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  Josh Kollar

  

  Hackers Slam Blue Coat Claiming It 'Pressured Security Researcher Into Cancelling Talk On Its Tech'

  Forbes - Thomas Brewster

  The final Syscan Conference in Singapore kicked off today with a message for a particular security company. According to reports from conference attendees, Thomas Lim, founder of the event where professional hackers give talks on their latest research, encouraged attendees to send Tweets containing …

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  Josh Kollar

  Feb 21, 2015
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  Josh Kollar

  

  Dark matter may have killed the dinosaurs, claims scientist

  The Telegraph

  Dark matter may have been responsible for the comet strike which killed the dinosaurs, a scientist has suggested. Earth, as well as spinning around the Sun, is also moving around our own galaxy, the Milky Way, Biology Professor Michael Rampino, of New York University, believes that at certain periods …

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  Josh Kollar

  

  DNA Blood Test Gives Women A New Option For Prenatal Screening

  NPR - Nell Greenfieldboyce

  When Amy Seitz got pregnant with her second child last year, she knew that being 35 years old meant there was an increased chance of chromosomal disorders like Down syndrome. She wanted to be screened, and she knew just what kind of screening she wanted — a test that's so new, some women and …

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  Josh Kollar

  

  Review: 'American Sniper' goes above and beyond war-hero tradition

  Los Angeles Times - Kenneth Turan

  Biopics about American war heroes are a Hollywood tradition going all the way back to Gary Cooper starring as the legendary World War I sharpshooter “Sergeant York” and World War II’s highly decorated Audie Murphy playing himself in “To Hell and Back.” “American Sniper” is squarely in that mold, …

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  Josh Kollar

  

  Human foetus cells injected into baby mice to create ‘supermouse’

  The Telegraph

  The cells from a human foetus have been injected into baby mice to create animals which have brains that are half human. Researchers at the University of Rochester Medical said it was like ‘ramping up the power’ of the mouse brain, because human cells are so much more advanced. They found that mice …