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• Numbers explain how and why West bakes, burns and dries out

  14-07-2021 23:59
  
  The US West is getting hit with a triple whammy of record heat, megadrought and wildfires — and just a handful of numbers explains the how and why of this wild and deadly weather
  
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• Bezos donates $200M to Smithsonian for Air and Space Museum

  14-07-2021 23:03
  
  Amazon founder and soon-to-be-space traveler Jeff Bezos is donating $200 million to the Smithsonian Institution to boost its National Air and Space Museum
  
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• Ariane 6 Rocket Targets New Missions With Astris Kick Stage

  14-07-2021 22:41 via scitechdaily.com
  
  ESA will enhance the versatility of Europe’s Ariane 6 rocket with a kick stage called Astris in a €90 m development contract with prime contractor,...
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• 40-Year Mystery Solved: Source of Jupiter’s Strange X-Ray Flares Uncovered

  14-07-2021 21:19 via scitechdaily.com
  
  A puzzler about the gas giant’s intense northern and southern lights has been deciphered. Planetary astronomers combined measurements taken by NASA’s Juno spacecraft orbiting Jupiter,...
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• Twitter sees jump in govt demands to remove content of reporters, news outlets

  14-07-2021 21:12 via nbcnews.com
  
  Twitter saw a surge in government demands worldwide in 2020 to take down content posted by journalists and news outlets, according to data released by the company.
  
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• Twitter's disappearing Snapchat clone... disappears

  14-07-2021 20:18 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Most major social media platforms have tried a version of Snapchat's Stories, but Twitter is the first to admit its experiment with disappearing content failed.
  
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• Twitter kills off ephemeral ‘fleets’

  14-07-2021 20:06 via nbcnews.com
  
  Twitter is disappearing its disappearing tweets, called fleets, after they didn’t catch on.The company 
  
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• 3.4 Billion-Year-Old Fossils of Methane-Cycling Microbes Expand Frontiers of Habitability on Early Earth

  14-07-2021 20:00 via scitechdaily.com
  
  A team of international researchers, led by the University of Bologna, has discovered the fossilized remains of methane-cycling microbes that lived in a hydrothermal system...
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• That was fleeting: Twitter kills off ephemeral 'fleets'

  14-07-2021 19:52
  
  Twitter is disappearing its disappearing tweets, called fleets, after they didn’t catch on
  
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• Biden's executive order takes on right-to-repair. It could make fixing your smartphone easier

  14-07-2021 19:47 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Your smartphone breaks. The repair costs too much money. So you give up and buy a new device.
  
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• Researchers Create New CRISPR Genetic Tools to Help Contain Mosquito Disease Transmission

  14-07-2021 19:08 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Genetics toolkit targets less researched Culex mosquitoes, which transmit West Nile virus and avian malaria. Since the onset of the CRISPR genetic editing revolution, scientists...
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• Facebook to pay creators $1 billion through 2022

  14-07-2021 19:06 via nbcnews.com
  
  Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Wednesday announced the company plans to pay out $1 billion through 2022 to users who create content for its platforms.
  
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• Facebook seeks FTC Chair Lina Khan's recusal from anti-monopoly case

  14-07-2021 18:13 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Facebook said Wednesday that recently appointed Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan should recuse herself from all future decision-making about the agency's lawsuit to break up the social media company.
  
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• F Prime: The Innovative Open-Source Software Powering NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter

  14-07-2021 18:08 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Created at NASA’s JPL, the open-source flight software called F Prime isn’t just powering humanity’s first interplanetary helicopter; it’s also powering inspiration at multiple universities....
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• EXPLAINER: Are we going to need COVID-19 booster shots?

