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Fat cells step in to help liver during fastingHow do mammals keep two biologically crucial metabolites in balance during times when they are feeding, sleeping, and fasting? The answer may require rewriting some textbooks, say investigators.
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Identification of molecular origins underlying the interfacial slipA new study has discovered the fundamental principles of handling polymers. Researchers presented the intrinsic molecular characteristics of the slip phenomena by using atomistic nonequilibrium molecular dynamics simulations of polyethylene melts under shear flow. Polymer melts are polymers with an overall number average molecular weight of 10,000 in the liquid-like melt state without solvent.
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England women win Six Nations grand slam after under-20s do the same• England women romp to 34-7 victory against Ireland • England under-20s grind out 14-10 win Two down, one to go. Emily Scarratt guided England women to a first Six Nations title since 2012 and with it the grand slam – immediately after the under-20s had also completed their clean sweep – meaning Eddie Jones’s side have another slice of history to aim for today. England women cut loose in the seco
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The Atlantic Daily: Surveillance and Sesame StreetWhat We’re Following Aye, Spy: During a joint press conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel today, President Trump continued to claim that he’d been wiretapped by the previous administration. Sean Spicer, too, stuck to the story yesterday but offered no evidence, so it seems the White House is simply afraid to admit it was wrong . More substantiated spying allegations: The Justice Departm
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Ben Youngs: ‘It won’t feel like we’ve won the Six Nations unless we beat Ireland’England scrum-half is embracing the challenge of chasing history and aims to avoid the strange feeling of losing but winning in 2011 Just occasionally, photographers are right to insist a picture says more than a thousand words. The victory photos taken on the final night of the 2011 Six Nations are a prime example: England in their Dublin hotel, ties at half-mast, trying to look like contented ch
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A simulated tornado, ghosts at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, and other amazing images of the weekScience Newsworthy eye candy Our favorite images from this week in science, space, and environmental news. Read on:…
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Zelda Fanatic Controls His Dang House With an OcarinaOK, you think you like the Legend of Zelda? You don’t. Not compared to this guy. His entire goddamn house is ocarina-operated now, and if he forgets to bring a plastic toy instrument with him he’s probably locked out. So suck on that, I guess. In all seriousness, this is a really impressive and complicated build. The Raspberry Pi-based system is able to recognize a variety of tunes from Zelda gam
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Twitter User Accused of Sending Journalist Seizure-Inducing GIF: 'Let's See If He Dies'Image: AP Friday evening, disturbing new details emerged in the case of a Maryland man accused of sending a seizure-inducing GIF to Newsweek journalist Kurt Eichenwald, including private Twitter messages where the suspect allegedly wrote “I hope this sends him into a seizure” and “let’s see if he dies.” According to the Department of Justice, 29-year-old John Rayne Rivello of Salisbury, Maryland,
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What goes into a surfboard? Foam, fibreglass and hard timesWith a stroke of a rail, shaper Andrew Stump can tell if a board is right. It’s a skill honed in the face of financial risk, personal hardship and cut-throat competition • More from our ‘Pipe dreams’ surfing series Andrew Stump spends most of his days making surfboards from his workshop, a cavernous series of rooms beside his home in Rye, a sleepy coastal Victorian town on the Mornington Peninsul
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Lifehacker Don’t Plant Those “Bee-Friendly” Wildflowers Cheerios Is Giving Away | Kotaku Longtime FaLifehacker Don’t Plant Those “Bee-Friendly” Wildflowers Cheerios Is Giving Away | Kotaku Longtime Fans Of YouTuber JonTron Say They Can’t Watch Him Anymore | Jalopnik Here’s Why Your Turn Signals Make That Clicking Noise | io9 Worlds We Love: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild ’s Hyrule |
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The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: Tap o’ the Morning!Today in 5 Lines During a joint news conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, President Trump stuck by his claim that former President Obama wiretapped Trump Tower, citing “a certain very talented legal mind” he had seen on Fox News. Fox News anchor Shep Smith said later that the network “cannot confirm Judge Napolitano’s commentary” and “knows of no evidence of any kind” to support Trump
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Trump Reverses Obama-Era Protections on Student DebtAccording to a Tuesday analysis from the Consumer Federation of America (CFA), millions of Americans have fallen behind on their student loans. The data, obtained from the U.S. Department of Education, reveals 42.4 million people in the U.S. owed $1.3 trillion in federal student loans by the end of 2016. Since 2013, the average amount owed per borrower increased by 17 percent. Back in 2015, the O
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Watch Tempers Flare As A Fight Breaks Out On The Hoffman Claim | Gold Rush#GoldRush The tension within the Hoffman crew finally explodes as Dave and Trey get into a physical altercation on the claim. Full Episodes Streaming FREE on Discovery GO: https://www.discoverygo.com/gold-rush/ Subscribe to Discovery: http://bit.ly/SubscribeDiscovery Join us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Discovery Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Gold_Rush https://twitter.com/Dis
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Trilobites: Bluebonnet Season Came Early in Texas This SpringFlowering plants that are blue are rare in nature. But Texas bluebonnets put on an annual show in pastures, parks and highway medians.
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These 3 Superbugs Pose the Greatest Threat to Human HealthRecently, the WHO released its first-ever list of "priority pathogens."
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Trump administration appeals partial block of travel ban by Maryland judgeRuling by Judge Theodore Chuang relates to visa issuances from the six Muslim-majority countries covered by the ban The Trump administration has appealed against a federal court order issued in the state of Maryland that partially blocks the president’s revised travel ban. The Department of Justice’s acting solicitor general, Jeffrey Wall, informed Maryland’s southern district court in a filing o
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Is Tillerson Really Articulating a New Policy on North Korea?U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Friday the military “option is on the table” if North Korea escalates its nuclear-weapons program “to a level that we believe requires action.” Do these remarks mark a break from the Obama administration’s policy toward Pyongyang, or do they mark a return to a familiar phrase in diplomacy? The phrase about the military “option being on the table” itself
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Rogue One Never Had a Scripted Opening CrawlA scene from the opening of Rogue One. Image: Disney Rogue One: A Star Wars Story is the first Star Wars film not to have an opening crawl. Gary Whitta, the first screenwriter on the film, did write one—but it was never actually in a script. Earlier this week, Rogue One ’s director Gareth Edwards good-naturedly threw Whitta under the bus during a Reddit AMA when asked about the crawl. “Gary Whitt
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BRIEF: Introducing a New Kind of MicroscopeBRIEF: Introducing a New Kind of Microscope Scientists apply quantum techniques to measure subtle details of a material's magnetic field. MagneticMicroscope_topNteaser.jpg An illustration showing the operating principle of the microscope. The shape of the thin gaseous strip (in red) changes according to the magnetic fields present in the sample below. Light is then shone onto the gas as a light s
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Pharmacist medicines reconciliation reduces likelihood of patient harmMedicines reconciliation provided by pharmacists can significantly reduce medicine discrepancies and may be associated with reductions in length of hospital stay and readmission, a new report concludes.
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Here's Why Your Turn Signals Make That Clicking NoiseWhen you hit your car’s turn signal stalk and that little arrow flashes at you on the dash, you always hear a rhythmic clicking sound in sync with that flashing arrow. Here’s what that is. That sound you hear originates in the late 1930s, though turn signals go back farther back to the early 20th Century when people were coming up with odd mechanical signals. (Actress Florence Lawrence devised on
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Netflix is launching a simplified rating system to improve its suggestionsTechnology Plus a new "percentage match" feature Trials of the binary rating system have shown a 200 percent increase in engagement, according to Netflix. Read on.
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If you’re a European, your body requires more vegetables and grainsEuropeans' genetic makeup favors a diet high in vegetables and grains, likely due to evolutionary pressures after the rise of agriculture 10,000 years ago. (credit: Hans Splinter ) A new study of hundreds of human genomes has revealed that groups in various regions of the world have evolved for diets with different amounts of meat and vegetables. People from Europe, particularly its southern regi
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When Your Parents Finally See You as an AdultLast year, Julie Beck wrote a popular piece centered on the question, “ When Are You Really an Adult? ” She went beyond the biological and legal answers to delve into the more subjective realms of culture and personal experience. The many markers of adulthood were then illustrated in the variety of stories we collected from readers —clustered around commonplace themes of financial independence ,
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Donald and Angela's Awkward AdventureEarly Friday afternoon, President Trump and German Chancellor Merkel held one of the more awkward photo ops in recent memory. Merkel sat, looking like she was trying hard to appear casual. Trump barely bothered, grimacing tightly. When photographers asked for a handshake, Merkel asked Trump if they should shake hands. He either did not hear or pretended not to . As it turns out, this was only a w
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For female mosquitoes, two sets of odor sensors are better than oneBiologists who study the malaria mosquito's 'nose' have found that it contains a secondary set of odor sensors that seem to be specially tuned to detect humans. The discovery could aid efforts to figure out how the insects target humans and develop a preference for them.
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Virtual machine escape fetches $105,000 at Pwn2Own hacking contest [updated]Enlarge (credit: Heather Katsoulis ) Contestants at this year's Pwn2Own hacking competition in Vancouver just pulled off an unusually impressive feat: they compromised Microsoft's heavily fortified Edge browser in a way that escapes a VMware Workstation virtual machine it runs in. The hack fetched a prize of $105,000, the highest awarded so far over the past three days. According to a Friday morn
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For female mosquitoes, two sets of odor sensors are better than oneA team of Vanderbilt biologists has found that the malaria mosquito has a second complete set of odor receptors that are specially tuned to human scents.
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5 Biotech Products U.S. Regulators Aren’t Ready ForNew techniques being used to produce our food or shape the environment raise regulatory questions.
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YouTube's Restricted Mode Is Hiding Some LGBT ContentStill: YouTube Anyone who’s ever visited YouTube and ventured into the comments knows that the site struggles with how to deal with offensive content, and now it seems one of its content filtering features might have gone a bit too far. Over the past few days, several LGBT vloggers have accused YouTube of hiding their material through the “Restricted Mode” feature. Restricted mode is an optional
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Link between Vitamin D treatment and autism preventionGiving vitamin D supplements to mice during pregnancy prevents autism traits in their offspring, researchers have discovered. The discovery provides further evidence of the crucial role vitamin D plays in brain development.
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Why a drop of liquid (like beer) makes a splashA new theory explains exactly what happens in the tiny space between a drop of liquid and a surface to cause a splash. A layer of air 1 micron in size—fifty times smaller than the width of a human hair—can obstruct a 1 millimeter drop of water, which is one thousand times larger. When a drop of liquid falls, a microscopically thin layer of air prevents it from spreading smoothly across a surface.
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The Utility of Precision in Opposing InjusticeOver the years, I’ve heard well-meaning people argue that events including the LAPD’s beating of Rodney King, the questioning of Barack Obama’s birth certificate, and the slaying of Trayvon Martin have nothing to do with race or racism. The impulse to deny or minimize racism, to contrive any other explanation (Occam’s razor be damned) for even the most racially charged incidents, is an ongoing, p
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'Gilded Lady' and Other Exquisite Mummies on Display in NYCAn Egyptian mummy named the Gilded Lady may be more than 2,000 years old, but visitors can gaze into her brown eyes and admire her dark, curly hair at "Mummies," an exhibit opening Monday (March 20) at the American Museum of Natural History in New York.
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Photos: The Amazing Mummies of Peru and EgyptArchaeologists used to unwrap mummies with much fanfare in front of crowds, a stunt that destroyed cultural history and disrespected the deceased individual. Now, researchers can use CT scans to noninvasively learn about mummies without unwrapping them.
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How to Protect Yourself from Sun and Heat in 2017 | VideoWant to stay safe in the sun and heat in the New Year? Live Science can help. We want to make a healthier you in 2017. May's goal is staying safe in sun and heat.
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Coroner warning after man electrocuted in bath charging iPhoneTributes paid to Richard Bull, whose death was ruled accidental after he was killed when his phone fell into the water A man died after being electrocuted while charging his phone in the bath, an inquest has heard. The death of Richard Bull, 32, which occurred when the iPhone fell into the water, was accidental, the coroner ruled. Dr Sean Cummings said he would also send a report to the phone’s m
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Drosophila effectively models human genes responsible for genetic kidney diseasesThe majority of genes associated with nephrotic syndrome (NS) in humans also play pivotal roles in Drosophila renal function, a conservation of function across species that validates transgenic flies as ideal pre-clinical models to improve understanding of human disease, a Children's National Health System research team reports in a recent issue of Human Molecular Genetics.
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First global guidance for HPV vaccination for cervical cancer preventionThe American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) today issued a clinical practice guideline on human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination for the prevention of cervical cancer.
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Palliative care consults for advanced cancer patients reduces hospitalization and improves careCancer patients admitted to the hospital with advanced stages of disease who were referred early to palliative care had decreased health care utilization and increased use of support services following discharge, according to a new study led by researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.
