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• Earth’s First Giant: Newly Discovered Species of Ichthyosaur Was Behemoth of Dinosaurian Oceans

  24-12-2021 21:33 via scitechdaily.com
  
  The two-meter skull of a newly discovered species of giant ichthyosaur, the earliest known, is shedding new light on the marine reptiles’ rapid growth into...
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• Scientists Succeed in Culturing the Pygmy Zebra Octopus – The Size of a Grain of Rice When They Hatch

  24-12-2021 20:12 via scitechdaily.com
  
  For generations, scientists have relied on a handful of organisms to study the fundamentals of biology. The usual suspects—fruit flies, zebrafish, and mice, among others—all...
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• Chasing Life on Mars

  24-12-2021 19:00 via discovermagazine.com
  
  Two new rovers, a helicopter and a satellite all set out this year to search for signs of ancient life.
  
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• We Asked a NASA Scientist: What’s the Difference Between Asteroids, Comets and Meteors? [Video]

  24-12-2021 18:55 via scitechdaily.com
  
  What’s the difference between asteroids, comets and meteors? These space rocks each have their own unique attributes. But differences aside, these fascinating objects are all...
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• “Game Changing” Webb Space Telescope Ushers In New Age of Astronomy

  24-12-2021 16:34 via scitechdaily.com
  
  A “game changing” new telescope will be blasted into space tonight to embark on a lonely 1.5-million-kilometer orbit around the Sun to provide a clearer...
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• A Christmas Comet for Solar Orbiter: Heliospheric Imager Captures Comet Leonard

  24-12-2021 15:07 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Comet Leonard, a mass of space dust, rock, and ice about a kilometer across is heading for a close pass of the Sun on 3...
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• Russian court fines Google nearly $100M as Moscow steps up pressure on big tech

  24-12-2021 14:26 via nbcnews.com
  
  A Moscow court fined Google nearly $100 million Friday over its failure to delete content banned by local law, a penalty that reflects Russian efforts to step up pressure on big technology companies.
  
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• 13% Mortality Rate in Fully Vaccinated Patients With Cancer Who Had Breakthrough COVID-19

  24-12-2021 14:00 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Data were collected before booster vaccine recommendation. The first study to evaluate the clinical characteristics and outcomes of fully vaccinated patients with cancer who had...
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• The Science of Gift Wrapping Explains Why Sloppy Is Better Than Neat

  24-12-2021 13:11 via scitechdaily.com
  
  They say appearances can be deceiving. In the case of gift giving, they might be right. Consumers in the U.S. spend billions of dollars a...
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• Fully Vaccinated Individuals at Risk for COVID Infection With Omicron Variant – Columbia Study

  24-12-2021 12:06 via scitechdaily.com
  
  New Study Adds More Evidence for Omicron Immune Evasion Results suggest that previously infected individuals and fully vaccinated individuals are at risk for infection with...
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• Grazing With Iceland’s Reindeer – Herds of Wild Reindeer Prosper in East Iceland

  24-12-2021 09:38 via scitechdaily.com
  
  While efforts to raise domesticated reindeer on the island failed, herds of wild reindeer prosper in East Iceland. While most of the world’s populations of...
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• S.Korea's Moon pardons disgraced Park amid tight presidential race - Reuters

  24-12-2021 08:14 via news.google.com
  
  S.Korea's Moon pardons disgraced Park amid tight presidential race  ReutersSouth Korea Pardons Disgraced, Impeached, Imprisoned Ex-President  The Daily BeastPark Geun-hye, Ex-Leader of South Korea, to Be Pardoned  The New York TimesSKorea ex-President Park, jailed for corruption, is pardoned  Associated PressFormer South Korean president Park Geun-hye to receive pardon for corruption  The GuardianView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• 4 people shot, one shooter at large after gunfight in Oakbrook Center - Daily Herald