  14-07-2021 17:56
  
  Experts around the globe are watching closely to determine if and when people might need another a COVID-19 booster shot
  
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• Mercola: Moderna Had Specific COVID-19 mRNA Shot Ready in 2019 BEFORE Pandemic Was Announced

  14-07-2021 17:00 via technocracy.news
  
  It is now apparent that Moderna had already completed development of its mRNA gene therapy shot in 2019 BEFORE COVID-19 was announced to be spreading from China to the world. This has serious ramifications to the entire pandemic narrative.
  There are only two possibilities. First, Moderna had advance knowledge of the COVID-19 virus and created a shot to prepare for it. Second, Moderna didn’t have advance knowledge but was developing a generic gene therapy treatment that could be directed to
  
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• Fungi That Live in the Gut Influence Health and Disease – May Be As Important as Bacteria

  14-07-2021 17:00 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Vaccines that balance gut microbial communities may one day be used to improve gastrointestinal health.  Bacteria’s role in gut health has received a lot of...
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• Prolific ransomware gang suddenly disappears from internet. The timing is noteworthy.

  14-07-2021 16:43 via nbcnews.com
  
  A Russian-speaking ransomware gang has suddenly disappeared from the internet months after executing some of the most high-profile cyberattacks on U.S. targets.
  
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• Weaponizing Masks To Force Children Into Taking Gene Therapy Shots

  14-07-2021 16:02 via technocracy.news
  
  Technocrat propaganda takes an ugly turn as it targets children for vaccination by weaponizing face masks: Masks are not normal, they say, but if you take the shot you can take the mask off and get back to normal. This is akin to torture techniques – stop the pain of “x” by complying with “y”. ⁃ TN EditorYesterday afternoon, the CDC issued a new guidance stating that children who are fully “vaccinated” do not have to wear masks when schoo
  
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• Resilience, Not Collapse: What the Easter Island Myth Gets Totally Wrong

  14-07-2021 15:57 via scitechdaily.com
  
  New research from Binghamton University, State University of New York suggests that the demographic collapse at the core of the Easter Island myth didn’t really...
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• Facebook asks for U.S. FTC Chair Lina Khan’s recusal

  14-07-2021 15:57 via nbcnews.com
  
  Facebook sent a petition to the Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday asking for Chair Lina Khan to be recused from the FTC’s antitrust case.
  
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• Technocrat Censorship Expands To ‘Fact Check’ Of Private SMS Text Messages

  14-07-2021 15:43 via technocracy.news
  
  Crushing censorship is rapidly expanding to the most basic forms of communication: text messages. If the Biden Administration is successful at censoring SMS messages, then voice calls are right behind. This is the most egregious attack on the First Amendment in the history of our nation. ⁃ TN EditorGroups allied with the Biden administration are planning on working directly with cellphone network providers to ‘fact check’ private SMS messages if they contain “misinformati
  
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• Series of earthquakes in eastern Taiwan causes some damage

  14-07-2021 15:32
  
  A series of more than 20 earthquakes has struck the east coast of Taiwan
  
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• How one man's viral rant shows TikTok's problem with misinformation

  14-07-2021 15:07 via nbcnews.com
  
  In December, a Wisconsin man who goes by the username the_alpha_k9 on TikTok uploaded a testimonial-style video to the platform, telling his thousands of
  
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• Vaccine Hesitancy in Young Adults May Hamper Herd Immunity for COVID-19

  14-07-2021 15:00 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Questions about safety, side effects preclude youth from getting COVID shot, UCSF study shows. Vaccine skepticism among young adults may stall efforts to achieve herd...
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• As Cubans protest, government cracks down on internet access and messaging apps

  14-07-2021 14:39 via nbcnews.com
  
  As protests grip Cuba, the country's government has taken steps to block citizens’ use of the encrypted chat apps WhatsApp, Signal and Telegram.
  
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• Scientists Condemn UK Government’s “Dangerous & Unethical COVID-19 Experiment”

  14-07-2021 14:10 via scitechdaily.com
  
  University of Birmingham scientists are among more than 100 experts who have signed a letter published in The Lancet accusing the UK government of conducting...
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• Zomato is raising $1.3 billion in India's biggest tech IPO

  14-07-2021 13:52 via rss.cnn.com
  
  India's biggest tech IPO is here.
  
