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• US bird flu case puts chicken, turkey farms on high alert - KSL.com

  15-02-2022 23:18 via news.google.com
  
  US bird flu case puts chicken, turkey farms on high alert  KSL.comAdditional case of avian influenza detected in Indiana  Successful FarmingBird flu in 2 Southern states: ‘Highly pathogenic avian influenza’ reported  AL.comKentucky bird flu outbreak means 240,000 chickens could be killed at a Tyson operation  The Washington PostAvian influeza detected in Kentucky near Tennessee border  WLKY LouisvilleView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Virgin Galactic reopens space tourism ticket sales

  15-02-2022 23:01 via cnn.com
  
  Virgin Galactic is reopening sales of its $450,000 tickets that get customers a 90-minute joyride aboard an air-launched rocket that brushes the edge of space.
  
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• Ancestors of Legionella Bacteria – Which Causes Legionnaires’ Disease – Infected Cells Two Billion Years Ago

  15-02-2022 22:00 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Researchers at Uppsala University have discovered that the ancestors of legionella bacteria infected eukaryotic cells as early as two billion years ago. It happened soon...
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• Billionaire Jared Isaacman talks origin of Polaris Program and how it could impact spaceflight - The Verge

  15-02-2022 21:28 via news.google.com
  
  Billionaire Jared Isaacman talks origin of Polaris Program and how it could impact spaceflight  The VergeBillionaire Plans First Commercial Spacewalk For Best View Of Our Burning Planet  JalopnikSpace-Addicted Billionaire Books Three More Flights With SpaceX  GizmodoThis billionaire to go deeper into space than anyone in 50 years - and it's not Elon Musk  WRAL TechWireLehigh Valley’s space-faring billionaire plans return to orbit in SpaceX Polaris mi
  
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• Average Body Temperature Takes A Dip

  15-02-2022 21:25 via discovermagazine.com
  
  For the last century and a half, body temperature has been dropping. Lower metabolic rates, thanks to improved public health, may be behind the decrease.
  
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• Scientists Unveil Largest and Most Accurate Virtual Representation of the Universe

  15-02-2022 21:02 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Scientists have produced the largest and most accurate virtual representation of the Universe to date. An international team of researchers, led by the University of...
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• Meta agrees to pay $90 million to settle lawsuit over Facebook tracking users' online activity

  15-02-2022 21:00 via cnn.com
  
  Facebook-parent Meta has agreed to pay $90 million to settle a decade-old class action lawsuit over a practice that allowed the social network to track users' activity across the internet, even if they had logged out of the platform.
  
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• ‘Take advantage of this pullback,’ says Morgan Stanley executive who sees buying opportunities amid Russia-Ukraine tension - MarketWatch

  15-02-2022 20:48 via news.google.com
  ‘Take advantage of this pullback,’ says Morgan Stanley executive who sees buying opportunities amid Russia-Ukraine tension  MarketWatchMarket 'getting repriced' on Russia conflict, Fed policy expectations: Strategist  Yahoo FinanceEuropean markets close mixed as Russia-Ukraine concerns linger; Ericsson down 14%  CNBCThe Ukraine Crisis Comes Amid Falling Consumer Sentiment, Impacting Risk  BloombergDow jumps more than 400 points after Russia say
  
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• “Biological Mask” Administered With a Nasal Spray Can Protect Against COVID-19

  15-02-2022 20:07 via scitechdaily.com
  
  A molecule developed by researchers at the University of Helsinki can inactivate the coronavirus spike protein and offers effective short-term protection against the virus. Cell...
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• US could see a century's worth of sea rise in just 30 years

  15-02-2022 20:04
  
  A federal report warns that America's coasts will be hit hard by ever faster sea level rise between now and the year 2050
  
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• Facebook parent Meta settles decade-old data-privacy lawsuit

  15-02-2022 19:22
  
  Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc. has settled a decade-old class action lawsuit over the company’s use of “cookies” in 2010 and 2011 that tracked people online even after they logged off the Facebook platform
  
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• Bizarre Dreams May Help Us Think More Clearly

  15-02-2022 19:10 via discovermagazine.com
  
  A novel theory on the function of dreams emphasizes their weirdness as useful.
  