  24-12-2021 07:31 via news.google.com
  
  4 people shot, one shooter at large after gunfight in Oakbrook Center  Daily HeraldChicago-area mall shooting leaves several injured, one person in custody  Fox NewsPolice investigate Oak Brook mall shooting; 4 injured  FOX 32 ChicagoOakbrook Mall shooting: 4 shot inside Oakbrook Center, 1 in custody, police say  WLS-TVShots fired outside Mall of Victor Valley Wednesday night in Victorville  VVNG.comView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Parents of Michigan school shooter failed to act after teachers showed them he'd drawn GUN - Daily Mail

  24-12-2021 07:13 via news.google.com
  
  Parents of Michigan school shooter failed to act after teachers showed them he'd drawn GUN  Daily MailEthan Crumbley's mom admits to 'don't do it' text, but it wasn't about school shooting  Fox NewsOakland County prosecutor defends bond set for Crumbley parents, drawings released for first time  WZZM13.comProsecutor: Oxford school shooting suspect's mom had affair while son spiraled  Detroit Free PressStunning new evidence revealed in Oxford High School sh
  
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• Christmas Eve Flights Canceled, Times Square Celebration Scaled Back Amid Omicron - The New York Times

  24-12-2021 07:09 via news.google.com
  
  Christmas Eve Flights Canceled, Times Square Celebration Scaled Back Amid Omicron  The New York TimesOmicron variant causes Christmas flight cancellations and holiday travel headaches  Fox BusinessUnited and Delta cancel flights just before Christmas Eve  CNNHundreds of flights cancelled for Christmas Eve as Omicron wreaks havoc  New York Post United Airlines preemptively cancels 112 Christmas Eve flights due to COVID-19  Denver7 – The Denv
  
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• Launch Watch Party: Join NASA To Watch the Webb Space Telescope Launch Live

  24-12-2021 07:07 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Webb has been installed onto the Ariane 5 rocket in preparation for launch at 7:20 a.m. Eastern time on Saturday, Dec. 25, 2021. We asked...
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• Finishing the Human Genome

  24-12-2021 07:00 via discovermagazine.com
  
  A consortium of researchers announces it’s finally sequenced the complete genome, uncovering more than 100 new genes.
  
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• Amazon Reaches Labor Deal, Giving Workers More Power to Organize - The New York Times

  24-12-2021 06:42 via news.google.com
  
  Amazon Reaches Labor Deal, Giving Workers More Power to Organize  The New York TimesView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Titans vs. 49ers score: A.J. Brown's huge night powers comeback win as Tennessee closes in on AFC South crown - CBSSports.com

  24-12-2021 06:27 via news.google.com
  Titans vs. 49ers score: A.J. Brown's huge night powers comeback win as Tennessee closes in on AFC South crown  CBSSports.comChris Simms likes Jimmy Garoppolo, George Kittle for TNF props | Chris Simms Unbuttoned | NBC Sports  NBC Sports49ers can't overcome Jimmy Garoppolo's mistakes, as Titans steal a win  Yahoo SportsDon't trust the Titans tonight, plus six other best bets to get you through the holiday weekend  CBS Sports2021 NFL season, Week 16: What we
  
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• Ex-Minnesota police officer found guilty of manslaughter in shooting of Daunte Wright - Reuters

  24-12-2021 06:11 via news.google.com
  
  Ex-Minnesota police officer found guilty of manslaughter in shooting of Daunte Wright  ReutersKim Potter trial: Minneapolis jury finds ex-police officer guilty in death of Daunte Wright  Fox NewsCrowd Reacts To Guilty Verdict of Kim Potter in Death of Daunte Wright  NBC NewsRespect jury's decision to convict Potter  Minneapolis Star TribuneKim Potter's defense seeks NO jail time despite six-year minimum sentence for manslaughter  Daily MailView F
  
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• Webb Rocket Rollout To Launch Pad Complete – Its Final Location on Earth

  24-12-2021 06:06 via scitechdaily.com
  
  NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope – inside the Ariane 5 rocket it will ride to space – has arrived at its final location on Earth:...
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• 'Unabomber' Ted Kaczynski moved to prison medical facility

