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Carbon Dioxide
Meet The Desk-Sized Turbine That Can Power A Small Town
futurism.com
10,000 Homes Engineers from GE Global Research unveiled a turbine that could provide power for 10,000 homes. But what’s truly remarkable about this …
Genetics
Repairing injured muscle
sciencemag.org
As we become older, it takes longer to heal. Aging skeletal muscle loses its capacity to regenerate after injury. Sahu et al. report that α-Klotho, a …
Space
Why Don't Black Holes Swallow All of Space? This Explanation Is Blowing Our Minds
Science Alert - MIKE MCRAE
Black holes are great at sucking up matter. So great, in fact, that not even light can escape their grasp (hence the name). But given their talent for …
Molecular Biology
Causes of Alzheimer’s: Is It Hereditary?
Healthline
The Alzheimer’s Association states that Alzheimer’s disease is the sixth leading cause of death in the United States, and that more than 5 million …
Immune System
Researchers Develop Nanodiscs That Can Wipe Out Tumors
futurism.com
Targeted Treatment Cancer research is an area of medical science that, rightfully, gets considerable attention. There are nearly 14.5 million …
Science
Aleph Farms serves up world's first lab-grown steak
newatlas.com - Rich Haridy
Israel-based startup Aleph Farms has just unveiled the world's first lab-grown steak. This milestone on the road to bringing a cruelty-free meat …
Whales
Stunning Drone Video Has Captured Wild Orcas Playing With a Human Swimmer
Science Alert - MICHELLE STARR
It's something most of us can only ever dream of. You're swimming in the ocean, minding your own business, when suddenly a family of sleek marine …
Nvidia
NVIDIA's $1,100 AI brain for robots goes on sale
Engadget - Jon Fingas
You aren't about to buy one, but it could be influential. NVIDIA's plan to power autonomous robots has kicked off in earnest. The company has released a Jetson AGX Xavier Module that gives robots and intelligent
Resistance Training
10-Minute Exercises That Burn More Fat Than 30 Minutes Of Jogging
edublogs.org - Author mary49
Endless hours of workout won’t help you to lose weight or tone your body. The best way to get the ideal weight and tighten your body is by resistance …
Opinion
Warning: The Sex Drug Startup Revolution May Have Side Effects
Forbes - Andrea Barrica
Men’s wellness brand Hims gained notoriety this year with its subway-to-Pornhub ad campaign featuring, um, erect cacti. But in changing the way millions approach sexual wellness, many already in the space
Molecular Biology
Unlikely drug pair combine to cut off cancer's energy supply
newatlas.com - Nick Lavars
Cancer cells are a hungry bunch, calling on relatively huge amounts of energy to feed their demanding metabolisms. There's a particular molecule that …
Cancer
Promising Results From A Groundbreaking Clinical Cancer Trial Sees One Woman’s Cancer Disappear
The Inquisitr - Rachel Tsoumbakos
A new cancer treatment called CAR T-cell Therapy is showing some promising results. A groundbreaking new clinical trial of a cancer treatment has …
U.S. Politics
Everybody’s Wrong: Donald Trump Won the Chuck-n-Nancy Meeting, and Here’s Why
The Daily Beast - Matt Lewis
If Tuesday’s instantly famous Oval Office meeting is a harbinger of things to come, it’s going to be a long two years for “Chuck and …
Happiness
If you don’t use it, you’ll lose it
Ladders - Benjamin P. Hardy
Russell Ballard tells the story of a seven-year-old girl who started a tomato plant for a second grade project. She was taught that one tiny seed had …
Apps
Delete All Your Apps
VICE - Emanuel Maiberg
It's not just Facebook: Android and iOS’s App Stores have incentivized an app economy where free apps make money by selling your personal data and location history to advertisers. Monday morning, the York
Equations
In the Universe of Equations, Virtually All Are Prime
Quanta Magazine - Kevin Hartnett
Equations, like numbers, cannot always be split into simpler elements. Researchers have now proved that such “prime” equations become ubiquitous as …
Administrative Law
Australian regulator says probe of tech giants spurs five investigations
Reuters - by Tom Westbrook
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's competition regulator says it has five investigations afoot as a result of its examination of the market power and public influence of tech giants such as Facebook Inc and
Success
Your idea is worthless. This is what matters
Ladders - Fahim Saleh
You may have a great idea, but that doesn’t make you a successful entrepreneur. With the idea, you’re about 1% of the way there — because a successful …
Social Media
Orbiting, Another Thing for Online Daters to Worry About
The New York Times - By RAINESFORD STAUFFER
If you’ve dated in the age of social media — particularly now that you’ve pivoted from posting the occasional status update to running 24/7 multiplatform documentaries of your existence — chances are been
Health
Moderna Had the Biggest Biotech IPO Ever. Here's What That Says About the Industry's Future
Fortune - Sy Mukherjee
Amid a rocky market that’s whipsawed on a near-daily basis, Moderna Therapeutics pulled off the improbable late Thursday: An historic IPO in which it …
News
Women accuse famous Brazil spiritual 'healer' of sex abuse
AlJazeera - Al Jazeera
A dozen women accuse Brazilian spiritual healer Joao Teixeira de Faria of abuse while claiming to 'cure' them. Several women have come forward in Brazil to accuse an internationally known self-proclaimed
Shoppers Drug Mart
Shoppers Drug Mart granted licence to sell medical marijuana online
cbc.ca
Shoppers Drug Mart has been granted a licence to sell medical marijuana online. Health Canada's list of authorized cannabis sellers and producers has …
Voter Fraud
Seven arrested and charged with voting fraud in Mississippi town known for election skulduggery - Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times - By Associated Press
In a town that calls itself the Hollywood of Mississippi, people say for years they've been hearing tales of dirty politics worthy of a movie script, like campaigns buying votes with cash or beer. But
Atoms
Researchers Found a Way to Shrink a Supercomputer to the Size of a Laptop
futurism.com
Parallel Computing Nanotechnologists at Lund University in Sweden have discovered a way to miniaturize the processing power that is found today only …
News
Russia says its Su-57 stealth fighter will be armed with deadly hypersonic missiles that can defeat all US defenses
Business Insider - Daniel Brown
• Russia said its Su-57 stealth fighter jet will be armed with hypersonic missiles similar to the Kinzhal hypersonic missile.• Moscow said the new Kh-47M2, or Kinzhal, hypersonic missile can hit speeds
Technology
Alexa is implementing self-learning techniques to better understand users
The Verge - Dami Lee
Alexa will understand you meant to say, ‘Play Nice for What’ instead of ‘Good for What’ In a developer blog post published today, Alexa AI director of applied science Ruhi Sarikaya detailed the advances
Artificial Intelligence
The Five Most Worrying Trends in Artificial Intelligence Right Now
Gizmodo - Brian Merchant
Artificial intelligence is already beginning to spiral out of our control, a new report from top researchers warns. Not so much in a Skynet kind of …
Universal Basic Income
Finland’s Universal Basic Income Program Is Already Reducing Stress for Recipients
futurism.com
Start With the Finnish Earlier this year, Finland launched a pilot program to test a universal basic income (UBI) policy by giving 2,000 of its …
Technology
Microsoft sounds an alarm over facial recognition technology
The Verge - Casey Newton
How Chinese-style monitoring could come to the United States Sophisticated facial-recognition technology is at the heart of many of China’s more dystopian security initiatives. With 200 million surveillance
Creationism
Researchers found a psychological link between conspiracy theories and creationism
TNW - The Conversation
Ask a three-year-old why they think it’s raining, and she may say “because the flowers are thirsty”. Her brother might also tell you that trees have leaves to provide shade for people and animals. These

