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• Analysis: Zuckerberg tries to hit hard at the whistleblower, but nothing lands

  06-10-2021 23:54 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Hours after Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen testified before Congress about how the social network poses a danger to children and democracy, Mark Zuckerberg took to the platform he built and posted a 1,300-word screed trying to undermine her.
  
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• Boom! 427,000 Parents Sound Off To NSBA/DoJ On ‘Domestic Terrorists’ Label

  06-10-2021 23:08 via technocracy.news
  
  A few days ago I wrote that the NSBA and DoJ had made a strategic error in attacking middle-American soccer moms who are fed up with the harm being done to their children at the hands of tyrannical school boards. They have awakened the masses of angry momma-bears who aren’t going to take it any more! ⁃ TN EditorLast week, PJ Media covered the hysterical and threatening letter written by National School Boards Association (NSBA) president Viola Garcia. In the lette
  
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• Former Theranos lab director 'grilled' over course of six days in trial of Elizabeth Holmes

  06-10-2021 22:23 via rss.cnn.com
  
  In the criminal trial of Elizabeth Holmes, one witness has hogged the spotlight so far: former Theranos lab director Adam Rosendorff.
  
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• Words seem to lose their meaning when we repeat them over and over. Why?

  06-10-2021 22:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  This brain glitch can help us understand how we perceive the world
  
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• Nobel in chemistry honors 'greener' way to build molecules

  06-10-2021 21:30
  
  Two scientists have won the Nobel Prize for chemistry for finding an “ingenious” and environmentally cleaner way to build molecules that can be used to make a variety of compounds, including medicines and pesticides
  
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• Twitch confirms major data breach

  06-10-2021 21:17 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Twitch has experienced a major data breach, the game streaming service confirmed on Wednesday.
  
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• Volunteers Sped Up Alzheimer’s Research. Here’s How You Can Help, Too

  06-10-2021 21:12 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Citizen science project Stall Catchers needed volunteers, and Verizon delivered. Join them!
  
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• 'Playing with fire': Biden, CEOs outline debt limit consequences ahead of deadline

  06-10-2021 21:11 via nbcnews.com
  
  The executives warned that even the threat of a default is enough to negatively affect the economy.
  
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• Google Maps will now help travelers find the most eco-friendly route

  06-10-2021 20:03 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Driving and flying are huge contributors to carbon emissions and climate change. So Google is helping users make more informed decisions about how they travel.
  
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• Muscle Regeneration: Massage Doesn’t Just Feel Good, It Makes Muscles Heal Faster and Stronger

  06-10-2021 20:00 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Study in mice confirms link between mechanotherapy and immunotherapy in muscle regeneration. Massage has been used to treat sore, injured muscles for more than 3,000...
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• Hollywood's shift to streaming has some regretting career choice

  06-10-2021 19:56 via nbcnews.com
  
  "We shouldn’t be begging for lunch breaks," said one specialty costume manufacturer who's worked in the industry for a decade.
  
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• Five Mesmerizing Facts About Hypnosis

  06-10-2021 19:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The centuries-old practice is widely misunderstood, yet it has still carved out a niche in modern medicine.
  
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• A Centuries-Old Physics Mystery? Solved

  06-10-2021 19:09 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Technion researchers have found an effective solution to the famous age-old, three-body problem in physics. The three-body problem is one of the oldest problems in...
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• Why whistleblower Frances Haugen is Facebook's worst nightmare

  06-10-2021 18:40 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Facebook is no stranger on Capitol Hill. Its executives have repeatedly been hauled in for hearings amid the social media giant's various scandals, as have other experts on the company. But Tuesday's hearing stood out for the strong performance of witness Frances Haugen.
  
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• Analysis: Zuckerberg goes after the Facebook whistleblower, but he flounders

  06-10-2021 18:40 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Hours after Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen testified before Congress about how the social network poses a danger to children and democracy, Mark Zuckerberg took to the platform he built and posted a 1,300-word screed trying to undermine her.
  
