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• Milder COVID-19 Symptoms Tied to Prior Run-Ins With Other (Common Cold) Coronaviruses

  18-08-2021 23:13 via scitechdaily.com
  
  In COVID-19 patients whose symptoms were mild, Stanford researchers found that they were more likely than sicker patients to have signs of prior infection by...
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• Southern California officials declare water supply alert

  18-08-2021 22:29
  
  A major Southern California water agency has declared a water supply alert for the first time in seven years and is asking residents to voluntarily conserve
  
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• Early COVID-19 Vaccine Campaign in US Prevented 3 Million Cases and 140,000 Deaths

  18-08-2021 22:00 via scitechdaily.com
  
  More than 3 million cases of COVID-19 prevented by early vaccines. The early COVID-19 vaccination campaign in the U.S. prevented nearly 140,000 deaths and 3...
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• NASA’s Curiosity Mars Rover Explores a Changing Landscape – Video Tour of Martian Mountain

  18-08-2021 21:22 via scitechdaily.com
  
  A new video rings in the rover’s ninth year on Mars, letting viewers tour Curiosity’s location on a Martian mountain. Images of knobbly rocks and...
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• Data of 40 million plus exposed in latest T-Mobile breach

  18-08-2021 20:34
  
  The names, Social Security numbers and information from driver’s licenses or other identification of just over 40 million people who applied for T-Mobile credit were exposed in a recent data breach, the company said Wednesday
  
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• Twilight for Silicon? End of “Moore’s Law” in View As Silicon Chip Density Nears Physical Limit

  18-08-2021 20:00 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Fueled faster, better computing for decades, ever-increasing silicon chip density nears physical limit. Researchers at The Rockefeller University have shed new light on “Moore’s Law”...
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• Wild horse roundups ramping up as drought grips the US West

  18-08-2021 19:36
  
  Tens of thousands of wild horses roam the American West, their power and beauty a potent symbol of rugged freedom central to the mythology of the range
  
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• Strange Symptoms After Heart Surgery Exposed a Teen's Secret Struggle

  18-08-2021 19:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  After surgery for a faulty heart valve, this 16-year-old kept getting bacterial infections. But during her latest stint in the hospital, new and frightening symptoms started to emerge.
  
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• Senators call for federal probe into Tesla's Autopilot claims

  18-08-2021 18:56 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Tesla's Autopilot feature could soon face its second federal probe of the month.
  
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• Facebook pushes contractors to come into offices

  18-08-2021 18:55 via nbcnews.com
  
  Facebook contractors have been back in Facebook’s offices since Aug. 2, and their in-person attendance is required until further notice.
  
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• NASA Rocket Chasing the Mysterious Source of the Sun’s Hot Atmosphere

  18-08-2021 18:22 via scitechdaily.com
  
  After glimpsing faint but widespread super-heated material in the Sun’s outer atmosphere, a NASA sounding rocket has gone back for more. This time, it was...
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• Cuba spells out social media laws, forbidding content that attacks the state

  18-08-2021 17:15 via nbcnews.com
  
  Cuba’s government spelled out laws against using social media or the internet to stir up protests or insult the state and offered a form to report offenders.
  
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• Supersolid Quantum Gases in a New Dimension

  18-08-2021 17:00 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Two-dimensional supersolid quantum gas produced in the laboratory for the first time. Quantum gases are very well suited for investigating the microscopic consequences of interactions...
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• Is It Time to Rethink Food Coloring?

  18-08-2021 17:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The FDA says they’re safe in moderation. But some experts say their guidelines are outdated and need changes to account for the possibility that dyes affect children's brains and behavior.
  
