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US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg dies at 87 US Supreme Court Justice and liberal icon Ruth Bader Ginsburg died on Friday, opening a crucial vacancy on the high court expected to set off a pitched political battle at the peak of the presidential campaign. Affectionately known as the 'Notorious RBG,' the 87-year-old Ginsburg was the oldest o....

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Content Moderation Case Study: Usenet Has To Figure Out How To Deal With Spam (April 1994) Summary: In the early 1990s, facing increased pressure from the commercial sector who sensed there might be some value in the nascent "Internet," the National Science Foundation began easing informal restrictions on commercial activity over the Internet. This gave rise to the earliest internet com....

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Donald Trump's Administration Attempted To Silence CDC Amid Coronavirus Pandemic, Report Says A Friday report from The New York Times outlined emails that show Donald Trump’s administration attempted to muzzle the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention during the coronavirus pandemic. Notably, Paul Alexander, who recently departed his position as science adviser at the Departmen....

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Scientists discovered these sea anemones use their food to grow limbs — Future Blink The scientists believe this trait helps the creature adapt and survive and hope to define key nutrients for growth. Read more...More about Science, Animals, Mashable Video, Sealife, and Future Blink....

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Hurricane Teddy's eye looks like a giant stadium Storm investigators flew through Hurricane Teddy on Thursday, capturing impressive imagery of the cyclone's stadium-like eye. A big, clear eye is indicative of a powerful hurricane (on Friday morning, Teddy packed 130 mph winds). At the storm's core, violent thunderstorms, feeding on warm moist air....

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'Devastation Class' Writers Discuss Equality in New Young Adult Book Bound for the Big Screen The new Young Adult book "Devastation Class" is not your average book-to-movie adaptation. When the film rights were snapped up in 2018 to adapt the science fiction book series by Glen Zipper and Elaine Mongeon, the project hadn't yet found a publisher. A few months later, HarperCollins' Blink YA Bo....

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Shahid Khaqan paid most in taxes; Vawda, Buzdar among lawmakers who paid none: FBR 2018 data The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) released its 2018 tax directory for parliamentarians on Friday. The directory details the amount of taxes paid by provincial and federal lawmakers in the year 2018, personally as well as by the associations of persons (AOPs) they are members of. Several par....

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Scientists' Social Engagement Is Needed to Stem the COVID-19 Pandemic The global COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the unpreparedness and inability of many countries to effectively manage complex risks and ensure community resilience. An important dimension of this dangerous flaw is the sharp divide between those who rely on science to shape policies and actions, and thos....

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FBR releases 2018 tax details of lawmakers, chief ministers The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) released its 2018 tax directory for parliamentarians on Friday. The directory details the amount of taxes paid by provincial and federal lawmakers in the year 2018 paid in an individual capacity as well as by the association in persons (AOPs) they are members o....

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Scientists win award for giving an alligator helium and making it shout A team of scientists who put an alligator in a helium-filled box and made it shout have won an Ig Nobel Prize, a prestigious(ish) award that commemorates the science world's more unorthodox experiments.....

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How to rock across different markets and cultures The Black Lives Matter campaign went viral in a couple of days and has rapidly become one of the most recognised campaigns for racial equality of the modern era. Social campaigns - whether spontaneous calls racial justice or the far more common medium of advertising - can deliver huge impact. Howe....

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House Passes Election Security Bill That Finally Adds Security Researchers To The Mix Everyone agrees elections should be secure. But hardly anyone in the federal government is doing anything useful about it. The shift to electronic voting has succumbed to regulatory capture which isn't doing anything to ensure the best and most secure products are being deployed. On top of that, i....

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11 Chinese COVID-19 vaccines undergoing clinical trials Eleven Chinese COVID-19 vaccines have entered the clinical trial phase, four of them are in phase-3, Beijing News reported on Friday, citing Wang Zhigang, minister of science and technology at a health forum in Beijing.....

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Global COVID-19 cases surpass 30 mln -- Johns Hopkins University Global COVID-19 cases surpassed 30 million on Thursday, according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University.....

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Money taken from corrupt to be spent on education: PM ISLAMABAD / HARIPUR: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday vowed to take back looted national wealth from corrupt people and invest the money thus recovered in education sector. "I am thinking of introducing a law envisaging that the money being recovered by the Asset Recovery Unit is invested i....