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• Satellite Captures Stunning Gravity Waves Over La Palma From Cumbre Vieja Eruption

  06-10-2021 18:08 via scitechdaily.com
  
  As the Cumbre Vieja eruption continued into its second week, satellites captured images of some remarkable moments in the skies above the volcano. Since the Cumbre...
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• Portrait Of Eric Schmidt: Technocrat, Big Tech Titan, Member Trilateral Commission, Philanderer

  06-10-2021 17:49 via technocracy.news
  
  Ponder for a few minutes the strange ascendance of Eric Schmidt from a software nerd to the heir apparent of fellow Trilateral, Henry Kissinger. Like many Trilaterals (e.g., Jeffrey Epstein, Bill Clinton), Schmidt discarded ethics and morality for a lifestyle that included an “open marriage” and multiple adulterous affairs. ⁃ TN EditorBy now, many know the legend of Eric Schmidt—how, back in 2001, Google’s young co-founders, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, brought him i
  
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• Analysis: Zuckerberg pushes back hard against the Facebook whistleblower. But it's not the full story

  06-10-2021 17:14 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Hours after Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen testified before Congress about how the social network poses a danger to children and democracy, Mark Zuckerberg took to the platform he built and posted a 1,300-word screed trying to undermine her.
  
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• Neuroscientists Built an Ultra Detailed Map of the Brain Motor Cortex, From Mice to Monkeys to Humans

  06-10-2021 17:00 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Hundreds of neuroscientists built a ‘parts list’ of the motor cortex, laying groundwork to map the whole brain and better understand brain diseases. Before you...
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• Largest Health Care System In New York State Fires 1,400 Unvaccinated Workers

  06-10-2021 16:46 via technocracy.news
  
  Madness grips entire health care systems as skilled and knowledgeable medical personnel are summarily fired from their career positions. Yet, since madness begets more madness, we can expect more outrageous dislocations in the future as all traditional medical ethics and principles are thrown out the window. ⁃ TN EditorA large New York health care system on Monday said it fired 1,400 workers because they declined to get a COVID-19 vaccine.
  Northwell Health terminated approximatel
  
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• Change of Command: ESA Astronaut Thomas Pesquet Takes Over As Space Station Commander

  06-10-2021 16:05 via scitechdaily.com
  
  On October 4, 2021, ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet became commander of the International Space Station, taking over from Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut and fellow...
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• Colorado’s UCHealth To Deny Organ Transplants To Unvaccinated

  06-10-2021 16:02 via technocracy.news
  
  UCHealth in Colorado say that kidney transplant patients are too likely to die if they get Covid, so the answer is to make sure they don’t get kidney transplants. This twisted, evil logic is spreading like a melanoma cancer throughout the entire healthcare system in America, leaving a trail of otherwise preventable deaths in its wake. ⁃ TN EditorA Colorado-based health system says it is denying organ transplants to patients not vaccinated against the coronavirus in “almost all
  
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• “Mystery of Manu” – A Strange Tree in the Amazon Rainforest Left Scientists Scratching Their Heads for 50 Years

  06-10-2021 15:00 via scitechdaily.com
  
  “Mystery plant” from the Amazon declared a new species after nearly 50 years of flummoxing scientists. In 1973, a scientist stumbled upon a strange tree...
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• World’s Smallest Brain-Inspired Computer – So Small That It Can Harvest Its Energy Itself

  06-10-2021 13:56 via scitechdaily.com
  
  The energy consumption of the device will be so small that it can harvest its energy itself, directly from its surroundings. The project has received...
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• Nobel in chemistry honors pair for new way to make molecules

  06-10-2021 13:36 via nbcnews.com
  
  “I absolutely didn’t expect this," one of the winners said, adding that he was on vacation in Amsterdam when the call from Sweden came in.
  
