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• Gaming while driving: Tesla allows it, Mercedes does recall

  10-12-2021 23:18
  
  Earlier this week, reports surfaced that Tesla allows drivers to play video games on dashboard touch screens while vehicles are moving
  
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• Oh, the humanity: Chess computers changed the game, but not the players

  10-12-2021 22:31 via nbcnews.com
  
  At the World Chess Championships in Dubai, reigning champion Magnus Carlsen from Norway has had the upper hand over his Russian challenger, Ian Nepomniachtchi.
  
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• NFT of Silk Road founder's art sells for more than $6 million

  10-12-2021 22:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  The artwork of Ross Ulbricht, the imprisoned creator of the first major dark web black market, brought in more than $6 million through an online auction Thursda
  
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• Pandemic mystery: Scientists focus on COVID's animal origins

  10-12-2021 21:33
  
  Nearly two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, the origin of the virus tormenting the world remains shrouded in mystery
  
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• Mountain lion kittens found under picnic table

  10-12-2021 21:26
  
  Two mountain lion kittens that survived after a litter of four was found under a picnic table are being cared for at a California veterinary hospital
  
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• A global race is on to patch a critical computer bug

  10-12-2021 21:16 via nbcnews.com
  
  Security experts around the world raced Friday to patch one of the worst computer vulnerabilities discovered in years, a critical flaw in open-source code
  
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• FAA says lack of federal whistleblower protections is 'enormous factor' hindering Blue Origin safety review

  10-12-2021 21:05 via cnn.com
  
  Jeff Bezos' rocket company, Blue Origin, became the subject of a federal review this fall after a group of 21 current and former employees co-signed an essay that raised serious questions about the safety of the company's rockets — including the rocket making headlines for flying Bezos and other celebrities to space.
  
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• How Hydra Regrow Their Heads

  10-12-2021 21:00 via discovermagazine.com
  
  The genes involved in hydra regeneration and development could offer clues about immortality.
  
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• A New Class of Astronaut Candidates on This Week @NASA – December 10, 2021 - NASA

  10-12-2021 18:55 via news.google.com
  
  A New Class of Astronaut Candidates on This Week @NASA – December 10, 2021  NASASpace Calendar December 2021: Events Occurring in Space  The Hans IndiaSpace Station Science Highlights: Week of December 6, 2021  NASASpaceCast Weekly - December 10, 2021  NASA JohnsonSpace to Ground: December Arrivals: 12/10/2021  NASA JohnsonView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Filmmaker Aronofsky Talks Science and Exploring Planet Earth with Will Smith

  10-12-2021 18:00 via discovermagazine.com
  
  The Academy Award-nominated director known for dark psychological thrillers discusses his lifelong interest in the natural world and a new docuseries, 'Welcome to Earth.'
  
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• What Colors, Plants & Bedroom Designs Help for the Best Sleep?

  10-12-2021 17:00 via discovermagazine.com
  
  Learn The Science Behind Improving Your Sleep Environment
  
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• Illinois Bill Proposes To Strip Unvaxxed Of Their Health Insurance

  10-12-2021 16:49 via technocracy.news
  
  This idea to punish the non-injected keeps cropping up and will eventually gain traction if it is not resisted. Dystopian social engineers will not stop at getting vaxxed. Don’t wear a mask? Smoke? Disobey a lockdown? Too fat? Forget it, if your condition doesn’t destroy you, then they will. ⁃ TN EditorIllinois Representative Jonathan Carroll wants to push through a change to the state’s insurance law that would mean health insurers no longer have to cover unvaccinated pe
  
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• Uber helping detectives solve Florida 'grandparent scams'

  10-12-2021 16:44
  
  Detectives in Tampa are asking Uber to help solve a “grandparent scam” that conned $10,000 from a 75-year-old man who was told his granddaughter needed the money to get out of jail
  
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• Bitcoin surge was a windfall for white supremacists, research finds

  10-12-2021 16:42 via nbcnews.com
  
  Some prominent white nationalists invested early in bitcoin and have gotten rich off its sharp rise in value in recent years, researchers say.
  
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• Spray-Painting Killer Asteroids Could Redirect Them Away From Earth

  10-12-2021 16:15 via discovermagazine.com
  
  Astronomer suggests a cheap way to protect Earth from killer impacts by turning asteroids into "interplanetary disco balls" and allowing reflected light to change their orbit.
  