  24-12-2021 05:46
  
  The man known as the “Unabomber” has been transferred to a federal prison medical facility in North Carolina after spending the past two decades in a federal Supermax prison in Colorado for a series of bombings that targeted scientists
  
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• Possible Stray Police Bullet Kills Girl in Dressing Room at Burlington Store - NBC Southern California

  24-12-2021 05:44 via news.google.com
  Possible Stray Police Bullet Kills Girl in Dressing Room at Burlington Store  NBC Southern CaliforniaLos Angeles clothing store shootout leaves suspect and teen girl dead, police say  Fox NewsLA police kill teen girl while firing shots at male suspect  Yahoo NewsGirl in Dressing Room Killed in Burlington Store Shooting – NBC Los Angeles  NBC Southern CaliforniaSuspect, 1 victim dead after shooting in Burlington store in SoCal l ABC7  ABC7Vi
  
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• Earth and Mars Were Formed From Collisions of Large Bodies Made of Inner Solar System Material

  24-12-2021 05:19 via scitechdaily.com
  
  International research team investigated the isotopic composition of rocky planets in the inner Solar System. Earth and Mars were formed from material that largely originated...
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• Hawaii Bowl canceled after Hawaii football team pulls out of game due to COVID-19 issues - USA TODAY

  24-12-2021 05:14 via news.google.com
  Hawaii Bowl canceled after Hawaii football team pulls out of game due to COVID-19 issues  USA TODAYHawai'i Rainbow Warriors out of Hawai'i Bowl due to COVID-19 issues  ESPN IndiaHawaii Bowl Canceled Due to COVID Cases Within Hawaii Program | CBS Sports HQ  CBS Sports HQWarriors pull out of Hawaii Bowl; there will be no replacement team  Honolulu Star-AdvertiserHawaii withdraws from Hawaii Bowl due to COVID, transfers and season-ending injuries  T
  
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• 2 dead in submerged car as California storm worries spread

  24-12-2021 05:14
  
  Authorities rescued one driver early Thursday but were unable to save two more from a submerged car in a flooded underpass south of San Francisco as a storm rolled through California
  
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• James Webb Telescope Rolls to Launch Pad Aboard Ariane 5 Rocket

  24-12-2021 04:56 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Arianespace’s Ariane 5 rocket with NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope onboard, is rolled out to the launch pad, Thursday, December 23, 2021, at Europe’s Spaceport,...
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• Two Hong Kong universities remove Tiananmen artworks after Pillar of Shame dismantled - The Guardian

  24-12-2021 04:28 via news.google.com
  
  Two Hong Kong universities remove Tiananmen artworks after Pillar of Shame dismantled  The GuardianHong Kong university removes Tiananmen statue  ReutersHong Kong's famous Tiananmen Square 'Pillar of Shame' statue removed from university  CNNMore Tiananmen massacre memorials removed in Hong Kong  KXAN.comTwo more Tiananmen monuments removed from Hong Kong university campuses  ReutersView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Tesla to pull plug on letting drivers play video games after federal investigation

  24-12-2021 03:59 via cnn.com
  
  Tesla reversed course Thursday and will no longer allow video games to be played on its cars' touchscreens when they are in motion, bowing to an investigation of the feature by federal safety regulators.
  
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• Omicron now dominant COVID variant in King County, predicted to soon overtake delta statewide - The Seattle Times

  24-12-2021 03:55 via news.google.com
  
  Omicron now dominant COVID variant in King County, predicted to soon overtake delta statewide  The Seattle TimesCovid cases quadruple in the Seattle area in a single day, where omicron dominates  KUOW News and InformationStatewide hospitalizations are through the roof; not locally  KEPR 19Many Washington state hospitals at or above capacity  KOMO News‘A math problem’: Washington officials warn less severe omicron variant could still overrun hos
  
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• Chris Noth accused by singer-songwriter Lisa Gentile of sexual assault - KABC-TV