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• TSA Extends Mask Mandate For All Airline Passengers And Employees

  18-08-2021 16:45 via technocracy.news
  
  There is no science proving that masks are able to contain virus particles, and yet the world has gone mad to force people to wear them. Secondly, masks have been demonstrated to be harmful to the wearers and some people with other conditions should never wear a mask under any circumstance. ⁃ TN EditorFederal officials are extending into January a requirement that people on airline flights and public transportation wear face masks, a rule intended to limit the spread of Covid-19.
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• Twitter Says Taliban Can Stay On Platform

  18-08-2021 16:19 via technocracy.news
  
  Anyone who wants to make the world a better place is quickly banned from Twitter. Conversely, the destroyers of societies are allowed to remain, like the Taliban which would like to behead every freedom loving American citizen. What’s wrong with this picture?
  Facebook and Google, by contrast, banned all related parties from the Taliban. Twitter now stands alone as the world’s revolutionary messaging app and is complicit in the unspeakable deaths of women, children and innocent civili
  
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• FDA Issues Warning Letter to Pet Food Company – Contributed to “Illness or Death of Hundreds of Pets”

  18-08-2021 15:48 via scitechdaily.com
  
  The following quote is attributed to Steven M. Solomon, M.P.H., D.V.M., director of the FDA’s Center for Veterinary Medicine: “The FDA is dedicated to taking...
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• Flashback 2009: When WHO Was Pressured To Redefine ‘Pandemic’

  18-08-2021 15:32 via technocracy.news
  
  The word “pandemic” is an epidemiological term and traditionally had nothing to do with politics or virulence. Then the WHO changed the definition and set the stage for politicalization and weaponization against global populations. ⁃ TN EditorThe World Health Organization, whose duties include directing and coordinating authority for health within the United Nations system, will soon be writing science textbooks.
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• Serbian president challenges Twitter: ‘Delete my account!’

  18-08-2021 15:31 via nbcnews.com
  
  Serbia’s autocratic leader Aleksandar Vucic challenged Twitter on Tuesday to close his account like it did with Donald Trump’s, after several media outlets
  
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• How the 'First 1,000 Days' Could Shape Your Baby's Future

  18-08-2021 15:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Research shows that healthy nutrition in a baby and its mother form an important foundation in a child's earliest days, even impacting obesity, IQ and other variables.
  
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• How-To Guide for Creating Mouse-Human Chimeric Embryos

  18-08-2021 15:12 via scitechdaily.com
  
  The research enables far more accurate models of human development and disease and could help solve the shortage of organs for transplant. A year after...
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• T-Mobile says data breach affects more than 40 million people

  18-08-2021 14:38 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Tens of millions of current, former or prospective T-Mobile customers' personal information has been leaked to hackers, the wireless carrier said Tuesday, disclosing further details on a data breach it has been investigating since the weekend.
  
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• Dosing the Coast: Leaky Sewer Pipes Are Medicating the Chesapeake Bay

  18-08-2021 14:01 via scitechdaily.com
  
  In Baltimore, Maryland, leaky sewage infrastructure delivers tens of thousands of human doses of pharmaceuticals to the Chesapeake Bay every year. So reports a new...
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• Injecting Drugs Without Needles: High-Speed Camera Captures a Water Jet’s Splashy Impact As It Pierces a Droplet

  18-08-2021 13:34 via scitechdaily.com
  
  The results may help engineers develop a way to inject drugs without needles. Squirting a jet of water through a drop of liquid may sound...
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• Supercomputer Helps Protect Earth From Space Storms

  18-08-2021 13:22 via scitechdaily.com
  
  University of Michigan researchers use Frontera supercomputer to improve space weather forecasting system, avoid worst effects of extreme events. “There are only two natural disasters...
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• More Sustainable Conversion of Sunlight and Luminescent Materials With Manganese

  18-08-2021 12:19 via scitechdaily.com
  
  University of Basel researchers have reached an important milestone in their quest to produce more sustainable luminescent materials and catalysts for converting sunlight into other...
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• Intriguing Science Experiments Launching on SpaceX’s Cargo Resupply Mission to the Space Station

