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• New Study Links Dementia to Metabolism

  02-11-2022 23:50 via scitechdaily.com
  University of South Australia researchers have found a connection between metabolism and dementia-related brain measures. Every three seconds, someone in the world is diagnosed with...
  
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• Completely Changing Current Ways of Thinking – New Breakthrough Could Lead to Better Cancer Treatments

  02-11-2022 22:40 via scitechdaily.com
  The research improves our understanding of how cancer spreads. Scientists funded by Cancer Research UK have found that cancer cells ‘hijack’ a process used by healthy...
  
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• Fear, Panic and Excitement: A Close Encounter With a Mysterious Moon

  02-11-2022 21:20 via scitechdaily.com
  Asaph Hall, an American astronomer, discovered two small moons circling the planet Mars in 1877. They were later named Phobos and Deimos after the Greek...
  
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• Twitter's C-suite clears out as Musk cements power over the company

  02-11-2022 20:12 via cnn.com
  
  On October 27, the same day Elon Musk completed his $44 billion deal to buy Twitter, the company's chief customer officer, Sarah Personette, tweeted that she "had a great discussion" with the social network's new owner.
  
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• FCC commissioner calls for TikTok ban

  02-11-2022 20:12 via cnn.com
  
  The US government should ban TikTok rather than come to a national security agreement with the social media app that might allow it to continue operating in the United States, according to Brendan Carr, a commissioner at the Federal Communications Commission.
  
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• Artificial Cells With Lifelike Functionality – New Breakthrough Brings Scientists One Step Closer

  02-11-2022 20:08 via scitechdaily.com
  The study uses bacteria to bring scientists closer to building these artificial lifelike cells. Researchers have used bacteria to help develop advanced synthetic cells that...
  
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• Elon Musk says he met with a Latino civil rights leader. But the organization says she's a 'rogue' ex-employee.

  02-11-2022 19:33 via nbcnews.com
  
  Sindy Benavides is a "rogue" former employee who was terminated in October, LULAC spokesman David Cruz claimed.
  
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• Peculiar Plant Virus Causes Bugs To Live Longer

  02-11-2022 18:57 via scitechdaily.com
  A soybean virus can actually benefit soybean thrips. According to research from Penn State, most viral infections have a detrimental effect on an organism’s health,...
  
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• More than 100 election jurisdictions waiting on federal cyber help, sources say

  02-11-2022 18:45 via nbcnews.com
  
  More than 100 state and local election jurisdictions that reached out to the federal government for help ensuring the digital security of their election-related
  
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• 21 new graves found in search for Tulsa Massacre victims

  02-11-2022 18:11
  Officials say the search for remains of victims of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre has turned up 21 additional coffins in unmarked graves in the city’s Oaklawn Cemetery
  
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• Halloween Crack in Antarctica

  02-11-2022 17:47 via scitechdaily.com
  In celebration of Halloween, the European Space Agency (ESA) brings you this recent Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellite image of the Halloween Crack in Antarctica. First spotted...
  
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• The Control Network: Laundering Money With Total Immunity

  02-11-2022 16:36 via technocracy.news
  Over the years, I have written several papers on global banking, central banks and in particular, about the Bank for International Settlements. Corey Lynn, sponsored by the Solari Report (Catherine Austin Fitts) digs deep into the central bank/monetary world to reveal the largest money laundering machine of all time. To call this monster a giant vampire squid is an understatement.
  Yet, it is these same people who are now preparing to flip the entire world into a dystopian form of neo-Feudalism k
  
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• Elon Musk hints that Donald Trump will not be back on Twitter before the midterms

  02-11-2022 16:35 via cnn.com
  
  Elon Musk indicated on Wednesday that the Twitter account of former President Donald Trump will not be restored ahead of the US midterm elections next week, answering one of the biggest unknowns following his takeover of the social media company.
  
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• Hunt for deep sea minerals draws scrutiny amid green push

  02-11-2022 16:04
  Deep sea mining is getting a close look this week as scientists, lawyers and government officials gather in Jamaica to debate the pros and cons of tapping ocean beds for key minerals
  
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• Living Bioelectronic Sensors Send a Jolt of Electricity When Triggered

  02-11-2022 16:00 via scitechdaily.com
  New bacterial sensors detect the presence of a variety of contaminants in water. When you hit your finger with a hammer, you feel the pain...
  
