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• Thirdhand Smoke: Almost All Kids Have Tobacco on Their Hands – Even in Non-Smoking Homes

  08-02-2022 23:49 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Young children touch everything — carpets, tabletops, toys, clothes, etc. — and then touch their mouths and faces. This makes them especially vulnerable to thirdhand...
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• Peloton CEO John Foley steps down, company to cut 2,800 jobs

  08-02-2022 23:41 via nbcnews.com
  Peloton will replace CEO and co-founder John Foley in a move to win back consumer and market confidence. Barry McCarthy, who held roles at Spotify and Netflix will step in to become the new CEO. 
  
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• TikTok says it will strengthen policies in effort to prevent spread of hoaxes and dangerous challenges

  08-02-2022 23:33 via cnn.com
  
  TikTok announced Tuesday that it will strengthen efforts to regulate dangerous content, including harmful hoaxes and content that promotes eating disorders and hateful ideologies. The platform plans to use creators to spread awareness of negative hoaxes, broaden the scope of banned eating disorder content and add clarity on prohibited speech and behaviors.
  
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• 2022 Oscar nominees: Where to stream this year's best picture contenders - NBC News

  08-02-2022 23:15 via news.google.com
  2022 Oscar nominees: Where to stream this year's best picture contenders  NBC NewsAll of the Best Picture nominees, ranked from worst to best  The A.V. Club2022 best picture Oscar nominees ranked from worst to best  Los Angeles TimesOscar nominations 2022: See the full list of nominees  CNNOscar Nominations 2022: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly  Paste MagazineView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Money for nothing: Cities' crypto push draws fans, critics

  08-02-2022 22:58
  
  A small group of enthusiasts has an offer that it's hoping U.S. cities can’t refuse – the prospect of millions in city funding just for embracing the group's form of Bitcoin
  
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• We asked every Bay Area county about the future of mask mandates - SFGate

  08-02-2022 22:57 via news.google.com
  We asked every Bay Area county about the future of mask mandates  SFGateWashington's mask requirements may be revisited in the 'near future'  KING5.comState mask-mandate lift leaves some parents concerned  KPTV.comView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• NASA Perseverance Mars Rover: Nobody Tell Elmo About Issole

  08-02-2022 22:57 via scitechdaily.com
  
  America’s favorite red monster may not be interested in rocks, but Perseverance can’t wait to keep exploring the rocks on Mars! How does the rover...
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• Everything New in iOS 15.4 Beta 2: Face ID Updates, Tap to Pay Code and More - MacRumors

  08-02-2022 22:12 via news.google.com
  
  Everything New in iOS 15.4 Beta 2: Face ID Updates, Tap to Pay Code and More  MacRumorsApple says a ‘small portion’ of iPhones recorded interactions with Siri even if you opted out  The VergeiOS 15.4 beta 2 now rolling out to developers with new Face ID features and more  9to5MacApple Seeds Second Beta of watchOS 8.5 to Developers  MacRumorsBeta 2 of macOS 12.3, iOS 15.4, iPadOS 15.4 Released for Testing  OSXDailyView Full Coverage on
  
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• New “Missing Link” Fossil Reveals Origin of Arthropod Breathing System

  08-02-2022 22:07 via scitechdaily.com
  
  University of Manchester research fellow David Legg, in collaboration with a team of international scientists from China, Switzerland, and Sweden, has today announced a new...
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• Electromagnetic “Tug-of-War” Lights Up Jupiter’s Upper Atmosphere

  08-02-2022 21:16 via scitechdaily.com
  
  New Leicester space research has revealed, for the first time, a complex ‘tug-of-war’ lights up aurorae in Jupiter’s upper atmosphere, using a combination of data...
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• Changing your diet could add up to 13 years to your life, study says - CNN

