metrics, including blood oxygen levels and sleep. The company also announced a fitness service, aimed at home workouts. NBC News’ Jo Ling Kent reports on the updates and when we will be seeing a new iPhone.
  
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• Apple debuts discount watch, but no new iPhones ... yet

  15-09-2020 21:58 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Apple is introducing a cheaper version of its smartwatch, its latest attempt to broaden the appeal of its trend-setting products while more consumers are forced to scrimp during ongoing fallout from the pandemic
  
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• Kim Kardashian West joins Hollywood stars protesting Facebook

  15-09-2020 21:51 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Kim Kardashian West, who has one of the biggest Instagram followings in the world, said Tuesday that she would be joining other high-profile users in a protest against Instagram's parent company Facebook and its handlng of misinformation and hate.
  
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• Everything you need to know about the iOS 14 update

  15-09-2020 21:51 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Apple just unveiled new versions of the Apple Watch and iPad, but a new iPhone isn't expected until next month.
  
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• Kim Kardashian West, other celebrities to freeze Facebook and Instagram accounts in protest

  15-09-2020 21:34 via nbcnews.com
  
  Their actions come at the behest of the Stop Hate for Profit campaign, a coalition of civil rights groups that led an advertising boycott against Facebook.
  
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• Apple unveils new Watch, iPad models with health, education in mind

  15-09-2020 21:20 via nbcnews.com
  
  Apple unveiled new additions to its Apple Watch and iPad product lines in a virtual event. Apple Watch will feature new tools to monitor your health, while its iPads have advanced technology focused on education, whether it’s in the classroom or at home.
  
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• MIT BodyCompass: Monitoring Sleep Positions for a Healthy Rest

  15-09-2020 21:06 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Wireless device captures sleep data without using cameras or body sensors; could aid patients with Parkinson’s disease, epilepsy, or bedsores. MIT researchers have developed a...
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• The Search for Life on Venus Could Start With Rocket Lab - The New York Times

  15-09-2020 20:38
  
  The Search for Life on Venus Could Start With Rocket Lab  The New York TimesVenus phosphine find: Unexplained gas hints at potential for alien life  CNETNow That Venus Is a Candidate for Alien Life, What's Next?  GizmodoSigns of Life on Venus Hint at Biology Pretty Much Anywhere in the Universe  TIMEWhat's next for the big Venus discovery  AxiosView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• The top 10 movies on the Apple TV app

  15-09-2020 20:27 via abcnews.go.com
  The top 10 movies on the Apple TV app for week ending 9/13/20
  
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• Apple to launch fitness service aimed at home exercise

  15-09-2020 19:52 via nbcnews.com
  
  The service, called Fitness+, will be available before the end of the year at $9.99 a month.
  
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• Sticky Webs of DNA Released From Immune Cells May Drive Lung Pathology in Severe COVID-19

  15-09-2020 19:48 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Sticky webs of DNA released from immune cells known as neutrophils may cause much of the tissue damage associated with severe COVID-19 infections, according to...
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• India pushes tonnes of supplies to disputed China border ahead of winter - Reuters

  15-09-2020 19:39
  India pushes tonnes of supplies to disputed China border ahead of winter  ReutersIndia rushes supplies and ammunition to contested border as China war tensions soar  Daily ExpressIndian, China troops exchanged gunshots twice last week as tensions rose  Reuters IndiaIndia and China are taking new risks along their border. It will be hard to restore peace.  The Washington PostParliament Monsoon Session Live Updates: No Force Can Stop Indian Troops From Patro
  
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• ESA’s Ambitious Hera Planetary Defense Mission Awards $153 Million Contract

  15-09-2020 19:09 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Today ESA awarded a €129.4 million (US $153.4 million) contract covering the detailed design, manufacturing, and testing of Hera, the Agency’s first mission for planetary...
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• Gene-Edited Livestock “Surrogate Sires” Successfully Created by Scientists to Transform Animal Breeding

  15-09-2020 18:04 via scitechdaily.com
  
  For the first time, scientists have created pigs, goats and cattle that can serve as viable “surrogate sires,” male animals that produce sperm carrying only...
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• Once near death, rescued sea turtles sent back to the ocean

  15-09-2020 17:55 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Three sea turtles that were near death when they were plucked from the surf at the Jersey shore with illnesses or injuries are back in the ocean
  
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• Energy Harvesting Goes Organic: Self-Assembled Peptides for Electricity Generation

  15-09-2020 17:00 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Self-assembled peptides, when aligned, show great promise for electricity generation. Nanogenerators capable of converting mechanical energy into electricity are typically made from metal oxides and...
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• Klarna lets users buy now and pay later. It's now worth over $10 billion

  15-09-2020 16:57 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Klarna, the "buy now, pay later" payment service loved by Europeans, has been valued at $10.65 billion in an investment round led by US private equity firm Silver Lake.
  
