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The House passed a police reform bill named for George Floyd that would ban choke holds and ‘qualified immunity’ for officers
The House passed the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act late Wednesday. The bill would be the most ambitious police…
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NASA Highlights Sky-watching Entertainment for March | Digital Trends
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) is back again with its monthly rundown of sky-watching tips. Mars and stars As JPL…
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TSMC reportedly auctioning off excess wafer capacity, despite backlog of orders
What just happened? We’ve long heard that semiconductor manufacturers are working through a backlog of orders as they struggle to…
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New Catalyst Makes Styrene Manufacturing Cheaper and Greener
Credit: NC State Chemical engineering researchers have developed a new catalyst that significantly increases yield in styrene manufacturing, while…
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Camera traps reveal newly discovered biodiversity relationship
An analysis of camera trap data from 15 tropical forests found unique traits may be more beneficial to mammals like…
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A wealthy Florida Keys community received vaccines before the rest of the state. A month later, one resident sent $250,000 to the governor.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has faced criticism over the COVID-19 vaccine distribution in his state. One wealthy community was vaccinated…
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UFC Fight Island: What Is It, and Where Is It? | Digital Trends
After briefly postponing future events in the spring of 2020 due to the coronavirus outbreak, UFC CEO Dana White wasted…
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Bethesda has a Doom 3 PlayStation VR port ready for a March 29 release
Editor’s take: I was playing Doom 3 just the other day as I was waiting for Eternal to download and…
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Imaging Space Debris in High Resolution to Track Hazardous Space Junk
The debris field shown in the image is an artist’s impression based on actual data. However, the debris objects are…
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Small-scale fisheries offer strategies for resilience in the face of climate change
Aerial view of fishing boats at a dock in Southampton, New York. Credit: Jeffrey Blum / Unsplash Coastal communities at…
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The US House passes H.R. 1, a major voting rights and campaign finance reform package
The US House passed HR 1, Democrats’ flagship democracy reform package. The bill includes major voting rights expansions and stricter…
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How to Watch or Live Stream UFC Fights Online Without Cable | Digital Trends
Digital Trends may earn a commission when you buy through links on our site. High-speed internet has made it easy…
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Apple TV puts its spin on the old-time radio thriller with ‘Calls’
Through the looking glass: “Who knows—what evil—lurks in the hearts of men? The Shadow knows. Mwuhaahaha.” I was always fascinated…
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Vaping Marijuana Causes More Lung Damage Than Vaping or Smoking Nicotine
Adolescents who vape cannabis are at greater risk for respiratory symptoms indicative of lung injury than teens who smoke cigarettes…
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High end of climate sensitivity in new climate models seen as less plausible
The researchers found that models with lower climate sensitivity are more consistent with observed temperature differences, particularly between the northern…
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Here are some of Sen. Ron Johnson’s thoughts on the $1.9 trillion COVID relief bill
GOP Sen. Ron Johnson took to the Senate floor to let Americans know that $1.9 trillion is, physically, a lot…
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How to Record a Video on Your Mac | Digital Trends
When it’s time to record a video, you might whip out your smartphone or grab a dedicated camera, but you…
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FedEx will invest $2 billion to become fully carbon-neutral by 2040
Forward-looking: FedEx wants to do its part to mitigate the effects of climate change. To do so, the transit company…
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“Virtual Unfolding” – Scientists Read 300-Year-Old Sealed Historic Letter Without Opening It
Computer-generated unfolding animation of sealed letter DB-1538. In our paper we describe how “virtual unfolding” was used to read the…
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Study: Employment rose among those in free money experiment
Credit: CC0 Public Domain After getting $500 per month for two years without rules on how to spend it, 125…
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Google’s move away from targeted advertising threatens to upend marketers’ scramble to save digital ads
Google’s plans to nix ad tracking has big implications for adtech companies, brands, and publishers. Advertisers will shift toward collecting…
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Here’s the Entire Destiny 2 Story Explained, Up Through Beyond Light | Digital Trends
Destiny 2 is here, kicking off a new chapter of Activision’s wildly popular shared-world shooter. A lot has happened in the universe…
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Someone put Apple’s M1 chip inside of an iMac
Bottom line: Apple’s new M1-powered MacBooks and Mac Mini have received glowing reviews. Many outlets have praised the surprising performance…
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Enormous Ancient Fish Discovered by Accident – Bizarre-Looking and “Absolutely Massive!”
