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• CEO Mark Zuckerberg responds to the massive Facebook document dump

  25-10-2021 23:52 via rss.cnn.com
  
  CEO Mark Zuckerberg kicked off Facebook's quarterly earnings call by addressing the latest wave of coverage based on a trove of leaked internal documents on Monday.
  
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• Facebook reports $9 billion profit on day documents highlight internal anger

  25-10-2021 23:51 via nbcnews.com
  
  Facebook reported near-record revenue and quarterly profits of $9.2 billion Monday as the social media company faced scrutiny over how it polices its platform
  
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• Scientists Grow “Mini Brains” in the Lab – Find Potential Treatment Path for Fatal Neurological Disease

  25-10-2021 23:24 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Cambridge researchers have developed ‘mini brains’ that allow them to study a fatal and untreatable neurological disorder causing paralysis and dementia – and for the...
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• Facebook quarterly profit tops $9 billion amid damning headlines

  25-10-2021 23:20 via rss.cnn.com
  
  On a day full of bad news for Facebook, the company reminded investors that it continues to be a money-making machine.
  
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• Amid fallout from charges that Facebook emphasizes profits over user safety, the company reported a 17% profit increase

  25-10-2021 22:20
  Amid fallout from charges that Facebook emphasizes profits over user safety, the company reported a 17% profit increase
  
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• The Early Solar System Had a Mysterious Gap Where the Asteroid Belt Is Today

  25-10-2021 22:14 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Wind the cosmic clock back a few billion years and our Solar System looked much different than it does today. About 4.5 billion years ago,...
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• UN: Greenhouse gas concentrations hit a new record in 2020

  25-10-2021 21:49
  
  The U.N. weather agency says greenhouse gas concentrations hit a new record high last year and increased at a faster rate than the annual average for the last decade
  
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• Real Medical Conditions that May Have Inspired Vampire and Werewolf Myths

  25-10-2021 21:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Throughout history, superstition drove many unlikely diagnoses for scary medical conditions. Then science caught up.
  
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• Incredible Images Reveal the Complex Face of Living Bacteria Like Never Before

  25-10-2021 21:00 via scitechdaily.com
  
  The sharpest images ever of living bacteria have been recorded by UCL researchers, revealing the complex architecture of the protective layer that surrounds many bacteria...
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• Apple once threatened Facebook ban over Mideast maid abuse

  25-10-2021 20:53
  
  Apple threatened to pull Facebook and Instagram from its app store two years ago over concerns about the platform being used as a tool to trade and sell maids in the Mideast
  
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• Earth Sciences and the Climate Crisis

  25-10-2021 20:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Earth Sciences are in a prime position to help mitigate our climate crisis ... but has the burden of knowing it was part of the reason we're in one.
  
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• As a mob breached the Capitol, anger and dissonance coursed through Facebook's ranks

  25-10-2021 20:16 via nbcnews.com
  
  Facebook whistleblower documents reveal internal dissent over the company's policies and frustrations with its efforts to address its problems.
  
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• Simple COVID-19 Safety Tips for Trick-or-Treating on Halloween 2021

  25-10-2021 20:14 via scitechdaily.com
  
  The air is getting chillier, pumpkins are perched on porches and kids across the country are planning their spooky costumes. As a professor of pediatric...
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• Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin wants to build a tourism space station nearly as big as the ISS

  25-10-2021 19:44 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Blue Origin, the rocket and space tourism company founded by Jeff Bezos, is proposing a massive new commercial space station called "Orbital Reef" that could be used to host science experiments, vacation getaways, and potentially even in-space manufacturing.
  
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• Endangered whale population sinks close to 20-year low

  25-10-2021 19:38
  
  A group of scientists and ocean life advocates says a type of whale that is one of the rarest marine mammals in the world lost nearly 10% of its population last year
  
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• First Evidence for a Possible Planet Outside of the Milky Way Galaxy

  25-10-2021 18:45 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Astronomers have announced evidence for a possible planet in another galaxy. This “exoplanet” would be much farther away than any of the thousands of others...
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• Oil And Gas Industry Has Suffered 800 Major Methane Leaks Since 2017

  25-10-2021 18:12 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A new satellite imaging technique is helping to reveal the scale of the methane leak problem.
  