  18-08-2021 11:16 via scitechdaily.com
  
  The 23rd SpaceX cargo resupply services mission carrying scientific research and technology demonstrations to the International Space Station is targeted to launch in late August from NASA’s...
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• Obstructive Sleep Apnea Is Common in Kids – May Impact Blood Pressure and Heart Health

  18-08-2021 11:00 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Children and adolescents can experience sleep-disordered breathing and obstructive sleep apnea, like adults. An estimated 1-6% of all children and adolescents have obstructive sleep apnea....
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• New Evidence Uncovered That Fetal Membranes Can Repair Themselves After Injury

  18-08-2021 11:00 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Scientists from Queen Mary University of London and UCL have shown that fetal membranes are able to heal after injury in a new study published...
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• Massive Thwaites Glacier Threat: Significant Geothermal Heat Beneath the Ice Stream

  18-08-2021 11:00 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Researchers map the geothermal heat flow in West Antarctica; a new potential weak spot in the ice sheet’s stability is identified. Ice losses from Thwaites...
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• Taliban destroy statue of Shiite foe from 1990s civil war - Associated Press

  18-08-2021 09:59 via news.google.com
  
  Taliban destroy statue of Shiite foe from 1990s civil war  Associated PressA look back at the last time the Taliban ruled Afghanistan  Washington PostTwitter faces scrutiny as Taliban fighters continue using Big Tech platform during Afghanistan turmoil  Fox NewsPress: Afghanistan was wrong from start to finish | TheHill  The HillThe Afghanistan War Skeptics Were Right All Along  BloombergView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Child Covid-19 cases are steadily increasing. But with schools opening, expert warns this is just the beginning - CNN

  18-08-2021 08:06 via news.google.com
  
  Child Covid-19 cases are steadily increasing. But with schools opening, expert warns this is just the beginning  CNNCOVID-19 surge in Florida school district forces thousands of students to isolate, quarantine  Fox NewsOklahoma parents demand action after kids are exposed to COVID-19 just days into the school year  KFOR Oklahoma's News 4Quarantined Wake students will no longer join virtual academy, instead they'll visit teacher's virtual...  WRAL.comFlorid
  
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• U.S. reports more than 1000 COVID deaths in single day - Reuters

  18-08-2021 07:54 via news.google.com
  
  U.S. reports more than 1000 COVID deaths in single day  ReutersResearchers May Have Discovered the Root Cause of Long COVID Syndrome  SciTechDailySure Signs You May Have Long COVID, Say Experts - Eat This Not That  Eat This, Not ThatWhat is long COVID and how could it affect those who have been infected  First Coast NewsWhat Parents Need To Know About Long Covid In Children  ForbesView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Texas school district makes masks part of dress code to get around Gov. Abbott's order - NBC News

  18-08-2021 07:46 via news.google.com
  Texas school district makes masks part of dress code to get around Gov. Abbott's order  NBC NewsTexas Gov. Greg Abbott tests positive for Covid-19  CNNTexas school district finds unique loophole in Gov. Abbott’s ban on mask mandates  Fort Worth Star-TelegramEditorial: How can Abbott protect Texas from COVID when he can't protect himself?  Houston Chronicle Abbott might be doing the legal thing. That doesn’t mean he is doing the right thing 
  
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• Cooling & The Science of Body Heat

  18-08-2021 07:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The Best Cooling Mattresses for Hot Sleepers: 2021
  
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• Personalities are front and center in the latest Dallas Cowboys 'Hard Knocks' episode - Yahoo Sports

  18-08-2021 06:20 via news.google.com
  
  Personalities are front and center in the latest Dallas Cowboys 'Hard Knocks' episode  Yahoo SportsWhat We Learned From Hard Knocks Ep. 2 dallascowboys.com  DallasCowboys.comHard Knocks: The Dallas Cowboys 2021 (Episode 2 Preview Clip) | HBO  HBOHard Knocks episode two recap: Cowboys face off against Rams, Cardinals  Blogging The Boys'Hard Knocks' Power Rankings: Ezekiel Elliott, CeeDee Lamb among winners and losers from Episode 2  CBSSports.comV
  