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• Mushballs – Giant, Slushy Hailstones – Stash Away Missing Ammonia at Uranus and Neptune

  06-10-2021 13:18 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Mushballs – giant, slushy hailstones made from a mixture of ammonia and water – may be responsible for an atmospheric anomaly at Neptune and Uranus...
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• Supercomputers Reveal the Secrets of How X Chromosomes Fold and Deactivate

  06-10-2021 12:41 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Combining lab data with supercomputing power reveals role of RNA and chromosome structure in regulating gene expression. Using supercomputer-driven dynamic modeling based on experimental data,...
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• Nobel Prize in Chemistry Awarded for Tool to Build Molecules

  06-10-2021 12:19 via nytimes.com
  
  Benjamin List and David W.C. MacMillan were honored for work that spurred research into new drugs and reduced the effect of chemistry on the environment.
  
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• Nobel Prize in Chemistry Awarded to Scientists for Creating a Tool to Build Molecules

  06-10-2021 12:03 via nytimes.com
  
  Benjamin List and David W.C. MacMillan were honored for work that may help develop new drugs and that has already reduced the effect of chemistry on the environment.
  
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• Experimental “Living Medicine” Created To Treat Drug-Resistant Infections

  06-10-2021 12:00 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Experimental treatment dissolves antibiotic-resistant biofilms in mice. Researchers at the Center for Genomic Regulation (CRG) and Pulmobiotics S.L have created the first ‘living medicine’ to treat antibiotic-resistant bacteria growing...
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• Nobel Prize for chemistry awarded to 2 scientists for a tool to build molecules

  06-10-2021 11:54
  Nobel Prize for chemistry awarded to 2 scientists for a tool to build molecules
  
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• Nobel Prize for chemistry awarded to 2 scientist for a tool to build molecules

  06-10-2021 11:52
  Nobel Prize for chemistry awarded to 2 scientist for a tool to build molecules
  
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• Exposure to Road Traffic Noise and Air Pollution May Raise Heart Failure Risk

  06-10-2021 11:00 via scitechdaily.com
  
  A study including more than 22,000 female nurses in Denmark evaluated exposure over 15-20 years to air pollution and road traffic noise to evaluate the...
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• NASA’s Lucy Mission To Explore the Jupiter Trojan Asteroids – “It’s Almost Like We’re Traveling Back in Time”

  06-10-2021 10:41 via scitechdaily.com
  
  
  NASA’s Lucy spacecraft will launch in October 2021 on a 12-year journey to Jupiter’s Trojan asteroids. The Lucy mission will include three Earth gravity assists...
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• Four takeaways from Facebook whistleblower's complaints

  06-10-2021 07:24 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Facebook's week is off to a tumultuous start. On Monday, Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram went down for about six hours. On Tuesday, Frances Haugen, the Facebook whistleblower, testified before a Senate subcommittee, following the release of thousands of pages of internal research and documents.
  
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• Sleep Apnea Surgery

  06-10-2021 07:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Benefits, Risks, and Alternatives to Consider
  
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• Australian defamation review to examine Facebook liability

  06-10-2021 07:00
  
  An Australian government minister says a review of defamation laws will likely examine whether platforms such as Facebook should be liable for users’ defamatory posts
  
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• 80 Mattress Industry and Sleep Statistics

  06-10-2021 07:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Facts and Trends for a More Restful Sleep
  
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• What Antibody Response Level Protects Against COVID-19 Death?

  06-10-2021 06:00 via scitechdaily.com
  
  In a study of patients with COVID-19 being treated in intensive care units, people who mounted only a low antibody response against the SARS-CoV-2 virus...
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• Researchers Uncover Underlying Mechanisms Behind “COVID Toes”

  06-10-2021 06:00 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Redness and swelling of the hands and toes, known as chilblain-like lesions, have been reported during the COVID-19 pandemic. A new study published in the British...
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• Higher Risk for COVID Breakthrough Infections in People With Substance Use Disorders

  06-10-2021 06:00 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Co-occurring health disorders appear to contribute to increased risk, NIH study suggests. An analysis of electronic health records of nearly 580,000 fully vaccinated people in...
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• Nobel physics prize goes to 3 for climate discoveries

