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X-rays from deep space help track down the universe's missing matter:
Although it makes up everything we see and touch on a daily basis, ordinary (or baryonic) matter is relatively rare in the universe, and weirder still there seems to be a huge chunk of it missing.
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21 June 2018.
More Taco Tuesday Trademark Stupidity, This Time Down Under:
Some of us believe that all the different nations of the world are filled with people that are mostly the same, that share the same values, and the same troubles.
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20 June 2018.
Enhanced detection of nuclear events, thanks to deep learning:
A deep neural network running on an ordinary desktop computer is interpreting highly technical data related to national security as well as -- and sometimes better than -- today's best automated methods or even human experts.
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21 June 2018.
Facebook Fundraiser To Reunite Families Separated At Border Brings In Millions:
People are outraged by the thousands of immigrant children being split up from their parents.
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19 June 2018.
Comcast Now Offering Mesh Network Pods from Plume for $120+:
Good news Comcast customers.
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22 May 2018.
Indian food delivery startup Swiggy raises $210M at a $1.3B valuation:
India’s food delivery race is hotting up after Swiggy, one of the startups vying for pole position, landed $210 million in new capital for expansion and joined the billion-dollar startup unicorn club.
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21 June 2018.
Collaboration yields discovery of 12-sided silica cages:
A cross-campus collaboration led by materials science professor Uli Wiesner results in visual confirmation of 12-sided, nanoscale cage structures, which could have medical diagnostic and therapeutic applications.
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20 June 2018.
Space, The Boring Frontier:
Suppose you randomly go 1 million miles somewhere away from our Sun.
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12 April 2018.
Flying cars: why haven't they taken off yet?:
Despite their potential, no one has managed to take them from flight of fancy to everyday reality In 1940, Henry Ford said: “Mark my words – a combination aeroplane and motor car is coming.
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20 June 2018.
Urgent need to prepare for manmade virus attacks, says US government report:
Report warns that swift progress in our ability to manufacture viruses is making us vulnerable to biological attacksThe rapid rise of synthetic biology, a futuristic field of science that seeks to master the machinery of life, has raised the risk of a new generation of bioweapons, according a major US report into the state of the art.
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20 June 2018.
Huawei sells six million P20 units, NEXT-IMAGE photo contest launched with outstanding prizes:
While Huawei may have its issues with the US, this challenge hasn't stopped it from selling its new flagship to millions of consumers.
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21 June 2018.
Gene-edited farm animals are on their way:
Scientists create pigs that are immune to one of the world's costliest livestock diseases.
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20 June 2018.
California Net Neutrality Bill Was 'Hijacked,' Lawmaker Says:
Backers of a bill that would have created the nation's strongest net neutrality protections criticize changes to the proposal.
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21 June 2018.
The Science Behind The World Cup Ball:
For every World Cup, there's a custom official ball.
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20 June 2018.
Democracy in decline for one-third of the world:
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21 June 2018.
Tech Fix: Firefox Is Back. It’s Time to Give It a Try.:
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20 June 2018.
Comcast xFi Advanced Gateway Modem/Router:
Here is Comcast’s most advanced modem/router which promises speed as well as ease of use.
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06 December 2017.
No Scientific Proof That Probiotics Improve Anxiety Symptoms In Humans, Finds Study:
Probiotics are one of the hottest nutritional products around, but a new study finds zero proof that they're effective for treating anxiety symptoms in humans.
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21 June 2018.
Tesla accuses former employee of hacking and transferring data:
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Tesla Inc has sued a former employee claiming that he hacked the electric carmaker's trade secrets and transferred large amounts of company data to third parties, according to a lawsuit filed in federal court in Nevada on Wednesday.
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20 June 2018.
Huawei sells six million P20 units, NEXT-IMAGE photo contest launched with outstanding prizes:
While Huawei may have its issues with the US, this challenge hasn't stopped it from selling its new flagship to millions of consumers.
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21 June 2018.
Thursday’s Summer Solstice and the Search for Life in the Galaxy:
An artist’s rendering of an Earthlike exoplanet orbiting another.
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21 June 2018.
The Science Behind The World Cup Ball:
For every World Cup, there's a custom official ball.
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20 June 2018.
Blood, sweat and accessories: artist recycles bodily fluids for fashion:
LONDON (Reuters) - Struggling to make your fashion more personal? No sweat.
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20 June 2018.
Spacecraft Hayabusa2 Returns Photos of Asteroid Prior To Contact:
New submitter FranklinWebber writes: Spacecraft Hayabusa2 is approaching its target, asteroid Ryugu, after a three-and-a-half year trip.
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01 January 1970.
Vigilante hackers work to save human trafficking victims:
When law enforcement agencies are short-staffed or underfunded, it can be difficult to catch human traffickers through the dark web.
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01 January 1970.
Why This Rare Lobster Is Colored Like Blue Cotton Candy:
The critter’s pastel rainbow hues may be the result of a genetic mutation or an unusual diet.
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19 June 2018.
Facebook and Google urged to set up independent regulator to avoid internet laws:
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25 January 2018.
T. Rex Lived a Life Devoid of Kisses and Tongue Wagging, New Deflating Study Reveals:
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20 June 2018.
It’s time to rein in the data barons:
Facebook, Amazon, and Google will resist attempts
to restrain their market power.
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20 June 2018.
Expert Guidance To Enhance Your Facebook Marketing:
Welcome to Facebook marketing! Do you struggle to know what to do next? Are you curious as to what options are available to a marketer such as yourself? Do you want to know what the first steps to take are? Anyone looking to learn as much as possible needs to read this article.
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21 June 2018.
Some of the tech in my workday
Best programming language?
The PYPL PopularitY of Programming Language Index is created by analyzing how often language tutorials are searched on Google.
The TIOBE Programming Community index measures popularity based on the number of skilled engineers world-wide, courses, third party vendors and search engine activity.
w3techs analyses page content to determine the technology used, and also uses publicly available information from sources such as Alexa, Google, Microsoft and ipinfo.io.
While Java and Python top the popularity charts, more than 80% of all websites run on PHP.
Longer term weather forecast
