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• Student dies from COVID-19 infection associated with school - KSTP

  09-12-2021 23:56 via news.google.com
  Student dies from COVID-19 infection associated with school  KSTPCOVID-19 in Wisconsin: 3987 new cases  WISN 12 NewsCOVID-19 UPDATES: 489 new Idaho COVID-19 cases, 12 new deaths - Local News 8  LocalNews8.com3140 New COVID-19 Cases, 75 Deaths Reported Wednesday in MN  Lakeland PBSCOVID-19 in Wisconsin: Fewer counties have “critical spread”  WBAYView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Canada bans conversion therapy, joining a handful of other nations - NBC News

  09-12-2021 23:30 via news.google.com
  Canada bans conversion therapy, joining a handful of other nations  NBC NewsCanada bans conversion therapy, a practice Trudeau calls 'despicable and degrading'  CNNCanada bans 'conversion therapy,' threatens therapists with prison  Fox NewsCanada bans conversion therapy, telling LGBTQ residents 'we'll always stand up for you'  USA TODAYCanada bans conversion therapy  CBS NewsView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• 1st Case of COVID Omicron Variant Found in Fully Vaccinated and Boosted San Diegan - NBC San Diego

  09-12-2021 23:24 via news.google.com
  
  1st Case of COVID Omicron Variant Found in Fully Vaccinated and Boosted San Diegan  NBC San DiegoVirginia reports 1st case of omicron variant  WTOPSan Diego County confirms case of COVID-19 omicron variant  CBS 8 San DiegoFirst Omicron Variant Case Identified in San Diego County  countynewscenter.comL.A. County reports another omicron case, and this one could be a result of local transmission  KTLA Los AngelesView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Fickle Comet Leonard makes closest approach to Earth - SFGate

  09-12-2021 23:18 via news.google.com
  
  Fickle Comet Leonard makes closest approach to Earth  SFGateComet Leonard, the brightest of the year, is fading and acting strange  Space.comTime to watch the skies: Brightest comet of 2021 approaches Earth this week  WLOSHow to Watch Once-In-A-Lifetime Comet Leonard Whiz Past Earth | Comet Leonard 2021  Popular MechanicsHere's How and When to See Comet Leonard Over Arizona  Phoenix New TimesView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• The coronavirus infects fat cells, study suggests - Livescience.com

  09-12-2021 23:13 via news.google.com
  
  The coronavirus infects fat cells, study suggests  Livescience.comThe Coronavirus Attacks Fat Tissue, Scientists Find  The New York TimesImmune Cells Use Fat Stores to Fight Infection  Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology NewsThe Coronavirus Can Infect and Possibly Hide in Fat Cells, Study Finds  GizmodoResearchers find fat tissue could be more of a risk than other factors for severe COVID-19  WZTVView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Unlocking the Mystery of the Early Universe Depends on Estimating the Lifespan of Neutrons

  09-12-2021 23:06 via scitechdaily.com
  
  When we look into the night sky, we see the universe as it once was. We know that in the past the universe was once...
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• NASA's newest X-ray telescope rockets into orbit

  09-12-2021 23:05
  
  NASA’s newest X-ray observatory is circling the world after launching from Kennedy Space Center
  
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• Prisco's Week 14 NFL picks, odds: Browns defeat Ravens to keep AFC North title hopes alive; Bucs survive Bills - CBSSports.com

  09-12-2021 22:59 via news.google.com
  Prisco's Week 14 NFL picks, odds: Browns defeat Ravens to keep AFC North title hopes alive; Bucs survive Bills  CBSSports.comMatthew Berry's Love/Hate for Week 14 - Fantasy football gives back  ESPN10 Sleeper Starts & Duds: Week 14 (Fantasy Football)  FantasyProsPredictions, best bets and odds for every Week 14 NFL game: The Athletic’s model makes its picks  The AthleticWeek 14 NFL game picks: Cardinals sweep Rams; Buccaneers stay hot with win ov
  
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• California COVID cases are rising again, showing early signs of winter surge - KTLA Los Angeles

  09-12-2021 22:37 via news.google.com
  California COVID cases are rising again, showing early signs of winter surge  KTLA Los AngelesCOVID in California: Signs of a surge as case rates in Bay Area, California rise  San Francisco ChronicleSonoma County COVID-19 case rates creep upward, though still vastly lower than last year at this time  Santa Rosa Press DemocratLA County moves back into 'high transmission' category as COVID cases increase, health officials say  KABC-TVCOVID cases are ticking
  