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• World isn't meeting biodiversity goals, UN report finds

  15-09-2020 16:57 via abcnews.go.com
  
  A new U.N. biodiversity report card highlights the decline over the past 10 years in fragile ecosystems such as coral reefs and tropical forests
  
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• Federal Judge Rules PA Governor’s COVID-19 Restrictions Unconstitutional

  15-09-2020 16:41 via technocracy.news
  
  Exposed in his own tyranny, Pennsylvania Gov. Wolf whines like a pre-adolescent brat, “but all the other governors are doing it”. The fact is, “all the other governors” should immediately rescind all of their unconstitutional mandates and restore our civil liberties. ⁃ TN EditorGov. Tom Wolf’s pandemic restrictions that required people to stay at home, placed size limits on gatherings and ordered “non-life-sustaining” businesses to shut down are un
  
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• New Study Admits That COVID-19 Can Infect Brain Cells

  15-09-2020 16:18 via technocracy.news
  
  Dr. Russell Blaylock, MD wrote in May that “By wearing a mask, the exhaled viruses will not be able to escape and will concentrate in the nasal passages, enter the olfactory nerves and travel into the brain.” That’s why I will never wear a mask! ⁃ TN EditorThe coronavirus that causes COVID-19 can sometimes hijack brain cells, using the cells’ internal machinery to copy itself, according to a new study.
  The research, posted Sept. 8 to the preprint database bioRx
  
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• Frankenbeasts: Scientists Create GMO Animals To Boost Food Production

  15-09-2020 15:56 via technocracy.news
  
  The same Technocrat crowd that is trying to destroy the red meat industry, is now creating GMO animals to produce more meat. More appropriately their creations could be called Frankenbeasts because nobody can predict the ultimate outcomes. ⁃ TN EditorScientists have created gene-edited pigs, goats and cattle to produce sperm with traits such as disease resistance and higher meat quality in what they say is a step towards genetically enhancing livestock to improve food production.
  The anima
  
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• Colliding Neutron Stars Generate Just Small Amounts of Gold, Creating an Astronomical Mystery

  15-09-2020 15:31 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Colliding neutron stars were touted as the main source of some of the heaviest elements in the Periodic Table. Now, not so much … Neutron...
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• A Warped Disc “Torn Apart by Stars” Discovered in a Triple Tatooine-Like System

  15-09-2020 15:13 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Pioneering new research has revealed the first direct evidence that groups of stars can tear apart their planet-forming disc, leaving it warped and with tilted...
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• New Space Satellite Pinpoints Methane Leaks and Industrial Emissions

  15-09-2020 14:18 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Methane may not be as abundant in the atmosphere as carbon dioxide, but with a global warming potential many times greater than carbon dioxide, monitoring...
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• Startlingly New Images of SARS-CoV-2 Infected Cells – Ready to Spread COVID-19 Virus

  15-09-2020 13:13 via scitechdaily.com
  
  The University of North Carolina School of Medicine lab of Camille Ehre, PhD, generated high-powered microscopic images showing startlingly high SARS-CoV-2 viral loads on human...
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• European Union's top court supports net neutrality rules

  15-09-2020 13:07 via abcnews.go.com
  The European Union’s highest court has given its support to the bloc’s rules that stop internet providers from charging customers for preferential access to their networks
  
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• How Fast Is the Universe Expanding? Measuring Cosmic Expansion With Radio Astronomy and Gravitational Waves

  15-09-2020 12:15 via scitechdaily.com
  
  How fast is the universe expanding? We don’t know for sure. Astronomers study cosmic expansion by measuring the Hubble constant. They have measured this constant...
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• Scientists Have Long Believed That Ocean Viruses Always Quickly Kill Algae – They Were Wrong

  15-09-2020 11:00 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Ocean algae get ‘coup de grace’ from viruses. Viruses don’t immediately kill algae but live in harmony with them. Scientists have long believed that ocean...
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• Facebook unveils climate initiative but won't change policy on misinformation

  15-09-2020 07:04 via nbcnews.com
  
  Facebook also announced that its own global operations will achieve net zero carbon emissions and will be 100 percent supported by renewable energy this year.
  
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• New Phase of Nanoconfined Water Discovered – Important Fundamental Breakthrough With Practical Applications

  15-09-2020 06:57 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Researchers at MIPT Laboratory of Terahertz Spectroscopy together with their Russian and international colleagues discovered a new phase of nanoconfined water; separate water molecules that...
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• “COVID-19 Is Here to Stay” – Scientists Predict That SARS-CoV-2 Will Become a Seasonal Virus

  15-09-2020 06:15 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Thanks to the sniffling noses, coughs, and colds that accompany the colder months of the year, we are all too familiar with the seasonal patterns...
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• Trump administration provides first details on how a TikTok ban would work

  15-09-2020 03:22 via rss.cnn.com
  
  President Donald Trump's looming ban on business dealings with TikTok will not restrict the social media app's employees from receiving wages or benefits, and will not make it a crime for those employees to perform their day jobs, the US government said in a court filing Monday.
  
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• Facebook buys an unused headquarters even as more employees work remotely

  15-09-2020 02:24 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Facebook is buying a previously unused corporate headquarters from outdoor retailer REI, despite the social media company's plans to shift more of its employees to working from home.
  
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• 'Oracle just completely saved the day': TikTok users react to looming deal

  15-09-2020 01:52 via rss.cnn.com
  
  As news spread that Oracle had reached an agreement to become TikTok's partner in the United States, in a deal that could keep the app alive in the country, some TikTokers started posting celebratory videos calling the enterprise software giant the platform's "savior."
  
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• Extra-Terrestrial “Aerial” Life on Venus? Possible Marker of Life Spotted in Venusian Atmosphere [Video]

  15-09-2020 01:50 via scitechdaily.com
  
  An international team of astronomers today announced the discovery of a rare molecule — phosphine — in the clouds of Venus. This detection could point...
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• Extracting Ancient DNA of Long-Extinct Plants and Animals From Soil

  15-09-2020 00:39 via scitechdaily.com
  
  A much richer picture of the past revealed with new DNA recovery technique. Researchers at McMaster University have developed a new technique to tease ancient...
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• Easing fires not as simple as climate change vs. forest work

  15-09-2020 00:06 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Deadly West Coast wildfires are dividing President Donald Trump and the states’ Democratic leaders over how to prevent blazes from becoming more frequent and destructive
  
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