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• Surprising Discovery Proves That Deadly Gene Has Jumped From a Harmless Organism to a Deadly Pathogen

  11-02-2022 22:49 via scitechdaily.com
  
  University of South Australia scientists have made a surprising discovery in the origins of an antibiotic-resistant gene previously thought to have been confined to Adelaide....
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• NASA's new space telescope sees 1st starlight, takes selfie

  11-02-2022 22:19
  
  NASA's new space telescope has captured its first starlight and even taken a selfie of its giant, gold mirror
  
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• When Hearts Beat as One

  11-02-2022 22:15 via discovermagazine.com
  
  A large body of research has found that under a variety of conditions, human hearts tend to beat in synch.
  
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• Revolutionary “Bionic” Pacemaker Reverses Heart Failure

  11-02-2022 21:19 via scitechdaily.com
  
  A revolutionary pacemaker that re-establishes the heart’s naturally irregular beat is set to be trialed in New Zealand heart patients this year. A revolutionary pacemaker...
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• Work starts on wind farm off New England's southern coast

  11-02-2022 20:41
  New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced that land-based construction has started on a wind project off the coasts of New York and Rhode Island that's expected to produce enough power for about 70,000 homes
  
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• Nanopores Feel the Heat: Breakthrough May Lead to More Efficient DNA Sequencing Technology

  11-02-2022 20:00 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Researchers at Osaka University use a tiny thermometer to directly monitor changes in temperature when ions pass through a nanopore, which may lead to more...
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• Citizen Science Is For Lovers

  11-02-2022 20:00 via discovermagazine.com
  
  You'll find plenty to love (and do) in this Valentine's Day-themed edition of the SciStarter newsletter.
  
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• Volcanic lightning streaks sky over fiery Mount Etna

  11-02-2022 19:40
  
  A particularly powerful eruption of Mount Etna has created a volcanic storm that sent bolts of lightning dramatically across the sky over eastern Sicily
  
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• Technocrat-In-Charge: Klaus Schwab’s ‘Great Narrative’ For The Global Borg

  11-02-2022 19:35 via technocracy.news
  
  You will own nothing but  you won’t be happy. You will also be assimilated into Schwab’s version of the Borg, where implanted technology will make you a docile servant of the master race. Schwab is the undisputed champion and pied piper of Technocracy, leading the world into total Scientific Dictatorship and neo-Feudalism. ⁃ TN EditorEvery civilization is built upon layers of mythology. In his recently published book, The Great Narrative, the founder and chairman
  
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• Young workers shed new light on life inside Amazon warehouses with viral videos

  11-02-2022 19:28 via nbcnews.com
  
  Amazon warehouse workers said COVID-19 rules helped lead to a TikTok boom.
  
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• Waning 2-Dose and 3-Dose Effectiveness of mRNA Vaccines Against COVID-19–Associated Emergency Department and Urgent Care Encounters and Hospitalizations Among Adults During Periods of Delta and Omicron Variant Predominance — VISION Net - COVID-19

  11-02-2022 19:19 via news.google.com
  
  Waning 2-Dose and 3-Dose Effectiveness of mRNA Vaccines Against COVID-19–Associated Emergency Department and Urgent Care Encounters and Hospitalizations Among Adults During Periods of Delta and Omicron Variant Predominance — VISION Net  COVID-19View Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• $10 Billion Webb Space Telescope Sees Its First Star – And Captures a Brilliant Selfie

  11-02-2022 19:03 via scitechdaily.com
  
  The James Webb Space Telescope is nearing completion of the first phase of the months-long process of aligning the observatory’s primary mirror using the Near Infrared...
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• Five Animals That Mate For Life

  11-02-2022 19:00 via discovermagazine.com
  
  Though it's not common, these animals make the ultimate commitment.
  
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• NASA captures stunning, first of a kind images of Venus' surface - Livescience.com

  11-02-2022 18:49 via news.google.com
  
  NASA captures stunning, first of a kind images of Venus' surface  Livescience.comThese are the first visible-light images of Venus’ surface captured from space  Science News MagazineWe finally know why Venus is absolutely radiant  Popular ScienceHistoric! NASA Parker Solar Probe does a FIRST on Venus  HT Tech50 years ago, Arecibo got an unprecedented view of Venus’ surface  Science News MagazineView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• SpaceX's Elon Musk: 1st orbital Starship flight maybe March

  11-02-2022 18:32
  SpaceX's Elon Musk says the first orbital flight of his towering Starship could come in another month or two
  
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• Amazon rolls back mask mandate for some vaccinated warehouse workers

  11-02-2022 18:22 via cnn.com
  
  Amazon will no longer require its fully vaccinated warehouse employees to wear face masks at work in states that have eased up on mask mandates, the company said in an internal memo Thursday.
  
