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• You May Be Hallucinating Right Now

  17-12-2021 23:00 via discovermagazine.com
  
  The line between normal perception and hallucination may be thinner than you think.
  
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• FAA: Georgia spaceport decision near, but more study needed

  17-12-2021 22:30
  A federal agency expects to announce its decision Monday on whether to allow a launchpad that would fly commercial rockets from coastal Georgia
  
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• NASA confirms next Friday for Webb Space Telescope launch

  17-12-2021 22:23
  
  NASA is shooting for next Friday to launch its newest space telescope
  
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• JPMorgan hit with $200 million in fines over use of encrypted messaging apps

  17-12-2021 21:26 via nbcnews.com
  
  JPMorgan Chase is paying $200 million in fines to two U.S. banking regulators to settle charges that its Wall Street division allowed employees to use WhatsApp
  
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• Derecho Sweeps Across Midwest – Hurricane-Force Winds, Dust Storms, Tornadoes, Wildfires, Snow Squalls, Heavy Rain, and Record-Breaking Heat

  17-12-2021 21:22 via scitechdaily.com
  
  December 15 – 16, 2021 Hurricane-force winds, dust storms, tornadoes, wildfires, snow squalls, heavy rain, and record-breaking heat accompanied an unusual December storm system. An...
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• Since 1980s US chances of a white Christmas melt a bit

  17-12-2021 20:37
  
  A white Christmas is going from reality to more of a dream for chunks of the United States
  
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• Elizabeth Holmes' defense makes its case to jurors in closing arguments

  17-12-2021 20:21 via cnn.com
  
  After more than three months of testimony from 32 witnesses, the criminal fraud case of Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes could go to the jury as soon as Friday.
  
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• TikTok says no 'credible threat' to rumored school violence 'trend'

  17-12-2021 20:21 via nbcnews.com
  
  TikTok reassured students and parents across the country that widely circulated warnings of possible gun violence in schools was "not a credible threat."
  
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• TikTok posts referencing violence raise anxiety at schools

  17-12-2021 20:02
  Some parents kept their children home, police stepped up patrols and educators tightened security protocols Friday in response to viral TikTok posts alluding to unconfirmed threats of violence that raised anxiety levels at schools nationwide
  
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• “Look at Me!” – Visuals Increase Attention; Now Science Explains Why

  17-12-2021 20:00 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Chemical’s release in brain tied to processing of imagery, cells’ activation. “Look at me!” we might say while attempting to engage our children. It turns...
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• Alibaba to grow Southeast Asia e-commerce arm to $100b

  17-12-2021 19:42
  
  Alibaba this week revealed an ambitious vision to quintuple its Southeast Asian e-commerce business to $100 billion in transacted sales, as well as a pledge to reach carbon neutrality in its operations by 2030
  
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• Rare Rocky Mountain insects will need snowfields to survive

  17-12-2021 19:41
  
  Federal wildlife officials say two species of rare, winged insects in the Rocky Mountains will need several thousand acres of glaciers and snowfields if they are to survive a warming world that’s threatening them with extinction
  
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• CDC endorses schools' coronavirus 'test-to-stay' policies

  17-12-2021 19:40
  
  U.S. health officials are endorsing “test-to-stay” policies that allow close contacts of students infected with the coronavirus to remain in classrooms if they test negative
  
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• FTC considers drafting new regulations on data and algorithms to protect consumer privacy and civil rights

  17-12-2021 19:12 via cnn.com
  
  The Federal Trade Commission says it's considering drafting new rules for US businesses that would more strongly regulate how they can use data and algorithms, in the latest move to clamp down on technology companies run amok. This would lead to market-wide requirements impacting tech giants like Amazon, Google, Facebook and Apple.
  
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• Conserving Predators of the Plant Kingdom

  17-12-2021 19:05 via discovermagazine.com
  
  Recent studies predict about one quarter of carnivorous plant populations face extinction. That’s why conservationists around the world are working together to reduce threats.
  