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• Controlling Light More Precisely Than Ever Before – Using a Material Just Three Atoms Thick

  25-10-2021 18:01 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Most of us control light all the time without even thinking about it, usually in mundane ways: we don a pair of sunglasses and put...
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• Microsoft: Russian-backed hackers targeting cloud services

  25-10-2021 17:55
  
  Microsoft says the same Russia-backed hackers responsible for the 2020 SolarWinds breach continue to attack the global supply chain and have been targeting cloud service resellers and others
  
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• Will Climate Change Force Humans to Relocate?

  25-10-2021 17:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Around the world, climate change will force people to migrate to more livable locales. But no one knows exactly how many will be displaced.
  
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• Songs of Indri – The “Singing Primates” From Madagascar – Feature “Uniquely Human” Rhythms

  25-10-2021 17:00 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Songbirds share the human sense of rhythm, but it is a rare trait in non-human mammals. An international research team led by senior investigators Marco...
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• Looking Back at the Challenger Disaster

  25-10-2021 15:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The 1986 explosion caused the first-ever in-flight NASA deaths. Now, it's clear that bureaucratic errors are to blame.
  
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• Stem Cells Help Lizard Regenerate a Perfect Tail for First Time in More Than 250 Million Years

  25-10-2021 15:11 via scitechdaily.com
  
  USC researchers’ experiment helps inform efforts to improve wound-healing in humans. Lizards can regrow severed tails, making them the closest relative to humans that can...
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• NASA’s Powerful SLS Rocket Fully Stacked for Artemis I Moon Mission – Liftoff for Deep Space in February 2022

  25-10-2021 14:08 via scitechdaily.com
  
  NASA’s Orion spacecraft is secured atop the agency’s powerful Space Launch System rocket, and the integrated system is entering the final phase of preparations for...
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• Russian group that hacked SolarWinds is still attacking America's computer networks

  25-10-2021 13:59 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Nobelium, the Russian hacking group responsible for the cyberattacks on SolarWinds, is still at it.
  
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• Dutch agency: Netherlands could face higher sea level rises

  25-10-2021 13:46
  
  Dutch climate experts are warning that the low-lying Netherlands could face higher sea level rises than previously forecast as well as dangerous weather events caused by climate change
  
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• NASA OSIRIS-REx Mission Helps Solve a Mystery: Why Are Some Asteroid Surfaces Rocky?

  25-10-2021 13:27 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Scientists thought Bennu’s surface was like a sandy beach, abundant in fine sand and pebbles, which would have been perfect for collecting samples. Past telescope...
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• The Facebook Papers may be the biggest crisis in the company's history

  25-10-2021 13:21 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Facebook has confronted whistleblowers, PR firestorms and Congressional inquiries in recent years. But now it faces a combination of all three at once in what could be the most intense and wide-ranging crisis in the company's 17-year history.
  
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• Facebook has known it has a human trafficking problem for years. It still hasn't fully fixed it

  25-10-2021 13:21 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Facebook has for years struggled to crack down on content related to what it calls domestic servitude: "a form of trafficking of people for the purpose of working inside private homes through the use of force, fraud, coercion or deception," according to internal Facebook documents reviewed by CNN.
  
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• Spanish volcano more active, spews 'giant lava fountain'

  25-10-2021 13:09
  Officials say a volcano erupting for the past five weeks on the Spanish island of La Palma is more active than ever
  
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• The Facebook Papers: Documents reveal internal fury and dissent over site's policies

  25-10-2021 13:01 via nbcnews.com
  Facebook whistleblower documents reveal internal dissent over the company's policies and frustrations with its efforts to address its problems.
  