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CDC director says we already have something better than a vaccine to stop COVID-19 CDC director Robert Redfield recently said that mask-wearing is more effective at preventing the coronavirus than a vaccine. Dr. Fauci previously said that the FDA would approve a coronavirus vaccine even if it only worked 50% of the time. It's also possible that a coronavirus vaccine woul....

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Our solar system may have evolved differently than previously thought Researchers studying meteorites from a large asteroid between Mars and Jupiter have discovered evidence that an event known as the late heavy bombardment happened differently than scientists believe. The time period was marked by a large number of impacts on planets like Earth, but it may ha....

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This tiny battery could change the game for micro robots Read more... {"player":{"description":"Go little bot, go!","image":"https://mondrian.mashable.com/uploads%252Fvideo_uploaders%252Fdistribution_thumb%252Fimage%252F95357%252Fed53659e-c26e-4f8b-b982-1a1c8744c645.jpg%252F930x520.jpg?signature=hgk54OYOCDeFD_Sx-oNNg93xRM0=&source=https%3A%2F%2Fbluepr....

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The Sanctuary of Trees, How to Argue with a Racist and Other New Books New science book recommendations from the editors of Scientific American -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com ....

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Years of anti-science propaganda has left America in a terrifying predicament For years, conservative media figures and politicians have pushed a dangerous anti-science message. And now it's coming back to bite the US.....

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Heavyweight ZGC Forum opens in Beijing The 2020 ZGC Forum opened on Thursday in Beijing, gathering global leaders in science and business, along with executives of international organizations, to discuss global innovation and cooperation amid the coronavirus pandemic.....

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The biggest fish on Earth are girls Scientists discovered that whale sharks grow differently based on their gender. Male sharks grow faster than females, but females ultimately get much, much larger than their male counterparts. Female whale sharks can reach a maximum size of around 46 feet in length. There are ma....

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"Time to move Trump out and elect Biden ": Scientific American said in its 1st-ever presidential endorsement Sept. 15 (UPI) — For the first time in Scientific American’s 175-year history, the popular science magazine has made an endorsement....

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'He wants you to ignore reality': Stephen Colbert savages Trump's unhinged town hall performance With fewer than 50 days remaining until the presidential election, things are getting down to the wire. So much so that not only did Donald Trump actually put himself in a room with non-rusted-on, actually-somehow-still-undecided voters at a televised town hall this week for some reason, but....

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House advances Lucas bill to improve STEM education in rural areas By Chris CasteelStaff [email protected] House passed legislation by Rep. Frank Lucas on Wednesday that would enlist various federal agencies in the effort to improve science, technology, engineering and math education in rural schools. Lucas, R-Cheyenne, said a third of the students i....

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Army developing 'high-rate-of-fire' breakthrough 1,000-mile range cannon Army weapons developers stay on course with an ambitious Long Range Cannon science and technology program aimed at engineering a low-cost, high-rate-of-fire 1,000-mile ground cannon.....

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Health official on leave amid political interference furor WASHINGTON (AP) — A Trump health appointee is taking a leave of absence after allegations of political interference in the federal coronavirus response, followed by a personal video that warned of election violence and all but equated science with resistance. Michael Caputo has decided to take ....

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Find out which dinosaurs are under your feet Designer Ian Webster created an interactive map that lets users discover where dinosaurs used to roam 65 million years ago. Read more...More about Tech, Science, Mashable Video, Dinosaurs, and Tech....

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Explore Mars right from your home with this AR app — Future Blink GeoXplorer aims to teach students about complex geological structures. Read more...More about Space, Science, Mashable Video, Ar App, and Future Blink....

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Want to Get Someone's Attention? This is How You Should Flirt Does non-verbal flirting work? Science says yes, and Buzz60’s TC Newman tells you exactly what to do.....

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National Research Group Promotes Executives Becky Wu and Cindi Smith (EXCLUSIVE) National Research Group, a leading entertainment and technology research firm, has announced two new leadership hires. Becky Wu will serve as executive VP of data science and Cindi Smith has been promoted to vice president of diversity, equity and inclusion practice. Wu co-invented ZQ Intelligence, ....

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Intense videos show Hurricane Sally hit the Gulf Coast hard Hurricane Sally — one of a record number of storms that have formed so far in the Atlantic this year — is pummeling parts of the Gulf Coast. After intensifying into a Category 2 hurricane, Sally made landfall on the Alabama coast Wednesday morning. It's a particularly problematic cyclon....

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Obsessed With Fall? There's a Scientific Explanation for It! Are you obsessed with Fall? It’s not your fault! It’s science. Buzz60’s Lenneia Batiste has more.....

