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• Don’t Miss the Next Full Moon – The Snow, Storm, and Hunger Moon

  26-02-2021 22:58 via scitechdaily.com
  
  The Next Full Moon is the Snow, Storm, and Hunger Moon; the Moon of the Purim Holiday; the Chinese Lantern Festival; Magha Purnima and the...
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• Holy Moly, Clouds With Holes in Them?

  26-02-2021 22:40 via feedproxy.google.com
  They're called "fallstreak holes," and they occur when parts of a cloud suddenly fall away toward the surface.
  
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• McDonald's and other chains are giving their drive-thrus the Jetsons treatment

  26-02-2021 21:42 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Drive-thrus are a lead generator of fast-food sales during the pandemic, and many chains, like McDonald's are trying to speed up the process by deploying new tech, including artificial intelligence for ordering.
  
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• New Halo Infinite Gameplay Screenshots Show A Lot Of Promise - Screen Rant

  26-02-2021 21:38 via news.google.com
  New Halo Infinite Gameplay Screenshots Show A Lot Of Promise  Screen RantXbox exclusives for 2021: a complete guide  TrueAchievements343 Industries explains how Halo Infinite is a 'spiritual reboot' that will evoke the legacy of the original  PC GamerHalo Infinite devs show the game is ‘coming together’ with new screenshots  TechradarHalo Infinite described as a soft reboot of the series  RealSport101View Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• First Global-Scale Assessment Finds Nature Sanitizes 41.7 Million Tons of Human Waste a Year

  26-02-2021 21:37 via scitechdaily.com
  
  The first global-scale assessment of the role ecosystems play in providing sanitation finds that nature provides at least 18% of sanitation services in 48 cities...
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• DNA Origami Used to Monitor CRISPR Gene Targeting

  26-02-2021 20:27 via scitechdaily.com
  
  CRISPR gene editing has transformed research, but it is not perfect, and can sometimes target unintended genes. To watch CRISPR enzymes respond to different genes,...
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• Vitamin B6 May Calm COVID-19’s Cytokine Storms and Unclog Blood Clots Linked to Lethality

  26-02-2021 19:16 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Vitamin B6 may help calm cytokine storms and unclog blood clots linked to COVID-19’s lethality. But research on it is lacking. A Hiroshima University professor...
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• February’s Full Moon is this weekend; three planets visible at sunrise - WGN TV Chicago

  26-02-2021 19:00 via news.google.com
  February’s Full Moon is this weekend; three planets visible at sunrise  WGN TV ChicagoFebruary’s Snow Moon, the Last Full Moon of Winter, Lights Up the Sky This Weekend  Prevention.comFull Snow Moon is this weekend, and you can see 3 planets at sunrise  WAVY.comThe Full “Snow Moon” Occurs This Weekend  WeatherNationThe best time to see the Snow Moon in Colorado in 2021  The KnowView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Smart OLED Tattoos: Engineers Create Light-Emitting Tattoo

  26-02-2021 18:15 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Scientists at UCL and the IIT -Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (Italian Institute of Technology) have created a temporary tattoo with light-emitting technology used in TV...
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• UN: Carbon-cutting pledges by countries nowhere near enough

  26-02-2021 17:53
  A new United Nations report finds that countries are not promising to do enough carbon-cutting to keep global warming from hitting dangerous levels
  
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• ESA's Trace Gas Orbiter Spots Perseverance Rover in Jezero Crater | Space Exploration - Sci-News.com

  26-02-2021 17:49 via news.google.com
  
  ESA's Trace Gas Orbiter Spots Perseverance Rover in Jezero Crater | Space Exploration  Sci-News.comNASA's Perseverance rover sends back first HD Mars panorama  Fox NewsThink a Mars mission is difficult? Try landing a rock in your backyard  DroneDJThe Highland's Martian Connection  Highlands CurrentWhat geologists see when they look at Perseverance's landing site  Phys.OrgView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• NASA Investigates an “Old Faithful” Active Galaxy That Erupts Every 114 Days

  26-02-2021 17:39 via scitechdaily.com
  
  During a typical year, over a million people visit Yellowstone National Park, where the Old Faithful geyser regularly blasts a jet of boiling water high in...
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• The meteoric rise of Clubhouse — and why Big Tech is taking notice

  26-02-2021 17:29 via nbcnews.com
  
  Clubhouse is having a moment. Twitter and Facebook want in.
  
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• 2021 Golden Globes highlight popular TV shows during lockdown

  26-02-2021 17:21 via nbcnews.com
  NBC News’ Joe Fryer reviews some of the most popular television series that got us through the last twelve months of lockdown.
  
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• Netflix will spend $100 million to improve diversity on film following equity study

  26-02-2021 17:09 via nbcnews.com
  
  Netflix released a first-of-its-kind diversity study Friday to analyze the makeup of Netflix’s on-screen talent.
  