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• Trump loses appeal to block Jan. 6 Capitol riot probe from getting White House records - CNBC

  09-12-2021 22:32 via news.google.com
  
  Trump loses appeal to block Jan. 6 Capitol riot probe from getting White House records  CNBCView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Footprints show some two-legged dinosaurs were agile

  09-12-2021 22:13
  
  Scientists say fossilized tracks from 120 million years ago show two-legged dinosaurs ran fast
  
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• Amazon is misleading consumers with 'deceptive' ads in search results, FTC complaint says

  09-12-2021 21:59 via cnn.com
  
  Amazon is potentially misleading consumers by not being clear enough in indicating which of its search results are paid advertisements, according to a complaint filed with the Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday.
  
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• Meat-eating dinosaurs were terrifyingly fast, footprints reveal - Livescience.com

  09-12-2021 21:41 via news.google.com
  
  Meat-eating dinosaurs were terrifyingly fast, footprints reveal  Livescience.comDinosaur Tracks Show the Fearsome Predators Had Usain Bolt Speed  The Wall Street JournalFast-running theropods tracks from the Early Cretaceous of La Rioja, Spain | Scientific Reports  Nature.comThese meat-eating dinosaurs could sprint as fast as Usain Bolt  CNNFootprints show some two-legged dinosaurs were agile  Associated PressView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Ancient DNA Discovery Reveals Woolly Mammoths, Wild Horses Survived Thousands of Years Longer Than Believed

  09-12-2021 21:36 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Mere spoonsful of soil pulled from Canada’s permafrost are opening vast windows into ancient life in the Yukon, revealing rich new information and rewriting previous...
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• The Strange Sleeping Habits of Homo Sapiens

  09-12-2021 21:30 via discovermagazine.com
  
  Compared to other primates, human slumber is exceptionally short. Did it once give us an evolutionary advantage?
  
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• Facebook Oversight Board reiterates calls for Meta to be more transparent

  09-12-2021 20:56 via cnn.com
  
  The independent board that oversees Facebook parent company, Meta, is once again urging the social media giant to be more transparent about its content moderation decisions.
  
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• Explainer: Omicron vs COVID-19 vaccines: What more do we need to know? - Reuters

  09-12-2021 20:46 via news.google.com
  
  Explainer: Omicron vs COVID-19 vaccines: What more do we need to know?  ReutersBig questions about the Covid booster shot, answered  VoxDoctor Explains How a Vaccine Booster Dose Protects You From Omicron  NBC ChicagoDr. Fauci Just Gave This Important Omicron Update — Eat This Not That  Eat This, Not ThatOmicron vs COVID-19 vaccines: What more do we need to know?  INQUIRER.netView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• 'I was symptomatic': Apple employees say store's Covid outbreak goes beyond managers

  09-12-2021 20:27 via nbcnews.com
  
  An Apple store in Southlake, Texas, is closed Wednesday through Sunday this week following an outbreak of positive Covid-19 cases among staff members.
  
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• Remarkable Regenerative Powers: Scientists Solve the Grass Leaf Conundrum

  09-12-2021 20:00 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Grass is cut regularly by our mowers and grazed on by cows and sheep, yet continues to grow back.  The secret to its remarkable regenerative...
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• Kellogg flooded with fake applicants amid company’s attempts to replace striking union workers - The Daily Dot

  09-12-2021 19:31 via news.google.com
  
  Kellogg flooded with fake applicants amid company’s attempts to replace striking union workers  The Daily DotReddit users have a plan to save Kellogg's striking workers  QuartzKellogg’s vows to replace striking workers  NewsNation NowKellogg to replace more than 1K workers as strikes continue  Good Morning AmericaMobilize the working class against the strikebreaking drive at Kellogg's!  WSWSView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• NASA launches new X-ray mission to study black holes and exploding stars - The Verge

  09-12-2021 19:13 via news.google.com
  
  NASA launches new X-ray mission to study black holes and exploding stars  The VergeSpaceX Launches IXPE NASA Telescope for X-Ray Views of Universe  The New York TimesAussie TV host mind blown by NASA's X-ray space telescope mission | Today Show Australia  TODAYNASA’s newest X-ray telescope rockets into orbit  NBC NewsMulti-telescope observatory sent into orbit  Associated PressView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Masayuki Uemura, The Nintendo Engineer Who Helped Define The Modern Games Console - Nintendo Life