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Secret Empire Is Giving Us a New Patriot to Fight Back Against Steve RogersSteve Roger’s Hydra reveal is going to bring out all sorts of old and new heroes to fight against his attempt to rule the world—and one of the new ones is going to be the latest incarnation of one of Marvel’s oldest heroes. But could another familiar face be behind the mask? The new Patriot look graces the cover for issue two of Secret Empire: Brave New World , a new series by Paul Allor and Bria
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Man's Rare Case: How Does a Strep Infection Lead to Amputations?A Michigan man will require amputations of parts of his hands and feet after experiencing a severe case of strep throat.
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Bail hearing set for Canadian accused in Yahoo email hackA Canadian man of Kazakh origins who was arrested in a massive hack of Yahoo emails appeared briefly via video link in a Hamilton, Ontario court on Friday where a date has been set for his bail hearing.
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Alaska sea lion study gets help from crowdsource volunteersA federal wildlife agency studying the Steller sea lion decline in Alaska's Aleutian Islands is looking for help from citizen scientists. Volunteers don't need raincoats or rubber boots to pitch in, just eyeballs and a computer screen.
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Silk sensor could speed development of new infrastructure, aerospace and consumer materialsConsumers want fuel-efficient vehicles and high-performance sporting goods, municipalities want weather-resistant bridges, and manufacturers want more efficient ways to make reliable cars and aircraft. What's needed are new lightweight, energy-saving composites that won't crack or break even after prolonged exposure to environmental or structural stress. To help make that possible, researchers wor
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Maria Sharapova expects suspicious welcome back into tennis fold• Five-times grand slam winner back in April after 15-month doping ban • Sharapova given wildcard to play in Porsche Grand Prix in Stuttgart Maria Sharapova accepts she will have a cloud of suspicion hanging over her when she returns to the game next month. The five-times grand slam champion is serving a 15-month doping ban after testing positive for the cardiac drug meldonium at the Australian Op
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Highly contagious infection threatens endangered San Joaquin kit fox populationEndangered San Joaquin kit foxes face many threats to their survival, including loss of habitat and competition with non-native species such as the red fox. Now, scientists are rushing to save remaining fragile populations from a new danger – sarcoptic mange, a skin disease caused by mites.
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Study IDs link between sugar signaling and regulation of oil production in plantsEven plants have to live on an energy budget. While they're known for converting solar energy into chemical energy in the form of sugars, plants have sophisticated biochemical mechanisms for regulating how they spend that energy. Making oils costs a lot.
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Hubble discovery of runaway star yields clues to breakup of multiple-star systemAs British royal families fought the War of the Roses in the 1400s for control of England's throne, a grouping of stars was waging its own contentious skirmish—a star wars far away in the Orion Nebula.
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Happier Feet: Antarctica Home to Millions More Penguins Than ThoughtThere are 3.6 million more penguins in Antarctica than previously estimated.
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Key to Tardigrades' 'Superpowers' Identified in Their DNAA tardigrade's unique genetic makeup fuels the creature's remarkable resuscitation superpowers.
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Q&A: Animals in Extra LargeIn general, the large size of some prehistoric animals in comparison to their modern counterparts had to do with evolutionary opportunity.
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Carbon Dioxide Emissions Are Flat for a Third Year Running, but the Economy Continues to GrowFurther proof that economic growth doesn’t require an increase in greenhouse gases.
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Trump and Merkel can't hide fundamental differences in first visitGerman leader defended stance on refugees and globalisation while US president again used the phrase ‘radical Islamic terrorism’ in first face-to-face meeting Donald Trump and the German chancellor, Angela Merkel, struck a conciliatory tone at their first face-to-face meeting on Friday, but there was little disguising their fundamental differences in policy and style. Merkel said she was “gratifi
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Caribbean crime thriller wins inaugural prize for only BAME writersThe Jhalak prize, set up to address UK publishing’s long lack of diversity, goes to Jacob Ross’s crime novel The Bone Readers The inaugural Jhalak prize for black, Asian and minority ethnic writers (BAME) has been won by Jacob Ross with his “thrilling, visceral and meditative, and always cinematic” crime novel The Bone Readers. Ross’s winning book shadows Digger, a plainclothes officer working in
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Sturgeon hints at 'other ways' to hold new Scottish independence referendumFirst minister refuses to rule out staging an unofficial referendum as she makes overtures to May for an alternative timetable Nicola Sturgeon has hinted she had other ways to force Theresa May into agreeing a compromise over a second referendum on Scottish independence. Speaking a day after May rejected her call for the power to hold a referendum in 18 months, the first minister said there were
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Should The U.S. Government Buy A Drug Company To Save Money?Most of the millions in the U.S. who are infected with hepatitis C can't afford the cure. Some say the U.S. could save money and cure more people if it bought the drugmaker Gilead Sciences Inc. (Image credit: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
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CO2 Emissions Are Flat for a Third Year Running, but the Economy Continues to GrowFurther proof that economic growth doesn’t require an increase in greenhouse gases.
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Global Warming Is Killing the Great Barrier ReefThe Great Barrier Reef has suffered "off the chart" damage.
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The FBI, Which Still Won't Address Online Threats Against Women, Arrested Someone For Tweeting a GIF at a Male Journalist [Updated]Screenshot via ABC News In December, Newsweek reporter Kurt Eichenwald was tweeted at by someone who sent him an image of the words “You deserve a seizure for your posts,” over a flashing, strobing image. Eichenwald, who has epilepsy, says the image caused him to have a seizure. On Friday morning, the FBI announced they’ve arrested the person responsible for the tweet. The FBI (and local law enfo
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Five rad and random (green!) things I found this weekGadgets The end-of-week dispatch from Pop Sci's commerce editor. Vol. 3. Five rad and random (green!) things I found this week. Read on.
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Obama White House comedy heading to big screenA former stenographer’s book proposal about the life of political staffers, titled From the Corner of the Oval, will be adapted by Universal Pictures The life of staffers in Obama’s White House will be the focus of a new big-screen workplace comedy. Related: Tom Hanks to produce HBO dramatic miniseries on 2016 election Continue reading…
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Call the exorcist: pope tells priests to consult experts in casting out demonsPope Francis advised confessors to refer to an exorcist to better address parishioners’ who have ‘real spiritual disorders’ with supernatural origins Pope Francis has advised priests who hear troubled confessions from parishioners to not hesitate to call on the services of an exorcist . A good confessor has to be very discerning, particularly when he has to deal with “real spiritual disorders”, t
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The World's Best Heart Health Found in Indigenous Amazon GroupIn an indigenous group of people in South America, researchers are finding the healthiest blood vessels ever studied, thanks in part to a diet that's rich in complex carbs.
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Sesame Street Isn’t Just for Affluent KidsWhen the Office of Management and Budget director Mick Mulvaney suggested that parents in struggling rural and urban areas might not consider funding public television through the Corporation for Public Broadcast a good use of taxpayer dollars during an appearance on Morning Joe on Thursday, he may have thought his statements reflected their feelings and were backed by up evidence. He was wrong o
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What If the 'Populist Wave' Is Just Political Fragmentation?Ever since the United Kingdom’s shocking vote to leave the European Union in 2016, nearly every political contest in the Western world has been characterized as a showdown between the moderate, establishment cosmopolitanism that has dominated Western politics for decades and the far-right populist nationalism that triumphed during the British referendum. Donald Trump’s election in the United Stat
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Advanced form of proton therapy shows promise for treating lung cancer recurrenceAn advanced form of image-guided radiation therapy, known as intensity modulated proton therapy (IMPT), has shown early promise for the treatment of recurrent lung cancer, according to new research.
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Astronomers observe a dying red giant star's final actAn international team of astronomers has observed a striking spiral pattern in the gas surrounding a red giant star called LL Pegasi and its companion star 3,400 light-years from Earth.
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58 million Americans are exposed to loud, frequent noises, including firearms, at work and homeSubstantial noise exposures, with potentially serious long-term hearing health consequences, frequently occur in occupational and recreational settings, a new report explains.
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Study IDs link between sugar signaling and regulation of oil production in plantsScientists from Brookhaven Lab have identified a previously unknown link between a protein that maintains plant sugar balance and one that turns on oil production. The biochemical detective work points to new strategies for tapping into the energy plants capture from the sun to produce oil-based biofuels and other biomaterials.
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Silk sensor could speed development of new infrastructure, aerospace & consumer materialsNIST researchers have found a way to use molecules of dye to see inside some of the new composite materials being tested for bridges, cars and sporting goods.
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Man accused of sending a seizure-inducing tweet charged with cyberstalking [Updated]Enlarge (credit: therobedscribe ) UPDATE 7:05pm (ET): Justice Department announces cyberstalking charges. END UPDATE: The Federal Bureau of Investigation has arrested a Maryland man, and charged him with cyberstalking, for allegedly sending a seizure-inducing tweet to Newsweek writer Kurt Eichenwald, who has written about his battle with epilepsy. Read 7 remaining paragraphs | Comments
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Could your favorite pain medicine send you into cardiac arrest?Health A new study questions ibuprofen's safety NSAID pain relievers like ibuprofen might increase your risk of a cardiac arrest. Read on.
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The leave fanatics will have their hard Brexit – even if the price is the union | Jonathan FreedlandThough hardliners are pursuing the most destructive version of Britain’s divorce from the EU, there may be a way to avoid the breakup of the UK What a paradoxical story we shall tell our grandchildren about Brexit. The little ones will climb on our knee and we will recall how we bravely seized our independence from hated Brussels – only to destroy our country. Their infant brows will furrow in co
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Numbers still stack up for fidgety Australia captain Shakin’ Steven | Barney RonayIf Steve Smith has a wider claim on some kind of ultimacy right now it is perhaps a minor role as the greatest Test batsman to be nobody’s favourite Test batsman Shakin’ Stevens was the biggest-selling British singles artist of the 1980s. It is probably worth remembering this fact the next time a man with a greying beard tells you the 80s were the last real golden age of popular music, a starburst
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Police release helicopter footage of 'idiotic' driver in car pursuitClive Hill jailed for 14 months over chase in which he crashed into three cars Police have released helicopter footage of an “idiotic” driver during a dangerous pursuit which landed him in prison. Clive Hill, 41, of Butchers Close, Radstock, Somerset, admitted several driving offences relating to the incident on 18 November 2016. Continue reading…
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Singing Through Tone DeafnessAuthor Tim Falconer didn't take his congential amusia lying down. With the help of neuroscientists and vocal coaches, he tried to teach himself to sing against all odds.
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New role for immune cells in preventing diabetes and hypertensionImmune cells which are reduced in number by obesity could be a new target to treat diseases such as type 2 diabetes and hypertension that affect overweight people, according to a collaborative study.
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Angela Merkel knows she must defuse Donald Trump’s threat to Europe | Natalie NougayrèdeToday’s White House meeting could prove to be the most crucial for transatlantic relations since the end of the Soviet bloc As close encounters go, this was bound to be a defining one. Angela Merkel, Europe’s most powerful, values-oriented, refugee-welcoming and Putin-resisting leader, finally met Donald Trump , potential wrecker of the west and liberal democracy. Related: Merkel's goal for Trump
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'No one is talking about it': has Sturgeon misjudged mood for independence?Clackmannanshire was a bellwether for the first Scottish indyref and for Brexit – and within the county a second vote doesn’t seem to be the top issue for locals In the land of the never-endum, they were counting votes again on Thursday morning. In an upstairs room at Alloa town hall, council workers were going through their election night counting rituals with a coffee-fuelled concentration. “It
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The Guardian view on Brexit and publishing: a hardcore problem | EditorialLondon book fair has shown how upbeat the literary world can be – and how worried our cultural businesses have become at the thought of losing old certainties The mood at this week’s London book fair appeared upbeat, with hotly contested auctions leading to the return of the six-figure publishing deal . Musicians did particularly well, with Pulp’s Jarvis Cocker, Suede’s Brett Anderson and drum’n’b
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The UK Just Granted the First License to Commercialize Controversial 'Three-Parent' BabiesImage: Shutterstock A fertility clinic in Newcastle was just granted permission to start performing what’s known as the ‘three-parent baby’ technique, a controversial in vitro fertilization procedure that prevents genetic diseases from being passed on to children by giving them three genetic ‘parents.’ The technique relies on DNA from a mother, father, and a female donor in order to keep a mom fr
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Why the Hell Does the James Webb Space Telescope Look Haunted?Image: NASA/Chris Gunn One of the most powerful telescopes ever built—NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope—is set to make its big debut in 2018. But before it starts scouring distant galaxies, or searching for life around at TRAPPIST-1 , the telescope must undergo quite a bit of testing. Apparently, during “lights out inspections,” James Webb gets a little creepy. On March 15th, NASA posted a spookt
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What does that sentence say?Imagine coming across a sentence in English that reads like this: 'Mary apple eats her delicious.' For most native-English speakers, the sentence would likely strike you as odd because it doesn't seem to be structured in an order that immediately gets the message across. It has always been thought that, when adults learn a second language, they face this problem because the grammar of other langua
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Enormous swarms of midges teach about interconnected landscapesEcologists are trying to understand why the midge population at an Icelandic lake can fluctuate by 100,000-fold across a decade, and what impact these massive swarms have on the surrounding landscape.