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• Red Planet Rotorcraft Record! NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Reaches an Airborne Milestone Never Considered Achievable

  17-12-2021 19:04 via scitechdaily.com
  
  NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Reaches a Total of 30 Minutes Aloft With its recent 17th flight, the Red Planet rotorcraft reaches an airborne milestone the...
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• Vague and viral TikTok warning of school violence is not credible but has schools and law enforcement on high alert

  17-12-2021 18:38 via cnn.com
  
  A vague and viral TikTok trend warning of nationwide school violence on Friday — which authorities have dismissed as non-credible — has nevertheless prompted widespread school closures, stretched law enforcement resources and put families on edge ahead of a critical holiday travel season.
  
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• Super Typhoon Rai – Powerful Storm Is One of the Strongest Recorded on Earth This Year

  17-12-2021 18:18 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Locally named Odette, the storm is one of the strongest recorded on Earth this year and the 6th to reach category 5. Typhoon Rai crossed...
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• Why Do Some People Live So Long?

  17-12-2021 18:00 via discovermagazine.com
  
  From diet to personality, researchers say many factors are at play.
  
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• Hi-tech heists: Crypto hackers make a killing robbing trading platforms

  17-12-2021 17:32 via nbcnews.com
  
  It’s not just lucky investors getting rich from crypto.
  
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• Elizabeth Holmes' defense makes it case to jurors in closing arguments

  17-12-2021 17:19 via cnn.com
  
  Elizabeth Holmes' defense will continue presenting its closing arguments Friday in her criminal fraud trial as the case edges closer to jury deliberations following more than three months of witness testimony.
  
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• #MeToo Comes To Metaverse: “There I Was, Being Virtually Groped”

  17-12-2021 17:17 via technocracy.news
  
  Whatever criminal or base behavior that exists in the real world, can and will also exist in the virtual world. Already, a female beta-tester for a metaverse software platform has reported being unexpectedly groped by a stranger. The metaverse is inevitably headed toward lawlessness and moral depravity, outside of governmental reach, much like the “Wild West” of the 1800s. ⁃ TN EditorLast week, Meta (the umbrella company formerly known as Facebook) opened up access to its virtu
  
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• New Autism Marker Discovered in Kids: Could Lead to New Treatment for Autism and Epilepsy

  17-12-2021 17:01 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Discovery could lead to new treatment in kids with autism and epilepsy. Calming brain protein is low in autism, leading to epilepsy No brakes on...
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• California investigates Google’s treatment of Black women workers

  17-12-2021 16:56 via nbcnews.com
  
  California’s civil rights regulator is investigating Google’s treatment of Black female workers following alleged incidents of harassment and discrimination,
  
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• Vague and viral TikTok warning of school violence is non-credible but has schools and law enforcement on high alert

  17-12-2021 16:49 via cnn.com
  
  A vague and viral TikTok trend warning of nationwide school violence on Friday — which authorities have dismissed as non-credible — has nevertheless prompted widespread school closures, stretched law enforcement resources and put families on edge ahead of a critical holiday travel season.
  
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• Tornado Damage: Nighttime Satellite Images Detail Kentucky Blackout

  17-12-2021 16:41 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Tornadoes and severe winds knocked out power to Mayfield and surrounding towns. On the night of December 10-11, 2021, a potent storm front and dozens...
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• AWS Announces IoT TwinMaker Service To Build Digital Twins

  17-12-2021 16:35 via technocracy.news
  
  Creating a digital twin of the physical world will be key to constructing the virtual metaverse where people will move seamlessly between the real and artificial world. Within a few years, we should expect something comparable to Google Maps and Google Earth except on an immersive level where your own digital twin (avatar) can be inserted anywhere on earth. ⁃ TN EditorToday, we are announcing AWS IoT TwinMaker, a new service that makes it faster and easier for developers to create and use
  
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• Man And AI Machine: Co-Evolutionary Hybrid Intelligence?