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• Space tourism won't be affordable for the masses any time soon

  14-07-2021 13:52 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Billionaires Richard Branson and Jeff Bezos are ready start offering trips to outer space. But only other billionaires — or perhaps millionaires — need apply.
  
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• New Technology Opens the Gate to the Next Generation of Information Processing

  14-07-2021 12:38 via scitechdaily.com
  
  New technology paves the way for improved information transfer in both classical and quantum regimes. Many of us swing through gates every day — points...
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• Amazon is helping a Chinese upstart make a comeback in India after its app was banned

  14-07-2021 12:00 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Shein, a fast fashion website that has emerged as a fierce competitor to Zara, is making its return to India — indirectly, at least — after being swept up in a crackdown on Chinese tech companies last year.
  
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• Amazon workers quit over sale of book framing transgender identity as mental illness

  14-07-2021 12:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  The company's latest move shows what employees say is a reversal in Amazon’s earlier policies.
  
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• Worlds Beyond Our Solar System: NASA’s Tess Discovers Stellar Siblings Host “Teenage” Exoplanets

  14-07-2021 11:30 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Thanks to data from NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), an international collaboration of astronomers has identified four exoplanets, worlds beyond our solar system, orbiting...
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• Quantum Physics Helps Break DNA and Destroy Cancer Cells

  14-07-2021 11:00 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Researchers have found a way to enhance radiation therapy using novel iodine nanoparticles. Cancer cell death is triggered within three days when X-rays are shone...
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• “Primed” for Infection: Cells Damaged by Chronic Lung Disease Can Result in Severe COVID

  14-07-2021 11:00 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Results from a TGen-led international study suggest that SARS-CoV-2 takes advantage of genetic changes among patients with pre-existing lung diseases. The results of a study...
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• Moderate Alcohol Use Linked With Higher Cancer Risk

  14-07-2021 11:00 via scitechdaily.com
  
  A new study from the World Health Organization’s (WHO) International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), published in the journal Lancet Oncology, has found an association between alcohol...
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• Extraordinary Ability of Animals to Rapidly Evolve in Response to Predators Yields New Conservation Insights

  14-07-2021 11:00 via scitechdaily.com
  
  The extraordinary ability of animals to rapidly evolve in response to predators has been demonstrated via genetic sequencing of a waterflea population across nearly two...
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• NASA Launches 2021 Entrepreneurs Challenge to Identify Innovative Ideas

  14-07-2021 09:55 via scitechdaily.com
  
  NASA is announcing its 2021 Entrepreneurs Challenge to invite fresh ideas and new participants that will lead to new instruments and technologies with the potential...
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• Zomato is raising $1.3 billion in India's biggest IPO of the year

  14-07-2021 07:47 via rss.cnn.com
  
  India's biggest IPO of the year is here.
  
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• High School Students Studying Remotely Because of COVID-19 Suffered Socially, Emotionally, and Academically

  14-07-2021 06:02 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Study finds “thriving gap” between students who attend high school remotely vs. in person. Data from the COVID pandemic show high school students studying remotely...
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• Learning New Things About Our Home Star: Physicists First Definitive Measurements of the Sun’s Electric Field

  14-07-2021 06:00 via scitechdaily.com
  
  As the Parker Solar Probe ventures closer to the sun, we are learning new things about our home star. In a new study, physicists led...
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• New Clues to Why Psychiatric Drugs Help Some, but Not Others

  14-07-2021 04:57 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Protein key for learning, memory behaves differently in males than females. When it comes to developing drugs for mental illnesses, three confounding challenges exist: Men...
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• Preventing Oxygen Release Leads to Safer High-Energy-Density Lithium-Ion Batteries