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Longtime Fans Of YouTuber JonTron Say They Can't Watch Him AnymoreOver the past week, the fanbase for YouTuber Jon “JonTron” Jafari has been forced to reevaluate how they feel about their favorite YouTuber. On Monday, Jafari debated Steve Bonnell, a professional streamer who goes by Destiny, over his political views. Over the course of the two hour debate, Jafari expressed some extreme views , such as the idea white people are experiencing a “demographic displa
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Jailed fell runner thought UK Athletics was 'trying to kill her'Lauren Jeska, convicted of attempted murder, felt ‘at war’ with athletics’ national governing body, says family It was three months before Lauren Jeska walked into the reception of UK Athletics armed with two knives that her parents realised something might be wrong. The 42-year-old champion fell runner had gone home to Lancaster for Christmas in 2015 when she began talking about being “at war” w
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Nick Kyrgios pulls out of Roger Federer clash with food poisoningAustralian says he ‘had a restless night of being sick’ and withdraws Federer, who will play Kei Nishikori or Jack Sock, admits: ‘It’s a pity’ Roger Federer got an unexpected day off Friday at the BNP Paribas Open after Nick Kyrgios withdrew from their quarter-final because of what he suspected was food poisoning. Less than two hours before they were to take the court, Kyrgios tweeted that he “ha
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Everton v Hull City: match previewAmid Romelu Lukaku’s contract stand-off Everton will still be confident of earning a win that would temporarily move Ronald Koeman’s side above Manchester United in sixth place. Hull overcame Merseyside opponents with a 2-0 win over Liverpool in February and Marco Silva’s side will need a similarly robust display to take anything away from Goodison Park, where the hosts have lost just once all se
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Advanced form of proton therapy shows promise for treating lung cancer recurrenceAn advanced form of image-guided radiation therapy, known as intensity modulated proton therapy (IMPT), has shown early promise for the treatment of recurrent lung cancer, according to new research from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.
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Man who pleaded guilty of raping 12-year-old freed by Glasgow high courtJudge cites ‘wholly exceptional circumstances’ in discharging engineering student who believed he had consensual sex with girl of 16 A 21-year-old student has walked free from court after pleading guilty to the rape of a 12-year-old girl. Daniel Cieslak, of Leith in Edinburgh, was granted an absolute discharge in what the judge described as “wholly exceptional” circumstances at Glasgow high court
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Happy spouse, happy houseAchieving marital quality could seem daunting, even impossible to any couple, let alone a couple in which one of the partners is dealing with a serious illness. But a new study may hold the answer, say its authors.
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Eruptions on the sun trigger surprising phenomenon near EarthEruptions on the Sun's surface not only send bursts of energetic particles into the Earth's atmosphere causing disturbances in our planet's magnetic field, they can also strangely decrease the number of free electrons over large areas in the polar region of the ionosphere, new research concludes.
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Indigenous South American group has healthiest arteries of all populations yet studied, providing clues to healthy lifestyleAn 80-year-old from the Tsimane (pronounced chee-MAH-nay) group had the same vascular age as an American in his or her mid-fifties, suggests a new report. The Tsimane people — a forager-horticulturalist population of the Bolivian Amazon — have the lowest reported levels of vascular aging for any population, with coronary atherosclerosis (hardening of the arteries) being five times less common th
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New PSA: Successful Aging & Your BrainIt’s never too late to start living a brain-healthy life! Our new Successful Aging & Your Brain public service announcement illustrates easy steps (as recommended by the Institute of Medicine) we can all take to keep our brains healthy and sharp as we grow older. The PSA recommends that we stay active with regular exercise, reduce vascular risk factors (like high blood pressure and cholesterol) w
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#CuriousGoat: Ask Us About Climate Change And Global Well-beingWhat questions do you have about the toll that climate change is taking — and about possible solutions? (Image credit: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)
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U.S. Nuclear Weapons Tests Come to YouTubeFilms of the tests conducted in Nevada and the Marshall Islands from 1945 to 1962 are being restored and released to the public.
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Watch U.S. Nuclear TestsThousands of films showing U.S. atmospheric nuclear tests between 1945 and 1962 have been declassified. Scientists are studying them and posting them for all to see.
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A New Way to Spot Malicious AppsBy targeting fraudulent reviews to identify malware in the Google Play store, researchers uncovered an insidious technique: some of these apps harass innocent users until they leave positive ratings of their own.
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A king snake’s strength is in its squeezeKing snakes feast on other, larger snakes, perhaps thanks to superior constricting abilities, new research suggests.
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Panicked Secret Service Says It Lost Encrypted Laptop But It's Fine, Everything's FineImage: AP Today, a Brooklyn-based Secret Service agent learned what those of us without security clearance have known for years: Don’t leave a laptop in your car if you don’t want it to be stolen. Law enforcement sources told both ABC and The New York Daily News on Friday that a laptop containing private information—including the floor plans for Trump Tower and information on the criminal investi
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Patients' annual financial burden under Medicare Part D is 'too much too soon'A study documents the patient out-of-pocket cost burden under Medicare prescription drug plans (known as Medicare Part D) and finds that despite having insurance, Medicare patients using specialty drugs paid thousands of dollars in out-of-pocket costs in a calendar year. Study authors also propose policy changes that would help patients better predict monthly bills for critical medications.
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Moderate exercise may be beneficial for HCM patientsPatients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy are urged to take it easy. But new research shows they might benefit from moderate aerobic exercise.
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How gut inflammation drives the evolution of harmful bacteriaInflammation in the gut helps bacterial viruses spread to other strains of bacteria and promotes their success, a new study in mice finds.
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CD4+ T-cell count useful to assess antiretroviral therapy response in HTLV-1/HIV patients?While HIV is known to deplete CD4+ T-cells, the present study showed that patients co-infected with HTLV-1 continued to have elevated CD4+ T-cell counts despite responding unsuccessfully to their HIV medications.
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This is the first fluorescent frog ever and he’s adorableAnimals But we don’t know if he can even see his own glow The South American polka-dot tree frog knows how to partaay. He’s a blacklight rave in a tiny frog package. He goes where no frog—and very few land animals—has gone…
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Amazon's Taking $50 Off Sony's Best Bluetooth Noise-Cancelling HeadphonesSony MDR1000X Noise-Cancelling Bluetooth Headphones , $348 Sony’s MDR line of Bluetooth headphones sold like gangbusters during Deals Week, but if you were holding out for noise cancelling models, Amazon’s rewarding your patience today with a $50 discount on the top-of the line MDR100x . These headphones have all the features you’d expect in a good pair of Bluetooth headphones these days: NFC pai
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Employees Say HHS Head Tom Price Sends Staff 'Propaganda' EmailsImage via Getty . Two employees at the National Institutes of Health have forwarded Jezebel emails that appear to show the newly instated head of the Department of Health and Human Services, Dr. Tom Price, sending what they call “propaganda” for the controversial Republican healthcare replacement bill. A series of weekly recap emails sent to HHS staff within the past two weeks read like press bri
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Researchers review progress of treating glutamate signalling in depressionMajor depressive disorder (MDD) impacts 15 million Americans and is the leading cause of disability, yet current treatments possess limited efficacy. Ketamine, which has been repurposed as a rapidly acting antidepressant, has emerged as an experimental and potentially promising compound to treat severe depression through a novel drug action mechanism that blocks glutamate receptors.
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Human brain networks developing in adolescence related to evolutionary expansionA new study reveals new patterns of coordinated development in the outer layer of the cerebrum of the human brain and describes how these structural patterns relate to functional networks.
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Scientists make the case to restore Pluto's planet statusKirby Runyon wants to make one thing clear: regardless of what one prestigious scientific organization says to the contrary, Pluto is a planet. So, he says, is Europa, commonly known as a moon of Jupiter, and so is the Earth's moon, and so are more than 100 other celestial bodies in our solar system that are denied this status under the prevailing definition of 'planet.'
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Human skull evolved along with two-legged walking, study confirmsThe evolution of bipedalism in fossil humans can be detected using a key feature of the skull — a claim that was previously contested but now has been further validated by researchers.
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Can quantum theory explain why jokes are funny?Researchers are taking the first steps towards of a quantum theory model of humor, to explain what really happens on the cognitive level in the moment when we 'get the joke.'
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Intensive aquatic resistance training decreases body fat mass and improves physcial function in women with mild knee osteoarthritisAquatic resistance training significantly decreases body fat mass and increases walking speed in postmenopausal women with mild knee osteoarthritis. The effect of aquatic resistance training on walking speed are long lasting and are maintained one-year after training is ceased. However, higher overall levels of leisure time physical activity are required for long-term management of fat and body ma
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Grasses: The recipe for especially efficient stomataScientists have identified a key element underlying the superior function of stomata — or tiny, gas-exchanging pores — in grasses, where stomata function more efficiently than they do in other plant types.
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Software company rises as price configuration takes offFPX, a pioneering Minnesota software company that survived three decades of industry change, is accelerating its product development with an infusion of capital from a new owner.
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How Monopoly’s New Tokens Betray Its HistoryThis week, Hasbro announced the results of an online vote on the future of tokens in the board game Monopoly. The results are startling: the boot, wheelbarrow, and thimble have been expunged from the iconic game, replaced by a Tyrannosaurus rex, rubber ducky, and penguin. Voters passed up over 60 other contenders, among them an emoji and a hashtag. It’s the latest in a series of efforts to update
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Conflicting Views on the Middlebury ControversyWhen Charles Murray, the conservative author who sparked national attention for his statements on class and race, was invited to give a talk on the Middlebury College campus earlier this March, it was because a group of students—the American Enterprise Institute Club —was curious to hear what he had to say. But those opposed to Murray’s views questioned his right to be on campus, as well as the r
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New Hubble mosaic of the Orion NebulaIn the search for rogue planets and failed stars astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have created a new mosaic image of the Orion Nebula. During their survey of the famous star formation region, they found what may be the missing piece of a cosmic puzzle; the third, long-lost member of a star system that had broken apart.
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New 'gene silencer' drug reduce cholesterol by over 50 percentThe first in a new class of gene-silencing drugs, known as inclisiran, has been shown to halve cholesterol levels in patients at risk of cardiovascular disease.
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Martin Rowson on George Osborne's new role at London Evening Standard – cartoonContinue reading…
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No shake: Donald Trump snubs Angela Merkel during photo op – videoDonald Trump appeared to deny the German chancellor Angela Merkel a handshake during a photo opportunity with the press at the White House on Friday. Trump and Merkel met earlier for a bilateral meeting in the Oval Office where they were expected to talk about strengthening Nato, fighting the Islamic State group and resolving Ukraine’s conflict Trump’s strange handshake style and how Justin Trude
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Stoke City v Chelsea: match previewDespite the growing inevitability of the title returning to west London, Antonio Conte will not allow standards to slip as his Chelsea side aim to be crowned champions sooner rather than later. Conte will be wary of the challenge on Saturday having been pushed hard before winning 4-2 at Stamford Bridge on New Year’s Eve against a Stoke side unbeaten in their past eight home games. Joel Rabinowitz
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Global carbon emissions continue to stabilize, US has 3% dropEnlarge (credit: Chalermchai Karasopha/Getty Images) 2016 was the third year in a row that global carbon emissions remained stable, even as the overall economy grew. Although 32.1 Gigatonnes of emissions is certainly not good news for future climates, there is some cause for optimism within the numbers, as some major economies saw their emissions drop. And controlling emissions didn't come at the
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Making US workers pass genetic test data to employers is wrongA proposed law effectively allowing US employers to require workers to take DNA tests and hand over the results is misguided, says geneticist Martina Cornel
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The Stream DreamIs it too late for the legacy music service to succeed in the current streaming landscape? The post The Stream Dream appeared first on WIRED .
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Why Scientists Think This Silly-Ass Bird Can't Stop Looking at Its ReflectionImage: Facebook/The Bush Stone Curlew of QUT Kelvin Grove We all like to admire ourselves in the mirror from time to time, but there’s a bird in Australia that seems to have developed a rather unhealthy fixation, gazing upon its reflection for hours on end while seemingly oblivious to its surroundings. It’s pretty funny, but should we be worried about this fine feathered fellow? As reported in AB
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Ny ordbog skal gøre os kloge på teknologijargonOrdbogen Sideways Dictionary skal gøre teknologiske fagudtryk forståelige for mennesker uden it-indsigt
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London book fair: UK publishers cheerfully splash cash as sales riseDecline of reality TV and soap star memoirs greeted with glee, but publishers say it is time to turn the page on Gone Girl-style ‘grip-lit’ On the eve of the London book fair, publishers were excited by news that sales of physical books were up for the second year in a row – 7% more than in 2015. And, following Waterstones’ return to profit for the first time in years , there was also good news f
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Hubble discovery of runaway star yields clues to breakup of multiple-star systemA gravitational tussle, ended with a multi-star system breaking apart and at least three stars being ejected in different directions.
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What does that sentence say?Imagine coming across a sentence in English that reads like this: 'Mary apple eats her delicious.' For most native-English speakers, the sentence would likely strike you as odd because it doesn't seem to be structured in an order that immediately gets the message across.
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Happy spouse, happy houseAchieving marital quality could seem daunting, even impossible to any couple, let alone a couple in which one of the partners is dealing with a serious illness. But a new study by Megan Robbins, psychology professor at the University of California, Riverside, may hold the answer.