An example of what a complete fish fossil coelacanth looks like. This one is from the Jurassic of German. Credit:…
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‘Best case’ goals for climate warming which could still result in massive wildfire risk
In a new study, scientists have found that by projecting two different types of fire weather conditions, an additional half-degree…
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How influencers are using a new affiliate-marketing tool to text message their fans and drive sales
Social-media influencers are using text messages to drive affiliate-marketing sales. Affiliate marketing platform MagicLinks is testing a tool that lets…
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People who have had COVID-19 might need only one shot of a coronavirus vaccine
People who have already had COVID-19 — even if they didn’t show symptoms — may be able to get away…
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The Army’s new tool for analyzing bomb shrapnel could lead to better body armor
A Marine tosses a grenade during an exercise in Kuwait last year. (Lance Cpl. Andrew Skiver / US Marine Corp/)…
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Covid-19 news: US will have vaccine doses for all adults by end of May
By Michael Le Page , Clare Wilson , Jessica Hamzelou , Sam Wong , Graham Lawton , Adam Vaughan ,…
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This YouTuber Hacked a Mac Mini to Create His Own M1 iMac | Digital Trends
Got an old iMac around and can’t wait for Apple to refresh its all-in-one desktop with the latest M1 processor?…
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Netflix launches Fast Laughs, a TikTok-style comedy feed for subscribers
Bottom line: Netflix has launched a new feature designed to help users discover (or rediscover) material from its vast catalog…
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Breakup at Brunt: Giant Iceberg Split From the Antarctic Ice Shelf
March 1, 2021 A large iceberg finally split from the Antarctic ice shelf, but another piece stubbornly hangs on. Antarctica’s…
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Researchers can store the Declaration of Independence in a single molecule
UCI’s John Chaput and his team have transcribed the Declaration of Independence and the UCI seal to a solution of…
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Watch live: SpaceX is launching a new Starship rocket prototype. The last 2 attempts ended in explosions.
SpaceX plans to rocket its latest Starship prototype tens of thousands of feet into the air on Wednesday afternoon. The…
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This soft robot withstands crushing pressures at the ocean’s greatest depths
Inspired by a strange fish that can withstand the punishing pressures of the deepest reaches of the ocean, scientists have…
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A novel drug to prevent Lyme disease is now being tested in humans
Clinical trials on a new Lyme disease prevention vaccine have begun. (Nicoooografie/) This story originally featured on Field & Stream.…
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Benefits of microdosing psychedelic drugs may be due to placebo effect
By Clare Wilson Can microdosing LSD make you more creative? Maybe, if you believe it can Panther Media GmbH/Alamy Claims…
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Dolby Atmos Takes Movies and Music to the Next Level. Here’s How You Can Get It | Digital Trends
Not long ago, the term Dolby Atmos was used exclusively to refer to an immersive sound experience that you could…
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Google promises to stop selling your browsing history to advertisers
In brief: Google explicitly says that when it phases out tracking cookies in two years, it will not be building…
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Astronomers Locate Source of Hazardous High-Energy Particles in the Sun
A coronal mass ejection, or CME, erupting into space on August 31, 2012. Pictured here is a blended version of…
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The battle against hard-to-treat fungal infections
Conidiophores with conidia of the microscopic fungi Aspergillus oryzae under light microscope. Credit: Yulianna.x / Wikimedia / CC BY-SA 4.0…
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Billionaire Leon Cooperman confirms the wealth-tax implementation problem: rich people will hide assets
Billionaire Leon Cooperman told CNBC that he thinks Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s wealth has “no merit.” He questioned the legality of…
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Three visions of the future, inspired by neuroscience’s past and present
A century ago, science’s understanding of the brain was primitive, like astronomy before telescopes. Certain brain injuries were known to…
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Microsoft’s new Mesh platform turns your remote coworkers into holograms
Soon after the COVID-19 pandemic hit, many offices quickly and unexpectedly moved to the cloud. Now, these “offices” only really…
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A submersible soft robot survived the pressure in the Mariana trench
By Matthew Sparkes This silicone rubber robot can withstand the pressures in the ocean’s deepest abyss Guorui Li A silicone…
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Are Robot Mops Safe When Children and Pets Are Around? | Digital Trends
Most of us wouldn’t drink floor cleaner, no matter what kind of floral scents are added to it. No one…
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SpaceX’s first lunar tourist is accepting crewmate applications
Why it matters: SpaceX’s first private flight is scheduled for later this year, but it won’t be until 2023 at…
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“Unprecedented” New Form of Symbiosis Discovered
Energy-providing bacterial endosymbiont enables its unicellular eukaryotic host to breathe nitrate, demonstrating that unicellular eukaryotes may acquire endosymbionts to complement…
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Humans control majority of freshwater ebb and flow on Earth, study finds
Proportion of seasonal surface water storage variability associated with reservoirs by hydrologic basin from Oct 2018 to July 2020. Darker…
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Today’s mortgage and refinance rates in Georgia
According to Zillow, the typical home value in Georgia is lower than the typical value of $269,039 across the US.…
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