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Jeff Goldblum on riding motorcycles—and feeling fear
A few moments into a new episode of “The World According to Jeff Goldblum” devoted to motorcycles, Goldblum recalls something…
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Antibiotic resistance killed more people than malaria or AIDS in 2019
About 1.3 million deaths were directly caused by drug-resistant bacterial infections in 2019, a global study estimates Health 20 January…
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Valorant now allows players to selectively censor specific words in chat
In context: Toxicity in gaming has received much attention from developers lately. While trash talk has always been a part…
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The oldest known drinking straws date back to over 5,000 years ago
Eight silver and gold tubes held in a Russian museum have long been thought to have been either ceremonial staffs…
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Artificial pancreas is “life-changing” for children with diabetes
An app that wirelessly links to an implanted glucose sensor and insulin pump can automatically regulate blood sugar levels in…
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Generic Drug Hydroxychloroquine Delays Disability for Least Treatable Form of Multiple Sclerosis
Research results open door for potential larger scale study of generic drug for MS. A University of Calgary study has…
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How to delete your Gmail account without losing any of your data
You can delete your Gmail account in the “Data & privacy” section of your Google settings. Deleting your Gmail account…
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Yutu-2 lunar rover finds sticky soil on the far side of the moon
We haven’t been able to take a close-up look at the far side of the moon until now, and the…
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The Best Minecraft Seeds for 2022 | Digital Trends
When you spawn into a Minecraft world, it uses a seed number to generate … well, everything. This seed is…
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YouTuber builds Star Trek Tricorder that puts Hollywood props to shame
Editor’s take: A few years back we featured a device from researchers at Glasgow University that was inspired by Star…
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Drinking Coffee: Study Finds Both Beneficial and Harmful Short-Term Health Effects
A randomized trial to study caffeinated coffee consumption among 100 volunteers for two weeks found both potentially beneficial and harmful…
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Just what is a ‘resilient’ forest, anyway?
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain What does a “resilient” forest look like in California’s Sierra Nevada? A lot fewer trees than…
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Apple implements verification system for education discounts in the US
What just happened? Apple now requires US shoppers applying for education pricing to verify their status as a student, teacher…
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Scientists find previously unknown jumping behavior in insects
A team of researchers has discovered a previously unrecorded jumping behavior in the larvae of a species of lined flat…
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Luckin Coffee is reportedly planning a return to the US stock market after the Chinese chain delisted following a $300 million accounting fraud
Women leave a Luckin Coffee store in Beijing. Thomas Peter/Retuers Luckin Coffee is planning to try its luck again in…
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ExxonMobil’s ‘net-zero’ goals don’t address its biggest source of carbon emissions
ExxonMobil has a new “net-zero ambition” for greenhouse emissions generated by its operations by 2050. The move, announced Wednesday, is…
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What is WhatsApp? | Digital Trends
Launched in 2009, WhatsApp is a free, multi-platform messaging app that lets users make video and voice calls, send text…
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Rainbow Six Extraction
By TechRadar on January 19, 2022 60 A surprising and unique co-op shooter that has fascinating ambitions but can often…
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Major Breakthrough As Quantum Computing in Silicon Hits 99% Accuracy
L-R Asaad, Morello, Madzik (composite image): Serwan Asaad, Andrea Morello, and Mateusz Mądzik are lead authors of the UNSW paper…
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Video: Bioluminescence: Living light in the deep sea
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A dive into the deep sea is like a trip to outer space. The descent into…
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Singapore is cracking down on crypto ATMs to prevent buying ‘highly risky’ assets on impulse
Singapore is clamping down on digital assets by restricting how they are promoted across the nation. The Monetary Authority of…
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Covid-19 news: Most short-term vaccine symptoms down to nocebo effect
By Michael Le Page, Clare Wilson, Jessica Hamzelou, Sam Wong, Graham Lawton, Adam Vaughan, Conrad Quilty-Harper, Jason Arunn Murugesu and…
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AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT Review: A Bad, Really Bad Graphics Card
How to start this review. I thought of going for a fun little gag mocking the 6500 XT before completely…
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Looking up at the asteroids in the neighborhood
“We currently know of and have cataloged several hundred thousand asteroids—and there may be more than 10 million individual asteroids,”…
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Here are the 6 properties the New York attorney general says the Trump Organization lied about, and how
NY AG Letitia James requested a court order to compel Trump and his children to testify under oath. Her office…
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Volcanic avalanches of rock and gas may be more destructive than previously thought