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Highly contagious infection threatens endangered San Joaquin kit fox populationEndangered San Joaquin kit foxes face many threats to their survival, including loss of habitat and competition with non-native species such as the red fox. Now, scientists are rushing to save remaining fragile populations from a new danger — sarcoptic mange, a skin disease caused by mites.
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Watch Warren G and Other Celebs Try (and Fail) to Tell Fake News From Real NewsWIRED quizzed a bunch of celebs at South by Southwest to see if they could tell real news from fake. The post Watch Warren G and Other Celebs Try (and Fail) to Tell Fake News From Real News appeared first on WIRED .
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This Discounted Smart Thermostat Isn't a Nest, But It Might Be Even BetterEcobee3 Lite , $140 Update : I screwed up, sorry, you can’t pair separate remote sensors with this model like I thought. It’s still a great thermostat, especially for a smaller home, but don’t buy it expecting to add remote sensors after the fact. While it doesn’t have the brand recognition of Nest’s learning Thermostat, the Ecobee3 Smart Thermostat one-ups its most popular competitor by pairing
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Team Sky faces UCI investigation over possible cover-up• The International Cycling Union is in touch with UK Anti-Doping • Former Team Sky rider Josh Edmondson admitted use of banned injections The International Cycling Union has stepped into the latest controversy involving Team Sky to ask UK Anti-Doping to assess claims the team covered up a rider’s use of banned injections. Josh Edmondson admitted breaking the sport’s “no needle” rule while a membe
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Basque separatist group Eta announces plan to lay down all weaponsMilitant organisation, which renounced its armed struggle in 2011, says it will disarm by next month and reveal stockpile sites Six years after renouncing violence in its long and bloody pursuit of a Basque homeland , the militant separatist group Eta has announced it will lay down all arms by early next month. On Friday, Le Monde reported that Eta was ready to give up its weapons once and for al
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Stewart Downing has a ‘big part to play’ after Karanka row, says Steve Agnew• ‘Stewy loves the club … it’s his town. He’s a talented footballer’ • Agnew brings in Joe Jordan to help make team more attack-minded Stewart Downing’s rift with Aitor Karanka and exclusion from Middlesbrough’s first team played a pivotal role in the Basque’s departure on Thursday but Steve Agnew has no qualms about restoring the former England winger to his starting XI. Related: Middlesbrough co
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News of the World owner loses court fight over Tommy Sheridan defamation caseSupreme court refuses attempt by owner of now defunct newspaper to have 2006 civil jury verdict set aside The UK’s highest court has refused an attempt by the owner of the now defunct News Of The World to appeal against former MSP Tommy Sheridan ’s defamation victory a decade ago. Sheridan won the high-profile case against the newspaper after it printed allegations about the then Scottish Sociali
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Pep Guardiola: Manchester City challenge is bigger than Barcelona or Bayern• Chairman Khaldoon al-Mubarak offers backing despite Champions League exit • Yaya Touré agent begins negotiations with other clubs over possible move Pep Guardiola feels he is having to be a manager in the true sense for the first time because achieving success is a far greater challenge with Manchester City than it was at Barcelona and Bayern Munich. City’s Champions League exit at Monaco in the
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Telltale Tsunami Sounds Could Buy More Warning TimeScientists are figuring out how to detect a tsunami-generating earthquake’s unique, fast-traveling sound waves — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Look Who's Out Of Jail: The One And Only Tickle | Moonshiners#Moonshiners | Tuesdays at 9/8c on Discovery After being released from jail, Tickle reunites with Tim for his first meal away from the slammer. Full Episodes Streaming FREE on Discovery GO: https://www.discoverygo.com/moonshiners/ Subscribe to Discovery: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=discoverynetworks Join us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Discovery https://www.facebo
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Will Humans Have to Upgrade Their Bodies to Survive on Mars?Living and boning in space—particularly on Mars—has fascinated our degenerate species for decades. Recently, SpaceX founder Elon Musk decided to put his very large amount of money where his mouth is by announcing his plans to colonize the Red Planet. NASA also likes to bloviate about its Journey to Mars in the 2030s, and there are a handful of other, shadier plans to colonize the Red Planet champ
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Koshe Disaster: What Causes Garbage Landslides?Mountains of garbage are piled in open dumps with little regard for stability.
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How Trump Tried to Close the Deal on Health CareRepublican leaders are desperate for President Trump to use his vaunted dealmaking skills to sell skeptical conservatives on their flagging American Health Care Act. They need his backing, and more importantly, they need the political cover he provides. On Friday, the president delivered his first batch of votes. After meeting with members of the conservative Republican Study Committee, Trump and
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Q of the Week: Which Lawmaker Would Coach Your Team?This week, in honor of March Madness, we asked Politics & Policy Daily readers: If you had to pick a lawmaker to coach your team and take it to the Final Four, who would you pick—and why? Eileen is one of several readers who thought of Arizona Senator John McCain: His military service and his ability to survive as a POW held by the Vietcong are a tribute to his character. Equally impressive is hi
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Tech Start-Ups Have Become Conceptual ArtLet’s catalog a few important moments in the history of conceptual art: In 1917 , Marcel Duchamp signed and dated a porcelain urinal, installed it on a plinth, and entered it into the first exhibition for the Society of Independent Artists. In 1961 , Robert Rauchenberg submitted a telegram reading “This is a portrait of Iris Clert if I say so” as his contribution to an exhibition of portraits hos
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Prince William in Paris on first official visit since mother Diana's deathBritish royal couple begin visit to French capital in European tour to strengthen ties as Brexit looms The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are in Paris on their first official visit to the French capital – the first time Prince William has been on royal duty in the city since his mother, Diana, Princess of Wales, died in a car crash there almost 20 years ago. William and Catherine flew to the city
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Extremists made £250,000 from ads for UK brands on Google, say expertsWagdi Ghoneim among those said to have earned significant ad revenue from household names and government departments Extremists and hate preachers are estimated by marketing experts to have made at least $318,000 (£250,000) from adverts for household brands and government departments placed alongside their YouTube videos. Google, which owns YouTube, is estimated by internet analysts to have taken
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Osborne's new job confirms disturbing Tory dominance of the media | Roy GreensladeFrom Johnson to Gove, Tories are revelling in their links to papers, and proprietors no longer try to hide their rightwing views After the crop of cynical jokes about George Osborne becoming editor of the London Evening Standard , let’s get serious. However odd the appointment appears, and few journalists will think it anything other than that, is it really fair to suggest that the paper’s owner,
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Plagued by predators in the sea, these fish are moving onto landScience Some blenny fish spend nearly their entire lives out of the water On the remote Pacific Island of Rarotonga, some fish are fleeing to land to escape aquatic predators. Read on.
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New Hubble mosaic of the Orion NebulaIn the search for rogue planets and failed stars astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have created a new mosaic image of the Orion Nebula. During their survey of the famous star formation region, they found what may be the missing piece of a cosmic puzzle; the third, long-lost member of a star system that had broken apart.
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No El Nino? No problem. Earth sizzles to near record heatEven without an El Nino warming the world's waters, Earth in February sizzled to its second hottest temperature on record, behind only last year.
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ISPs say your Web browsing and app usage history isn’t “sensitive”Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | KrulUA) ISPs that want the federal government to eliminate broadband privacy rules say that your Web browsing and app usage data should not be classified as "sensitive" information. "Web browsing and app usage history are not 'sensitive information,'" CTIA said in a filing with the Federal Communications Commission yesterday. CTIA is the main lobbyist group represe
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Sandi Toksvig and Noel Fielding hailed as the ‘disruptive change’ Bake Off needsNew lineup will be a hit on Channel 4 precisely because it’s different from what audiences know, analysts say It’s been referred to as “the stuff that LSD trips are made of”, but analysts believe the new lineup of The Great British Bake Off will be a hit when it launches on Channel 4 precisely because it’s different from the show audiences have grown accustomed to. On Thursday, the comedian Noel
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New Hubble mosaic of the Orion NebulaIn the search for rogue planets and failed stars astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have created a new mosaic image of the Orion Nebula. During their survey of the famous star formation region, they found what may be the missing piece of a cosmic puzzle; the third, long-lost member of a star system that had broken apart.
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Human skull evolved along with two-legged walking, study confirmsThe evolution of bipedalism in fossil humans can be detected using a key feature of the skull—a claim that was previously contested but now has been further validated by researchers at Stony Brook University and The University of Texas at Austin.
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Human brain networks developing in adolescence related to evolutionary expansionAdolescence marks not only the period of physical maturation bridging childhood and adulthood, but also a crucial period for remodeling of the human brain. A Penn study reveals new patterns of coordinated development in the outer layer of the cerebrum of the human brain and describes how these structural patterns relate to functional networks.
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Don’t go to Death Valley looking for a ‘Super Bloom’Science Check your wildflower forecasts carefully Exactly how common are super blooms, and how can you find one? Read on.
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The Grassroots Campaign to Make Reddit Less ToxicImage: Reddit/Gizmodo As a company, Reddit has shown itself to be either ambivalent or complicit in abuse on the site, but users are fed up. Two new but rapidly-growing subreddits— r/esist and r/fuckthealtright —want to do something about it, and they’ve already claimed credit for getting hate speech community r/altright banned for harassment. Yesterday, they set their sights on one of the Reddit
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How Foreign Powers Could Try to Buy TrumpDonald Trump is an unprecedentedly wealthy president, who owns or licenses his name to buildings, casinos, and luxury hotels around the world. An ethics watchdog group has already brought a lawsuit against him for violating the Constitution’s “Emoluments Clause,” which prohibits government officials from receiving gifts from foreign states. Trump has taken few steps to distance himself from his o
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Photos of the Week: 3/11–3/17A therapeutic greyhound in Spain, a civil defense drill in South Korea, flooding in Peru, a robot-run hotel in Japan, a blizzard in the American northeast, refugees learning curling in Canada, and much more
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TGen study of ASU football team produces largest known dataset for concussion diagnosticsFollowing a three-year study of the Arizona State University football program, researchers at the Translational Genomics Research Institute have created the largest dataset to date of extracellular small RNAs, which are potential biomarkers for diagnosing medical conditions, including concussions. Details of the dataset were published today in Scientific Reports, an online open-access journal of t
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White House Cites Satire Story to Support Trump's Nightmare Budget [Update]Image: White House 1600 Daily is an official newsletter from the White House. It includes important information about the goings-on of the president, including his meeting schedule for the day and upcoming policy initiatives. And, at the very bottom, it includes positive coverage from the media. Under President Trump, previous issues of 1600 Daily have included predictable write-ups from Fox, Bre
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Girl aged 11 set to become Britain’s youngest motherPolice investigating circumstances of the pregnancy, with father of the baby believed to be another minor Police are investigating the case of a pregnant 11-year-old girl who is due to become Britain’s youngest mother. The father of the baby is believed to be another minor just a few years older than the mother-to-be, police have said. Continue reading…
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The weekend cook: Thomasina Miers’ recipes for spicy chicken tray-bake and lemon drizzle cakeIt’s often the simplest cooking methods that deliver the most flavour Like most people, I am something of a creature of habit. Having children has made me more adventurous, as part of my quest to expand their horizons, but I still tend to use tried-and-tested methods just to make life easier. Today’s chicken dish is a case in point: in essence, it’s just a simple tray-bake, but it seriously deliv
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New plant research solves a colorful mysteryNew research has solved a long-standing mystery by deducing how and why strange yet colorful structures called 'anthocyanic vacuolar inclusions' occur in some plants.
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Hugo-Winning Author Nnedi Okorafor on How Whitewashing Once Came to Her Book CoverAll Photos Courtesy Nnedi Okorafor Ten years ago, Hugo Award-winning author Nnedi Okorafor was getting ready to publish her second novel. She was thrilled to share her latest work with the world, which envisioned an African country after an apocalypse, centered around a black protagonist. Then she saw her book’s cover. Okorafor recently took to Twitter to share an experience of whitewashing from
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Theresa May echoes Ed Miliband with promise to reform energy marketPrime minister tells Conservative spring conference that market is not working and she is prepared to ‘step in’ Theresa May’s government is preparing to intervene in Britain’s energy market to weaken the influence of the big six providers and stop the poorest families being forced on to the most expensive tariffs. In a speech that had echoes of the previous Labour leader, Ed Miliband, who promise
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What Caused Eerie Glow in Tasmania Bay? | VideoThe shimmering blue lights in Tasmania's Preservation Bay were emitted by bioluminescent algae.
