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BioFinder detects organic molecules in fossils, could help find aliens:
Our first encounter with extraterrestrial life isn’t likely to be a spaceship landing on the White House lawn, but tiny fossils in the rocks of another planet.
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27 June 2022.
Wearable muscles offer an impressive upper-body endurance boost:
Researchers at ETH Zurich have developed a lightweight, wearable textile exomuscle that uses sensors embedded in its fabric to detect a user's movement intentions and chip in extra force as needed.
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27 June 2022.
Funniest/Most Insightful Comments Of The Week At Techdirt:
This week, our first place winner on the insightful side is an anonymous response to some bargain-basement transphobic bigotry: I could point you at a trans discussing what its like to be a trans, but you are so aggressive towards trans people that i will not set an rabid dog on their case.
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26 June 2022.
Biden Says He’s Proud Of Apple Store Workers Who Unionized:
The workers in Maryland just voted 65-33 in favor of forming a union.
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20 June 2022.
All-Electric McMurtry Spéirling Fan Car Sets New Record at Goodwood Festival of Speed Hillclimb:
The all-electric McMurtry Spéirling fan car, driven by ex-Formula 1 racer Max Chilton, has officially set a new Goodwood Festival of Speed Hillclimb record with a run of 39.
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27 June 2022.
Most Frequently Asked Questions About Affiliate Marketing:
There are lots of questions floating around about how affiliate marketing works, what to do and what not to do when it comes to setting up a business.
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01 June 2022.
Space, The Boring Frontier:
Suppose you randomly go 1 million miles somewhere away from our Sun.
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28 December 2021.
UK security services must seek approval to access telecoms data, judges rule:
Liberty hails decision that prior independent authorisation is needed for people’s communications dataThe security and intelligence services must acquire “prior independent authorisation” to obtain people’s communications data from telecom providers, a civil rights campaign group has said, after it won a high court challenge.
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27 June 2022.
Viruses survive in fresh water by ‘hitchhiking’ on plastic, study finds:
Intestinal viruses such as rotavirus were found to be infectious for up to three days by attaching to microplastics, research showsDangerous viruses can remain infectious for up to three days in fresh water by hitchhiking on plastic, researchers have found.
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27 June 2022.
The 6 best TV wall mounts of 2022:
What is the best TV wall mount? ZDNet chose the USX Full Motion mount.
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27 June 2022.
Nasa launches first rocket from Australian commercial spaceport:
It is Nasa's first launch from a commercial site outside the US - and a landmark moment for Australia.
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27 June 2022.
The 18 Best Wireless Headphones for Everyone:
Whether you need workout earbuds or gaming over-ears, these WIRED-tested picks sound like a million bucks.
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26 June 2022.
Netflix lays off several hundred more employees:
The decision follows the company's layoff of 150 employees in May and the loss of 200,000 U.
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24 June 2022.
Mormon crickets swarms spur Oregon push to fight pests:
Driving down a windy canyon road in northern Oregon rangeland, Jordan Maley and April Aamodt are on the look out for Mormon crickets, giant insects that can ravage crops.
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27 June 2022.
Ken Knowlton, a Father of Computer Art and Animation, Dies at 91:
His work at Bell Labs in the 1960s laid the groundwork for today’s computer-generated imagery in film and on TV.
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27 June 2022.
Youngest South Africa tavern victim was 13 - minister:
Most of the 21 who died in the sudden and unexplained incident were teenagers, the police minister says.
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27 June 2022.
A restaurant owner gives tech companies advice on how to retain staff:
Is there anything tech companies can learn from little restaurants? Perhaps.
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27 June 2022.
NASA to Launch Capstone, a 55-Pound CubeSat to the Moon:
NASA has grandiose plans for sending astronauts back to the moon.
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27 June 2022.
Monkeypox outbreak in U.S. is bigger than the CDC reports. Testing is 'abysmal':
The testing system set up by the CDC actually deters doctors from ordering a monkeypox test, and many physicians aren't familiar with the disease, resulting in too few tests and little tracking.
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25 June 2022.
Youngest South Africa tavern victim was 13 - minister:
Most of the 21 who died in the sudden and unexplained incident were teenagers, the police minister says.
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27 June 2022.
Lessons Learned from the Life of Videogame Executive Bernie Stolar:
VentureBeat reports:
Video game legend Bernie Stolar, former president of Sega of America, has passed away at the age of 75, friends said.
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27 June 2022.
Why Teslas may be driving themselves into a recall:
Elon Musk’s Tesla is once again under scrutiny.
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10 June 2022.
Can you lose weight by walking?:
Can you lose weight by walking? We find out if pounding the pavement is enough of a workout to help you shift those stubborn kilos.
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26 June 2022.
Meet the scientist at the center of the covid lab leak controversy:
On a foggy morning in early February last year, dozens of journalists from around the world gathered outside the Wuhan Institute of Virology.
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09 February 2022.
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.
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