  09-12-2021 19:00 via news.google.com
  
  Masayuki Uemura, The Nintendo Engineer Who Helped Define The Modern Games Console  Nintendo LifeMasayuki Uemura, Creator Of The NES And SNES, Dies At 78  KotakuMasayuki Uemura, Architect Of The NES And SNES, Has Passed Away  TheGamerMasayuki Uemura, Creator Of The NES And SNES, Has Passed Away  Nintendo LifeNES and SNES creator Masayuki Uemura dies at 78  EngadgetView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Mars Express Orbiter Unravels Mystery of Largest Martian Moon, Phobos, Using “Fake” Flybys

  09-12-2021 18:36 via scitechdaily.com
  
  By performing a series of real and ‘fake’ flybys, ESA’s Mars Express has revealed how Mars’ largest moon, Phobos, interacts with the solar wind of...
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• GM exec: Cruise to start autonomous taxi service next year

  09-12-2021 18:14
  
  General Motors’ Cruise autonomous vehicle subsidiary plans to start running a fully autonomous taxi service in San Francisco next year
  
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• To learn about climate quality, scientists turn to drones

  09-12-2021 18:05
  
  Three ocean drones were launched from Rhode Island to travel along the Gulf Stream, collecting data in tough winter conditions that would be challenging for traditional ships with crews
  
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• VAERS Data Rising: 913,268 Injuries, 19,249 Deaths

  09-12-2021 18:04 via technocracy.news
  
  Every war has its casualties. The “official” count of 19,249 reported deaths from COVID injections is likely understated by 90%, meaning that the actual death count could be approaching 200,000 in less than one year. In comparison, the Vietnam war lasted 20 years and saw only 47,434 U.S. soldiers die. The magnitude of today’s casualties is well into the genocide category.VAERS data started being collected in 1991. I personally generated this chart showing all vaccine-related de
  
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• First space station tourist in ten years docks at ISS

  09-12-2021 17:40 via cnn.com
  
  Yusaku Maezawa, a Japanese billionaire, arrived at the International Space Station this morning after soaring into outer space aboard a Russian-built Soyuz capsule, kicking off the first self-funded tourism mission to the International Space Station in a decade.
  
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• GM reaches supply deals for electric vehicle motor magnets

  09-12-2021 17:15
  
  General Motors has taken two more steps to make sure it has the raw materials for the transition from petroleum to battery power, this time involving magnets for electric vehicle motors
  
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• Massive Scorching-Hot Plasma Blast: A Sun-Like Star May Hold Dire Warnings for Life on Earth

  09-12-2021 17:00 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Astronomers spying on a stellar system located dozens of lightyears from Earth have, for the first time, observed a troubling fireworks show: A star, named...
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• Police found 'ghost gun' kits in his truck. He learned how to assemble them on YouTube.

  09-12-2021 16:59 via nbcnews.com
  
  Three years after YouTube prohibited "ghost gun" assembly videos, the site still hosts dozens of the videos, totaling several million views.
  
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• Technocracy Was Born In US, Grew Up In China, Now Conquering The World

  09-12-2021 16:15 via technocracy.news
  
  Propaganda and high-tech weapons of suppression are used in the U.S. to obscure the rise of Technocracy-based authoritarianism. As the world’s first and largest model of Technocracy, China is guiding the narrative every step of the way. Columbia University originally crystallized early Technocracy in the 1930s, the Trilateral Commission fed it to China in the 1970s and now it is dominating us in the 2020s.
  The only natural and effective enemy of propaganda is free speech. Without it, the e
  
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• Apple’s iOS 15.2 update for iPhones will give owners a repair history - The Verge

  09-12-2021 16:01 via news.google.com
  
  Apple’s iOS 15.2 update for iPhones will give owners a repair history  The VergeApple's CarPlay Is About to Get Some Very Anticipated Improvements  autoevolutionHow to Check Whether an iPhone Has ‘Genuine’ Apple Parts Without Opening It Up  LifehackerThe Morning After: Future iOS update will help you spot third-party iPhone parts  EngadgetUpcoming iOS update adds a detailed repair history to Settings  TechSpotView Full Coverage
  
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• Catch Me if You Can: Scientists Discover How mRNA Therapeutics Are Delivered Into Cells

  09-12-2021 16:00 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Researchers have found where and how mRNA arrives in a cell to modify or deliver genetic information, a crucial process for the development of novel...
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• E.U. plan to boost gig economy workers is latest blow to apps

  09-12-2021 15:54 via nbcnews.com
  
  The European Union unveiled plans to improve conditions for the growing number of gig economy workers that could reclassify some as employees entitled to
  