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"We are not yet Halfway Through Pandemic, Rather at the Start," Alerts WHO RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Another press conference was held on Tuesday at the World Health Organization's (WHO) headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. Live to the whole world, David Nabarro, an expert in the organization, alerted that the pandemic is far from ending. "It is far worse than any science .....

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Scientists create 'super stud' livestock with ideal genetic traits Scientists have developed a method by which male animals can pass on the genetic material of other, different males. The idea is that these animals would pass on the genes of the most desirable sire in a herd, maximizing the yield for the next generation. Laws still prevent genetically m....

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China donates mapping data to United Nations China donated a new Global Land Cover Dataset to the United Nations for this year on Tuesday, providing the world solid, science-based information for making wise decisions for sustainable development.....

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Nawaz to return when his health permits: PML-N • Opposition party says it honours court decisions, but leader's life is in danger • Minister advises ex-PM to return, face courts and serve out his sentence ISLAMABAD: Reacting to the Islamabad High Court (IHC) order for the arrest and production of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif b....

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How Not To Be A School District Superintendent: The Elmhurst, IL Edition It should serve as no surprise that school district superintendents are not somehow universally amazing people. Like any population, there will be good ones and bad ones. All of that being said, it seems that the COVID-19 pandemic has been particularly good at highlighting just how bad at the job,....

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US election 2020: What is Trump's record on the environment? The president has dismissed the science on climate change. But what is his record on the environment?....

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Japan's Hayabusa2 aims to probe asteroid '1998KY26' in 2031 Japan's Hayabusa2 space explorer will aim to probe the asteroid "1998KY26" located between the orbits of Earth and Mars in 2031 after completing its current mission of collecting samples from another asteroid, the country's science minister said Tuesday. (Kyodo)....

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Facebook launches misinformation hub to fight climate change denial Facebook has vowed to establish an information hub to stand as a bulwark against a rising tide of climate denialism. The fact-based initiative will seek to counter falsehoods and misinformation by furnishing users with reams of facts, figures and data. Why does Facebook need to bust myths about....

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Scientific American issues its first presidential endorsement in 175-year history The magazine Scientific American announced Tuesday that it was endorsing former vice president and Democratic candidate Joe Biden-- the publication's first endorsement in its 175-year history -- over President Donald Trump, who it criticized for dismissing science.....

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'This is NOT a blip': COVID-19 cases are accelerating in Canada. Should we be worried? Confirmed COVID-19 infections are accelerating upwards, hospital and intensive care admissions in some cities are rising modestly and winter isn’....

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We Can't Allow the CDC to Be Tainted by Politics If science doesn’t drive the agency’s crucial weekly reports about disease prevalence and mortality we’ll lose a key tool for fighting this pandemic -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com ....

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Omnicom Names New CEOs at Hearts & Science, PHD Omnicom Media Group is undergoing a major leadership realignment, naming new chief executives at two of its agencies. The media agency network appointed Ralph Pardo as CEO of Hearts & Science and Catherine Sullivan as CEO of PHD, effective immediately. "We wanted to have a new leadership team in....

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Scientific American backs Joe Biden, endorsing a presidential candidate for the first time in its 175-year history The magazine's editors condemned President Donald Trump for dismissing and politicizing the science on COVID-19 and climate change.....

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NASA may finally send humans back to the Moon NASA may be considering revisiting one of its previous Moon landing sites, according to NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine. The Artemis missions will include crewed trips to the lunar surface, but their destinations have not yet been decided. Revisiting a past landing site could yield n....

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The two cultures within science outlined Researchers trace the outlines of two cultures within science, one of which promotes greater equity and inclusivity.....

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We're about to run out of hurricane names The number of Atlantic storms this year has been exceptional. So exceptional that the World Meteorological Organization is about to run out of names for these churning cyclones. During each Atlantic storm season, there are 21 names to choose from, running alphabetically from A. (Q, U, X, Y, and Z a....

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Incredibly detailed videos open a hatch into a magical microscopic word we often forget exists Every year, Nikon holds its Small World in Motion Photomicrography Competition and this year is no different. From small plankton and shapes forming on soap to hydra’s and tardigrades, there is no shortage of beautiful submissions. These are some of our favorites. Read more...More....

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Making waves in space Image: The International Space Station is an exciting place for experiments. This one in particular was making waves in space. Called Fluidics, the experiment studies fluid dynamics in microgravity and recently performed another successful round of science on board the Space Station. Dev....

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