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• Evidence of Antarctic Glacier’s Tipping Point Confirmed for First Time – Risk of Rapid and Irreversible Retreat

  05-04-2021 23:51 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Researchers have confirmed for the first time that Pine Island Glacier in West Antarctica could cross tipping points, leading to a rapid and irreversible retreat...
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• Hikers scramble as new fissure opens up at Icelandic volcano

  05-04-2021 23:46 via abcnews.go.com
  
  A new fissure has opened up at an Icelandic volcano that began erupting last month, prompting the evacuation of hundreds of hikers who had come to see the spectacle
  
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• In a Pennsylvania town, a Facebook group fills the local news void

  05-04-2021 23:18 via nbcnews.com
  
  The News Alerts of Beaver County has filled the void left by the decline of the local newspaper. That's worked out, sometimes.
  
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• What Magic Can Teach Us About the Human Mind

  05-04-2021 23:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Why do we fall for magic? The secret lies in clever psychological tricks that exploit gaps in our brains.
  
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• Hawc: Are Photons With Monstrous Energies Coming From the Galaxy’s Largest Accelerator?

  05-04-2021 22:36 via scitechdaily.com
  
  For years, in the vastness of our galaxy, astrophysicists have been tracking down pevatrons – natural accelerators of particles with monstrous energies. Thanks to the...
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• The Rise of the Tetrapods: How Our Early Ancestors Left Water to Walk on Land

  05-04-2021 22:14 via feedproxy.google.com
  The story of how the first vertebrates came to walk on land hundreds of millions of years ago and filled the Earth with its many descendants.
  
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• New Web App Ranks Spillover Risk for Newly Detected Viruses – Current Leader: Coronavirus 229E (Bat Strain)

  05-04-2021 21:10 via scitechdaily.com
  
  SARS-CoV-2 showed the world with devastating clarity the threat undetected viruses can pose to global public health. SpillOver, a new web application developed by scientists at...
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• Redheads May Have Different Pain Thresholds – New Research Reveals Why

  05-04-2021 20:27 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Study in red-haired mice uncovers mechanisms involved and suggests new treatment strategies for pain. New research led by investigators at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) provides...
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• A Clue to How Some Fast-Growing Cancer Tumors Hide in Plain Sight

  05-04-2021 20:12 via scitechdaily.com
  
  New LJI research could guide the development of more effective cancer immunotherapies. The glow of a panther’s eyes in the darkness. The zig-zagging of a...
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• Here's how to tell if your Facebook account was one of the half billion that were breached

  05-04-2021 20:07 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Over the weekend, cybersecurity experts revealed that about half a billion Facebook users' personal information was breached -- a treasure trove of data the includes full names, birthdays, phone numbers and their location.
  
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• U.S. Supreme Court sides with Google in major copyright dispute with Oracle

  05-04-2021 19:29 via nbcnews.com
  
  The U.S. Supreme Court handed Alphabet's Google a major victory on Monday, over the use of Oracle's software code to build the Android operating system.
  
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• Amazon illegally fired two employees, labor board finds

  05-04-2021 19:26 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Amazon illegally fired last year two of its corporate employees who had been vocal critics of the company, the National Labor Relations Board has found.
  
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• Experiments Show Sunlight Destroys COVID Virus 8 Times Faster Than Scientists Thought

  05-04-2021 17:44 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Researchers urge a closer examination of sunlight’s efficacy in inactivating the SARS-CoV-2 virus. A year ago scientists everywhere were scrambling to get their minds around...
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• New Material Breakthrough Could Be the Key to Revolutionary, Transparent Electronics

  05-04-2021 17:00 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Filling a Crucial Gap in the Materials Spectrum A new study, out this week, could pave the way to next-generation, transparent electronics. Such see-through devices...
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• Lightning Strikes Will More Than Double in Arctic As Climate Warms, Driving Increased Wildfires and Warming

  05-04-2021 17:00 via scitechdaily.com
  
  University of California, Irvine-led team reports that an increase in lightning will drive both wildfires and warming above Arctic Circle. In 2019, the National Weather...
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• Climate Change: Western Water Resources Threatened by Increased Winter Snowmelt

  05-04-2021 17:00 via scitechdaily.com
  
  More snow is melting during winter across the West, a concerning trend that could impact everything from ski conditions to fire danger and agriculture, according...
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• Sweden Dumps Bill Gates Plot To Dim The Sun With Chalk Dust

  05-04-2021 16:53 via technocracy.news
  
  Sweden a huge supporter of the UN’s Sustainable Development program, and one of the most progressive nations on earth, and yet even they see the lunacy of Bill Gates offer to fill the stratosphere with chalk dust. Good on them. ⁃ TN EditorAn effort to dim the sun to stop global warming has been scrapped by the Swedish Space Agency, who announced that the program, funded by Bill Gates, has ‘divided the scientific community’ and will therefore not be carried out.
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• Was my Facebook data leaked? Here's how to tell

  05-04-2021 16:52 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Over the weekend, cybersecurity experts revealed that about half a billion Facebook users' personal information was breached -- a treasure trove of data the includes full names, birthdays, phone numbers and their location.
  