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• Mandates Empower An Emerging ‘New Technocratic World Order’

  10-12-2021 15:48 via technocracy.news
  
  Mandates have nothing to do with public or personal health, but rather promoting and enabling the emerging global Technocracy. As noted by TN in early 2020, the “Great Panic of 2020” was Technocracy’s coup d’état on the whole of planet earth. This is now being openly recognized by experts around the world as unaccountable and unelected ‘experts’ are ripping society apart at the seams. ⁃ TN EditorThe more I observe the establishment’s mo
  
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• Saudi activist sues 3 former U.S. officials over hacking

  10-12-2021 15:08 via nbcnews.com
  
  Loujain al-Hathloul, a prominent Saudi political activist who pushed to end a ban on women driving in her country, is suing three former U.S. intelligence and
  
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• GMO ‘Humanized Pigs” Created In China To Study COVID

  10-12-2021 14:59 via technocracy.news
  
  This transgenic creation cuts both ways. It can be used to explore cures or preventions for coronavirus or it can be used to test more deadly lab-engineered bio-weapons. The debate over mixing genes of different species or classes has been a raging debate between scientists. Technocrats have no ethical boundaries or moral restrictions to any type of experimentation. ⁃ TN EditorChina’s state-run Global Times newspaper celebrated on Thursday the alleged discovery of a scientific proces
  
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• Many Nutritional Supplements Fail To Deliver What They Promise – “Catastrophic Quality Deficiencies”

  10-12-2021 14:43 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Pharmacist Andreas Hensel and his team identify quality deficiencies in food supplements. Food supplements are available in a lot of places – in drugstores, health...
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• Black Widow Neurotoxin: From Spider’s Venom to Medical Applications

  10-12-2021 13:53 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Phobias are often irrational by nature – especially in the case of spiders, as these creatures are usually more afraid of humans than vice-versa. But:...
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• MIT Student Designs Novel Prosthetics and Seeks To Inspire Others To Pursue Engineering

  10-12-2021 13:23 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Making Her Way Through MIT Graduate student Lucy Du designs novel prosthetics and seeks to inspire others to pursue engineering. Lucy Du, a doctoral student...
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• White Rhinos Occupy Uncharted Territory in Rwanda

  10-12-2021 13:00 via discovermagazine.com
  
  New conservation effort benefits local, national and ecological interests.
  
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• Mysterious Long-Range Four-Stranded DNA Structures Found To Play a Role in Rare Aging Disease

  10-12-2021 12:50 via scitechdaily.com
  
  A special form of four-stranded DNA, recently seen in human cells, has been found to interact with a gene that causes Cockayne Syndrome when faulty....
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• Hubble Space Telescope is Fully Operational Once Again

  10-12-2021 12:19 via scitechdaily.com
  
  In the history of space exploration, a handful of missions have set new records for ruggedness and longevity. On Mars, the undisputed champion is the...
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• MIT Advances Toward “Living Biotherapeutics” To Treat Gastrointestinal Diseases

  10-12-2021 11:45 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Chemical engineers created a coating for microbes that could make it easier to deploy the organisms to treat gastrointestinal diseases. The human gut is home...
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• Differentiating Friends From Foes Genetically in Fungal Root Microbiomes

  10-12-2021 11:00 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Complex microbial communities inhabit plants and modulate their development. Roots especially, host a wide diversity of micro-organisms – including bacteria and fungi – that directly...
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• Atom Laser Creates Reflective Matter-Wave Patterns Similar to Light

  10-12-2021 11:00 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Cooled to almost absolute zero, atoms not only move in waves like light but also can be focused into shapes called caustics, similar to the...
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• Groundbreaking Experimental Compound Displays Effectiveness in Treating Symptoms of Autism and Alzheimer’s Disease

  10-12-2021 10:29 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Experimental compound, which has received orphan drug and pediatric rare disease designations from the FDA, displays effectiveness in treating symptoms of Autism and Alzheimer’s disease....
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• NASA Lucy Trojan Asteroid Mission Update: Zeroing in on Path Forward for Solar Array

  10-12-2021 09:43 via scitechdaily.com
  
  NASA plans to conduct additional ground tests on an engineering model of the Lucy solar array motor and lanyard prior to potentially attempting full deployment...
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• Investigating Screen Time's Impact on the Attention Span

  10-12-2021 07:00 via discovermagazine.com
  
  It isn't yet clear how excessive technology use affects the brain, but researchers think frequent stimulation and immediate gratification could impact focus on more laborious tasks.
  
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• Revealed: How the COVID-19 Virus Evades Our Immune System

  10-12-2021 06:29 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Scientists at Hokkaido University and Texas A&M University have identified a key mechanism used by the SARS-CoV-2 virus to evade host immune systems. Researchers in...
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• DNA match solves case of California waitress killed in 1996

  10-12-2021 05:01
  
  A DNA match has helped detectives solve the killing of a San Francisco Bay Area waitress whose body was found in a basement bathroom 25 years ago
  
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• 'Dune: Spice Wars' is a strategy game set in Frank Herbert's sci-fi universe - Engadget