  08-02-2022 21:14 via news.google.com
  
  Changing your diet could add up to 13 years to your life, study says  CNNWant to Live Longer? Stop Eating Like an American, Says a New Study.  Yahoo NewsChanging Your Diet Can Add Up to 10 Years to Your Life Expectancy, New Study Shows  ScienceAlertCutting down meat and dairy could help you live up to a decade longer  New ScientistChanging to Plant-Based Diet Can Increase Lifespan  HealthlineView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Elon Musk launched his own Tesla roadster to space four years ago. Where is it now? - CNN

  08-02-2022 20:46 via news.google.com
  
  Elon Musk launched his own Tesla roadster to space four years ago. Where is it now?  CNNView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Burner phones and spyware: Chinese surveillance takes center stage at Olympics

  08-02-2022 20:44 via nbcnews.com
  
  Security concerns about a smartphone app have been overblown, according to cybersecurity experts — but that doesn't mean China isn't listening.
  
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• Ghost of Tsushima Director's Cut adds Aloy-inspired armour in latest patch - Eurogamer.net

  08-02-2022 20:41 via news.google.com
  
  Ghost of Tsushima Director's Cut adds Aloy-inspired armour in latest patch  Eurogamer.netGhost of Tsushima Gets a Surprise Aloy Outfit From Horizon Forbidden West - IGN  IGNGhost Of Tsushima Update Adds Horizon Forbidden West Crossover Content  GameSpotView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Optimizing Your Diet Could Add Up to a Decade to Life Expectancy – Try the Online Calculator

  08-02-2022 20:00 via scitechdaily.com
  
  A new model, available as an online calculator, estimates the impact of dietary changes on life expectancy. A young adult in the U.S. could add...
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• Apple will let shoppers pay merchants by holding phones together

  08-02-2022 19:40 via cnn.com
  
  Apple on Tuesday said it plans to introduce a contactless payment option later this year that will let businesses use iPhones to process transactions in stores without any additional hardware, competing with services like Square.
  
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• IRS abandons plans to use third-party facial recognition

  08-02-2022 19:31 via nbcnews.com
  
  The Internal Revenue Service is abandoning its plans to partner with an outside company that would have used facial recognition to verify new accounts.
  
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• The Therapeutic Benefits of Reading

  08-02-2022 19:30 via discovermagazine.com
  
  From emotional to neurological wellness, here is how reading is beneficial for your brain.
  
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• Kanye West, Julia Fox are in an open relationship: They're 'evolved beings' - Page Six

  08-02-2022 19:30 via news.google.com
  
  Kanye West, Julia Fox are in an open relationship: They're 'evolved beings'  Page SixKanye West, Julia Fox reportedly in open relationship: 'Their bond transcends typical norms'  Fox NewsJulia Fox Talks Relationship Labels with Kanye West, Style Influence, Kim Kardashian Comparisons  TooFabKanye West is in an ‘open relationship’ with Julia Fox as rapper wants to devote all his energy into divorce?  PINKVILLAJulia Fox Isn't Here for Claims She's
  
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• Retired pope asks pardon for abuse, but admits no wrongdoing - ABC News

  08-02-2022 19:22 via news.google.com
  Retired pope asks pardon for abuse, but admits no wrongdoing  ABC NewsPope Benedict asks for forgiveness but denies wrongdoing over child sex abuse cases  CNNRetired Pope Benedict Asks Forgiveness Over Handling of Abuse Cases  The New York TimesFormer pope asks for forgiveness over child abuse scandal  Al Jazeera EnglishRetired Pope Benedict calls for forgiveness due to abuse report  Deseret NewsView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Health Care Workers Change Their Minds on COVID-19 Vaccines

  08-02-2022 19:05 via scitechdaily.com
  
  When the COVID-19 vaccines became available, many health care workers, despite seeing the devastating effects of the virus firsthand, said they did not intend to...
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• This Terrifyingly Cute Parasite Eats Tongues

  08-02-2022 18:10 via discovermagazine.com
  
  South African scientists have documented a new species in the Ceratothoa genus that takes up residence in fish mouths.
  