Avalanches of ash, gas and rock that cascade downhill during volcanic eruptions may be even more dangerous than scientists had…
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Your social media ‘fitspo’ is not a good influence
Looking for motivation to get healthy in the new year? You might be tempted to fire up your phone and…
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Ukraine says Russia has ‘almost completed’ its buildup of border troops for a potential invasion
LoadingSomething is loading. Ukraine warned that Russia was almost done gathering troops along the country’s border in apparent preparation for…
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The Mac Pro allegedly sticking with the M1 chip for now | Digital Trends
Apple’s Mac Pro lineup is supposed to be the company’s most powerful desktop computer. Seeing how powerful the M1 Pro…
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Harvesting Fusion Energy on Earth With a Boost From a Common Household Cleaner
Scientists have found that adding a common household cleaning agent – the mineral boron contained in such cleaners as Borax…
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Kernel Flow: A wearable device for noninvasive optical brain imaging
Kernel Flow headset. Credit: Kernel Recent advances in brain imaging techniques facilitate accurate, high-resolution observations of the brain and its…
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Research team identifies new mechanism for protecting DNA
DNA strands. Credit: Case Western Reserve University Researchers from Case Western Reserve University have identified a new mechanism by which…
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The best percussion massagers to soothe aching muscles
The best percussion massager can seem intimidating at first. “A percussive massage gun is a type of handheld portable massager…
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Air pollution makes it harder for pollinators to find plants
A field trial found that levels of nitrogen oxides and ozone similar to those near roads led to a 70…
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3 Florida men were arrested in connection with Capitol riot, including former underwear model accused of throwing a traffic cone at police officers
Three Florida men were arrested last week in connection with the Capitol riot. Prosecutors say one man threw chairs at…
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Researchers used AI to explain complex science. Results were mixed.
Raise your hand if you’ve ever stared at an academic paper, brows furrowed, wondering what the authors were trying to…
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Refreshed M2 MacBook Pro to launch in late 2022 | Digital Trends
Apple will be making some change-ups to its entry-level MacBook and MacBook Pro lineup later this year, according to reporting…
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A Pacific volcano erupted with an explosive force more than 600 times the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, scientists said
An underwater volcano erupted on January 15, covering Tongan islands with ash and causing a major tsunami, NPR reported. Scientists…
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Microsoft Teams walkie-talkie comes to Android and iOS | Digital Trends
Microsoft Teams has always had a walkie-talkie feature that allows users that are a part of the same underlying channels…
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Check out the helicopter vying to be the next Black Hawk
Two very different designs for futuristic flying machines are dueling against one another to be the Army’s next Black Hawk-type…
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Vikings: Valhalla trailer teases epic battles in Netflix sequel | Digital Trends
Nearly a decade ago, History’s Vikings premiered and explored a bygone age that dramatized the life of the legendary warrior…
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Strange Deformed Planet With Mysterious Motion Detected by Exoplanet Mission Cheops
Artist impression of planet WASP-103b and its host star. Credit: ESA ESA’s exoplanet mission Cheops has revealed that an exoplanet…
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Uncovering the underlying patterns in contemporary evolution
This Bighorn was seen just below the summit of Mt. Wheeler in New Mexico. Credit: Jwanamaker/Wikipedia Wild populations must continuously…
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Radio Pulsar Binary Proves Einstein at Least 99.99% Right
Researchers have conducted a 16-year long experiment to challenge Einstein’s theory of general relativity. The international team looked to the…
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Crypto.com exchange compromised, but CEO downplays severity
Editor’s take: One of the world’s largest crypto exchanges has apparently suffered a security breach in which an estimated 4,600…
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Louisiana Senate candidate smokes blunt in campaign ad highlighting non-violent drug convictions
A Democratic Senate candidate in Louisiana made a splash on Tuesday with a new ad. Gary Chambers, a challenger to…
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ExxonMobil targets ‘net zero’ emissions at operations by 2050
ExxonMobil pledged to reach “net zero” emissions at company operations, but did not release targets for “Scope 3” emissions that…
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Moscow claims everything is normal after report says Russia has been quietly emptying out its diplomatic outposts in Ukraine
Russia has been slowly emptying out its embassy in Kyiv, The New York Times reported this week. Russia has reportedly…
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Airlines warn of flight chaos following tomorrow’s 5G deployment
In brief: The CEOs of major passenger and cargo airlines have warned of catastrophic disruption to flights when the new…
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Meta wants to track your eye movements and facial expressions as you roam the metaverse, patents suggest
Meta was recently granted dozens of patents involving metaverse technology, the Financial Times reports. Some involve tracking users’ eye movements…
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