  10-12-2021 04:34 via news.google.com
  
  'Dune: Spice Wars' is a strategy game set in Frank Herbert's sci-fi universe  EngadgetDune: Spice Wars RTS coming in 2022 from developer of Northgard  PolygonDune: Spice Wars Reveal Trailer | Game Awards 2021  GameSpot TrailersDune: Spice Wars Is a 4X Real-Time Strategy Game - IGN  IGNDune: Spice Wars Revealed  ComicBook.comView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Dozens killed in Mexico road accident - CNN

  10-12-2021 04:15 via news.google.com
  
  Dozens killed in Mexico road accident  CNNMexican authorities say 53 migrants dead, 54 injured after truck crash  CNBCMexico truck crash: At least 53 people killed as trailer overturns  BBC NewsTractor-trailer full of migrants crashes in southern Mexico, killing at least 53  The Washington PostTruck crash kills 53 migrants, injures dozens more in southern Mexico  NBC NewsView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Jussie Smollett guilty verdict latest in polarizing case - Associated Press

  10-12-2021 04:11 via news.google.com
  
  Jussie Smollett guilty verdict latest in polarizing case  Associated PressJussie Smollett convicted of staging hate crime, lying to cops  Fox NewsJussie Smollett found guilty of lying to police about racist and homophobic attack  Yahoo EntertainmentColumn: Jussie Smollett is guilty. Good. Let Chicagoans never speak of him again.  Chicago TribuneJussie Smollett being found guilty of hoax will hurt LGBTQ folks reporting hate crimes  MSNBCView Full
  
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• Vikings' Kirk Cousins hits K.J. Osborn for 62-yard TD after Steelers narrow deficit - espn.com

  10-12-2021 03:48 via news.google.com
  Vikings' Kirk Cousins hits K.J. Osborn for 62-yard TD after Steelers narrow deficit  espn.comShould Fantasy Football Owners Start the Banged-Up Dalvin Cook This Week? | The Rich Eisen Show  The Rich Eisen ShowVikings vs. Steelers score: Live updates, results, game stats, highlights for 'Thursday Night Football'  CBSSports.comDalvin Cook makes quick return from shoulder injury, will play Vikings' game vs. Steelers  ESPNRB Dalvin Cook (shoulder) active for V
  
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• Purdue at Rutgers | Big Ten Men's Basketball | Highlights | Dec. 9, 2021 - Big Ten Network

  10-12-2021 03:47 via news.google.com
  
  Purdue at Rutgers | Big Ten Men's Basketball | Highlights | Dec. 9, 2021  Big Ten NetworkRutgers Scarlet Knights stun No. 1 Purdue on deep 3-pointer at buzzer  ESPNRutgers UPSET No.1 Purdue With Halfcourt Buzzer-Beater  Bleacher ReportReaction to No. 1 Purdue's buzzer-beating loss to Rutgers  IndyStarRutgers pierces No. 1 Purdue with stunning game-winning shot  Fox NewsView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Alex Murdaugh hit with 21 new charges connected to over $6M in alleged swindles - New York Post

  10-12-2021 03:38 via news.google.com
  
  Alex Murdaugh hit with 21 new charges connected to over $6M in alleged swindles  New York Post State Grand Jury issues new indictments against Alex Murdaugh; hearing delayed  WIS10Alex Murdaugh charged with 21 new financial crimes, totaling $1.3M  Hilton Head Island PacketAlex Murdaugh now facing more than 50 charges after new indictments filed  CBS NewsSouth Carolina Attorney General announces 21 additional criminal charges against Alex Murdaugh &nbs
  
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• The Lord of the Rings Gollum: The Untold Story Reveal Trailer | Game Awards 2021 - GameSpot

  10-12-2021 03:09 via news.google.com
  
  The Lord of the Rings Gollum: The Untold Story Reveal Trailer | Game Awards 2021  GameSpotGeoff Keighley Opens Game Awards With Disappointing Vagueness  KotakuThe Game Awards 2021: All the news and announcements  PolygonThe Lord of the Rings: Gollum | A Split Personality - Cinematic Trailer  Daedalic EntertainmentGollum Game Trailer Gives Light to Both of His Personalities  ComingSoon.netView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Steelers-Vikings: Gerry Dulac's quarterly analysis - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

  10-12-2021 03:09 via news.google.com
  
  Steelers-Vikings: Gerry Dulac's quarterly analysis  Pittsburgh Post-GazetteWeek 14 Thursday Night Football Daily Fantasy: The Dalvin Cook problem  Yahoo SportsSteelers inactives for Week 14 vs. Vikings  Steelers.com3 Vikings players fans would like to have on the Steelers  Still CurtainNFL Thursday night: Steelers, Vikings both thinking must win, but is a big upset in store? Our pick  Miami HeraldView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Biden administration signals Friday's inflation data could be high - Reuters