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• Demographic Winter: Falling Sperm Counts ‘Threaten Human Survival’

  26-02-2021 16:06 via technocracy.news
  
  Half the world already has fertility rates below the population replacement level of 2.1, indicating a sharp reduction in global population by the end of this century. Meanwhile environmental extremists are crowing about overpopulation and demanding policies to further reduce population. ⁃ TN EditorFalling sperm counts and changes to sexual development are “threatening human survival” and leading to a fertility crisis, a leading epidemiologist has warned.
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• European Space Agency Plans Mission to Explore Caves on the Moon

  26-02-2021 15:51 via scitechdaily.com
  
  In a first step towards uncovering the Moon’s subterranean secrets, in 2019 ESA asked for your ideas to detect, map, and explore lunar caves. Five...
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• ‘Woven City’: Toyota Joins Utopia Club With Startup Smart City

  26-02-2021 15:41 via technocracy.news
  
  Global corporations with Technocrat leadership are drawn to create autonomous smart cities from scratch that will be run by AI. They will be based on Sustainable Development, aka Technocracy, and will provide a model guide for future smart cities. Toyota is the latest entry. ⁃ TN EditorToyota has started building a “smart city” which will include self-driving cars, robotics and AI homes.
  Construction began this week at the base of Japan’s Mount Fuji, and has bee
  
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• Facebook signs pay deals with 3 Australian news publishers

  26-02-2021 15:27 via nbcnews.com
  
  Facebook announced on Friday preliminary agreements with three Australian publishers, a day after the Parliament passed a law that would make the digital
  
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• Scientists: Vaccination May Be Needed Before Every Holiday

  26-02-2021 15:20 via technocracy.news
  
  Medical tyranny at the hands of Technocrats will advance with an endless stream of human-altering vaccines until the power is ripped out of their unelected, unaccountable hands. There is no such thing as voluntary withdrawal. Power is never voluntarily abandoned. ⁃ TN Editor“The sort of criteria that might be introduced… is that when one travels internationally for a short trip, going on vacation for example, that one is vaccinated each time on that occasion for that particula
  
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• New Type of Amputation Surgery May Enable Better Control of Prosthetic Limbs

  26-02-2021 15:15 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Reconnecting muscle pairs during amputation gives patients more sensory feedback from the limb. MIT researchers have invented a new type of amputation surgery that can...
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• FCC approves $50 monthly internet subsidies for low-income households during pandemic

  26-02-2021 14:51 via rss.cnn.com
  
  The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday approved final rules for a new broadband subsidy program that could help struggling families pay for internet service during the pandemic.
  
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• How Britain could keep its 'crown' in finance and technology after Brexit

  26-02-2021 14:03 via rss.cnn.com
  
  The United Kingdom should introduce special visas and overhaul its stock market rules to allow entrepreneurs to keep control of their companies if it wants to remain competitive in financial technology after Brexit.
  
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• River Colors Across the United States Are Changing

  26-02-2021 14:03 via scitechdaily.com
  
  In the past 35 years, one third of large rivers in the United States have changed their dominant color, often due to sediments or algae....
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• Crystals Discovered in the Stomach of Fossil Bird Complicates the Mystery of Its Diet

  26-02-2021 13:24 via scitechdaily.com
  
  It’s hard to know what prehistoric animals’ lives were like—even answering seemingly simple questions, like what they ate, can be a challenge. Sometimes, paleontologists get...
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• Welcome to McDonald's. A machine will take your order now

  26-02-2021 13:17 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Drive-thrus are a lead generator of fast-food sales during the pandemic, and many chains, like McDonald's are trying to speed up the process by deploying new tech, including artificial intelligence for ordering.
  
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• Moiré Patterns Facilitate Discovery of Unexpected New Insulating Phases

  26-02-2021 12:47 via scitechdaily.com
  
  UC Riverside-led study observed unexpected insulating phases by placing electrons on stacked monolayers of 2D semiconductors. Materials that have excess electrons are typically conductors. However,...
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• A Nighttime Glow Over Mount Etna – Highly Active Italian Volcano

  26-02-2021 12:07 via scitechdaily.com
  
  An Earth science satellite detected an illuminated plume spreading across Sicily during a night of heightened activity at the Italian volcano. At 1:37 a.m. local...
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• Water near Arizona Air Force base is tainted in latest case

  26-02-2021 11:30
  
  The U.S. Air Force says it will distribute bottled water until at least April to thousands of residents near its base in suburban Phoenix
  
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• The Secret Life of a Coronavirus

  26-02-2021 11:00 via nytimes.com
  
  An oily, 100-nanometer-wide bubble of genes has killed more than two million people and reshaped the world. Scientists don’t quite know what to make of it.
  
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• European court: governments must prove climate change effort

  26-02-2021 09:30
  
  A top European court is forcing 33 governments to prove they are cutting emissions in line with the requirements of the 2015 Paris climate accord
  
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• 5 Picture Books About the Wonders of Science

  26-02-2021 07:41 via nytimes.com
  
  Fossils, flowers, galaxies and a rare “lefty” snail.
  
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• COVID-19 bill must drop minimum wage hike, arbiter decides

  26-02-2021 07:30
  
  The Senate parliamentarian has dealt a potentially lethal blow to Democrats’ drive to hike the minimum wage, deciding that the cherished progressive goal must fall from a massive COVID-19 relief bill the party is trying to speed through Congress
  
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• The Health Toll of Living in Small Apartments

  26-02-2021 06:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Living spaces are shrinking, and we're feeling the squeeze. But research shows we can trick our brains into liking micro-apartments and other small arrangements.
  
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• Parliamentarian: COVID-19 bill must lose minimum wage hike

  26-02-2021 03:58
  
  It will force Democrats to make politically painful choices about what's next.
  
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• Airbnb and DoorDash went public at the same time but see very different paths post-pandemic

  26-02-2021 00:43 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Airbnb and DoorDash went public the same week in early December and were both met with strong demand from investors. But in their first earnings reports as publicly traded companies on Thursday, the two sharing economy businesses signaled very different possible paths forward after the pandemic ends.
  
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• Twitter is considering letting users pay accounts they like

  26-02-2021 00:16 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Twitter is exploring a way to allow users to become paid subscribers to Twitter accounts they really like.
  
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