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• 5 American Anthropologists You Should Know

  15-02-2022 19:00 via discovermagazine.com
  
  These five Americans paved the way for future anthropologists.
  
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• Astronomers Think They’ve Just Detected an “Invisible” Black Hole

  15-02-2022 18:52 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Astronomers famously snapped the first-ever direct image of a black hole in 2019, thanks to material glowing in its presence. But many black holes are...
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• Why you can't have legs in virtual reality (yet)

  15-02-2022 18:40 via cnn.com
  
  Mark Zuckerberg stares at a cartoon version of himself in a virtual world and tries to pick [cut:] out an outfit for his avatar to wear. [cut:] to a VR hangout session. Zuckerberg flicks his hand to change the avatar's apparel, switching from a black shirt, slacks and white sneakers to a skeleton costume to an astronaut suit.
  
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• Mexico scientist pleads guilty to spying for Russia in Miami

  15-02-2022 18:39
  
  A prominent Mexican scientist who led a double life with two families on separate continents has pleaded guilty to a charge of being co-opted by Russian agents into surveilling a U.S. government informant residing in Miami
  
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• A Woman Is Cured of H.I.V. Using a Novel Treatment - The New York Times

  15-02-2022 18:30 via news.google.com
  
  A Woman Is Cured of H.I.V. Using a Novel Treatment  The New York TimesThis Woman Was Cured of HIV Using Stem Cells From Cord Blood  Prevention.comResearchers Say Woman Possibly Cured Of HIV  NBC NewsHIV, Prince Andrew, and Virgin Galactic | Daily Skimm  theSkimmView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• New York patient becomes the first woman to possibly be cured of HIV - Yahoo News

  15-02-2022 18:22 via news.google.com
  New York patient becomes the first woman to possibly be cured of HIV  Yahoo NewsThis Woman Was Cured of HIV Using Stem Cells From Cord Blood  Prevention.comResearchers Say Woman Possibly Cured Of HIV  NBC NewsA Woman Is Cured of H.I.V. Using a Novel Treatment  The New York TimesView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• The 3G network shutdown will impact more than just phones

  15-02-2022 18:07 via cnn.com
  
  The looming shutdown of 3G networks won't just impact older phones.
  
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• New Planet Discovered Next Door – Orbiting Proxima Centauri

  15-02-2022 17:37 via scitechdaily.com
  
  In August of 2016, astronomers with the European Southern Observatory (ESO) announced that they had discovered an exoplanet orbiting in neighboring Proxima Centauri. Based on...
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• Intel says it will buy Tower Semiconductor for $5.4 billion

  15-02-2022 17:12
  
  Intel said it is buying Israeli company Tower Semiconductor for $5.4 billion in a deal that could give the California chipmaking giant an edge in the business of making custom-designed chips
  
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• Stanford Researchers Identify Dangerous “Double-Hazard” Zones for Wildfire in the West

  15-02-2022 16:36 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Communities within the West’s wildland-urban interface are booming in the very places where ecosystems are most sensitive to drought, posing increasing wildfire risks in an...
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• U.S. accuses financial website of spreading Russian propaganda

  15-02-2022 16:30 via nbcnews.com
  
  U.S. intelligence officials on Tuesday accused a conservative financial news website with a significant American readership of amplifying Kremlin propaganda
  
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• App “Tracks User’s Eyes” To Make Sure They Watch Advertisements

  15-02-2022 16:10 via technocracy.news
  
  Want the movie for free? First, just watch all the pre-roll advertisements. No cheating. The camera on your phone is watching your eyes. Look away and you will be charged. But don’t worry, it’s just a little brainwash therapy. What could go wrong with that? ⁃ TN EditorMoviepass, the now-defunct service that was supposed to allow users to watch movies inexpensively, has pivoted ever-so-slightly into the business of being an Orwellian advertisement machine.
  The service is “
  
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• ‘Fear Itself’ Appears to Threaten Reproduction in Wildlife Prey

  15-02-2022 16:00 via discovermagazine.com
  
  A new study found direct and considerable reductions in songbird populations and offspring viability as a result of fear. The work highlights important understandings about the predator and prey dynamic in wildlife conservation.
  