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• FDA-Approved Drug Halts Immune Reactions To Save Damaged Lungs – May Treat Severe COVID-19

  08-02-2022 18:00 via scitechdaily.com
  
  A team of scientists led by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) have discovered that disulfiram, an FDA-approved drug, prevents the immune system from producing toxic...
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• Discovery Could Help Tweak the Immune System To Fight Infections and Disease

  08-02-2022 17:00 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Research led by Washington State University scientists supports a novel theory that the innate immune system people are born with can respond differently to specific...
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• GM's robotaxis are only coming out after dark

  08-02-2022 16:53 via cnn.com
  
  Cruise, the self-driving subsidiary of General Motors, started offering robotaxi rides this week in San Francisco. Anyone can sign up for the chance to be selected to get a ride in a self-driving car, provided they don't mind staying up late. Cruise's robotaxis are generally only operating from 11 p.m. to 5 a.m, according to the company. Access is limited, so people are likely to find themselves idling on Cruise's wait list. So far Cruise says it's given more than 500 rides.
  
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• Tonga Volcanic Eruption Sent Ripples Through Earth’s Ionosphere – Equivalent to 4-18 Megatons of TNT

  08-02-2022 16:11 via scitechdaily.com
  
  NASA detected the shockwave from the underwater eruption high up in the atmosphere. The powerful underwater volcanic eruption that blanketed the island nation of Tonga...
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• Invasive Plants Are Threatening Rome's Ancient Monuments

  08-02-2022 16:00 via discovermagazine.com
  
  The Coliseum and the Roman Forum aren't likely to come crashing down anytime soon. But researchers have found that invasive series still pose a serious threat to many of the city's historic sites.
  
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• 8 Amazing Black Scientists and How They Changed History

  08-02-2022 15:55 via discovermagazine.com
  
  Working everywhere from operating rooms to NASA research facilities, these pioneers propelled us into the future.
  
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• Technocrats Demand Meat Tax to Fight Climate Change

  08-02-2022 15:54 via technocracy.news
  
  The vast majority of rank-and-file citizens disbelieve the global war on red meat, and yet the environmental extremists will not let go of their demands to destroy the industry and drive people to eat insect protein instead. This battle is intensifying everywhere and is unmistakable. The price of quality beef in the US has doubled in the last 2 years and is still rising. ⁃ TN EditorA group of environmental economists in Germany is demanding that huge taxes be imposed on meat products to fi
  
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• ‘Black Mirror-Like’ Robo-Dogs Patrol US Border, Searching For Illegals

  08-02-2022 15:38 via technocracy.news
  
  Don’t rejoice that robo-dogs are going to solve the border crisis, because they will not. Technocrats within the government are merely using the border crisis as an opportunity to test their dystopian technological solutions that are designed to autonomously herd and control groups of people. Such robots are only “search and identify” today but could just as easily be converted into “search and destroy” in the future. ⁃ TN EditorPresident Biden’s souther
  
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• mRNA Jab Deaths And Injuries Are Soaring In Europe

  08-02-2022 15:20 via technocracy.news
  
  Data scoffers, nit-pickers and trolls will come out in droves over these numbers to question credibility and gaslight people into thinking what they are seeing is false. The word “genocide” is more appropriate because all of these trials should have been halted when deaths exceeded 100. The experimental shot pushers know full well that people are dying and yet they ramp up efforts to corral even more people to take the jabs. This is Technocracy’s coup d’etat. ⁃ TN E
  
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• Republican donor and investor Peter Thiel to leave Facebook board

  08-02-2022 15:12 via nbcnews.com
  
  Facebook parent company Meta said Monday that Peter Thiel will leave the company's board of directors later this year.
  
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• Spotify's $100M diversity pledge is 'half-baked' and 'amounts to a bribe,' experts say

  08-02-2022 15:04 via nbcnews.com
  
  Spotify's pledge to commit $100 million to develop and market content from groups that have historically been marginalized is being seen as too vague and
  
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• Our Galaxy Is on a Collision Course. And It's Not the First Time

  08-02-2022 15:00 via discovermagazine.com
  
  The fate of the Milky Way – and many others – is played out in a slow but surprisingly violent cosmic dance.
  
