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The Language of the Universe: Seeing the Natural World Through a Mathematical Lens
MIT Senior David Darrow’s love of math fuels other passions such as mentoring and learning new languages. Growing up in…
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Peru beaches suffer oil spill blamed on waves from Tonga volcanic eruption
Workers on a Peruvian beach clean up an oil spill caused by abnormal waves triggered by a massive underwater volcanic…
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The world’s largest iPhone factory is offerings $1,500 signing bonuses — more than a month’s salary — to lure workers amid China’s Omicron lockdowns
Foxconn is giving returning workers a signing bonus of up to 9,500 Chinese yuan ($1,498.) New joiners will get up…
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10 major airlines have signed a letter warning of massive flight disruptions and supply-chain chaos as AT&T and Verizon plan to roll out 5G services
AT&T and Verizon’s 5G deployment has been met with strong pushback from the aviation industry. Airlines say 5G services could…
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Earth’s Safe Planetary Boundary for Pollutants – Including Plastics – Exceeded
The updated Planetary Boundaries framework (2022) showing 5 boundaries transgressed, now including “novel entities.” Credit: Stockholm Resilience Centre/Azote First assessment…
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Palomar survey instrument analyzes impact of Starlink satellites
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Since 2019, SpaceX has been launching an increasing number of internet satellites into orbit around Earth.…
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China’s claim of a Beijing man getting infected with Omicron through Canadian mail is ‘extraordinary,’ Canada’s health minister says
Canada’s health minister called a claim that Omicron could be spread through mail “extraordinary.” China said a Beijing man was…
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US Cold War hostility towards Chinese due to the influence of Truman’s nationalist beliefs, new research argues
Research suggests the failure of the Truman administration to pursue rapprochement with Chinese Communists before the founding of the People’s…
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How to use wireless charging on your Samsung device | Digital Trends
Today’s Samsung devices, including Galaxy phones, Samsung smartwatches, and even compatible Samsung earbuds, all work with wireless charging. Place your…
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Science With the Webb Space Telescope – What Questions Will It Answer?
Webb Space Telescope adjusting orientation. Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center Webb’s science goals cover a very broad range of…
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Mike Lindell’s latest hire for his Frank Speech broadcast channel is a former Newsmax host who once claimed that vaccines contain satanic trackers
Mike Lindell hired Newsmax personality Emerald Robinson to join his online channel, Frank Speech. Robinson was taken off-air by Newsmax…
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Watch Emirates’ new daredevil ad shot by a drone | Digital Trends
Emirates’ 2021 ad featuring a stunt actor perched atop the world’s tallest building proved such a hit that the airline…
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Winter storm whipping northeast US with snow, thunderstorms
A person carries their dog as they cross Butler Street as snow falls during a winter storm that will impact…
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A Capitol rioter who pleaded guilty this week compared January 6 to a ‘modern day Boston Massacre’ and said Ashli Babbitt was ‘viciously assassinated’
A Tennessee man who entered the Capitol compared the attack to the historic Boston Massacre. “Trump Lives Matter,” he wrote…
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Midrange Alder Lake CPUs overclocked: Massive 33% increase | Digital Trends
Intel Alder Lake’s non-K series processors are typically not the best for overclocking. These CPUs are locked, which means that…
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Out of this world: 555.55-carat black diamond lands in Dubai
An employee of Sotheby’s Dubai presents a 555.55 Carat Black Diamond “The Enigma” to be auctioned at Sotheby’s Dubai gallery,…
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A former Buckingham Palace royal protection officer says he suspected Ghislaine Maxwell and Prince Andrew had an ‘intimate relationship,’ according to a new documentary
A former Buckingham Palace official alleged that Ghislaine Maxwell would visit multiple times a day. Queen Elizabeth II stripped Prince…
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Airlines fear new 5G service will cause flight chaos | Digital Trends
U.S. airline officials fear “catastrophic disruption” if AT&T and Verizon go ahead and switch on their new C-Band 5G networks…
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Wearable Air Sampler Measures Personal COVID Virus Exposure
A wearable air sampler clip can monitor personal exposure to SARS-CoV-2. Credit: Adapted from Environmental Science & Technology Letters 2022,…
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Newly discovered carbon may yield clues to ancient Mars
A selfie taken by NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover on Sol 2291 at the “Rock Hall” drill site, located on Vera…
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Transgender-rights activists will not be charged over posting photo of author JK Rowling’s home online, reports say
Police will not charge three trans activists who posted a photo showing JK Rowling’s address. The “Harry Potter” author has…
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How to change your Gmail name | Digital Trends
There are many reasons why you may want to change your name in Gmail. Some people made their first Gmail…
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Earth BioGenome Project begins genome sequencing in earnest
Credit: CC0 Public Domain A global effort to map the genomes of all plants, animals, fungi and other microbial life…
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A judge ordered a Minnesota COVID-19 patient be flown to Texas so he’d stay on a ventilator after hospital planned to disconnect him
A COVID-19 patient was relocated to a Texas hospital over the weekend in a bid to keep him on life…
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The Best Dell XPS Deals for January 2022 | Digital Trends