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• Antennae Galaxies Collision: ALMA Observatory Celebrates 10 Years of Science

  25-10-2021 12:47 via scitechdaily.com
  
  At ALMA, we are celebrating doubly: on the one hand, October is the month of Science in Chile, and, on the other, we commemorate in...
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• Holistic Optimization: Coupling Power and Hydrogen Sector Pathways To Benefit Decarbonization

  25-10-2021 12:06 via scitechdaily.com
  
  MIT-led team finds holistic optimization of electric power and hydrogen supply chain infrastructure is favorable for emission reductions and decreased infrastructure costs. Governments and companies...
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• Australia wants Facebook to seek parental consent for kids

  25-10-2021 11:49
  
  Australia plans to crack down on online advertisers targeting children by making social media platforms seek parental consent for users younger than 16 years old to join or face fines of $7.5 million under a draft law
  
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• Online COVID-19 Risk Calculator Shows Your Personalized Risk of Infection

  25-10-2021 11:32 via scitechdaily.com
  
    A calculator to help people understand their risk factors for COVID-19 infection and vaccination has been launched by the Immunisation Coalition in collaboration with Australian researchers....
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• New Way Discovered To Increase the Effectiveness of Antibiotics Against “Superbugs”

  25-10-2021 11:00 via scitechdaily.com
  
  A multi-disciplinary project driven by EMBL Australia researchers at Monash University and Harvard University has found a way to make antibiotics more effective against antibiotic-resistant...
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• Neutron Star Collisions Are a “Goldmine” of Heavy Elements – Chief Cosmic Source for Gold, Platinum

  25-10-2021 10:21 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Mergers between two neutron stars have produced more heavy elements in the last 2.5 billion years than mergers between neutron stars and black holes. Most...
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• Toyota testing hydrogen combustion engines in race cars

  25-10-2021 09:41
  
  Toyota says it's testing hydrogen combustion engines in race cars as it works toward using the technology in commercial products
  
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• Australia plans to force parental consent for minors on social media

  25-10-2021 08:10 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Australia plans to make social media companies obtain parental consent for users under the age of 16 and is threatening fines of up to 10 million Australian dollars ($7.5 million) for internet platforms which fail to comply, under draft legislation published on Monday.
  
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• Hubble Space Telescope Experiences Déjà Vu

  25-10-2021 06:23 via scitechdaily.com
  
  This jewel-bright Picture of the Week features the spiral galaxy NGC 2903. This image was captured using Hubble’s Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) and Wide...
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• UN Blueprint Exposed: The Takeover Of All Genetic Material On Earth

  25-10-2021 06:01 via technocracy.news
  
  Few people, including this author, saw the real driving force behind Agenda 21 and the Biodiversity Convention in 1992. This article is necessarily long and detailed. Some may find it difficult to follow. However, the research is explosive and gives a new and poignant explanation of how and why the world was thrown upside down with a pandemic narrative orchestrated by Big Pharma and the biotechnology industries.
  In the interest of space, I have purposefully left out other important areas that ti
  
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• Global Blueprint Exposed: The Takeover Of All Genetic Material On Earth

  25-10-2021 06:01 via technocracy.news
  
  Few people saw the real driving force behind Agenda 21 and the Biodiversity Convention in 1992. This article is necessarily long and detailed. Some may find it difficult to follow. However, the research is explosive and gives a new and poignant explanation of how and why the world was thrown upside down with a pandemic narrative orchestrated by Big Pharma and the biotechnology industries.
  In the interest of space, I have purposefully left out other important areas that tie into this story. One i
  
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• Mercola: Chinese Defector Reveals COVID Origin

  25-10-2021 04:54 via technocracy.news
  
  It is ultimately important to know for certain where SARS-CoV-2 was engineered and what motive was behind its release. Technocrats in China have no problem working with Technocrats in the United States or around the world, to achieve common goals. The non-stop propaganda machine since January 2020, is definitely trying to obscure the truth. ⁃ TN Editor  STORY AT-A-GLANCE> Li-Meng Yan, M.D., Ph.D., escaped from China to the United States to expose China’s cover-up of the origi
  
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• Sweden Indefinitely Suspends Moderna Shot After Deadly Heart Condition

  25-10-2021 04:24 via technocracy.news
  
  Sweden is the fourth nation to ban Moderna. Brick by brick, the globalist fear-mongering campaign is being dismantled and recognized for what it is. Propaganda and experimental injections at the expense of lives is unacceptable, and the Technocrats who control the narrative should be removed from all public policy. ⁃ TN EditorNew concerns are being raised about side effects from the Moderna vaccine against the coronavirus.
  Swedish health officials have now decided that a moratorium on givi
  
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