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• R. Kelly faces racketeering and sex crime charges at federal trial - CNN

  18-08-2021 06:12 via news.google.com
  
  R. Kelly faces racketeering and sex crime charges at federal trial  CNNAfter years of suspicion, reckoning for high-flying R. Kelly  Yahoo NewsR. Kelly Faces Reckoning After Years Of Suspicion  HuffPostR. Kelly due back in court for opening of sex-abuse trial  ABC News'Godfather' R. Kelly Faces a Sexual-Abuse Reckoning in Historic Trial  Daily BeastView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Johnny Depp “Gratified” After Amber Heard Fails To Get $50M Defamation Suit Tossed, Again; ‘Aquaman’ Star Sought Dismissal Based On UK Libel Verdict - Deadline

  18-08-2021 06:12 via news.google.com
  
  Johnny Depp “Gratified” After Amber Heard Fails To Get $50M Defamation Suit Tossed, Again; ‘Aquaman’ Star Sought Dismissal Based On UK Libel Verdict  DeadlineJohnny Depp Granted Permission to Proceed with $50 Million Defamation Suit Against Amber Heard  PEOPLE.comJohnny Depp Allowed Libel Suit Against Amber Heard Despite U.K. Ruling  Hollywood ReporterJohnny Depp scores big win over Amber Heard as judge rejects her bid to throw out his defama
  
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• Afghanistan: reports emerge of Taliban beating Afghans seeking to flee Kabul - The Guardian

  18-08-2021 06:05 via news.google.com
  
  Afghanistan: reports emerge of Taliban beating Afghans seeking to flee Kabul  The GuardianAfghan Air Force pilot to Americans: 'We did not all just give up and quit'  Yahoo NewsHuman remains, other deaths investigated in C-17 swarmed at Kabul airport  USA TODAYOpinion | Did America Betray Afghanistan?  The New York TimesThe Nightmare Resumes for Afghan Women  The Wall Street JournalView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Extinct 'Hobbit' creature the size of a house cat discovered in Wyoming dig site - Livescience.com

  18-08-2021 06:00 via news.google.com
  
  Extinct 'Hobbit' creature the size of a house cat discovered in Wyoming dig site  Livescience.comNew 'Hobbit' creature, other discoveries show early mammals evolved quickly after dinosaur extinction  CNNNewly discovered prehistoric creature named after The Hobbit character  CNETNew prehistoric 'Hobbit' creature is among 3 discoveries suggesting rapid evolution of mammals after dinosaur extinction  Phys.OrgNewly discovered prehistoric creature named after c
  
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• Oakland A's pitcher Chris Bassitt 'conscious and aware' after line drive strikes head - ESPN

  18-08-2021 04:51 via news.google.com
  
  Oakland A's pitcher Chris Bassitt 'conscious and aware' after line drive strikes head  ESPNA's P Chris Bassitt hospitalized after taking 100-mph line drive to his face  Yahoo SportsAthletics vs. White Sox Game Highlights (8/16/21) | MLB Highlights  MLBCal alum Vaughn thriving for White Sox after remarkably brief minor-league stay  San Francisco ChronicleAthletics' Chris Bassitt hit in the head by comebacker  Fox NewsView Full Coverage on Google N
  
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• Republican rivals attack recall frontrunner Larry Elder in California debate - POLITICO

  18-08-2021 04:45 via news.google.com
  
  Republican rivals attack recall frontrunner Larry Elder in California debate  POLITICOLocal Matters: What to expect as California Governor Gavin Newsom faces recall election  CBS NewsFederal lawsuit seeks to stop or dramatically alter Gavin Newsom recall election  SFGateDemocrats stunned by prospect of losing 2 biggest governors within weeks  PoliticoIt's time to start taking the California recall seriously  CNNView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• From India to China, the Taliban's return leaves Afghanistan’s neighbors scrambling to adjust - CNBC

