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5 years ago+1 1 0Scientists think they have found the reason some people are left-handed — and it has nothing to do with the brain
The answer to why some people are left handed could lie in your spinal cord, according to some research.
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5 years ago+4 4 0Microsoft has reportedly acquired GitHub
Microsoft has reportedly acquired GitHub, and could announce the deal as early as Monday. Bloomberg reports that the software giant has agreed to acquire GitHub, and that the company chose Microsoft partly because of CEO Satya Nadella
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5 years ago+12 12 0Cell phone battery inventor claims massive breakthrough -- possible game-changer on car batteries
The scientist who invented the battery used in almost every cell phone in the world has authored a new paper claiming to have made a huge leap forward in technology for electric car batteries. John Goodenough is known as the father of the lithium ion ...
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5 years agoCurrent Event+2 2 0Plastic bags jam stomach of dead pilot whale in Thailand
Some 80 pieces of plastic rubbish weighing eight kg (17 lb) were found in the stomach of a whale that died in Thailand after a five-day effort to save it, a marine official said on Sunday.
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5 years ago+10 11 1UK homes vulnerable to 'staggering' level of corporate surveillance
Smart home appliances send data to manufacturers and third parties, Which? warns
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5 years ago+12 12 0Apple’s "Digital Health" in iOS 12 will reportedly show how much time you’re spending in apps
Apple’s new iOS 12 feature will show how much time you’re spending on your phone and using apps.
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5 years ago+25 25 0Scientists have 3D printed the most advanced artificial cornea ever using human cells
They’re not ready for human eyes yet, but one day these artificial corneas might help people see
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5 years ago+8 8 0Why Uber’s self-driving car killed a pedestrian
It was the first fatal accident of its kind
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5 years ago+9 9 0Climate Change Made Zombie Ants Even More Cunning
The parasitic fungus that drives ants to sabotage their own colonies has adapted to zombify their quarry better in different climates.
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5 years ago+16 16 0Is Dreaming Real? When You’re Lucid, the Distinction Ceases to Matter.
Talented oneironauts can live two lives.
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5 years ago+5 5 0Physicists Propose Building A Real Flux Capacitor That Will Use Quantum Tunneling
New research has just been published that demonstrates how a flux capacitor may be able to create a whole new world of electronic circulators. While you may fondly recall the flux capacitor that Dr. ...
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5 years ago+2 3 1Oracle-owned Grapeshot launches a contextual targeting solution for video ads - MarTech Today
Called Video Context, it employs automated transcriptions from video content’s audio tracks to categorize the video for instream ad placement.
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5 years ago+9 9 0A teen phone spying app has leaked thousands of user passwords
Exclusive: A server stored teenagers' Apple ID email addresses and plaintext passwords.
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5 years ago+1 1 0US, China agree to abandon trade war: Beijing
Washington and Beijing have agreed to abandon any trade war and back off from imposing tariffs on each other, Chinese state media reported Sunday. The announcement came after high-level talks in the US capital and followed months of tensions over wh ...
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5 years agoCurrent Event+8 8 0Texas school had a shooting plan, armed officers and practice. And still 10 people died.
Officials said procedures worked as intended, but a gunman was still able to enter the facility, kill students and teachers, and hold off police for 30 minutes.
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5 years ago+3 3 0 x 1Google removes 'Don't Be Evil' motto from its Code of Conduct
Is evil fine now?
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5 years ago+13 13 0Texas official blames school shooting on too many exits and entrances
Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick blamed Friday's massacre at a high school near Houston in part on "too many entrances and too many exits" on the campus, prompting some to mock his perspective as "door control."
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5 years ago+8 8 0Parkland parents release a statement about TX massacre – and make one request of the media
The parents of some of the victims in the Parkland, Florida, massacre released a statement about the school massacre in Santa Fe, Texas, and made one request of the media covering the tragedy. Here's what the statement read "The families ...
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5 years ago+3 3 0Tesla's Autopilot engaged during Utah crash
The driver of a Tesla electric car had the vehicle's semi-autonomous Autopilot mode engaged when she slammed into the back of a Utah fire truck over the weekend, in the latest crash involving a car with self-driving features.
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5 years agoCurrent Event0 1 1Robotic Bees Are a Real Thing—and the Company Funding Them Might Surprise You
The buzz about pollination drones is more important than ever, and companies like Walmart want in on the action.