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The Biden administration resettled fewer than 300 refugees in April, pacing for an historic low this year
The United States resettled just 271 refugees in April, according to new data from the State Department. The US has…
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Oldest human burial in Africa discovered in a cave | Popular Science
Africa is widely regarded as the place where modern Homo sapiens emerged. But scientists still know relatively little about the…
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SpaceX’s Crew-1 Astronauts Talk About Their Recent Mission | Digital Trends
SpaceX’s recently returned Crew-1 astronauts have been sharing their experiences about their six-month mission aboard the International Space Station (ISS).…
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Microsoft exec confirms Xbox consoles have never been profitable
What just happened? The Epic vs. Apple trial is giving us an unprecedented insight into the video game industry. In…
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Shuvuuia: Extraordinary Dinosaurs That Hunted in the Dark
Shuvuuia deserti artist’s reconstruction. Credit: Viktor Radermaker The tiny desert-living dinosaur Shuvuuia had extraordinary vision and owl-like hearing for nocturnal…
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Volcanoes on Mars could be active, raising possibility of recent habitable conditions
Recent explosive volcanic deposit around a fissure of the Cerberus Fossae system. Credit: NASA/JPL/MSSS/The Murray Lab). Evidence of recent volcanic activity…
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Gemini announces customers can now trade dogecoin and says the meme token is ‘no joke’
Dogecoin was started as a joke in 2013. Yuriko Nakao/Getty Images Cryptocurrency exchange Gemini said its customer can trade dogecoin…
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How to handle children who are picky eaters | Popular Science
If a playdate lasts long enough, parents’ conversations almost always come around to our kids’ eating habits. We love sharing…
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You Won’t Believe How Cheap the iPad Pro 12.9 Is at Amazon | Digital Trends
Digital Trends may earn a commission when you buy through links on our site. It’s as rare as a four-leaf…
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Windows 10’s Sun Valley update revamps icons used since Windows 95
Forward-looking: If, like me, your age allows you to nostalgically look at some Windows 10 icons that have remained pretty…
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An Easy Way to Improve Exercise Performance: Dab on Deep Heat Cream
By Experimental Biology May 6, 2021 Study finds boost in aerobic performance in athletes who used over-the-counter deep heat cream.…
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The longer the yawn, the bigger the brain
We yawn about 5 to 10 times per day. And not only humans exhibit this peculiar behaviour. Credit: Utrecht University…
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An attorney for an accused Capitol rioter claimed his client participated in the January 6 siege because he had ‘Foxitus’ and ‘Foxmania’ from watching Fox News for 6 months
An attorney for a Capitol riot defendant said his client was radicalized by Fox News ahead of January 6. The…
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Best Cat Beds For Your Furry Friend | Popular Science
Ahh, cats. Drowsy creatures. They sleep an average of 15 hours per day (boy, that sounds nice), sometimes even up…
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NASA’s Mars Helicopter Gears up for Fifth Flight on Friday | Digital Trends
Save for the occasional glitch, NASA couldn’t be happier with the way its Ingenuity Mars helicopter is performing on the…
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Nintendo Switch lifetime sales close in on PS3, Wii, and PlayStation
What just happened? Despite arriving over four years ago, the Nintendo Switch is showing no signs of slowing down. Sales…
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Climate Scientists Show Flooding May Triple in the Mountains of Asia Due to Global Warming
Glacial lake in the Himalayan region. Credit: © Heng Li A team of Swiss and international climate scientists has shown…
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International SWOT satellite to survey the world’s water
Credit: CC0 Public Domain How much water sloshes around in Earth’s lakes, rivers, and oceans? And how does that figure…
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Florida Democrat Nikki Fried and Matt Gaetz are pals. Political insiders are dishing about how that could complicate her bid to unseat Gov. Ron DeSantis.