Digital Trends may earn a commission when you buy through links on our site. Everybody knows the name Dell, but…
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The Great Reset: Support for Populist Politics “Collapsed” Globally During the COVID Pandemic
Support for populist parties and politicians, and agreement with populist sentiment, has diminished during the pandemic, according to a “mega-dataset”…
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Fibril activity may be key to a better understanding of foot-and-mouth disease
Credit: CC0 Public Domain The imaging of vanishingly tiny structures created by the foot-and-mouth disease virus could one day help…
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Don’t get scammed by fake QR codes
Countries like China have been obsessed with QR codes for a while now—an obsession that pre-dates the pandemic. But the…
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Custom RTX 3090 Ti cards priced over $4,000 appear on European site
Why it matters: Nvidia gave us little more than a glimpse of its upcoming RTX 3090 Ti at virtual CES…
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Mississippi’s Jackson airport evacuated passengers and employees after receiving ‘verbal security threat’
Jackson-Medgar Wiley Evers International Airport evacuated passengers and employees on Monday. The Mississippi airport had received a “verbal security threat,”…
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Intel Raptor Lake Processors May Have a Much Bigger Cache | Digital Trends
According to a new leak, Intel Raptor Lake processors may be getting a much larger cache than their current-gen Alder…
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AT&T, Dish Network and T-Mobile were the biggest winners in the FCC’s latest 5G auction
In brief: AT&T, Dish Network and T-Mobile cleaned up in the Federal Communications Commission’s latest spectrum auction. In total, 23…
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Researchers explore ways to make hatchery steelhead more like wild fish
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Hatchery-raised steelhead trout have offspring that are good at gaining size under hatchery conditions but don’t…
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Legendary investor Jeremy Grantham sees an epic market bubble and expects a historic crash. Here are his 12 most dire warnings.
Jeremy Grantham. REUTERS/Nicholas Roberts Jeremy Grantham has diagnosed an epic market bubble and expects a devastating crash. The GMO cofounder…
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MrBeast leads the top 10 highest-paid YouTubers of 2021 with $54 million
Why it matters: The year 2021 must have been quite profitable for some YouTubers. With content creators such as MrBeast,…
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Ancient Mars may have had a liquid ocean despite freezing temperatures
A model based on Earth’s oceans and atmosphere explains how Mars could have been cold and wet 3 billion years…
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Analyst says the Mac Pro’s Apple silicon processor won’t be an M2
Rumor mill: An Apple analyst and designer who has leaked information about Apple silicon before has come out with more…
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Ozone pollution costs Asia billions in lost crops: study
Ground-level ozone is significantly reducing yields of rice, wheat and maize in parts of Asia, a new study finds. Persistently…
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Is your check engine light on? Here are 10 possible reasons why | Digital Trends
While your car can’t talk, it communicates with you using chimes, icons, and messages. One icon that you should never…
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Shock waves, landslides may have caused ‘rare’ volcano tsunami: experts
Experts said volcano-triggered tsunamis are rare but not unheard of. A rare volcano-triggered tsunami sparked by the eruption of Hunga…
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US airlines are combating the pilot shortage by raising pay, lowering requirements, and hiring from Australia
Airlines are once again bracing for a shortage of pilots as air travel ramps up. Pilots are in short supply and pilot training…
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How shifting your expectations about food can help you lose weight
The go-to advice for effective dieting is to choose food that is marketed as healthy and is low in calories,…
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Improving Reading Skills by Playing Action Video Games
An Italian-Swiss team demonstrates children reading skills can be improved through a novel child-friendly action video game. Decoding letters into…
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Ozone pollution causes $63 billion damage per year to East Asian crops
Rising levels of ground-level ozone in China and nearby countries are having a big effect on the yields of staple…
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EcoFlow’s Delta Pro Home Battery Backup Keeps Your Power On | Digital Trends
It’s scary when the power goes out, no matter where you live. Things are even worse during a major event…
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Walmart could enter the metaverse with crypto and NFTs
What just happened? Walmart could be preparing for a big push into the metaverse. The big-box retailer recently filed a…
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Pricing Carbon, Valuing People: Ways To Optimize US Climate Policy
By Mark Dwortzan, MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change January 17, 2022 A new MIT…
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Warren Buffett missed out on $10 billion in gains by dumping Wells Fargo stock — but he probably doesn’t regret cashing out
Warren Buffett. REUTERS/Rick Wilking Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway missed out on $10 billion in gains by dumping Wells Fargo stock.…
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2022 preview: mRNA tech behind covid-19 vaccines could get new uses
By Michael Le Page A BioNTech worker tests the procedures for making mRNA Abdulhamid Hosbas/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images 2022 could be…
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4K Blu-ray discs no longer work with Intel Alder Lake chips | Digital Trends
Following Intel’s decision to remove software guard extension (SGX) compatibility for 12th-gen Alder Lake processors, the company’s latest chips will…
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