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The Best Live-Action Beauty and the Beast Is 1987's TV-Procedural VersionDisney’s new Beauty and the Beast premieres today, a lavish, live-action affair starring Emma Watson, Dan Stevens, and Luke Evans. The film has thus far received decidedly tepid critical reviews ( my colleague David Sims : “A Tale as Old as Time, Told Worse”). No matter, though: If you’re a fan of modern-ish renderings of Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve’s 1740 fairy tale, there are many, m
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Brain scanning may sort intentional crimes from reckless crimesEnlarge (credit: FBI ) Convicting someone of a crime depends in part on the mental state of the criminal. We make a distinction between knowing criminality and recklessness, and we give the two states of mind different levels of legal culpability. In the courtroom, however, assessing these mental states and a criminal’s past intentions can be extremely challenging. However, neuroscience may soon
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Using MP3-like code, engineers spot hospital alarm 'masking'The failure of hospital caregivers to respond to medical alerts is often attributed to “alarm fatigue.” Another possible explanation: alarms sounding simultaneously can blend together, making one or more of them inaudible. The phenomenon, known as masking, makes it difficult to differentiate alarms, including those that signal life-threatening emergencies. A research team is developing a computer-
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White House-GCHQ row reveals a leader willing to alienate allies to save faceSean Spicer’s latest defense of the evidence-free assertion that Barack Obama had the Trump campaign placed under surveillance risks shattering an allegiance dear to both Washington and London The extraordinary public rebuke by the United States’ closest surveillance partner has revealed an emerging characteristic of Donald Trump’s White House: a willingness to antagonize even its allies instead
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Film to follow teenager who crossed the Mediterranean and competed at RioBilly Elliot director Stephen Daldry’s latest protagonist is Yusra Mardini, who fled conflict in Syria and became Olympic swimmer Stephen Daldry ’s films have chronicled the lives and struggles of Brazilian street children , the madness and melancholy of Virginia Woolf , and, most famously of all, the trials and triumphs of a young boy from County Durham who dreams of becoming a ballet dancer . F
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Human skull evolved along with two-legged walking, study confirmsThe evolution of bipedalism in fossil humans can be detected using a key feature of the skull — a claim that was previously contested but now has been further validated by researchers at Stony Brook University and the University of Texas at Austin.
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E-tattoos turn knuckles and freckles into smartphone controlsTattoos that turn skin into a touchscreen could display notifications on your body and let you answer a call or pump up the volume with a tap of your fingers
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South American group has the healthiest arteries ever seenSome elderly adults of Tsimane people in Bolivia have arteries so free from disease that they resemble those people in the US who are more than 20 years younger
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Girls from poorer families in England struggle to afford sanitary protectionCharities, campaigners and teachers report scale of the problem, saying more must be done to tackle stigma Girls from low-income families across England are struggling to afford sanitary protection, with many teachers buying tampons for their students or seeking help with supplies from charities and voluntary groups, the Guardian has been told. Charities, campaigners and teachers say that the pro
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Are Autonomous Cars Ready to Go It Alone?California is preparing for self-driving cars to go solo, but new figures from Uber’s experiments suggest proceeding with caution.
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NCAA tournament 2017: day two – as it happened!No11 USC defeats No6 SMU in the day’s biggest upset South Carolina wins first tournament game in 44 years Keep up to date with our live tournament bracket Regional previews: East | Midwest | South | West 4.24am GMT Here’s today’s final scores: 4.18am GMT The Kentucky Wildcats beat a frisky Northern Kentucky Norse team 79-70. Kentucky will face Wichita State in the second round. And thus ends one
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Support people with asthma to manage their illness, researchers sayEvery person with asthma should have access to a personal action plan to help them control their condition, researchers say. Helping people with asthma take control of their own illness reduces symptoms, improves quality of life, reduces emergency use of health services and even prevents deaths, research led by the University of Edinburgh has shown.
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Tony Kushner on Trump's proposed arts cuts: 'It's an appalling idea'The Pulitzer prize-winning writer of Angels in America talks about the president’s proposal to eliminate funding to the National Endowment for the Arts Tony Kushner’s play Angels in America, for which he won the Pulitzer prize for drama, was only possible with a special grant from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), and that’s just one reason he’s angry about the Trump administration’s pro
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Missing Richard Simmons: is the hit podcast an elaborate stalking stunt?The pod about a big-haired, tiny-shorted fitness guru who vanished three years ago is topping the charts. But is it a labour of love – or something far stranger? If you were an overweight Los Angeleno in the 80s with a penchant for flamboyant fitness TV types, chances are you know Richard Simmons. The first time Dan Taberski met him, the eccentric personal trainer persuaded him to take his shirt
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FBI Arrests Man for Allegedly Sending Journalist Seizure-Causing GIF [Updated]Photo: Getty On Friday, the Dallas FBI confirmed to Gizmodo that it has made an arrest in a case involving Newsweek journalist Kurt Eichenwald, who claims a man sent him a GIF over Twitter that triggered his epilepsy, causing him to have a seizure. A Dallas FBI spokesperson told Gizmodo that a press release with more details on the arrest is forthcoming, and declined to comment further. Before an
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Flexibility is key in mechanism of biological self-assemblyA new study has modeled a crucial first step in the self-assembly of cellular structures such as drug receptors and other protein complexes, and found that the flexibility of the structures has a dramatic impact on how fast two such structures join together.
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Nanotube film may resolve longevity problem of challenger solar cellsResearchers have lengthened the lifetime of perovskite solar cells by using nanotube film to replace the gold used as the back contact and the organic material in the hole conductor.
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Review: Cuisinart Vertical Waffle MakerCuisinart turns the whole waffle iron thing on its side. The post Review: Cuisinart Vertical Waffle Maker appeared first on WIRED .
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'Workshy' Wills is getting flak – I hear Russia's in need of cosmonauts | John CraceFrom prince being under fire for having no proper job to George Osborne fitting yet another job in with his MP’s duties Prince William is getting a lot of flak for going on a lads’ ski trip to Verbier , though the headlines of “Don’t you have a proper job to go to?” appear to have been mainly an excuse for newspapers to print pictures of the prince drinking and dancing in nightclubs. Not least be
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French political system fights for survival as presidential campaign beginsContest kicks off on Saturday with traditional left and right at risk of being knocked out by far-right and centrist outsiders France’s traditional political party system is fighting for survival as the presidential campaign kicks off this weekend, with the mainstream left and right at risk of being knocked out by two outsiders: the independent centrist Emmanuel Macron and the far-right Front Nat
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Why Virgin Orbit's new president isn't worried about a bubble in the small satellite marketIt seems like everyone wants their own swarm of small satellites.
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AI won't kill you, but ignoring it might kill your business, experts sayRelax. Artificial intelligence is making our lives easier, but won't be a threat to human existence, according to panel of practitioners in the space.
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One in four elderly Australian women has dementiaAt least a quarter of Australian women over 70 will develop dementia according to researchers. Australian policymakers previously had to rely on dementia rates from international studies, or extrapolated from clinical assessments made on small groups of people. The researchers used a technique borrowed from ecologists to provide an up-to-date estimate for dementia in the Australian population.
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Tsimané of the Bolivian Amazon have world's healthiest hearts, says studyHeart attacks and strokes are almost unknown amongst the Tsimané thanks to a high carbohydrate, low protein diet and active lifestyle, say researchers A high carbohydrate diet of rice, plantain, manioc and corn, with a small amount of wild game and fish – plus around six hours’ exercise every day – has given the Tsimané people of the Bolivian Amazon the healthiest hearts in the world. It may not
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You Don't Really Need an Anti-Virus App AnymoreImage: Shutterstock Ten years ago the first thing you needed to load on a brand new computer were anti-virus and malware applications. The internet was a mine field of malicious content that could infect your entire home network with one errant click. Yet things have changed dramatically. Windows has much more robust security options built in, browsers are smarter, and, hopefully, so are the user
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The Fiver | Maybe read the papers and eat some crumpetsIn today’s Fiver: Big Cup, Big Vase, Yaya Touré and much more In remarkable scenes witnessed by astonished onlookers earlier today, José Mourinho was overheard blaming other people for stuff . The Portuguese perfectionist’s hackles were raised by the fact that his expensively assembled Manchester United side are being forced to play managerless opponents from the relegation zone at lunchtime on S
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Ann Beach obituaryActor who made her name with Joan Littlewood and went on to play the nosy neighbour in the 1980s sitcom Fresh Fields Not many performers have appeared in The Archers on radio, starred opposite Ginger Rogers in a Drury Lane musical, sung in an award-winning children’s choir at the Llangollen Eisteddfod and played Hugh Grant’s mum. But Ann Beach, a resourceful and lovable character actor, who has di
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Moderate exercise may be beneficial for HCM patientsPatients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy are urged to take it easy. But new research shows they might benefit from moderate aerobic exercise.
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The Lancet: Indigenous South American group has healthiest arteries of all populations yet studied, providing clues to healthy lifestyleThe Tsimane people — a forager-horticulturalist population of the Bolivian Amazon — have the lowest reported levels of vascular ageing for any population, with coronary atherosclerosis (hardening of the arteries) being five times less common than in the US, according to a study published in The Lancet and being presented at the American College of Cardiology conference.
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Smartphones may be changing the way we thinkWe rely on our digital devices to connect with others and for memory and navigation shortcuts. What is that doing to our brains?
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Mads Mikkelsen Auditioned for Fantastic Four But Walked Out in the Middle of ItImage: Marvel Studios/Disney Now that he’s been in Doctor Strange and Rogue One , it’s not like Mads Mikkelsen doesn’t have experience or interest in starring in some big ticket, CG-laden science fiction. But apparently even just auditioning for a role in the recent Fantastic Four reboot was too much for the actor. Discussing bad auditions with Shortlist recently, Mikkelsen briefly described an e
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UFC Fight Night: Brad Pickett set for one last turn in octagonThe 38-year-old has no fear before his last fight – against Marlon Vera in London – but the idea of retirement does scare him Brad Pickett could have been a cordwainer. That was his family business. His parents worked out of a little shop in the East End of London, where they made bespoke shoes for Elton John, among other people. Or he could have struck off into some other line of the fashion busi
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Gentle breeze may help Venus’s atmosphere spin like crazyThe atmosphere of Venus rotates much faster than the planet itself. A newly detected wind could be spreading the energy needed to power it
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Capture the Flag and When Merkel Met Trump: The Week in Global-Affairs WritingRomania Pilfered Another Nation’s Flag Design—and It’s Not Sorry Drew Hinshaw | The Wall Street Journal “Romanians remain unflustered: ‘Why should we care?’ said one of the protesters marching through central Bucharest last month. ‘Chad is too far away.’ For all the institutions the modern world order has established to tame the furies of nationalism, there is no organization authorized to step i
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The UConn Huskies Make Perfection a Thrill to WatchAmong the most dominant teams in sports—the NFL’s New England Patriots, the NBA’s San Antonio Spurs, the United States women’s soccer team—the University of Connecticut’s women’s basketball program stands alone. The Huskies have won 107 straight games, spanning three seasons. They have claimed four straight national titles. Even after losing Breanna Stewart, the three-time player of the year who
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Marvel's Iron Fist Is Desperately Seeking a HeroSomewhere inside Marvel’s Iron Fist there’s an interesting show struggling to get out, like the powers inside Danny Rand that could make him great, if they weren’t constantly in combat with his smugly mystical non-sequiturs and his bratty sense of entitlement. As the titular superhero, Danny (Finn Jones) is unfortunately the central focus of the Netflix show, whose first season is released Friday
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CO2-indholdet i atmosfæren stiger med rekordhastFor femte år i træk stiger mængden af CO2 i atmosfæren. Vores handlinger de kommende år bliver afgørende for fremtiden, siger dansk klimaforsker.
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Unlimited data plans offer boon to consumersIn the wireless industry, it's back to the unlimited future.
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Scientists make the case to restore Pluto's planet statusKirby Runyon wants to make one thing clear: regardless of what one prestigious scientific organization says to the contrary, Pluto is a planet. So, he says, is Europa, commonly known as a moon of Jupiter, and so is the Earth's moon, and so are more than 100 other celestial bodies in our solar system that are denied this status under the prevailing definition of 'planet.'
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New study finds antithrombotic therapy has no benefit for low-risk atrial fibrillation patientsFindings from a large, community-based study show that antithrombotic therapy doesn't decrease low-risk atrial fibrillation patients' risk of suffering a stroke within five years.
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How much water does your food drink?Science You're not the only one who gets thirsty When you eat, you use up every drop of water your food required to grow. Depending on your choices, a meal might consume a few liters of water, or a few hundred.