  14-07-2021 03:44 via scitechdaily.com
  
  A research group has produced fresh insights about the release of oxygen in lithium-ion batteries, paving the way for more robust and safer high-energy-density batteries....
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• 2021 MLB All-Star Game live updates: Vladimir Guerrero Jr. launches monster home run as American League leads - USA TODAY

  14-07-2021 03:41 via news.google.com
  2021 MLB All-Star Game live updates: Vladimir Guerrero Jr. launches monster home run as American League leads  USA TODAYRNC Chair McDaniel: Dems' All-Star Game antics – MLB fell for Georgia election spin but rest of US catching on  Fox NewsCommentary: Lose the All-Star game and lose big? It's a myth  Los Angeles TimesWhat Was LoDo Like The Last Time Denver Hosted The MLB All-Star Game More Than 20 Years Ago?  Colorado Public Radio2021 MLB All-Star Ga
  
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• Team USA basketball vs. Argentina score, takeaways: Kevin Durant, United States bounce back with dominant win - CBSSports.com

  14-07-2021 02:56 via news.google.com
  Team USA basketball vs. Argentina score, takeaways: Kevin Durant, United States bounce back with dominant win  CBSSports.comTeam USA falls to 0-2 in Olympic exhibitions after loss to Australia  ESPNTeam Australia hands US their second-straight loss  Yahoo Singapore NewsGregg Popovich snaps at reporter, pretends Team USA didn’t used to blow out Australia and Nigeria  NBC SportsShould Team USA be panicking after losing to Australia and Nigeria? | SC wi
  
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• Four Iranians charged with plotting to kidnap author living in Brooklyn - NBC News

  14-07-2021 02:36 via news.google.com
  Four Iranians charged with plotting to kidnap author living in Brooklyn  NBC NewsIranian Operatives Charged in Plot to Kidnap a Brooklyn Author  The New York TimesNYC journalist targeted by Iranian operatives in twisted kidnapping plot, feds say  New York Post Feds say Iran backed plot to kidnap US-based journalist | TheHill  The HillIran Intelligence Agents Plotted to Kidnap Brooklyn Human Rights Activist: Prosecutors  NBC New YorkView Full Cove
  
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• Kevin Durant, Bradley Beal & Zach LaVine All Drop DOUBLE-DIGITS In USA Victory! - NBA

  14-07-2021 02:28 via news.google.com
  
  Kevin Durant, Bradley Beal & Zach LaVine All Drop DOUBLE-DIGITS In USA Victory!  NBAView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Millie Bobby Brown's Reps Blast TikToker's 'Hateful' Comments About Grooming the Teen Star - The Daily Beast

  14-07-2021 02:17 via news.google.com
  Millie Bobby Brown's Reps Blast TikToker's 'Hateful' Comments About Grooming the Teen Star  The Daily BeastMillie Bobby Brown Says TikTok Star is Being 'Dishonest' About Relationship  TMZMillie Bobby Brown, 17, confirms romance with Jon Bon Jovi’s son Jake, 19, by posting pics from cuddly w...  The US SunTikToker Hunter Echo admits he “groomed” Millie Bobby Brown, hits back in Instagram Live  DexertoTikTok Star Hunter Ecimovic Admits To D
  
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• Harnessing the Dark Side: Optical Singularities Could Be Used for a Wide Range of Applications

  14-07-2021 02:09 via scitechdaily.com
  
  When we think about singularities, we tend to think of massive black holes in faraway galaxies or a distant future with runaway AI, but singularities...
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• Emmy nominations 2021 list: WandaVision, Mare of Easttown and more - CNET

  14-07-2021 02:09 via news.google.com
  Emmy nominations 2021 list: WandaVision, Mare of Easttown and more  CNETEmmy nominations 2021: See what shows made the cut  CNN Emmy Nominations 2021: Snubs, Surprises, Takeaways  Paste MagazineKate Winslet Embraced the Ordinary in ‘Mare of Easttown’  The New York Times18 Emmy nominations for HBO's 'Lovecraft Country' give it a dubious distinction  NBC NewsView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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