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• Astronomer Finds Star Fuel Reservoirs Surrounding Galaxies

  11-02-2022 18:14 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Most galaxies, including our own, grow by accumulating new material and turning them into stars — that much is known. What has been unknown is...
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• IKE’s Smart City Surveillance Kiosks Installed In Houston

  11-02-2022 17:57 via technocracy.news
  
  Marketed on the basis of being free and convenient, the IKE kiosks collect data on every person who comes near them, including id’ing your bluetooth and wifi devices. Cameras record your face, examine your choices and selections. Their payback is “surveillance capitalism” where you are subsumed into the Technocrat control grid.
  See this recent story: ‘Free’ Interactive Kiosks Surveil Everyone While Scooping Up Their Personal Information. ⁃ TN EditorEach kiosk
  
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• Citizen Scientists Continue to Fight COVID-19. Here’s What They’ve Accomplished

  11-02-2022 17:15 via discovermagazine.com
  
  Projects like Outbreaks Near Me, Eterna and the COVID-19 Citizen Science Project have made great strides toward learning about COVID-19’s spread and how best to fight it.
  
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• "Smart" Mouth Guards Are Helping Scientists Study Head Trauma in Football Players

  11-02-2022 17:00 via discovermagazine.com
  
  The high-tech devices can track the force, location and severity of hits during play. But can they help protect players from the danger of repeated head injuries?
  
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• Lifetime of Knowledge Can Clutter Memories of Older Adults

  11-02-2022 17:00 via scitechdaily.com
  
  When a person tries to access a memory, their brain quickly sifts through everything stored in it to find the relevant information. But as we...
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• The end of a wild pandemic ride: What it was like for Peloton employees who lost their jobs this week

  11-02-2022 16:56 via cnn.com
  
  Late Monday night, some Peloton staffers noticed they were unable to access work productivity apps like Slack and Okta, which they used regularly on the job. Peloton's employees had been told about a scheduled maintenance window that might cause service outages, according to one employee, but that didn't stop others from bracing for the worst.
  
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• Senators Finally Discover That CIA Is Using A Secret Program To Collect Data On American Citizens

  11-02-2022 16:54 via technocracy.news
  
  In 2015, a CIA whistleblower who actually created “The Hammer”software to spy on foreign terror threats, revealed that the CIA had turned the surveillance weapon against American citizens. The CIA and the NSA are generally barred from investigating Americans or U.S. businesses, but alas, they operate outside the law with impunity.
  This type of lawless behavior is completely in line with the Technocrat mindset. They eschew politicians and the political structures that exist to protect
  
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• CIA is secretly collecting bulk data pertaining to Americans, senators say

  11-02-2022 16:40 via nbcnews.com
  
  The CIA has a secret, undisclosed data repository that includes information collected about Americans, two Democrats on the Senate Intelligence Committee said T
  
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• Technocrat Propaganda: UN Chief Calls For Action On ‘5-Alarm Global Fire’

  11-02-2022 16:28 via technocracy.news
  
  The UN is the seat of modern Technocracy, aka Sustainable Development and Green Economy. Remembering that Technocracy defined itself as “the science of social engineering” as far back as 1938, propaganda is the main tool used today to drive populations into submission. Secretary-General António Guterres is pounding the podium to stimulate urgent action. ⁃ TN EditorAt a time when “the only certainty is more uncertainty”, countries must unite to forge a new, mo
  
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• Almost 1 in 3 Older Adults Develop New Medical Conditions After COVID-19 Infection

  11-02-2022 15:40 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Results can help anticipate the scale of future health complications and improve planning for use of healthcare resources. Almost a third (32 of every 100)...
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• In unvaccinated pregnant women, Covid can cause deadly harm to babies - Yahoo News

  11-02-2022 15:03 via news.google.com
  
  In unvaccinated pregnant women, Covid can cause deadly harm to babies  Yahoo NewsNIH Study: COVID Increases Pregnancy Risks  WKRGStudy: COVID infection destroys placenta, results in stillbirths  WISHTV.comDoctor explains COVID's effect on pregnant women  KRCRTV.COMCOVID Can Destroy the Placenta and Cause Stillbirths During Pregnancy in Rare Cases  PEOPLEView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Google's advertising tech targeted in European publishers' complaint

  11-02-2022 14:46 via cnn.com
  
  Google on Friday was targeted in an antitrust complaint by the European Publishers Council over its digital advertising business, potentially strengthening EU antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager's investigation into the issue.
  