  06-10-2021 04:30
  
  Three scientists have won the Nobel Prize for physics for work that found order in seeming disorder
  
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• Extreme Exoplanet – An Ultra-Hot Jupiter Where It Rains Iron – Even More Exotic Than Originally Thought

  06-10-2021 04:17 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Considered an ultra-hot Jupiter – a place where iron gets vaporized, condenses on the night side and then falls from the sky like rain –...
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• YouTube pulls two R. Kelly channels after sex-trafficking conviction

  06-10-2021 03:07 via nbcnews.com
  
  Kelly's songs and albums will continue to be available on the YouTube Music platform, however.
  
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• Yankees vs Red Score Score: Boston Leads 2-0 off Bogaerts Homer - The New York Times

  06-10-2021 02:42 via news.google.com
  
  Yankees vs Red Score Score: Boston Leads 2-0 off Bogaerts Homer  The New York TimesJ.D. Martinez won't play for Boston Red Sox in American League Wild Card Game  ESPN IndiaAmerican League Wild Card Game Discussion  redlegnation.comThe Yankees’ bullpen must back up Gerrit Cole in the Wild Card Game  Pinstripe Alley2021 MLB playoffs - Our predictions from the wild-card games through the World Series  ESPNView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• October 2021 Skywatching Highlights From NASA – Two Brilliant Stars Vying for “Pole” Position

  06-10-2021 02:09 via scitechdaily.com
  
  What’s Up for October? What to look for this month at sunrise and sunset, and two brilliant stars vying for the “pole” position. On October...
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• Dow Jones Futures: Look For This Market Rally Signal; Watch Google, Microsoft, Datadog - Investor's Business Daily

  06-10-2021 01:55 via news.google.com
  Dow Jones Futures: Look For This Market Rally Signal; Watch Google, Microsoft, Datadog  Investor's Business DailyStocks rebound broadly on Tuesday, Dow rallies 300 points  CNBCStock market news live updates: Stock futures hold onto gains after Nasdaq's best day since August  Yahoo FinanceStocks bounce back as oil hits 7-year high  Fox BusinessS&P 500 Rebounds as Dip-Buying Resumes By Investing.com  Investing.comView Full Coverage on Google Ne
  
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• GOP Hopeful Sues Ex-Girlfriend Stephanie Grisham Amid Tell-All Book Tour - The Daily Beast

  06-10-2021 01:40 via news.google.com
  GOP Hopeful Sues Ex-Girlfriend Stephanie Grisham Amid Tell-All Book Tour  The Daily BeastStephanie Grisham says Donald and Melania Trump were 'totally unfazed' when she told them a White House staffer had physically abused her  Yahoo! VoicesStephanie Grisham says Jan. 6 text from Melania led her to resign  CNNOpinion | Stephanie Grisham: I told the Trumps my relationship with a White House staffer had turned abusive. They didn't seem to care.  The Washingt
  
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• NIH director says COVID origins controversy has 'nothing' to do with resignation: 'Time for new vision' - Fox News

  06-10-2021 01:34 via news.google.com
  NIH director says COVID origins controversy has 'nothing' to do with resignation: 'Time for new vision'  Fox NewsDr. Francis Collins to step down as head of NIH  CNNFrancis Collins to step down as NIH director by year's end  POLITICOFrancis Collins, longtime head of NIH, to resign  Fox NewsFrancis Collins, Who Guided N.I.H. Through Covid-19 Crisis, Is Exiting  The New York TimesView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Democrats explore new options to raise debt ceiling amid deepening standoff with GOP - CNN

  06-10-2021 01:33 via news.google.com
  Democrats explore new options to raise debt ceiling amid deepening standoff with GOP  CNNBiden, McConnell Longtime Friendship Tested Over Debt, Agenda  NewsweekManchin open to spending bill above $1.5T: 'I'm not ruling anything out'  Fox BusinessNo, Biden, raising the debt ceiling isn't the other guys' job  New York Post Democrats Must Raise the Debt Themselves  The Wall Street JournalView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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