  18-08-2021 04:21 via news.google.com
  
  From India to China, the Taliban's return leaves Afghanistan’s neighbors scrambling to adjust  CNBCView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• LAUSD reports 3,255 student back-to-school COVID cases - Los Angeles Times

  18-08-2021 04:04 via news.google.com
  
  LAUSD reports 3,255 student back-to-school COVID cases  Los Angeles TimesMore than 3600 LAUSD Students And Staff Test Positive In Baseline Testing Prior To Start Of Classes  CBS Los AngelesDivided opinions over mask mandate in Scottsdale Unified School District  AZFamilyLAUSD excels in COVID safety with vaccine, mask mandates  Los Angeles Times2nd morning of school for LAUSD students goes better than the 1st  KTLAView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• 'It breaks your heart:' Seattle expects to help hundreds of Afghans seeking refuge - KOMO News

  18-08-2021 03:26 via news.google.com
  
  'It breaks your heart:' Seattle expects to help hundreds of Afghans seeking refuge  KOMO NewsResettling Afghans in UK will take time, Priti Patel says  BBC NewsHow U.S. Afghans Watch the Chaos with Horror  The New York TimesAfghan refugees are coming to Texas. Let’s welcome them with open arms  The Dallas Morning NewsIs China About to Tuck Afghanistan Under Its Belt and Road?  BloombergView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Astronomers Discover a “Break” in One of the Milky Way’s Spiral Arms - SciTechDaily

  18-08-2021 03:14 via news.google.com
  
  Astronomers Discover a “Break” in One of the Milky Way’s Spiral Arms  SciTechDailyScientists discover a 'break' in one of the Milky Way's arms  CNETAstronomers find a 'break' in one of the Milky Way's spiral arms  Phys.OrgAstronomers Find a 'Break' in One of the Milky Way's Spiral Arms  NASANASA just realized the Milky Way has a 'broken' arm  SlashGearView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Schools in Florida's Broward and Alachua counties may be punished because of mask mandates - The Washington Post

  18-08-2021 03:10 via news.google.com
  
  Schools in Florida's Broward and Alachua counties may be punished because of mask mandates  The Washington PostFlorida state school board takes steps against two districts over mask mandates  CNNOsceola County schools to require masks with opt-out option  WKMG News 6 & ClickOrlandoTorres: students and teachers both suffer when community is fractured | Opinion  Florida TodayState Board Of Education Votes To Punish Broward County Public Schools For Mask
  
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• COVID booster shots: Here's the latest info on when and how to get them in the Bay Area - San Francisco Chronicle

  18-08-2021 03:09 via news.google.com
  
  COVID booster shots: Here's the latest info on when and how to get them in the Bay Area  San Francisco ChronicleVaccine Booster Shots to Be Recommended for Many This Fall  Inside EditionWhat would a third COVID-19 shot look like, and what should people who got Johnson & Johnson do?  WKOWPharmacist arrested for allegedly selling Covid-19 vaccination cards on eBay  CNNOp-Ed: As a doctor, I'm out of compassion for unvaccinated people  Los Angele
  
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• NFL's highest-paid players by position heading into 2021 season as Seahawks safety Jamal Adams joins list - CBSSports.com

  18-08-2021 03:03 via news.google.com
  
  NFL's highest-paid players by position heading into 2021 season as Seahawks safety Jamal Adams joins list  CBSSports.comSeahawks reportedly make Jamal Adams highest-paid safety with 4-year, $70 million deal  Yahoo SportsSeahawks, Jamal Adams agree to contract  NBC SportsJamal Adams signs four-year deal with Seahawks, becoming highest-paid safety in NFL history  The Seattle TimesSeahawks, Jamal Adams agree to four-year, $70 million extension  NFL.
  
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• Pope Francis Encourages Covid Vaccines in Media Campaign - The New York Times

  18-08-2021 03:00 via news.google.com
  
  Pope Francis Encourages Covid Vaccines in Media Campaign  The New York TimesView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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