  24-12-2021 03:27 via news.google.com
  Chris Noth accused by singer-songwriter Lisa Gentile of sexual assault  KABC-TV'SATC' star Chris Noth accused of sexual assault by fourth woman  Fox NewsChris Noth makes 1st public comments amid scandal: 'I'll now let the chips fall where they may'  Yahoo EntertainmentFormer 'SATC' Stand-In Claims Chris Noth's Set Behavior Was 'Disgusting'  msnNOW4th accuser comes forward against actor Chris Noth  ABC NewsView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Is it Over for Dua Lipa and Anwar Hadid? - The Cut

  24-12-2021 03:02 via news.google.com
  Is it Over for Dua Lipa and Anwar Hadid?  The CutDua Lipa & Anwar Hadid Were in 'Crisis' Mode Before Their Split—Here's Why They Broke Up  Yahoo LifestyleDua Lipa & Anwar Hadid "Taking a Break" After 2 Years of Dating | E! News  E! NewsDua Lipa and Anwar Hadid reportedly 'taking a break' from relationship  Page SixDua Lipa and Anwar Hadid Are Reportedly "Taking a Break"  Yahoo LifestyleView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• It's a Christmas Miracle: The James Webb Space Telescope Is on The Launchpad! - ScienceAlert

  24-12-2021 02:52 via news.google.com
  
  It's a Christmas Miracle: The James Webb Space Telescope Is on The Launchpad!  ScienceAlertTelescope, NASA & STEM take center stage at Port Arthur Public Library - Port Arthur News  The Port Arthur NewsNASA To Launch James Webb Space Telescope On Christmas  NBC NewsWorld's Most Powerful Telescope Gets Ready for Christmas Launch  autoevolution100 times more powerful than Hubble, Webb space telescope to search for first light after Big Bang  CB
  
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• 2 People Found Dead in Submerged Vehicle in Flooded Millbrae Underpass - CBS San Francisco

  24-12-2021 02:49 via news.google.com
  
  2 People Found Dead in Submerged Vehicle in Flooded Millbrae Underpass  CBS San FranciscoTwo dead in submerged car as California storm worries spread  OregonLive2 die in submerged car during Millbrae flooding; others escape  KTVU FOX 2 San FranciscoMillbrae: Two found dead in submerged car on flooded roadway  The Mercury News2 die in submerged car as storm pounds California, raising flooding, mudslide fears  MarketWatchView Full Coverage on Googl
  
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• Travis Scott distributes toys to 2,000 kids across his hometown of Houston, Texas - Daily Mail

  24-12-2021 02:20 via news.google.com
  
  Travis Scott distributes toys to 2,000 kids across his hometown of Houston, Texas  Daily MailTravis Scott Gives Out Over 2,000 Toys to Houston Area Kids  TMZTravis Scott & Cactus Jack Foundation Gifts 5,000 Toys To Kids In Need: Report  HotNewHipHopTravis Scott's Cactus Jack Foundation distributes thousands of toys to Houston kids  Houston Chronicle Houston’s Super Feast seeks hundreds of volunteers to distribute holiday meals, toys to families i
  
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• Vaccine protection best explains Omicron's mild symptoms: early data - Business Insider

  24-12-2021 02:01 via news.google.com
  
  Vaccine protection best explains Omicron's mild symptoms: early data  Business InsiderCOVID-19: Data suggests Omicron 'less severe'  Sky NewsDecember 23 Omicron variant and coronavirus news  CNNDon’t dismiss Omicron as ‘mild’. Take it from a Covid long-hauler  The GuardianCOVID-19 omicron variant is less likely to put people in the hospital, studies suggest  Fox NewsView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Prince Harry and Meghan Markle DEBUT Daughter Lilibet in Christmas Card - Entertainment Tonight

  24-12-2021 02:00 via news.google.com
  
  Prince Harry and Meghan Markle DEBUT Daughter Lilibet in Christmas Card  Entertainment TonightHarry and Meghan share first picture of daughter Lilibet in holiday card  CNNHarry and Meghan Share First Photo of Baby Lilibet  The Royal Family ChannelMeghan Markle, Prince Harry share first photo of baby Lilibet in 2021 family Christmas card  Yahoo LifeMeghan Markle sparks global interest with birth of two redheaded kids  Geo NewsView Full Coverage on
  