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• Two Sides of the Same Coin: Tiny Electrical Vortexes Bridge Gap Between Ferroelectric and Ferromagnetic Materials

  11-02-2022 14:33 via scitechdaily.com
  
  University of Warwick physicists discover presence of a special ferroelectric texture that mirrors the spin crystal phase (checkerboard-like symmetry) in ferromagnets. Ferromagnetic materials have a...
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• Where Did That Sound Come From? MIT Neuroscientists Can Answer That Question

  11-02-2022 13:53 via scitechdaily.com
  
  MIT neuroscientists have developed a computer model that can answer that question as well as the human brain. The human brain is finely tuned not...
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• Electricity Production on the Moon Is in the Hands of Estonians

  11-02-2022 13:23 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Katriin Kristmann, a doctoral student in chemical and materials science at TalTech (Tallinn University of Technology), began research aimed at developing technology for the production...
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• A controversial bill to protect kids online just advanced in the Senate. Here's what you should know

  11-02-2022 13:15 via cnn.com
  
  A controversial bill targeting how tech platforms and websites handle child sexual abuse material cleared a key hurdle on Thursday as a Senate panel voted to approve the legislation despite vocal objections from civil rights groups who say the proposal as written will backfire and harm all internet users.
  
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• Highly Virulent and Transmissible Variant of HIV Discovered in the Netherlands

  11-02-2022 12:43 via scitechdaily.com
  
  A highly virulent variant of HIV-1 has been circulating in the Netherlands for the past few decades, researchers report. According to the new study, a...
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• Why 'Following the Science' To Minimize Covid Risk May Not Be So Easy

  11-02-2022 12:27 via nytimes.com
  
  If only it were so easy.
  
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• Follow the Science?

  11-02-2022 12:27 via nytimes.com
  
  If only it were so easy.
  
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• Autonomous Biohybrid Fish – Made From Human Cardiac Cells – Swims Like the Heart Beats

  11-02-2022 11:57 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Device offers insights into artificial muscular pumps, a step toward building an artificial heart. Harvard University researchers, in collaboration with colleagues from Emory University, have...
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• Nets’ James Harden Traded to Sixers for Ben Simmons - The New York Times

  11-02-2022 08:08 via news.google.com
  
  Nets’ James Harden Traded to Sixers for Ben Simmons  The New York TimesStephen A. reacts to the James Harden-Ben Simmons trade | NBA Today  ESPNWhat the James Harden-Ben Simmons trade means for the Raptors  Raptors RaptureThe Sixers finally got James Harden. Now what? Answering big questions about the move  PhillyVoice.comJarrett Allen’s blunt reaction to the James Harden-Ben Simmons blockbuster  Cavaliers NationView Full Coverage on
  
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• In the Process of Solving a Decades-Long Mystery, Scientists Discover Where Schizophrenia May Originate in the Brain

  11-02-2022 07:14 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Researchers studying a protein that is strongly linked to the psychiatric disorder are the first to determine the protein’s function, tracing it to a structure...
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• Shaun White Ends His Olympic Career With 4th Place Finish - The New York Times

  11-02-2022 07:04 via news.google.com
  
  Shaun White Ends His Olympic Career With 4th Place Finish  The New York TimesShaun White misses out on podium in final Olympic event with fourth-place finish  Yahoo SportsTeam USA snowboarding legend Shaun White crashes out on final Olympic run  CNNShaun White's Physical Therapist Says Secret to His Success Is More than Just Pushing It in the Gym  PEOPLEView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Five Inventors Killed By Their Own Creations

  11-02-2022 07:00 via discovermagazine.com
  
  Being an inventor means taking risks. Some risks go too far.
  
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• Elon Musk gives hotly anticipated Starship update, but it's light on new details

  11-02-2022 06:47 via cnn.com
  
  SpaceX CEO Elon Musk spoke for over an hour Thursday night in a hotly anticipated discussion about Starship, which the company hopes will one day take humans to Mars and that will play a key role in NASA's plans to return humans to the moon for the first time in a half century. Still, not many new details were shared.
  
