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• Sam Altman is tech's next household name — if we survive the killer robots

  16-02-2023 23:11 via nbcnews.com
  
  Sam Altman may be tech’s next household name, but many Americans probably haven’t heard of him.
  
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• A Growing Threat: New Insight Into Deadly Fungal Invasion of the Lungs

  16-02-2023 23:11 via scitechdaily.com
  The discovery reveals a new target for combating the deadly invader. Aspergillus and other fungi are so ubiquitous in our environment that we inhale hundreds...
  
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• Why Do Some People Get ADHD? Researchers Link 27 Genetic Variants

  16-02-2023 21:49 via scitechdaily.com
  A large international study has identified 27 loci in the human genome with genetic variants that increase the risk of ADHD. This is more than...
  
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• The dark side of Bing's new AI chatbot

  16-02-2023 21:03 via cnn.com
  
  After asking Microsoft's AI-powered Bing chatbot for help in coming up with activities for my kids while juggling work, the tool started by offering something unexpected: empathy.
  
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• New Species of Frog Named After the Hobbit Author, J.R.R. Tolkien

  16-02-2023 21:00 via discovermagazine.com
  
  Deep in the jungles of Ecuador lives a creature with pale, pink eyes, long, sticky webbed fingers, greenish-gray skin and a black and yellow speckled belly. At first glance, it seems like a creature one would find in a fantasy world. And that's precisely the reason researchers decided to name the newly-discovered stream frog after the Father of Modern Fantasy, J.R.R. Tolkien.  "In a stream in the forest, there lived a Hyloscirtus. Not a nasty, dirty stream, with spoor of contamination
  
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• Youth Suicide Rates Surged During COVID-19 Pandemic – Especially Among Certain Subgroups

  16-02-2023 20:37 via scitechdaily.com
  Suicide is a significant public health concern. In fact, it is the second leading cause of death for individuals aged 5-24 years in the United...
  
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• A Short History of Cocaine Wine and Coca-Cola

  16-02-2023 20:00 via discovermagazine.com
  
  In 1863, an obscure chemist named Angelo Mariani from Corsica arrived in Paris. Coming from a long line of doctors and chemists, Mariani set up shop in a modest Parisian quarter and began unlocking the secrets of Erythroxylum coca, the Andean coca leaf, then a legal drug. Three years later, at age 25, Mariani had mastered the art of extracting cocaine and blending it with wine. Delighted with the results of his experiments, he launched Vin Mariani two years later. The Start of Vin Mariani (Cocai
  
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• Remarkable Similarities – New Analysis Reveals Links Between Galaxies Near and Far

  16-02-2023 19:27 via scitechdaily.com
  An analysis of distant galaxies captured by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope reveals that they are extremely young and exhibit remarkable similarities to a rare...
  
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• YouTube CEO is stepping down after nearly a decade in role

  16-02-2023 19:08 via cnn.com
  
  YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki said Thursday she is "stepping back" from her leadership role at the company after nearly a decade of running the video-sharing platform.
  
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• A New, Ecofriendly Way To Convert Blue Light to High-Energy Ultraviolet B Light

  16-02-2023 18:17 via scitechdaily.com
  Scientists from Japan and Germany have devised a novel, sustainable method for converting blue LED light into UVB. An international team from Japan and Germany...
  
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• 5 Animals That Mate for Life

  16-02-2023 18:00 via discovermagazine.com
  
  Monogamy in the animal kingdom is rare. Only 3 to 5 percent of mammals mate with the same partner for life. It’s almost unheard of in the world of amphibians and reptiles. The exception is birds — 90 percent of which practice some form of monogamy. This could mean mating for one season or returning to the same mate for several years.What Animals Mate for Life? As rare as monogamy is in the animal kingdom, it does occur. Here are five animals that mate for life and whose lifelong devo
  
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• This program is using VR training to help solve the nationwide mechanic shortage

  16-02-2023 17:02 via cnn.com
  
  The first tool that mechanic trainees at Maryland's Vehicles for Change program pick up is not a wrench, but a pair of virtual reality goggles.
  
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• Accelerating Prime Editing: Machine Learning Helps Design the Best Fix for a Given Genetic Flaw

  16-02-2023 17:00 via scitechdaily.com
  Researchers at the Wellcome Sanger Institute have developed a new tool to predict the chances of successfully inserting a gene-edited sequence of DNA into the...
  