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• Texas parole board withdraws pardon recommendation for George Floyd - CBS News

  24-12-2021 01:50 via news.google.com
  
  Texas parole board withdraws pardon recommendation for George Floyd  CBS NewsGeorge Floyd removed from consideration for posthumous Texas pardon  Fox NewsTexas governor doesn't pardon George Floyd after parole board withdraws recommendation  Yahoo NewsGeorge Floyd not included in Gov. Greg Abbott's 2021 pardons  12NewsNowGreg Abbott Tosses George Floyd's Posthumous Pardon Over 'Procedural Errors'  The Daily BeastView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Jury in Elizabeth Holmes trial concludes first week of deliberations without a verdict

  24-12-2021 01:28 via cnn.com
  
  Elizabeth Holmes' fate in her criminal fraud trial will not be decided before Christmas as the jury failed to reach a verdict in its first week of deliberations.
  
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• WR Start 'Em, Sit 'Em Week 16: Can Gabriel Davis, Amon-Ra St. Brown, and Chase Claypool get you to your championship? - Pro Football Network

  24-12-2021 01:00 via news.google.com
  
  WR Start 'Em, Sit 'Em Week 16: Can Gabriel Davis, Amon-Ra St. Brown, and Chase Claypool get you to your championship?  Pro Football NetworkBig names dealing with COVID-19 or injury going into Week 16, fantasy semifinals  Yahoo SportsWeek 16 fantasy football rankings, projections, sleepers: Cordarrelle Patterson, Rashod Bateman | Best Christmas movies and more  The AthleticNFL Week 16 Weather Updates: Possible snow, rain in forecast could affect fantasy start 'em, si
  
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• Asia-Pacific stocks mixed as some markets close early for Christmas Eve - CNBC

  24-12-2021 00:39 via news.google.com
  
  Asia-Pacific stocks mixed as some markets close early for Christmas Eve  CNBCShares edge up, dollar set for worst week since Sept as Omicron fears ebb By Reuters  Investing.comAsian stock markets follow Wall St up as omicron fears ease  KLBK | KAMC | EverythingLubbock.comAsian shares advance, dollar soft as markets decide Omicron fallout limited  ReutersAsian Stocks Up, Steadies as Omicron Virulence Concerns Fade By Investing.com  Investing.comVi
  
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• At-home covid tests and omicron: What you need to know - The Washington Post

  24-12-2021 00:37 via news.google.com
  At-home covid tests and omicron: What you need to know  The Washington PostSearch For A COVID-19 Test Means Sold-out Signs, Long Lines  HuffPostHere's what to do if you test positive for COVID-19  NewsdayI had COVID and can’t get an at-home test before Christmas. It’s (partly) the Biden administration’s fault  Washington Examiner5 things to know about COVID-19 tests in the age of Omicron  National GeographicView Full Coverage on
  
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• Single Dose of China’s Ad5-nCoV COVID-19 Vaccine Is Safe and Effective in Phase 3 Trial

  24-12-2021 00:30 via scitechdaily.com
  
  The Ad5-nCoV vaccine, developed in China, is 57.5% effective against symptomatic COVID-19 infection and 91.7% effective against severe COVID-19 beginning 28 days post-vaccination, according to...
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• Xiaomi 12 leaked renders show all ahead of next week's launch - Android Police

  24-12-2021 00:25 via news.google.com
  Xiaomi 12 leaked renders show all ahead of next week's launch  Android PoliceImages of the Xiaomi 12 leak ahead of launch and it looks gorgeous  Android CentralXiaomi 12 teasers show larger screen and narrower build than iPhone 13  PhoneArenaXiaomi 12 specs and prices leak - GSMArena.com news  GSMArena.comXiaomi 12 Pro Will Feature 2K Samsung E5 Display with Dynamic Refresh Rate Support  WccftechView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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