  17-12-2021 16:02 via technocracy.news
  
  Artificial Intelligence is an oxymoron because intelligence is an exclusively human concept. Thus, if humans use their intelligence to build artificial representations of their own intelligence, it can never exceed it. Nevertheless, artificial reasoning power does not express or inherit human traits such as wisdom, compassion, love, etc. ⁃ TN EditorYou know you’re in for a treat when a pre-print AI research paper begins by explaining that nobody really knows what AI is and
  
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• Why Is Poop Brown? A Doctor Explains

  17-12-2021 15:26 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Three-quarters of your poop consists of water and most of the rest is food your body didn’t digest. Once it exits the digestive system, poop...
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• Zoom Santas are back and eager as ever

  17-12-2021 15:03 via cnn.com
  
  "We're about to be joined by a very important customer," said Christian Braun, CEO of collectible e-commerce company HobbyDB, during a recent Zoom meeting with his marketing team. "Over to you, Nick."
  
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• Fox News loses bid to dismiss Dominion defamation lawsuit over election coverage

  17-12-2021 15:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  Fox News Network on Thursday lost its attempt to dismiss a $1.6 billion lawsuit brought by Dominion Voting Systems.
  
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• First True Millipede Discovered – New Species With More Than 1,000 Legs Found Deep Underground in Australia

  17-12-2021 14:19 via scitechdaily.com
  
  The discovery of the first millipede with more than 1,000 legs is reported in Scientific Reports this week. Prior to this, no millipede had been...
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• Who Were the Ancestors of the Neanderthals?

  17-12-2021 14:00 via discovermagazine.com
  
  It's complicated. But researchers are gaining some clarity in the vast web of early-human species that preceded modern humans.
  
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• New Research Shows Plants Are Photosynthesizing More in Response to More CO2 in the Atmosphere

  17-12-2021 13:38 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Plants Buy Us Time to Slow Climate Change – But Not Enough to Stop It New research from Berkeley Lab and UC Berkeley shows that...
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• The World’s First Optical Oscilloscope – Game-Changing Innovation for Communication Technologies

  17-12-2021 12:58 via scitechdaily.com
  
  The innovation could be a game-changer for communication technologies, such as phones and internet connections. A team from UCF has developed the world’s first optical...
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• Advanced New Catalysts for More Efficient Clean Hydrogen Production

  17-12-2021 12:18 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Oregon State University research into the design of catalysts has shown that hydrogen can be cleanly produced with much greater efficiency and at a lower...
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• Catching DART Asteroid Deflection Mission’s First Words

  17-12-2021 11:37 via scitechdaily.com
  
  When NASA’s DART spacecraft launched November 24 on a world-first mission to deflect an asteroid, ESA’s Estrack network played a vital role – finding, tracking,...
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• Testosterone Drives the Dark Side of Success: Meerkat Societies Fall Apart When Aggression Is Taken Away

  17-12-2021 11:00 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Cooperation and aggression. Meerkats are showing us that one may not be possible without the other. In a study appearing this week in the journal...
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• Parker Solar Probe: For the First Time in History, a Spacecraft Has Touched the Sun

  17-12-2021 10:36 via scitechdaily.com
  
  NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has now done what no spacecraft has done before—it has officially touched the Sun. Launched in 2018 to study the Sun’s...
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• Tropical Fish Shoals Disrupted by Ocean Acidification and Warming

  17-12-2021 10:00 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Researchers from the University of Adelaide have found that the way fish interact in groups is being upset by ocean acidification and global warming. “Fish...
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• To Find the Very Highest-Energy “Ghost” Particles in the Universe, a New Detector Will Soar Over Antarctica

  17-12-2021 07:42 via scitechdaily.com
  
  NASA gives go-ahead for $20M multi-institution balloon experiment led by UChicago scientists. Sometimes a question is so big that it takes a continent to answer...
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• Shifting Sands, Creeping Soils – And a New Understanding of Landscape Evolution