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• Aaron Rodgers 'thankful' for Green Bay Packers' response to issues last offseason, still undecided on future - ESPN

  11-02-2022 06:30 via news.google.com
  Aaron Rodgers 'thankful' for Green Bay Packers' response to issues last offseason, still undecided on future  ESPNPackers' Aaron Rodgers named 2021 NFL MVP  Fox NewsPackers QB Aaron Rodgers named 2021 AP NFL MVP  NFL.comPackers: Aaron Rodgers named NFL MVP for fourth time  Lombardi AveIt’s official: Aaron Rodgers wins fourth MVP award  NBC SportsView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• U.S. inflation data is like a 'punch in the stomach' for the Fed, says Citi economist - CNBC

  11-02-2022 06:16 via news.google.com
  
  U.S. inflation data is like a 'punch in the stomach' for the Fed, says Citi economist  CNBCInflation surges 7.5% on an annual basis, even more than expected and highest since 1982  CNBCWill traders let fly, or magnify their outcry, to today's CPI?  Seeking AlphaCPI Report: Surging Inflation Backs the Federal Reserve Into a Corner  BloombergOpinion | Expectations about inflation are settling in. That's a big problem.  The Washington PostView Full
  
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• James Webb Space Telescope Is Chilling Out

  11-02-2022 06:16 via scitechdaily.com
  
  While we have started the long process of aligning the telescope mirrors, almost all of the components on Webb’s cold side are still continuing to...
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• 2022 NBA Trade Deadline Recap - hoopsrumors.com

  11-02-2022 05:59 via news.google.com
  
  2022 NBA Trade Deadline Recap  hoopsrumors.comNBA trade deadline 2022 - Winners and losers from a wild deadline, including where Ben Simmons and James Harden check in  ESPNLet There Be Trades!  Defector2022 NBA Trade Deadline winners and losers: Ben Simmons, James Harden get their wish; Lakers stuck in neutral  CBSSports.comAre the 76ers the best team in the East after the trade deadline? | NBA Today  ESPNView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Access to three US-Canada border crossings cut off by trucker protest blockades - CNN

  11-02-2022 05:58 via news.google.com
  
  Access to three US-Canada border crossings cut off by trucker protest blockades  CNNUS urges Canada to use federal powers to end bridge blockade  Associated Press'Freedom Convoy' protesters shut down third border crossing as U.S. officials urge Canada to get control of spiraling crisis  The Washington PostCommentary: Growing disruption caused by border blockade requires action  Crain's Detroit BusinessFord, other automakers warn on Canadian trucker protest
  
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• Russian anti-doping agency allowed Kamila Valieva to compete in Olympics despite failed drug test - CNN

  11-02-2022 05:18 via news.google.com
  
  Russian anti-doping agency allowed Kamila Valieva to compete in Olympics despite failed drug test  CNNKamila Valieva, Russian Figure Skater, Tested Positive for Banned Substance  The New York TimesTrimetazidine: Drug banned by WADA makes 'your heart work more efficiently'  CNNIOC getting what it deserves for not holding Russia accountable for doping | Opinion  Yahoo SportsRussian skater reportedly tests positive for banned drug  Washington Examin
  
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• Billie Eilish Responds to Kanye West's Apology Demand - Vulture

  11-02-2022 05:09 via news.google.com
  
  Billie Eilish Responds to Kanye West's Apology Demand  VultureBillie Eilish RESPONDS to Kanye "Ye" West's Apology Demand  E! NewsBillie Eilish Responds to Kanye West, Travis Scott Astroworld Drama  STYLECASTERBillie Eilish Saved Atlanta Concertgoer Struggling To Breathe  Patch.comBillie Eilish Responds To Kanye West's Request For Her To Apologize To Travis Scott  AccessView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Winter Olympics updates: Shaun White just misses medal in halfpipe final, Mikaela Shiffrin completes super-G - USA TODAY

  11-02-2022 04:57 via news.google.com
  Winter Olympics updates: Shaun White just misses medal in halfpipe final, Mikaela Shiffrin completes super-G  USA TODAYShaun White misses out on podium in final Olympic event with fourth-place finish  Yahoo SportsShaun Whites legendary career comes to an end, finishes fourth in Beijing  TownLiftTeam USA snowboarding legend Shaun White crashes out on final Olympic run  CNNEnd of an era: Shaun White misses medal stand  WANEView Full Coverage on Goo
  
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• Nets trade James Harden to Sixers for Ben Simmons - NBA.com

  11-02-2022 04:56 via news.google.com
  
  Nets trade James Harden to Sixers for Ben Simmons  NBA.comStephen A. reacts to the James Harden-Ben Simmons trade | NBA Today  ESPNWhat the James Harden-Ben Simmons trade means for the Raptors  Raptors RaptureThe Sixers finally got James Harden. Now what? Answering big questions about the move  PhillyVoice.comRich Paul Says Ben Simmons Has Already Talked With Kevin Durant: "We've Got To Work To Do To Get Him Back To Play, But It's A Great Step In Right Dir
  
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