Florida’s agriculture commissioner, Democrat Nikki Fried, is a close friend of Matt Gaetz. They even hung out at the Trump…
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Dog allergies are pretty similar to yours | Popular Science
Spring can be just as itchy, sneezy, and wholly uncomfortable for some dogs as it is for their allergy-prone owners.…
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The Best Laptops for Minecraft | Digital Trends
Minecraft isn’t a demanding game, but you’ll need one of the best laptops for Minecraft if you want to run the game with…
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Netflix publishes chilling new Stranger Things 4 trailer
The big picture: Whereas the first trailer focused on the fate of Jim Hopper, this new clip appears to delve…
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How We Created the “Perfect Storm” for the Evolution and Transmission of Infectious Diseases Like COVID-19
The way that many of us live has created the “perfect storm” for the evolution and transmission of infectious diseases…
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How we created the ‘perfect storm’ for pandemics
Credit: CC0 Public Domain The way that many of us live has created the “perfect storm” for the evolution and…
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What Peloton’s future looks like after its recall on treadmills
Summary List Placement Hi and welcome to Insider Advertising for May 7. I’m senior advertising reporter Lauren Johnson, and here’s…
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Offshore wind has massive potential in the US | Popular Science
President Biden announced plans in April to cut climate-warming emissions in half by 2030. It’s a necessary undertaking to prevent…
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The Best Smart Displays for 2021 | Digital Trends
Smart displays let you control your smart devices from the convenience of one central location, and they can sometimes even…
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Qualcomm chips in hundreds of millions of Android phones have a critical security flaw
Why it matters: There are over 3 billion smartphone users around the world and almost a third of those devices…
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Novavax Vaccine Trial Indicates 100% Protection Against Severe COVID-19 Due to South African Variant
Results from the initial primary analysis of the Novavax Covid-19 vaccine trial conducted by Wits VIDA in SA have been…
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Surprising sand fly find yields new species of bacteria
Sand flies are attracted to a newly discovered species of bacteria. Credit: Edgar Rowton Researchers at North Carolina State University…
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How to record your screen on a Mac computer with the Screenshot Toolbar or QuickTime Player
To screen record on Mac, use the Screenshot Toolbar or QuickTime Player. If you have a new Mac, you can…
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Owl-like dinosaurs had remarkably good hearing and night vision
By Cameron Duke Fossilised Shuvuuia deserti skeleton Mick Ellison-AMNH A tiny bird-like dinosaur with long legs and muscular, clawed arms…
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Microsoft Teams to Soon Offer 800 Emoji and Skin Tone Picker | Digital Trends
Microsoft is giving you and your coworkers more ways to express yourselves in Microsoft Teams. Now in public preview in…
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PayPal is riding the e-commerce boom to record earnings
The big picture: PayPal has reported its strongest first quarter in company history as the e-commerce boom continues to pay…
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Oceanographers Find “Heat Bombs” Destroying Arctic Sea Ice
SODA researchers gather on deck of R/V Sikuliaq. Credit: Jim Thomson A team led by physical oceanographers at Scripps Institution…
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Team uses laser-induced graphene process to create micron-scale patterns in photoresist
Rice University chemists have adapted their laser-induced graphene process to make conductive patterns from standard photoresist material for consumer electronics…
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The guy who crowdfunded $25 million to build Trump’s border wall just got indicted on tax fraud charges
Brian Kolfage, who founded “We Build the Wall,” with Steve Bannon, was indicted in a new tax case. A New…
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Brain’s movement control centre may have had key role in our evolution
By Michael Marshall The cerebellum may have had a larger role in human evolution than once thought KATERYNA KON/SCIENCE PHOTO…
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How the USPS uses Nvidia GPUs to Track Mail With A.I. | Digital Trends
USPS The United States Postal Service, or USPS, is relying on artificial intelligence-powered by Nvidia’s EGX systems to track more…
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Apple left an Easter egg in the Find My app that leads to am AirTag developer menu
What just happened? People love Easter eggs so much that developers often create them intentionally or leave accidental ones when…
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Mysterious Hydrogen-Free Supernova Sheds Light on Massive Stars’ Violent Death Throes
Artist’s impression of a yellow supergiant in a close binary with a blue, main sequence companion star, similar to the…
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Boeing’s troubled Starliner capsule now aiming for July launch
This NASA photo shows the Boeing CST-100 Starliner spacecraft after it landed in White Sands, New Mexico, on December 22,…
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Cruise lines will have to mandate masks even by the pool and nix buffets for trial sailings without vaccine requirements, CDC says
The CDC has unveiled the next two phases of its Conditional Sailing Order. The new phases detail how a cruise’s…
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HP EliteOne 800 G8 Is Here to Challenge the New iMac | Digital Trends
Though it may bear a slight resemblance to Apple’s recently redesigned iMac desktop, HP’s EliteOne 800 G8 all-in-one is actually…
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Epic exposes Apple’s efforts to persuade Netflix to keep in-app subscriptions
In brief: Epic Games presented documents in its lawsuit against Apple showing that the Cupertino tech giant went to great…
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“Molecular Glue” Boosts Efficiency and Makes Perovskite Solar Cells Dramatically More Reliable Over Time
Researchers have used self-assembled monolayer “molecular glue” to toughen interfaces in perovskite solar cells to make them more efficient, stable,…
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Multidisciplinary cooperation leads to catalysts that are up to 50 times more effective
Chemical reactions occur at the surface of bimetallic nanoparticles. Researchers found that arranging the two metals in a core-shell design…
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20 of the best farm stays for countryside views, fresh food, and friendly animals
FAQ: Farm stays How does a farm stay work? If you’re looking for an immersion in the natural world, staying…
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Covid-19 news: US supports temporary waiver on vaccine patents
By Michael Le Page , Clare Wilson , Jessica Hamzelou , Sam Wong , Graham Lawton , Adam Vaughan ,…
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Intel’s First Gaming GPU Is Right Around the Corner | Digital Trends
Intel’s first discrete graphics card made for gamers could be coming soon, according to a hint posted by an Intel…
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