  10-12-2021 02:55 via news.google.com
  
  Biden administration signals Friday's inflation data could be high  ReutersWhite House Says U.S Economy Poised to Tackle Inflation in 2022  Bloomberg Quicktake: NowAnother eye-popping inflation reading is ahead. Next year could look very different.  POLITICOTo tame inflation, Biden should cut tariffs | TheHill  The HillWho's to blame for inflation? It's not who Republicans and Democrats think  The Arizona RepublicView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Michigan school shooting 'entirely preventable,' $100-million suit says - Reuters

  10-12-2021 02:54 via news.google.com
  
  Michigan school shooting 'entirely preventable,' $100-million suit says  ReutersFamily of student shot in Oxford High School attack files lawsuit against school district and employees  CNN$100M lawsuit filed by family of Oxford shooting victim  WILX-TV$100 mln lawsuit says MI shooting was 'preventable'  ReutersMichigan school district facing pair of $100 million lawsuits over Oxford shooting  syracuse.comView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Legendary Flying Reptile: Fleshing Out the Bones of Quetzalcoatlus, Earth’s Largest Flier Ever

  10-12-2021 02:28 via scitechdaily.com
  
  70 million-year-old fossils reveal unique walking behavior of this huge, heron-like pterosaur. Look around any wetland today and you’re likely to see 3-foot-tall egrets or...
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• New York becomes largest city to grant vote to noncitizens - POLITICO

  10-12-2021 02:04 via news.google.com
  
  New York becomes largest city to grant vote to noncitizens  POLITICON.Y.C. Grants Noncitizens Right to Vote in Local Elections  The New York TimesNew York City becomes the largest municipality in the U.S. to allow noncitizens to vote in local elections  The Washington PostCity Council OKs bill allowing nearly 800,000 non-citizens to vote in local elections  New York Post NYC Council Clears Way For Noncitizen Residents To Vote In City Elections  C
  
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• MP Materials CEO says GM partnership key to building EV supply chain in U.S. - CNBC

  10-12-2021 02:00 via news.google.com
  
  MP Materials CEO says GM partnership key to building EV supply chain in U.S.  CNBCMP Materials CEO discusses rare earth magnets deal with General Motors  CNBC TelevisionGeneral Motors to source rare earth metals domestically for its electric vehicles  NBC NewsGM forms 2 new partnerships that will create new factories in US  Detroit Free PressGeneral Motors makes moves to source rare earth metals for EV motors in North America  The VergeView Full
  
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• Senate Clears Last Major Hurdle to Raising Debt Ceiling - The New York Times

  10-12-2021 01:58 via news.google.com
  
  Senate Clears Last Major Hurdle to Raising Debt Ceiling  The New York TimesU.S. Debt-Ceiling Hike on Path for Final Passage  Bloomberg PoliticsThese are the Republican senators who supported the McConnell-Schumer debt limit deal  Fox NewsPerspective | Democrats just proved they can get around the filibuster — when they want to  The Washington PostDon’t get the ‘sugar-coated Satan sandwich’ debt ceiling game? Politicians love it 
  
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• Buffalo Starbucks Workers Vote for Union at 1 Store - The New York Times

  10-12-2021 01:48 via news.google.com
  
  Buffalo Starbucks Workers Vote for Union at 1 Store  The New York TimesView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Inside Biden's call with Zelensky - Axios

  10-12-2021 01:41 via news.google.com
  
  Inside Biden's call with Zelensky  AxiosBiden assures Ukraine's leader of US support to deter Russia  Associated PressUkraine Crisis: Biden's Diplomacy With Putin Is Dangerous  BloombergOpinion | Biden must resist Putin's trumped-up demands on Ukraine  The Washington PostDefending Ukraine: US must offer military support not just economic threats | TheHill  The HillView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Nicaragua cuts diplomatic ties with Taiwan to align with Beijing - Al Jazeera English

  10-12-2021 01:20 via news.google.com
  
  Nicaragua cuts diplomatic ties with Taiwan to align with Beijing  Al Jazeera EnglishNicaragua ends relations with Taiwan in diplomatic victory for China  CNNNicaragua breaks ties with Taiwan, switches allegiance to Beijing  CNBCTaiwan Loses Nicaragua as Ally as Tensions With China Rise  The New York TimesTaiwan loses another ally to China  AxiosView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Biden's Democracy Summit Convenes as U.S. Hits a ‘Rough Patch’ - The New York Times

  10-12-2021 01:19 via news.google.com
  
  Biden's Democracy Summit Convenes as U.S. Hits a ‘Rough Patch’  The New York TimesBiden adds 'women' to Declaration of Independence during democracy summit remarks  Fox NewsStart your day here: Democracy under pressure; Instagram gets grilled; the vaccine and religious beliefs  NPRBiden (and Putin)’s nostalgia for the Cold War  Al Jazeera EnglishBiden needs to add development to his democracy summit's agenda | TheHill  The HillV
  
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