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• How Galaxies Go Quiet

  15-02-2022 15:30 via discovermagazine.com
  
  Not all galactic neighborhoods are under construction; some have gone quiet. A new paper sheds new light on the ongoing debate about the reasons why.
  
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• Forgotten Species Go Extinct Twice: Exploring the Phenomenon of Societal Extinction

  15-02-2022 15:30 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Species go extinct twice – one time when the last individual stops breathing, and a second time when the collective memory about the species disappears....
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• Poof, It’s Gone: Hacking And Draining Cryptocurrency Accounts

  15-02-2022 15:24 via technocracy.news
  
  Cryptocurrencies are marketed as being safe, secure and private. Victims of crypto-crooks find differently. If you base your fortune on holding cryptocurrencies, remember that criminals are smarter and trickier than your ability to defend your assets. In time, people will call for central banks to provide security. ⁃ TN EditorDr. Anders Apgar was out for dinner last month with his family, and his phone would not stop buzzing. It looked like a robocall, so he tried to ignore it.
  But the cal
  
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• Olympic Skiers and Snowboarders in China Are Competing on 100% Fake Snow – The Science of How It’s Made and How It Affects Performance

  15-02-2022 15:05 via scitechdaily.com
  
  The winter Olympics conjure up images of snowy mountain ranges, frozen ice rinks and athletes in cold-weather gear. And for good reason. Winter Olympic venues...
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• Greenism Is Destroying Australia’s Ancient Grasslands

  15-02-2022 14:37 via technocracy.news
  
  Green extremists claim that they are going to save the planet if we just let them have control of environmental policies. All who have been suckered by this tripe find in experience, that just the opposite is true: the destroy everything they touch. ⁃ TN EditorIt’s the season for green-money showers in Australia – the Coral Community just got one billion dollars of green bribes from PM Morrison (this after $141M from PM Turnbull just over 3 years ago). Koalas got $50M from Morr
  
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• Fraudsters are using bots to drain cryptocurrency accounts

  15-02-2022 14:24 via nbcnews.com
  
  Dr. Anders Apgar was out for dinner last month with his family, and his phone would not stop buzzing. It looked like a robocall, so he tried to ignore it.
  
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• Testing Terrestrial Rocks To Help NASA’s Perseverance Rover Work on Mars

  15-02-2022 14:14 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Using carefully selected terrestrial rocks, engineers try to figure out how to work with crumbly rocks like the one the rover encountered on its first...
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• A Theory of Everything That Explains Away The Paradoxes of Quantum Mechanics

  15-02-2022 14:05 via discovermagazine.com
  
  Quantum mechanics is full of strange, paradoxical behavior. Now a small group of physicists think a more fundamental theory can make these paradoxes vanish.
  
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• Technology Is Revolutionizing How Intelligence Is Gathered and Analyzed – Opening a Window Onto Russian Military Activity Around Ukraine

  15-02-2022 13:24 via scitechdaily.com
  
  The U.S. has been warning for weeks about the possibility of Russia invading Ukraine, and threatening retaliation if it does. Just eight years after Russia’s...
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• How Climate Change Is Destroying Arctic Coasts – Future Land Loss Calculated for the First Time

  15-02-2022 12:43 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Erosion is destroying the coasts of the Arctic. The warming of the soil, leading to ruptures and slumping, can endanger important infrastructures and threaten the...
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• Human Nose Organoids Reveal First Steps of COVID-19 Infection

  15-02-2022 12:00 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Preclinical models that recapitulate aspects of human airway disease are essential for the advancement of novel therapeutics and vaccines. In the current study published in...
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• Ski Jump Physics: Flying or Falling With Style?