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• German Energy Company Takes Down Windmills To Make Room For Coal Mining

  02-11-2022 15:30 via technocracy.news
  Irony is as irony does. Greens in Germany are freaking out as at least one energy company is dismantling windmills to dig for coal. After decades of pushing Europe’s super-state into irrational and destructive green policies, reality has smacked others into figuring out that not dying in the winter is more important than appeasing “mother earth” and its Gaia worshippers. ⁃ TN EditorPresident Joe Biden isn’t the only world leader running his country into a dangerous
  
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• Using Artificial Intelligence To Help Prevent Suicide

  02-11-2022 15:17 via scitechdaily.com
  Future suicide prevention efforts could be improved by artificial intelligence. The loss of any life is devastating, but the loss of life due to suicide...
  
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• UK Report: Police Use Of Live Facial Recognition Unlawful And Unethical

  02-11-2022 15:11 via technocracy.news
  In the beginning, facial recognition technology was embraced as a tool to promote safety and security; in the end, it has provided neither and civil liberties have been trampled. Now, a few objective studies are surfacing while sounding the alarm that police in particular should be “banned from using live facial recognition technology in all public spaces.” ⁃ TN EditorPolice should be banned from using live facial recognition technology in all public spaces because they are bre
  
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• New Discovery Fills Long-Missing Gap in Evolutionary History

  02-11-2022 13:49 via scitechdaily.com
  The oldest gibbon fossil was discovered in southwest China. The earliest gibbon fossil has been found by a team of researchers, filling a long-missing evolutionary gap...
  
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• AI Helped Design a Clear Window Coating That Can Cool Buildings Without Using Energy

  02-11-2022 13:00 via scitechdaily.com
  Demand is growing for effective new technologies to cool buildings, as climate change intensifies summer heat. Now, scientists have just designed a transparent window coating...
  
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• UK leader reverses decision not to attend UN climate talks

  02-11-2022 12:42
  U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has reversed an earlier decision not to attend the U.N. climate summit in Egypt
  
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• What Caused the World’s Fourth-Largest Proglacial Lake To Suddenly Drain? Scientists Finally Have an Answer

  02-11-2022 12:12 via scitechdaily.com
  The massive proglacial lake drainage in remote Patagonia was captured by satellites. Only satellites were around when the fourth-largest proglacial lake in the world suddenly drained in...
  
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• Scientists Reveal New Insight Into the Genetic Causes of Autism and ADHD

  02-11-2022 11:03 via scitechdaily.com
  Researchers have identified new gene variants that influence your risk of ADHD and autism.  In the group of neurodevelopmental disorders, ADHD and autism have a...
  
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• Breakthrough in Tiny DNA “Nanotransporters” Chemically Programmed To Treat Cancer

  02-11-2022 10:00 via scitechdaily.com
  A new class of drug transporters made of DNA that are 20,000 times smaller than a human hair and that could improve how cancers and...
  
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• The End Is Nigh: NASA Prepares To Say “Farewell” to History-Making Mars InSight Lander

  02-11-2022 09:43 via scitechdaily.com
  A closer look at what goes into wrapping up the mission as the InSight spacecraft’s power supply continues to dwindle. The end is nigh for...
  
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• Good Feline Healthcare: What a “Cat Friendly” Veterinary Experience Looks Like

  02-11-2022 09:00 via scitechdaily.com
  Although good feline healthcare sometimes necessitates visiting the veterinary clinic, many components of a veterinary visit or stay may potentially result in negative experiences. The...
  
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• El estudio de los virus puede ser más seguro

  02-11-2022 09:00 via nytimes.com
  Debemos promover una investigación que salve vidas sin generar nuevos riesgos en el laboratorio.
  
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• Elon Musk suggests banned people won’t be allowed back on Twitter for weeks

  02-11-2022 08:45 via nbcnews.com
  
  Elon Musk suggested that people “de-platformed” will not be allowed back on Twitter for weeks, appearing to rule out the return of figures like former President Donald Trump before the midterm elections.
  
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• Webb Space Telescope’s Eerie New View of “Pillars of Creation” Looks Supernatural

  02-11-2022 08:33 via scitechdaily.com
  NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) just keeps streaming the hits back to Earth. This time, data from the MIRI mid-infrared instrument onboard JWST shows...
  
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• Bizarre New Bee Species Discovered With Dog-Like Snout

  02-11-2022 01:47 via scitechdaily.com
  A new native bee species with a dog-like “snout” has been discovered in the Perth bushland of Western Australia. It was identified through Curtin University-led...
  
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