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• Musk’s Big Nudge: Warns Global Leaders Of ‘Too Much’ World Government

  16-02-2023 16:16 via technocracy.news
  
  Musk is a consummate Technocrat, warning against too much government. Technocracy is pointedly antithetical to government because it is illogical, unscientific and unnecessary. Technocrats want to control the world directly, without public discourse of protest. Thus, this is a subtle nudge to world leaders: “Back off”. ⁃ TN Editor
  Elon Musk on Wednesday told an audience of government representatives at Dubai’s World Government Summit that earth should avoid “to
  
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• Ancient Predators: A Guide to the Neanderthal Hunt

  16-02-2023 16:00 via discovermagazine.com
  
  Archaeologists and anthropologists agree that the Neanderthals were accomplished hunters, but what was the source of their skill? How did they seize and slaughter their prey, and with what tools and techniques? The answers, these specialists say, are imbedded in the archaeological record. Containing an assortment of hints into Neanderthal hunting habits — including their remains, tools and trash — this record reveals that the Neanderthals thrust or threw their spears into their prey
  
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• Useless Eaters: Drug Them, Give Them Computer Games, Let Them Eat Bugs

  16-02-2023 15:57 via technocracy.news
  Technocracy is insidious, heartless and dispassionate. The original definition of Technocracy from the 1930s is “The science of social engineering”. They have the science and they will use it to “engineer” minds to accept their conditioning. Like the “Borg”, they say “Resistance is futile” and “We will assimilate”. Technocracy’s war on humanity is existential and the window of opportunity to reject it is rapidly closing. ⁃ T
  
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• Astrophysicists Discover a Mysterious Perfect Explosion in Space – “It Makes No Sense”

  16-02-2023 15:46 via scitechdaily.com
  When neutron stars collide they produce an explosion that, contrary to what was believed until recently, is shaped like a perfect sphere. Although how this...
  
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• Whitehead: Don’t Bow Down To A Dictatorial Government

  16-02-2023 15:33 via technocracy.news
  
  The government knows everything about us while we know virtually nothing about the government. This is backwards and evidence that the Technocratic mindset has taken over in America. We should have listened to the 1967 British TV series, The Prisoner: “I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, debriefed or numbered. My life is my own.” ⁃ TN Editor“If all that Americans want is security, they can go to prison. They’ll have enough to eat, a bed and a roof over th
  
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• How Many Ways Can the Sun Kill Us?

  16-02-2023 15:00 via discovermagazine.com
  
  The dinosaurs knew a smaller, dimmer sun than we do today. And we’re in the last legs of the viability of life on Earth. In about 500 million years, our sun will brighten to the point that it will trigger a runaway greenhouse effect on the Earth. The oceans will evaporate, locking in more heat in the atmosphere, which will cause even more evaporation, which will heat up the planet more, leading to an out-of-control feedback loop. While today, we know our parent star as the source of light
  
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• Unnecessary Disaster: Thousands of People Needlessly Contracted Malaria Due to Policy Failure

  16-02-2023 14:22 via scitechdaily.com
  Study shows children sleeping under bed netting treated with two pesticides contract malaria at less than half the rate of those with single-treated netting Expert...
  
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• Preventing Dementia and Cognitive Impairment: The Powerful Benefits of More Steps and Moderate Exercise

  16-02-2023 13:33 via scitechdaily.com
  According to a new study led by the Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science at the University of California San Diego,...
  
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• Details on Space Aging Informs Health Research

  16-02-2023 07:00 via discovermagazine.com
  
  This story was originally published in our Mar/Apr 2023 issue. Click here to subscribe to read more stories like this one. While paging through the book Space Physiology and Medicine in 1995, Senator John Glenn spotted a chart that captured his imagination. Listed were 52 kinds of physical changes routinely experienced in space by orbiting astronauts, including osteoporosis, cardiovascular difficulties and alterations in the distribution of body fluids. Th e 73-year-old Glenn, who had
  
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• Dutch chip firm ASML says former China employee stole data

  16-02-2023 06:20 via cnn.com
  
  ASML, the Dutch chip equipment maker, has accused a former employee in China of stealing data related to its proprietary technology, in a case that highlights its importance in the global semiconductor supply chain as tension grows between the United States and China.
  
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• With La Niña Poised to Leave the Stage, is El Niño Now Waiting in the Wings?

  16-02-2023 02:30 via discovermagazine.com
  
  If the mom and pup Galápagos sea lions in the photo above seem content, it could be that we’re simply projecting human emotions onto them. Or it may just be that that their bellies are full with fish.In fact, barring close encounters with rapacious sharks, they’ve probably had it pretty good lately — thanks to La Niña. Now in its third year, the climate phenomenon typically brings a bounty of food for marine animals foraging in the waters of the Galápagos I
  
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• House Republicans subpoena Apple, Facebook and Google over content moderation

  16-02-2023 01:20 via nbcnews.com
  
  The GOP-led House Judiciary Committee subpoenaed the chief executives of five major tech companies seeking records and information on their content moderation.
  
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