  15-02-2022 11:33 via scitechdaily.com
  
  If you or I jump in the air as high as possible, we can stay off the ground for about half a second. Michael Jordan...
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• “Lucky Find” by Astrophysicists Explains How Galaxies Can Exist Without Dark Matter

  15-02-2022 10:32 via scitechdaily.com
  
  In simulations, collisions cause smaller star groupings to lose material. In a new Nature Astronomy study, an international team led by astrophysicists from the University...
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• MIT Develops New Programming Language for High-Performance Computers

  15-02-2022 07:27 via scitechdaily.com
  
  With a tensor language prototype, “speed and correctness do not have to compete … they can go together, hand-in-hand.” High-performance computing is needed for an...
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• Space Station Crew Gets Ready for Pair of Cargo Missions Launching this Week

  15-02-2022 06:37 via scitechdaily.com
  
  A Russian cargo craft is at its launch pad counting down to a lift off tonight to resupply the International Space Station. Meanwhile, the seven-member...
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• New Calculations of Worldwide Glacial Flows and Volumes From Over 800,000 Pairs of Satellite Images

  15-02-2022 05:57 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Many mountain populations—in the Andes or Himalayas, for example—rely on glaciers for their water. Yet changes in glacial water reserves, like predictions of sea level...
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• A Simple Eye Test May Identify Risk of Alzheimer’s in Middle Age

  15-02-2022 05:17 via scitechdaily.com
  
  A simple eye test may make diagnosing the earliest stages of ‘diseases of old age’ possible when people are much younger, University of Otago researchers...
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• West megadrought hits worst-case scenario, driest since 800

  15-02-2022 04:38
  
  The megadrought bedeviling the American West got even drier last year and is becoming the deepest dry spell in more than 1,200 years
  
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• What’s Inside a Black Hole? Physicist Probes Holographic Duality With Quantum Computing To Find Out

  15-02-2022 03:54 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Dude, what if everything around us was just … a hologram? The thing is, it could be—and a University of Michigan physicist is using quantum...
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• Trudeau invokes Emergencies Act against Canada's 'Freedom Convoy' trucker protest - The Washington Post

  15-02-2022 01:31 via news.google.com
  Trudeau invokes Emergencies Act against Canada's 'Freedom Convoy' trucker protest  The Washington PostCanada Trucker Protests: Live Updates  The New York TimesCanada's Trudeau invokes emergency powers to quell protests  ReutersCanadian truckers: Trudeau reportedly to invoke Emergencies Act to deal with protests: LIVE UPDATES  Fox NewsCanada's Justin Trudeau preparing to declare 'martial law', per report  WKRC TV CincinnatiView Full Coverage on Go
  
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• Buffett's firm scores big with stake in Activision Blizzard

  15-02-2022 01:26
  
  Warren Buffett’s company placed a rare bet on a technology company late last year and it has already paid off in a big way
  
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• Billionaire Jared Isaacman to lead three new SpaceX missions

  15-02-2022 01:13 via nbcnews.com
  Jared Isaacman, the billionaire behind the first all-civilian space flight that helped raise $240 million for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, is paying for another three missions as part of a new SpaceX program called “Polaris.” In an exclusive interview with NBC News’ Tom Costello, Isaacman discusses taking his crew closer to the moon than anyone since the last Apollo mission and more.
  
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• Shadow of Cosmic Water Cloud Reveals Secrets of Early Universe – Confirms Properties of Dark Energy

  15-02-2022 01:12 via scitechdaily.com
  
  An international group of astrophysicists has discovered a new method to estimate the cosmic microwave background temperature of the young Universe only 880 million years...
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• Russian units near Ukraine moved into "attack positions," U.S. official says - CBS News

  15-02-2022 01:09 via news.google.com
  
  Russian units near Ukraine moved into "attack positions," U.S. official says  CBS NewsReporter's Notebook: Russia's intentions emerge with Ukraine troop buildup  Fox NewsTracking Russia's Latest Military Movements Around Ukraine  The New York TimesRussia, holding military drills near Ukraine, says ties with U.S. 'on the floor'  ReutersView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• DNA analysis of elephant ivory reveals trafficking networks

  15-02-2022 01:06
  A new study suggests that as few as three major criminal groups are responsible for smuggling the vast majority of elephant ivory tusks out of Africa
  
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