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Report: Nintendo plans to double Switch production for coming yearEnlarge / Nintendo plans to produce a lot more of these little things in the next year than it did previously. It looks like Nintendo is doing what it can to prevent the current retail shortage of Nintendo Switch hardware from persisting into the future. The Wall Street Journal reports this morning that "people briefed on [Nintendo's] plans" say the company is doubling its expected Switch product
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EU Brexit negotiator to meet campaigners on citizens' rightsMichel Barnier agrees to discussion before formal talks and says he is committed to addressing the issue ‘as a top priority’ The European Union’s chief Brexit negotiator, Michel Barnier, has agreed to meet a delegation of EU citizens living in the UK and UK nationals living in Europe before formal talks with Britain. In a letter to campaigners he promised Europe was “committed to address this iss
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Sizing John wins the Cheltenham Gold Cup as Cue Card falls again• Jessica Harrington sends out winner with first runner in the race • Popular Cue Card fell three out at the same fence as last year As Jessica Harrington waited for the presentation after Sizing John’s success in the Gold Cup here on Friday, her thoughts turned to Johnny, the husband she lost to cancer nearly three years ago. “He’d be very proud of me, wouldn’t he?” she said to a friend in the cr
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Sunderland v Burnley: match previewDavid Moyes will hope Jermain Defoe celebrates his richly deserved England recall with a goal or two in what surely is a must-win game if Sunderland are to stay up. Burnley, though, are anxious to register a first away win and will sense opportunity at the home of their bottom-placed hosts. Moyes’s plan for Jan Kirchhoff to play a role has been dashed, the influential midfielder has been ruled ou
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Wales have one eye on beating France and one eye on world rankingsWales could move into top four with victory but final Six Nations match pits them against a rejuvenated, if hesitant, France Graham Henry once lamented that Welsh rugby was bedevilled by extremes and that if it were a shower, it would be either too hot or too cold. This season has been no different and eight days after going into the match against Ireland knowing defeat in the final two rounds cou
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The Salesman review – Asghar Farhadi's potent, disquieting Oscar-winnerThe film caught up in the travel ban row tells the story of a sexual assault that exposes the emotions seething beneath the surface of Iranian bourgeois life Asghar Farhadi’s sombre new movie is the story of a shocking and mysterious event which shatters the wellbeing of a middle-class couple. It is about male pride, male violence, male privilege – but since its first appearance at Cannes last ye
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Google Wants to Make Your Images Take Up Less SpaceImage: AP For years, Google has been trying to reduce how much space images take up on the web. Most of those efforts have been based around its proprietary (and largely ignored by non-Google entities) WebP format , but a new project out of the company’s research and open source divisions could help make JPEG images—one of the most common image formats on the planet—up to 35 percent smaller, whil
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New toxic pathway identified for protein aggregates in neurodegenerative diseaseScientists have identified new processes that form protein "clumps" that are characteristic of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD). How these proteins, which can bind RNA in normal cells, stick together has remained elusive until recently, when scientists demonstrated that they demix from the watery substance inside cells, much like oil separates from w
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Irish American politicians working with Trump urged to remember their historyAodhán Ó Ríordáin, the Irish senator who called Trump a ‘fascist’, says Irish are immigrants who were once branded terrorists and stigmatized for their faith Irish American politicians working with Donald Trump should have more awareness of how Irish people had been treated in the 19th and 20th centuries in the US and elsewhere, according to an Irish Labour party senator who made headlines after
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Inside America's dead shopping malls | Dan BellWhat happens when a mall falls into ruin? Filmmaker Dan Bell guides us through abandoned monoliths of merchandise, providing a surprisingly funny and lyrical commentary on consumerism, youth culture and the inspiration we can find in decay.
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The Jobs Programs Trump's Budget Would CutWhile the details of President Donald Trump’s proposed 2018 budget remain scant, one thing is clear: The Department of Labor will likely be one of the biggest losers . Trump’s budget proposal would cut the department’s funding by $2.5 billion, or 21 percent, which will mean drastic changes for the work the department does. The dramatic scale-back is meant to offset the proposed budget’s additiona
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Creative Insults in World PoliticsTurkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan ruffled a few feathers this week by calling everyone who offended him a Nazi, starting with the Germans and winding his way over to the Netherlands. But as Godwin’s Law decrees, invoking the Nazis is the easy way out for an insulter. Here are a few world leaders who took the time to make a slightly more creative insult. Polish Prime Minister Beata Szydlo . L
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Skilled workers more prone to mistakes when interruptedExpertise is clearly beneficial in the workplace, yet highly trained workers in some occupations could actually be at risk for making errors when interrupted, indicates a new study.
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Osborne, an ‘editor of substance’. What substance, crystal meth? | Marina HydeHis ascent to the Evening Standard continues the trend of people who used to be journalists cocking up the country, and people who cocked up the country becoming journalists What a privilege to be able to welcome George Osborne to the ranks of journalistic colleaguery . The former News of the World cover star and chancellor is the new editor of the London Evening Standard, a role he will combine w
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Today's Best Deals: Snack Bowl, Bluetooth Headphone Charging Case, Dry Shampoo, and MoreA clever snack bowl , a charging case for your Bluetooth headphones, and Just Cause 3 lead off Friday’s best deals from around the web. Bookmark Kinja Deals and follow us on Twitter to never miss a deal. Top Tech Deals Mpow Portable Battery Case for Bluetooth Headphones , $11 with code SDPHVWJX The advent of inexpensive Bluetooth headphones has been a net positive, but there’s no getting around i
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Human brain networks developing in adolescence related to evolutionary expansionA Penn study reveals new patterns of coordinated development in the outer layer of the cerebrum of the human brain and describes how these structural patterns relate to functional networks.
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Pharmacist medicines reconciliation reduces likelihood of patient harmA pilot study, published today in British Medical Journal Open, demonstrates that medicines reconciliation provided by pharmacists can significantly reduce medicine discrepancies and may be associated with reductions in length of hospital stay and readmission.
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New 'gene silencer' drug reduce cholesterol by over 50 percentThe first in a new class of gene-silencing drugs, known as inclisiran, has been shown to halve cholesterol levels in patients at risk of cardiovascular disease.
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Atrial fibrillation patients may safely discontinue blood thinners after successful ablationIn new study presented today at the American College of Cardiology 66th Annual Scientific Session, researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania have found that patients with persistent AF, who are successfully treated with ablation many, in fact, no longer need blood thinners.
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Books for girls, about girls: the publishers trying to balance the bookshelvesOne study of 5,000 children’s books found that a quarter had no female characters, and less than 20% featured a woman with a job. But a new wave of books and writers is helping to fix that disparity The book is called Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls , but reading a handful of its 100 stories about some of the most brilliant women in history at bedtime might not be a good idea. Featuring spies,
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Why I stood up for British Sign Language in parliament | Dawn ButlerI became the first MP to use BSL to ask a House of Commons question – because people who are deaf and hard of hearing need a law to protect their language Yesterday I made history by becoming the first member of parliament to ask a question in the House of Commons using British Sign Language (BSL). I have always fought for equality for all, and am pleased to have been able to help raise awareness
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Children who play outside more likely to protect nature as adultsProtecting the environment can be as easy as telling your kids to go outdoors and play, according to a new study.
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Self-expanding TAVR as good as surgery in intermediate-risk patientsTwo-year data reveal no difference in the combined rate of stroke and death from any cause when comparing the use of self-expanding transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) with standard open-heart surgery in intermediate risk patients with severe aortic stenosis, according to research.
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'We sat drinking beer, flinching at gunfire': recalling Lebanon's 'little war' of 2008Travelling through Beirut as the Hezbollah seized parts of the city, Carl Shuker’s New Zealand passport allowed him to pass across borders like a ghost. Nine years on, he remembers glimpsing a political shift that reverberates today From the balconies in east Beirut we looked toward the west, listening to the gunfire. It was the third night of the conflict and we were locked down in a hostel. All
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Does Netflix changing its rating system matter? No, because people are still awfulStar ratings are out and thumbs going up and down are in – yet deciding whether to watch London has Fallen should still be a personal decision It’s been clear for some time that Netflix’s star-based user rating system is essentially hopeless. It operates on the assumption that all of its 94 million subscribers share an equal and objective view on quality, which absolutely isn’t the case. For exam
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West Bromwich Albion v Arsenal: match previewArsène Wenger will be hoping to improve on his head-to-head record of just one win in seven away fixtures against Tony Pulis when Arsenal visit the Hawthorns. The Frenchman’s side arrive after a bruising run of three defeats in their past four league matches and at risk of being cut adrift from the top-four. West Brom, however, were complacent against Everton last weekend and will need to be much
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Late-night hosts on Trump's terrible week: 'Are you sick of winning yet?'Comics, including Seth Meyers and Jimmy Fallon, discussed the latest setback to the president’s travel ban and his much-criticized budget cut proposals Late-night hosts discussed a disastrous week for the Trump administration from his thwarted attempt at another travel ban to his healthcare bill problems. Related: Late-night TV roundup: 'Trump's not going down for his mistakes' Continue reading..
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The Caribbean Is Mobilizing 300,000 People for an Epic Tsunami DrillIf you happen to be sunbathing on a quiet Caribbean beach next week, don't be alarmed if a helicopter flies overhead telling everyone to evacuate. The post The Caribbean Is Mobilizing 300,000 People for an Epic Tsunami Drill appeared first on WIRED .
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These recently declassified nuclear test videos are utterly mesmerizing, terrifyingEnlarge / This well-known photograph was taken (extremely) shortly after the detonation of a nuclear device during Operation Tumbler-Snapper. The projecting spikes are known as a rope trick effect. (credit: US Department of Defense) From 1945 until the practice was ended in 1963 with the Limited Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, the US conducted 210 above-ground nuclear weapons tests. The majority of thos
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Biotech firm carves a large niche in tools for researchMore than 600,000 times, researchers have cited Bio-Techne Corp. in academic papers as a manufacturer of tools that helped in their search for new tests and treatments.
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Review: SnapPower teaches old plugs and switches some new tricksElectric outlets, light switches, safety covers and USB charger are impressive in their simplicity
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Extreme heat could cause animals to shrink (again)More than 50 million years ago, when Earth experienced a series of extreme global warming events, early mammals responded by shrinking in size. While this mammalian dwarfism has previously been linked to the largest of these events, new research shows the evolutionary process can also happen in smaller events known as hyperthermals. The findings suggest an important pattern that could help shape
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Ben Affleck's Return to Rehab: 5 Facts About Addiction RelapseBen Affleck recently announced that he had completed rehab for at least the second time — a scenario that is not uncommon among people who experience alcoholism.
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More than half of college football athletes have inadequate levels of vitamin DMore than half of college football athletes participating in the NFL Combine had inadequate levels of vitamin D, and this left them more susceptible to muscle strains and 'sports hernia,' according to researchers.
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Telecom policy tilts in favor of industry under Trump's FCCTrumpism is slowly taking hold on your phone and computer, as the Federal Communications Commission starts rolling back measures that upset the phone and cable industries.
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Why every day should be Baby Day at the theatreToo often theatres neglect younger audiences, but Belfast’s Young at Art festival shows how vital new recruits are to the future of the arts It’s Sunday afternoon on a bright spring day, and the foyer of the Lyric Belfast is stuffed with prams and families. In the main house, Cahoots NI ’s production of Nivelli’s War, a stirring tale of wartime friendship and survival, has just finished. The stud
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Marijuanaville Trademark Denied for Similarities to Margaritaville, a 'State of Mind Inspired by Margaritas'Margaritaville Casino at Flamingo Las Vegas during the property’s grand opening celebration October 14, 2011 in Las Vegas, Nevada (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images for Flamingo Las Vegas) With legalization sweeping the country, the number of trademark filings for marijuana-related products are through the roof. But when a shop recently tried to register Marijuanaville, Jimmy Buffett contested t
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Miner Finds Enormous 706-Carat Diamond, Promptly Hands It Over to the GovernmentImage: AP A pastor and independent miner in Sierra Leone has unearthed an uncut 706-carat diamond estimated to be worth tens of millions of dollars. The pastor turned the diamond over to the government in hopes that the proceeds from its sale will help the impoverished country. But given the history of this former “blood-diamond” nation, what happens from here is anyone’s guess. Discovered by art
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Is writer’s block a real thing, or just a figment of the imagination?Diagnosing yourself as having writer’s block, rather than just not currently writing, will make matters worse ‘What do you do when you get writer’s block?” someone asked me the other day. I was happy to answer. I get up from my desk and wander around with a self-pitying expression on my face, sometimes clutching at my scalp in an agonised fashion. I buy sour gummy chews and eat too many; I compul
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Governments must keep reforming to win back voters' trust, says OECDThinktank says progress has slowed and governments must push through change or face sluggish growth and inequality Governments must push through more fundamental reforms to boost growth, cut inequality and protect workers from rapid changes in technology if they are to win back the trust of voters, the west’s leading economics thinktank has warned. The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and De
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This Silly Button From Logitech Made My Smart Home Fun AgainAll images: Adam Clark Estes I have issues with smart home technology . The promise of a Jetsons -style, automated living environment has never been closer, but the experience basically sucks right now. After spending a few weeks with a programmable button by Logitech, however, I feel suddenly hopeful. The button is called the Pop Home Switch . It’s a delightfully simple gadget that can communica
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Bournemouth v Swansea City: match previewBournemouth are in danger of being drawn into a relegation scrap, while Swansea continue their own bid to escape the drop. Josh King’s hat-trick in a chaotic encounter with West Ham gave Eddie Howe’s side their first league win of 2017 last weekend following an eight-game barren streak. Swansea have lost their past three away matches, since winning at Anfield, and travel without key full-backs Ky
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My boyfriend and I have great sex, but sometimes I wonder if that is all we haveHe doesn’t want children and I am mostly resigned to that and would prefer to have someone in my life. But I worry that I am just settling, or using him. Annalisa Barbieri advises a reader My partner and I met more than a decade ago when I was in my late 20s and he was in his 30s. He was my second boyfriend but, although we shared interests and tastes, I didn’t find him attractive. The sex, howeve
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Karen Elson: ‘At school they said: You’re not fit to model socks’She has been one of the world’s top models since the 90s. Now she wants to focus on her children and her music – and reveals how witchcraft influenced her new album This season’s trends, as worn by Karen Elson Karen Elson is sitting on a couch in a members’ club in Soho, flame-red hair almost matching the vintage upholstery, sipping tea with all the poise you’d expect of a woman with 20 years’ mo
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Peru floods kill 67 and spark criticism of country's climate change preparednessDevastating downpour, caused by high ocean temperatures, could not have been predicted, president said, months after state of emergency declared for wildfires Sixty-seven people have been killed and thousands more forced to evacuate by intense rains which damaged 115,000 homes and destroyed more than 100 bridges in Peru’s worst floods in recent memory. “We are confronting a serious climatic probl
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Royal Ballet triple bill review – gripping vision of the refugee crisisRoyal Opera House, London Set to Górecki’s Symphony of Sorrowful Songs, Crystal Pite’s Flight Pattern is brave and beautiful alongside work by Christopher Wheeldon and David Dawson It’s been 18 years since a woman last choreographed a ballet for the Opera House main stage. But as Crystal Pite breaks that unconscionably dry spell, the brave, gripping and beautiful work she has created could not be
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Stop killing lions for their bones to make bogus aphrodisiacsThe export of lion skeletons to China for use in 'aphrodisiac' wines threatens the survival of the king of the beasts, says Richard Schiffman
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Song to Song Is a Dizzying Romance With Little to SayWith the release of Song to Song, it’s time to come up with a name for this creatively fertile, aggressively poetic period in the beloved auteur Terrence Malick’s career. Much like The Tree of Life , To the Wonder , and Knight of Cups , his new film is light on plot and heavy on portentous voice-over. The characters are thinly defined at best, but they’re also all the camera cares about, emphatic
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Nordmænd er negative over for FM-slukKun tre ud af ti nordmænd er positive over for DAB-teknologien, som de i år bliver tvunget til at skifte til fra FM-radioen. Hver tiende i landets første DAB-område har valgt at droppe radiolytning helt.