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• Supreme Court hands Google a victory in a multibillion-dollar case against Oracle

  05-04-2021 16:52 via rss.cnn.com
  
  The Supreme Court has handed Google a win in a decade-old case in software development, holding that the technology giant did not commit copyright infringement against Oracle when it copied snippets of programming language to build its Android operating system.
  
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• Big Tech Is Not Immune From State Anti-Censorship Laws

  05-04-2021 16:42 via technocracy.news
  
  When, as and if states wake up to their own sovereignty, they will realize that they could destroy Big Tech censorship in a very short period of time. Unfortunately, too many state legislators are complicit with or compromised by the same censors. ⁃ TN EditorAs state legislatures look to protect their citizens’ free-speech rights with social media anti-censorship laws, we often hear that Section 230 of the federal Communications Decency Act of 1996 preempts any such state l
  
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• China’s Technocrats: Forget Farmers, It’s Greenhouses

  05-04-2021 16:32 via technocracy.news
  
  As a Technocracy, China aspires to be the most engineered, efficient and controlled nation on earth. Taking all food production into greenhouses will do away with traditional farming, offering exacting control over production and consumption.
  Remember Technocracy’s early definition from 1938: “Technocracy is the science of social engineering, the scientific operation of the entire social mechanism to produce and distribute goods and services to the entire population.”
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• GameStop finally announces a share sale

  05-04-2021 16:25 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Two months after a market phenomenon took shares of GameStop to the moon, the video game retailer says that it will sell up to 3.5 million of its shares
  
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• Supreme Court dismisses lawsuit over Trump's Twitter account

  05-04-2021 15:59 via nbcnews.com
  
  The case arose after seven people responded critically to tweets on the president's now-banned @realDonaldTrump account and he retaliated by blocking them.
  
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• NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Prepares for Takeoff

  05-04-2021 13:14 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Beginning April 2021, the window opens for the first flight of NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter. (Currently, the first flight is expected no earlier than April...
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• LG is officially shutting down its smartphone business

  05-04-2021 12:59 via rss.cnn.com
  
  LG is getting out of the "incredibly competitive" business of making smartphones.
  
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• Decellularized Spinach Serves as an Edible Platform for Growing Artificial Meat

  05-04-2021 12:34 via scitechdaily.com
  
  The veiny skeleton of a spinach leaf shows for the first time it can support the growth of artificial meat, a Boston College researcher reports....
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• First Infection of Human Cells During Spaceflight Analyzed by Researchers

  05-04-2021 12:11 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Astronauts face many challenges to their health, due to the exceptional conditions of spaceflight. Among these are a variety of infectious microbes that can attack...
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• It’s Cold on Mars – What Temperatures As Low as -130°F Mean for NASA’s Ingenuity Helicopter

  05-04-2021 11:37 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Within a few days, Ingenuity will be on the surface of Mars. Until now it has been connected to the Perseverance rover, which allowed Ingenuity...
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• SKorea's LG to exit loss-making mobile phone business

  05-04-2021 11:14 via abcnews.go.com
  
  South Korean electronics maker LG says it is getting out of its loss-making mobile phone business to focus on electric vehicle components, robotics, artificial intelligence and other products and services
  
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• Outsmarting Cheaters: Doping by Athletes Tougher to Hide With New Detection Method

  05-04-2021 11:00 via scitechdaily.com
  
  As the world awaits the upcoming Olympic games, a new method for detecting doping compounds in urine samples could level the playing field for those...
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• Making Cleaner, Greener, Biodegradable Plastics From Waste Fish Parts

  05-04-2021 11:00 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Polyurethanes, a type of plastic, are nearly everywhere — in shoes, clothes, refrigerators, and construction materials. But these highly versatile materials can have a major...
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• Harvesting Energy From Radio Waves to Power Wearable Electronic Devices

  05-04-2021 07:38 via scitechdaily.com
  
  From microwave ovens to Wi-Fi connections, the radio waves that permeate the environment are not just signals of energy consumed but are also sources of...
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• Hubble Spies a Luminous Heart With Dark Tendrils

  05-04-2021 07:20 via scitechdaily.com
  
  The luminous heart of the galaxy M61 dominates this image, framed by its winding spiral arms threaded with dark tendrils of dust. As well as...
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