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• Pfizer CEO says fourth vaccine shot may eventually be needed | TheHill - The Hill

  09-12-2021 15:38 via news.google.com
  Pfizer CEO says fourth vaccine shot may eventually be needed | TheHill  The HillOmicron may require fourth vaccine dose sooner than expected, Pfizer says  The Washington PostMounting evidence highlights the importance of Covid-19 boosters  CNNPfizer CEO says we may need a fourth vaccine dose to combat the Omicron variant  Yahoo NewsPfizer: Protection against Omicron variant improves with 3 vaccine doses  WCVB Channel 5 BostonView Full Coverage on
  
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• Amazon fined $1.28 billion for abusing market dominance

  09-12-2021 15:12 via nbcnews.com
  
  Amazon was fined 1.13 billion euros ($1.28 billion) on Thursday by Italian antitrust regulators for abusing its market dominance.
  
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• How Humans Survived the Ice Age

  09-12-2021 15:00 via discovermagazine.com
  
  We weathered the Ice Age while similar species disappeared. Specialists still struggle to understand why.
  
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• They Got Married In The Metaverse…

  09-12-2021 14:58 via technocracy.news
  
  With billions of real dollars being poured into development of metaverse fantasy worlds, participants are willingly jumping in. The bride opined, “I’m always a size 4, even in January, and I never have a bad hair day.” It won’t be long until a virtual divorce court is created to preside over virtual split-ups. ⁃ TN EditorTraci and Dave Gagnon met in the cloud, so it only made sense that their wedding took place in it. On Labor Day weekend, the couple — or rath
  
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• We Asked a NASA Expert: How Did Perseverance Mars Rover Pick Its Landing Spot? [Video]

  09-12-2021 14:48 via scitechdaily.com
  
  How did NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover pick its exact landing spot? Believe it or not, the Mars rover decided precisely where to land just moments...
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• Cataract Surgery Linked With 30% Lower Risk of Dementia

  09-12-2021 13:39 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Results reported in JAMA Internal Medicine associate cataract surgery with 30% lower risk of dementia in aging population. Cataracts affect most older adults at risk...
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• Chinese astronauts give science lesson from space station

  09-12-2021 13:14
  
  Chinese astronauts are beaming back a science lesson.
  
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• EU wants millions of gig economy workers to get paid leave and a minimum wage

  09-12-2021 13:00 via cnn.com
  
  As many as four million European gig economy workers could become employees if new draft EU legislation becomes law.
  
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• Frustration Over a Stalled Bill

  09-12-2021 12:30 via nytimes.com
  
  Democrats favor federal support for scientific research. Why can’t they agree?
  
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• NASA’s 10-Member Astronaut Candidate Class of 2021 Includes 3 MIT Alumni

  09-12-2021 12:28 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Marcos Berríos ’06, Christina Birch PhD ’15, and Christopher Williams PhD ’12 make up a third of the 2021 NASA astronaut candidate class. On Monday,...
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• EU wants to give millions of gig economy workers paid leave and a minimum wage

  09-12-2021 12:27 via cnn.com
  
  As many as four million European gig economy workers could become employees if new draft EU legislation becomes law.
  
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• Italy fines Amazon $1.3 billion for abuse of market dominance

  09-12-2021 12:00 via cnn.com
  
  Italy's antitrust watchdog said on Thursday it had fined Amazon 1.13 billion euros ($1.28 billion) for alleged abuse of market dominance, in one of the biggest penalties imposed on a US tech giant in Europe.
  
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• The internet is tricking our brains

  09-12-2021 12:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  Every now and then, Adrian Ward likes to test himself against the internet’s most-used search engine.  “There are times when I have the impulse to Google
  
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• SpaceX Rocket Launches NASA’s IXPE Space Observatory – To Explore the Most Extreme and Mysterious Objects in the Universe

  09-12-2021 11:24 via scitechdaily.com
  
  NASA’s Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) mission launched at 1 a.m. EST Thursday, December 9, 2021, on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from NASA’s Kennedy...
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• Meta bans businesses run by Myanmar's military from Facebook

  09-12-2021 10:02 via cnn.com
  
  Meta, the owner of Facebook and Instagram, is further clamping down on content linked to Myanmar's military amid pressure to step up safety controls in the country.
  
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• MIT and Google Brain Create Tool To Speed Development of New Solar Cells

  09-12-2021 09:54 via scitechdaily.com
  
  A new computational simulator can help predict whether changes to materials or design will improve performance in new photovoltaic cells. In the ongoing race to...
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