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Fashion picks: utility with a feminine touch – in picturesPracticality is back – but with added femininity. Think parachute silks, soft drapes and cream leather Read more from the spring/summer 2017 edition of The Fashion , our biannual fashion supplement Continue reading…
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The week in wildlife – in picturesNesting bald eagles, Adélie penguins and a newly hatched Komodo dragon are among this week’s pick of images from the natural world Continue reading…
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Watching the orbital angular momentum of plasmons on a nanoscale with subfemtosecond time resolutionA team of scientists has been able to reveal, for the first time, the dynamics of the orbital angular momentum of plasmons. The researchers used a combination of extremely high-quality single crystals of gold, ultrafast laser pulses and an electron microscope.
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Doctors Warn Climate Change Threatens Public HealthPhysicians are noticing an influx of patients whose illnesses are directly or indirectly related to global warming — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Theresa May's difficult week could be more than just a glitchElection expenses scandal and Sturgeon’s ambush see PM’s reputation as a safe pair of hands questioned as never before Theresa May launched a slick new government website on Thursday, promising a “plan for Britain”, but for the first hour or so it just displayed an error message. Technical gremlins can attack at any time, but somehow the glitch felt symbolic of the prime minister’s week. Continue
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May and Sturgeon are battling for Scotland’s future. Who will blink first? | Lesley RiddochWith few economic downsides so far, many Scots hoped they could ignore the Brexit process. The battle over a second referendum will make that impossible What’s a year or two between friends? Quite a lot, it seems – and even longer between sworn political enemies. Theresa May got her own back on the first minister of Scotland by refusing her request for a second independence referendum before Brexi
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The First 3D Printed Cheese Was as Bizarre As You’d ExpectImage: Alan Kelly et al Imagine a future in which humans can produce a vast variety of foods with all sorts of textures and shapes at the flick of a switch. Just throw a mix into your 3D printer, and, presto, gooey gorgonzola globules! Crunchy candy cubes! Incredible! That future is not quiiiite here yet. But it could be close. Scientists at the University College, Cork in Ireland wondered how th
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Burrowing Under Luminous Ice to Retrieve MusselsWhen the winter tide goes out on a northern Canadian bay, some Inuit clamber into the ice caves below to harvest fresh food.
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Did local weather give your nose its shape?Researchers have found evidence for natural selection’s role in the evolution of nose shape in people. They say the shape of someone’s nose and that of their parents was formed by a long process of adaptation to our local climate. “We are interested in recent human evolution and what explains the evident variation in things like skin color, hair color, and the face itself,” says Mark Shriver, pro
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Politics quiz: Scottish independence, budget U-turns and BrexitIt’s been a lively week in UK politics, from article 50 machinations to arguments over a second Scottish independence referendum Who said she might quit as an MP after one term, saying of Westminster: “Professionally, it is more just that so little gets done. It is so old and defunct in terms of its systems and procedures – a lot of the time, it is just a waste of time.” Boris Johnson Mhairi Blac
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Wi-Fi on rays of light: 100 times faster, and never overloadedSlow Wi-Fi is a source of irritation that nearly everyone experiences. Researchers have come up with a surprising solution: a wireless network based on harmless infrared rays. The capacity is not only huge (more than 40Gbit/s per ray) but also there is no need to share since every device gets its own ray of light.
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Tottenham’s Mauricio Pochettino hopes Harry Kane could make swift return from injury• England striker expected to be out for six weeks with ankle problem • ‘We need to assess day by day. He’s positive’ Mauricio Pochettino believes that Harry Kane’s positive mindset could allow the Tottenham Hotspur striker to make a swift return from his ankle ligament injury. Kane limped off early in last Sunday’s FA Cup quarter-final win over Millwall after rolling the ankle and Tottenham antic
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Penn researchers find patients' annual financial burden under Medicare Part D is 'too much too soon'A study released today by researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania documents the patient out-of-pocket cost burden under Medicare prescription drug plans (known as Medicare Part D) and finds that despite having insurance, Medicare patients using specialty drugs paid thousands of dollars in out-of-pocket costs in a calendar year. Study authors also propose po
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Osteoporosis drug found safe in long-term trialA new study provides reassuring information about the short-term and long-term safety of denosumab, a monoclonal antibody that is used to treat postmenopausal osteoporosis.
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JNeurosci: Highlights from the March 15 issueCheck out these newsworthy studies from the March 15, 2017, issue of JNeurosci. Media interested in obtaining the full text of the studies should contact media@sfn.org.
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Banedanmark afviser risiko ved at installere ufærdigt signalsystemDanmark udruller som det eneste land i Europa et nyt togsignalsystem over hele landet, før EU’s krav til systemet er kendt. Det har allerede skabt fordyrelser. Men Banedanmark afviser, at der kan opstå yderligere problemer.
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Immune cell drives heart failure in miceA new study in mice reveals that eosinophils, a type of disease-fighting white blood cell, appear to be at least partly responsible for the progression of heart muscle inflammation to heart failure in mice.
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Man arrested in Birmingham NatWest after bank worker held at gunpointSixty-year-old man pulled weapon from bag before holding employee in interview room, say West Midlands police A man has been arrested after police were called to reports of an armed man inside a branch of NatWest in Birmingham. Police marksmen sealed off the bank in the Northfield area of the city after receiving an emergency call at 11.45am on Friday. Continue reading…
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CO2 emissions stay same for third year in row – despite global economy growingInternational Energy Agency report puts halt in emissions from energy down to growth in renewable power Carbon dioxide emissions from energy have not increased for three years in a row even as the global economy grew, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said. Global emissions from the energy sector were 32.1bn tonnes in 2016 , the same as the previous two years, while the economy grew 3.1%, the
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Germany to test dialect analysis software on asylum-seekersGermany plans to test software that can automatically recognize a person's dialect to help determine whether asylum-seekers are really where they claim they're from.
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UN body urges China to act as bird flu deaths spikeThe UN's food agency on Friday urged China to step up efforts to contain and eliminate a strain of bird flu which has killed scores of people this year.
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Nanotube film may resolve longevity problem of challenger solar cellsFive years ago, the world started to talk about third-generation solar cells that challenged the traditional silicon cells with a cheaper and simpler manufacturing process that used less energy.
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Scientists reveal open-ringed structure of Cdt1-Mcm2-7 complexScientists from the Hong Kong University of Science & Technology(HKUST) and Tsinghua University have revealed the open-ringed structure of the Cdt1-Mcm2-7 complex as a precursor of the MCM double hexamer (DH).
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Why water splashes: New theory reveals secretsThe reason why raindrops and spilled coffee splash has been revealed by scientists. The new theory uncovers – for first time – what happens in space between liquid drop and surface to cause splash. A microscopic layer of air – 50 times smaller than a human hair – trapped between liquid and surface can prevent liquid spreading on surface. In their new report, scientists compare the scale of this 1c
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West Ham United v Leicester City: match previewAtlético Madrid can wait. Leicester City cannot afford to take their eye off the ball in the Premier League. Three points above the bottom three, they remain in a relegation fight despite reaching the Champions League quarter-finals thanks to Tuesday’s win over Sevilla. Craig Shakespeare will be confident of extending his winning start and West Ham United’s indifferent recent form means a fourth
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Clueless Is, Like, Totally Gonna Be a Comic BookAll Photos Courtesy BOOM! Studios Okay, so you’re probably going, “Is this, like, another Clueless tie-in or what?” But seriously, it’s actually a way normal way to continue the iconic ‘90s film. That’s right, Clueless is getting a comic book sequel. No buggin’. Boom Studios is bringing back the girls from Beverly Hills for an all-new adventure, written by total Betties Amber Benson (Tara from Bu
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New Cholesterol Drug Lowers Risk of Heart Attack and StrokeIt remains to be seen whether the treatment, which was effective in a large clinical trial, will live up to its promise — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Can quantum theory explain why jokes are funny?Why was 6 afraid of 7? Because 789. Whether this pun makes you giggle or groan in pain, your reaction is a consequence of the ambiguity of the joke. Thus far, models have not been able to fully account for the complexity of humor or exactly why we find puns and jokes funny, but a research article recently published in Frontiers in Physics suggests a novel approach: quantum theory.
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Nobel laureate, poet and playwright Derek Walcott dead, aged 87Walcott, who died in Saint Lucia, was famous for his monumental body of work that wove in Caribbean history, particularly his epic Omeros The poet and playwright Derek Walcott, who moulded the language and forms of the western canon to his own purposes for more than half a century, has died aged 87. His monumental poetry, such as his 1990 epic Omeros, a Caribbean reimagining of The Odyssey, secur
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Brexit diaries: 'We are at a turning point in the UK's political history'A second vote on Scottish independence splits opinion – as does the chancellor’s failure to mention Brexit in his budget The pattern has been the same among our Brexit diarists for the past 10 weeks: Theresa May is felt to be significantly outperforming Jeremy Corbyn when it comes to her approach to the EU across most leavers and remainers, Conservative and Labour supporters. This week the score
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Vern Cotter and Scotland aim to sign off against Italy with a farewell flourishNew Zealand-born coach has overseen a marked improvement and two more tries on Saturday would beat their Six Nations record of 11 set in 2016 When Vern Cotter was told in the autumn that Scotland would not be renewing his contract as coach, the New Zealander remarked with typical understatement that he was disappointed. As his side go into the final weekend of the Six Nations in sight of finishing
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Raheem Sterling in shape to show Liverpool he made the right moveThe forward can expect abuse from away fans when Manchester City host his former club on Sunday but his form under Pep Guardiola and strength of character indicate he can make an impact when it matters most It is a little under two years since Raheem Sterling made the move which, perhaps more than any other, has come to define him. It wasn’t a drop of the shoulder or a sprint past a full-back or a
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Experience: I reached both the north and south polesI couldn’t feel my legs or my toes, but what I feared most was failing I was 18 years old, fit, strong and ambitious. I played rugby and squash, and wanted to be a professional golfer. I was really competitive; I still am. One day on the squash court, I fell down for no apparent reason. I jumped up and got on with the game, but soon after I noticed a deterioration in my health. I saw multiple spe
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Trump Turnberry, Ayrshire: ‘I’m drooling with the wrong kind of anticipation’ – restaurant review‘I can’t hate the whole glittery, meretricious shebang, because the staff are lovely’ Obviously I go to Trump Turnberry with prejudices fully erect. Of all the lies the orange plank spouts on an hourly basis, I particularly enjoyed his “The people of Scotland love Trump International Golf Links” and “I have a 93% approval rating in Scotland” tweets. Newsflash: there is nothing the people of Scotl
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The Best Relationship Show on TV Isn’t Even About People—It’s About PhonesEven better in its second season, Netflix's Love wins by exploring the spaces between two people—and how we communicate across them. The post The Best Relationship Show on TV Isn't Even About People—It's About Phones appeared first on WIRED .
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Siri’s Not Even the Best iPhone Assistant AnymoreAn update to Amazon's iOS app puts iPhone and iPad owners just two taps away from a voice assistant that surpasses Siri in significant ways. The post Siri's Not Even the Best iPhone Assistant Anymore appeared first on WIRED .
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3D Printing Cheese for Science | VideoScientists are 3D printing cheese and comparing it to regular, processed cheese. As one does.