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Meet The Desk-Sized Turbine That Can Power A Small Town

Repairing injured muscle

Why Don't Black Holes Swallow All of Space? This Explanation Is Blowing Our Minds

Causes of Alzheimer’s: Is It Hereditary?

Researchers Develop Nanodiscs That Can Wipe Out Tumors

Aleph Farms serves up world's first lab-grown steak

Stunning Drone Video Has Captured Wild Orcas Playing With a Human Swimmer

NVIDIA's $1,100 AI brain for robots goes on sale

10-Minute Exercises That Burn More Fat Than 30 Minutes Of Jogging

Warning: The Sex Drug Startup Revolution May Have Side Effects

Unlikely drug pair combine to cut off cancer's energy supply

Promising Results From A Groundbreaking Clinical Cancer Trial Sees One Woman’s Cancer Disappear

Everybody’s Wrong: Donald Trump Won the Chuck-n-Nancy Meeting, and Here’s Why

If you don’t use it, you’ll lose it

Delete All Your Apps

In the Universe of Equations, Virtually All Are Prime

Australian regulator says probe of tech giants spurs five investigations

Your idea is worthless. This is what matters

Orbiting, Another Thing for Online Daters to Worry About

Moderna Had the Biggest Biotech IPO Ever. Here's What That Says About the Industry's Future

Women accuse famous Brazil spiritual 'healer' of sex abuse

Shoppers Drug Mart granted licence to sell medical marijuana online

Seven arrested and charged with voting fraud in Mississippi town known for election skulduggery - Los Angeles Times

Researchers Found a Way to Shrink a Supercomputer to the Size of a Laptop

Russia says its Su-57 stealth fighter will be armed with deadly hypersonic missiles that can defeat all US defenses

Alexa is implementing self-learning techniques to better understand users

The Five Most Worrying Trends in Artificial Intelligence Right Now

Finland’s Universal Basic Income Program Is Already Reducing Stress for Recipients

Microsoft sounds an alarm over facial recognition technology

Researchers found a psychological link between conspiracy theories and creationism