  17-12-2021 07:11 via scitechdaily.com
  
  A recent study published in Nature Communications finds that piles of sand grains, even when undisturbed, are in constant motion. Using highly-sensitive optical interference data,...
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• ExoMars Discovers Hidden Water in Mars’ Grand Canyon – The Largest Canyon in the Solar System

  17-12-2021 05:58 via scitechdaily.com
  
  The ESA-Roscosmos ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter has spotted significant amounts of water at the heart of Mars’ dramatic canyon system, Valles Marineris. The water, which...
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• Chiefs at Chargers score: Live updates, game stats, highlights, TV, streaming for 'Thursday Night Football' - CBSSports.com

  17-12-2021 05:28 via news.google.com
  Chiefs at Chargers score: Live updates, game stats, highlights, TV, streaming for 'Thursday Night Football'  CBSSports.comWeek 15 NFL game picks: Patriots outlast Colts on Saturday night; Packers nip Ravens  NFL.com“I'm Genuinely Concerned for the Chiefs” - Rich Eisen Previews Kansas City vs the Chargers on TNF  The Rich Eisen ShowChiefs Game Today: Chargers vs Chiefs injury report, schedule, live stream, TV and betting preview for Week 14  Arr
  
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• Gasconade County school district to close Friday after TikTok threat challenge - ABC17News.com

  17-12-2021 05:18 via news.google.com
  
  Gasconade County school district to close Friday after TikTok threat challenge  ABC17News.comSchool Shooting Threats on TikTok, Social Media Prompt Lockdowns, Closures  BloombergLocal school systems address Tik Tok trend that call for violence on Friday  KLFYSchool shooting, bomb threat of December 17th attacks circulates on social media, Tik Tok; Chicago area police, schools respond  WLS-TVTikTok Threat: Marlborough Police See No Specific Threats &nb
  
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• Five children dead and four injured after wind lifts bouncy castle into the air - CNN

  17-12-2021 05:04 via news.google.com
  
  Five children dead and four injured after wind lifts bouncy castle into the air  CNNBouncy castle accident kills 5 children during school celebration: 'Our hearts are breaking'  Fox NewsFour children die in Australia jumping castle tragedy  Reuters5 children killed when wind gust lifts bouncy castle  WHIO RadioFive children killed in Australian bouncy castle accident - BBC News  BBC NewsView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Facebook’s parent company bans six private spy firms from Facebook

  17-12-2021 04:53 via nbcnews.com
  
  Spies for hire are targeting journalists, activists and dissidents on behalf of corporations and governments, says Facebook parent company Meta in a new report.
  
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• Jacksonville Jaguars QB Trevor Lawrence says coaching change gives locker room 'focus' - ESPN

  17-12-2021 04:52 via news.google.com
  Jacksonville Jaguars QB Trevor Lawrence says coaching change gives locker room 'focus'  ESPNBefore latest Urban Meyer embarrassment, Trevor Lawrence called for Jaguars drama to end  Yahoo SportsOpinion: Jaguars must cut ties with Urban Meyer for Trevor Lawrence's sake  msnNOWFocus shifts to development of Trevor Lawrence after Urban Meyer's exit  News4JAXTrevor Lawrence was over Jaguars drama before Urban Meyer's firing  New York Post View Full C
  
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• At least 27 people feared dead in blaze in Japanese city of Osaka - CNBC

  17-12-2021 04:45 via news.google.com
  
  At least 27 people feared dead in blaze in Japanese city of Osaka  CNBCView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• U.S. judge tosses $4.5 bln deal shielding Sacklers from opioid lawsuits - Reuters

  17-12-2021 04:44 via news.google.com
  
  U.S. judge tosses $4.5 bln deal shielding Sacklers from opioid lawsuits  ReutersJudge Overturns Purdue Pharma’s Opioids Settlement  The New York TimesFederal judge rejects Purdue Pharma's settlement of opioid lawsuits over legal protections for members of Sackler family  CNNJudge rejects Purdue Pharma's sweeping opioid settlement  WJCL NewsJudge overturns deal giving Purdue Pharma's Sackler family civil immunity from opioid claims  The Wash
  
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