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‘The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks’: Official Trailer | VideoThe original HBO film “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks,” based on the bestselling nonfiction book by journalist Rebecca Skloot, debuts on HBO Apr. 22, 8:00PM ET.
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Transcatheter aortic valve replacement as effective as surgery in intermediate patientsMedtronic plc (NYSE: MDT) today unveiled first-ever clinical data from the Surgical Replacement and Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (SURTAVI) Trial, which was presented at the American College of Cardiology (ACC) 66th Annual Scientific Session and published simultaneously in The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM).
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Study: More than half of college football athletes have inadequate levels of vitamin DMore than half of college football athletes participating in the NFL Combine had inadequate levels of vitamin D, and this left them more susceptible to muscle strains and 'sports hernia,' according to researchers at Hospital for Special Surgery.
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Nanotube film may resolve longevity problem of challenger solar cellsNanotube film may resolve longevity problem of challenger solar cellsResearchers lengthened the lifetime of perovskite solar cells by using nanotube film to replace the gold used as the back contact and the organic material in the hole conductor.
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New study finds people who have high levels of two markers at high risk of adverse heart eventsNew research suggests that GlycA, a newly identified blood marker, and C-reactive protein both independently predict major adverse cardiac events, including heart failure and death. Patients who have high levels of both biomarkers are at especially high risk.
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Routine blood tests can help measure a patient's future risk for chronic disease, new study findsA new study by researchers at the Intermountain Medical Center Heart Institute in Salt Lake City finds that combining information from routine blood tests and age of primary care patients can create a score that measures future risk of chronic disease.
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Cholesterol-Slashing Drug Can Protect High-Risk Heart Patients, Study FindsPatients who took the drug, Repatha, were significantly less likely to have heart attacks or strokes, researchers concluded. But its high cost will be an issue.
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Flexibility is key in mechanism of biological self-assemblyA new study has modeled a crucial first step in the self-assembly of cellular structures such as drug receptors and other protein complexes, and found that the flexibility of the structures has a dramatic impact on how fast two such structures join together.
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Sell birth control pills over the counter to teens?Decades of research suggest it’s safe to sell birth control pills over the counter rather than by prescription, even for teenagers. A team of experts reviewed the research and found evidence that teens are capable of safely and properly using oral contraceptives to prevent unwanted pregnancies. “Our review strongly suggests that giving teens easier access to various contraceptives will not lead t
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Mpow's $11 Bluetooth Headphone Carrying Case Includes A Battery To Charge Your 'BudsMpow Portable Battery Case for Bluetooth Headphones , $11 with code SDPHVWJX The advent of inexpensive Bluetooth headphones has been a net positive, but there’s no getting around it: They’re a pain in the ass to charge. Luckily, Mpow’s new headphone carrying case includes a built-in 800mAh battery and microUSB cable, so you can recharge your earbuds while simultaneously keeping them from getting
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Scrapping first-class train carriages leaves us all in thirdTransport minister Chris Grayling has proposed that overcrowding on trains should be eased by replacing first class with more standing room. Are the carriages relics of a bygone time, or do they have a present-day use? One of the smaller puzzles of a postwar childhood was the mystery of the missing class. Railway carriages had “1st” and “3rd” painted on their doors – first class and third class –
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The ‘rape rule’ for tax credits tramples the rights of children it’s meant to protect | Susanna RustinIt beggars belief that a government that claims to take sex crime seriously would rush through legislation with so much potential for harmful consequences We don’t like to think too much (or at all) about our parents having sex, because it makes us feel weird. Freud called parental intercourse the primal scene , and believed our buried knowledge of how we came to be created was the root of much un
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'Four-minute warning: time to boil your last egg' – 100 years of anti-war protestsFrom Paul Nash’s barbed wire truths to Tony Blair’s blazing selfie, the Imperial War Museum is exploring anti-war art and demos. What difference did they make? “Don’t you hear the H-bomb’s thunder / Echo like the crack of doom?” This song is painful as well as rousing when heard now on film footage of the first Aldermaston marches of 1958 and 1959; they look like a vision of lost innocence. This
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ALMA's ability to see a 'cosmic hole' confirmedResearchers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) successfully imaged a radio "hole" around a galaxy cluster 4.8 billion light-years away. This is the highest resolution image ever taken of such a hole caused by the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect (SZ effect). The image proves ALMA's high capability to investigate the distribution and temperature of gas around galaxy clusters thr
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UK government halts its YouTube ads after some appear on extremist videos [Update](credit: Rego Korosi ) YouTube and Google have some explaining to do to the government of the United Kingdom. According to a report by UK publication The Times , government-funded advertising has appeared in front of extremist videos on YouTube. The UK government has summoned Google to explain why taxpayer funded-advertising was allowed to roll on videos by "rape apologists, anti-Semites, and ban
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CO2 emissions from energy remain flat for third year runningCarbon dioxide emissions from the energy sector have not increased for three years in a row even as the global economy grew
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Tie-by-tie tactical analysis: Champions League quarter-finals | Michael CoxWill Barcelona be able to cope with Alex Sandro over two legs and will Bayern benefit from Carlo Ancelotti’s tactical consistency against his former club? This is a contest between the two biggest overachievers in Europe’s major leagues – and Atlético Madrid’s shock 2013-14 La Liga victory acted as something of an inspiration for Claudio Ranieri, himself a former Atlético manager. Continue reading
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The University of Michigan’s Plan to Increase DiversityANN ARBOR, Mich.—Jacqueline Graniel spent her whole childhood in Southern California assuming other families also lived paycheck to paycheck. Now, as she studies for both a medical degree and a Ph.D. at the University of Michigan, she has found that some of her classmates avoid the stress of renting and dealing with landlords by simply buying houses, sometimes with help from their parents. That’s
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"Turceasca" | Silk Road EnsembleGrammy-winning Silk Road Ensemble display their eclectic convergence of violin, clarinet, bass, drums and more in this energetic rendition of the traditional Roma tune, "Turceasca."
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Scientists reveal open-ringed structure of Cdt1-Mcm2-7 complexScientists from the Hong Kong University of Science & Technology(HKUST) and Tsinghua University have revealed the open-ringed structure of the Cdt1-Mcm2-7 complex as a precursor of the MCM double hexamer (DH). The intrinsic coiled structures of the precursors provide valuable insights into the DH formation, and suggests a spring-action model for the MCM during the initial origin melting and the su
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Flexibility is key in mechanism of biological self-assemblyA new study has modeled a crucial first step in the self-assembly of cellular structures such as drug receptors and other protein complexes, and found that the flexibility of the structures has a dramatic impact on how fast two such structures join together.
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PCSK9 inhibitior bococizumab produces varying resultsResearchers report that bococizumab had short-term benefits on lowering cholesterol levels and significantly reduced the risk of cardiovascular events by 21 percent compared to placebo among those who had baseline LDL cholesterol levels of greater than 100 mg/dL. However, the cholesterol lowering effect tended to diminish over time in some patients and bococizumab did not reduce cardiovascular eve
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Self-expanding TAVR as good as surgery in intermediate-risk patientsTwo-year data reveal no difference in the combined rate of stroke and death from any cause when comparing the use of self-expanding transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) with standard open-heart surgery in intermediate risk patients with severe aortic stenosis, according to research presented at the American College of Cardiology's 66th Annual Scientific Session.
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PCSK9 inhibitor evolocumab reduces adverse cardiovascular eventsPatients treated with evolocumab had a 15 percent reduction in the risk of major cardiovascular events, defined as the composite of cardiovascular death, myocardial infarction, stroke, hospitalization for unstable angina, or coronary revascularization Evolocumab reduced the more serious key secondary endpoint, which was a composite of heart attack, stroke or cardiovascular death, by 20 percent.
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PCSK9 inhibition with bococizumab yields mixed resultsIn a clinical program that was terminated early, the experimental PCSK9 inhibitor bococizumab, when given on top of effective statin therapy, had widely varying effects on LDL cholesterol levels and had no benefit on cardiovascular events among those with LDL lower than 100 mg/dL. However, in patients at high cardiovascular risk who had baseline LDL of greater than 100 mg/dL, bococizumab significa
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Imagine if all our childhood TV favourites went ‘dark and gritty’ | Phoebe-Jane BoydPower Rangers is getting a Hollywood makeover, with more adult themes, primary colours removed and a 12A certificate. But why stop there? Nothing, no matter how silly or saccharine, can’t be reformed into some 12A vaguely violent and sexy blue-filtered blandness in some desperate attempt to appeal to the “teen market”. As the reimagined Power Rangers movie coming to cinemas next week is set to pro
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America Only Voted for Weird-Ass Birds as Its New Monopoly TokensFor the second time in the past few months, Americans went to the polls and voted in a way that will have half the country scratching its heads. Kicking the classic boot, wheelbarrow, and thimble tokens to the curb, the nation has chosen to replace those classic Monopoly tokens with a rubber ducky, a penguin, and a T-rex. Throughout the month of January, anyone with an internet connection and an
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How News Organizations Inadvertently Spread "Alternative Facts"The way they construct stories makes it likely that readers will believe things that aren’t true — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Command, Control, Communication, Electricity, 1917Reported in Scientific American, this Week in World War I: March 17, 1917 — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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A good night’s sleep is like hitting the jackpotWorking on getting a better night’s sleep can lead to optimal physical and mental well-being over time—but quality of sleep is more important than quantity. For a new study, researchers analyzed the sleep patterns of more than 30,500 people in UK households over four years and discovered that better sleep leads to levels of mental and physical health comparable to those of somebody who’s won a ja
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Best photos of the day: freediving and St Patrick's DayThe Guardian’s picture editors bring you a selection of photo highlights from around the world, including a baby pygmy hippo, a landslide in Peru, and the SNP spring conference Continue reading…
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The Dutch GreenLeft party shows new ideas can turn the tide of populism | Rutger BregmanExtreme rightwing ideas have been gaining ground in the Netherlands for decades. Jesse Klaver’s success suggests only radical alternatives can fight them The populist revolution has been crushed in the Netherlands. At least, that seems to be the foreign media’s enthusiastic takeaway. “Woke to a Dutch victory for moderates over extremists, bridges over walls, open over closed up,” CNN’s Christiane
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Eddie Jones: right man at right time rescued England and saved his career | Andy BullCoach was on the periphery of rugby until Japan’s shock victory in the 2015 World Cup propelled him into the England job Eddie Jones passed the audition for the England job at 6.40pm on Saturday 19 September 2015, eight weeks before it became available, nine weeks before he was appointed. That was the day Japan beat South Africa 34-32 at the Brighton Community Stadium, in the group stages of the W
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Immigrants still caught in legal limbo despite travel ban blockFor many who come from countries targeted by Trump’s order, relief has been short-lived as obstacles for green card applications and traveling abroad remain After moving over from Iran to attend graduate school in Utah seven years ago, Pooya has settled into life in the US. He works as an architect at a busy firm in New York City, lives with his American girlfriend, and supports the Brooklyn Nets
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The Download, Mar 17, 2017: Quantum Computer Chemistry, Self-Driving Fumbles, and Pokémon AIThe most fascinating and important news in technology and innovation delivered straight to your inbox, every day.
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'Narcissistic' bird wins internet fans in AustraliaA bird that watched its own reflection for hours becomes the subject of internet fun.
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Black tideFifty years ago, the supertanker the SS Torrey Canyon hit rocks off the coast of Cornwall, spilling more than 100,000 tonnes of crude oil. But it was the clear-up operation that led to the real environmental disaster.
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Evolocumab significantly reduces risk of cardiovascular eventsEvolocumab, one of the new targeted PCSK9 inhibitor drugs that has been shown to dramatically lower levels of low-density lipoprotein (LDL), or 'bad' cholesterol, also significantly lowers the risk of cardiovascular events in patients with existing heart or vascular disease already on statin therapy, according to research presented at the American College of Cardiology's 66th Annual Scientific Ses
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Skilled workers more prone to mistakes when interruptedExpertise is clearly beneficial in the workplace, yet highly trained workers in some occupations could actually be at risk for making errors when interrupted, indicates a new study by two Michigan State University psychology researchers.
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Can quantum theory explain why jokes are funny?In a recent paper published in Frontiers in Physics, researchers are taking the first steps towards of a quantum theory model of humor, to explain what really happens on the cognitive level in the moment when we 'get the joke.'
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Study suggests new drug alongside statins can significantly cut cholesterolA new class of cholesterol-lowering drug has been found to help patients cut their risk of cardiovascular disease, stroke and heart attack.
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Wi-fi on rays of light: 100 times faster, and never overloadedSlow wi-fi is a source of irritation that nearly everyone experiences. Researchers at Eindhoven University of Technology have come up with a surprising solution: a wireless network based on harmless infrared rays. The capacity is not only huge (more than 40Gbit/s per ray) but also there is no need to share since every device gets its own ray of light.
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The discovery of Majorana fermionMajorana fermion can serve as the building block of fault tolerant topological quantum computing. As a result, Majorana fermion drew great attention recently in the condensed matter physics. The current state research of Majorana fermion was published in a review article in Science China Physics, Mechanics & Astronomy.