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• NASA Selects Lockheed Martin Space To Build Rocket To Retrieve First Samples From Mars

  08-02-2022 14:52 via scitechdaily.com
  
  The award brings NASA a step closer to the first robotic round trip to bring samples safely to Earth through the Mars Sample Return Program....
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• Fukushima operators send robot into worst-hit melted reactor

  08-02-2022 14:04
  
  A remote-controlled robot is being used to probe the hardest-hit nuclear reactor at Japan’s wrecked Fukushima plant, as officials push forward with clean-up operations that have been mired in delays
  
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• Two Highly Effective Treatments That Induce Peanut Allergy Remission in Children

  08-02-2022 13:45 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Researchers have discovered two peanut allergy treatments for children that are both highly effective at inducing remission. The research, led by the Murdoch Children’s Research...
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• Peloton co-founder steps down after rough ride

  08-02-2022 13:36
  
  The co-founder of Peloton is stepping down after an extended streak of tumult at the exercise and treadmill company
  
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• Peloton co-founder steps down as chief executive after tumultuous stretch for the exercise and treadmill company

  08-02-2022 13:21
  Peloton co-founder steps down as chief executive after tumultuous stretch for the exercise and treadmill company
  
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• Speeding Through Semiconductor Nanowires: New Basis for Ultrafast Transistors

  08-02-2022 13:05 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Nanowires under tension create the basis for ultrafast transistors. Smaller chips, faster computers, less energy consumption. Novel concepts based on semiconductor nanowires are expected to...
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• Brilliant Borealis: A Blast of High-Speed Solar Wind Provoked Dancing Auroras

  08-02-2022 12:25 via scitechdaily.com
  
  A blast of high-speed solar wind provoked dancing auroras in early February. Auroras are a brilliant reminder that Earth is constantly absorbing energy from the...
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• Japan's SoftBank drops sale of Arm, plans IPO

  08-02-2022 12:03
  
  Japanese technology investor SoftBank says its planned sale of the British semiconductor and software design company Arm to U.S. chip maker Nvidia has fallen through
  
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• Ultrasonic Exploration and Space Psychology Kick Off the Week on ISS

  08-02-2022 11:45 via scitechdaily.com
  
  The Expedition 66 crew kicked off the week today exploring how living in space affects psychology and ways to manipulate objects with sound. The residents...
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• New Antimicrobial, Anti-Odor Coating for Clothing and Textiles

  08-02-2022 11:00 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Silver and chemicals found in wine and chocolate used to create antimicrobial textile coating. For the first time, researchers have found a cost-effective and convenient...
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• Did the First Americans Arrive via Land Bridge? This Geneticist Says No.

  08-02-2022 11:00 via nytimes.com
  
  In “Origin: A Genetic History of the Americas,” Jennifer Raff combines archaeology, genetics, linguistics and more to argue against a longstanding theory.
  
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• Scientists Discover a Mysterious Transition in an Exotic Electronic Crystal

  08-02-2022 10:49 via scitechdaily.com
  
    Thermal span in a layered compound promises applications in next-generation electrical switches and nonvolatile memory. When temperature changes, many materials undergo a phase transition,...
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• The biggest chip deal in history has fallen apart

  08-02-2022 10:13 via cnn.com
  
  SoftBank's record-breaking sale of a prized chip designer to Nvidia has officially been called off.
  
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• Turtles dying from eating trash show plastics scourge in UAE

  08-02-2022 09:27
  
  Waves of dead turtles are washing up on the beach in Kalba.
  
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• The biggest computer chip deal in history has fallen apart

  08-02-2022 08:35 via cnn.com
  
  SoftBank's record-breaking sale of a prized chip designer to Nvidia has officially been called off.
  
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• White House: Top scientist resigns over treatment of staff

  08-02-2022 06:57
  President Joe Biden’s top science adviser Eric Lander has resigned after the White House confirmed that an internal investigation found credible evidence that he mistreated his staff
  
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