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Norovirus Clusters Known to Cause Stomach Flu Are Resistant to Environmental Stresses and UV Disinfection
Vesicles containing clusters of viruses, including norovirus, within the gut. Credit: NIH New study suggests need to reconsider current disinfection,…
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Sponge parks and vertical gardens – how cities are using nature to overcome extreme weather
GrowGreen’s team adapted the idea of a ‘sponge city’ in West Gorton Park, Manchester, where the natural environment acts as…
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Researchers determined that these 5 little-known neighborhoods are the best places to live in America
Reviews website Niche revealed its 2021 list of the best places to live in America. The ranking is based on…
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Did you know? Killer whales are actually part of the dolphin family
By Alexander McNamara and Matt Hambly Tom Brakefield/Alamy Orcas (orcinus orca) are aquatic mammals that can grow up to 8…
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Dive in to the Royal Navy x G-Shock Special Edition Watch | Digital Trends
Casio’s third partnership with the U.K.’s Ministry of Defence is here, and it’s called the Royal Navy x G-Shock Frogman.…
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Going “Hands Free” with GM’s Super Cruise
It used to be a regular understanding that “going hands-free” in a car, related to sending and receiving phone calls…
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Dansgaard-Oeschger Events: Abrupt Ice Age Climate Changes Behaved Like Cascading Dominoes
The study’s lead author Emilie Capron looks through a thin, polished piece of ice core from the NEEM ice core…
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Tunisia ‘sandy’ farms resist drought, development
Tunisian farmers in the small fishing town of Ghar El Melh are fighting to preserve a unique way of growing…
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Bank of America smashes forecasts to double profits in 1st-quarter earnings as the US rebound boosts Wall Street
Bank of America’s trading division increased its revenue sharply. Ramin Talaie/Corbis via Getty Images Bank of America’s first-quarter earnings smashed…
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Earth sweeps up 5,200 tons of extraterrestrial dust each year
As our planet orbits the sun, it swoops through clouds of extraterrestrial dust — and several thousand metric tons of…
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How to Block a Website | Digital Trends
Whether you’re looking to protect your kids from sketchy websites or protect yourself from distracting sites while working, sometimes we…
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Chrome 90 is here with HTTPS as the new default protocol, better video calls
In a nutshell: Google has released Chrome 90 to the stable channel for desktops. With it comes the usual slew…
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Doctors Identify Two Distinct Types of COVID-19-Associated Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
Approximately one-fourth of ARDS patients have disease features that put them at increased risk of death within the first month…
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Snake species from different terrains surrender surface secrets behind slithering success
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Some snake species slither across the ground, while others climb trees, dive through sand or glide…
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A Canadian MP accidentally appeared naked on an internal parliamentary video feed
A Canadian MP inadvertently appeared on a parliamentary video call without clothes on. William Amos apologized, saying he forgot to…
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Best Prime Day Gaming Headset Deals 2021: What to Expect | Digital Trends
We’re expecting thousands of great Prime Day deals soon and that includes Prime Day gaming headset sales. With big discounts…
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Steam user gets refund for “amazing” game because it’s short, rebuys it after dev highlights practice
What just happened? Steam’s refund policy is a feature we can appreciate as gamers. But, like everything in life, there…
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Preventing Heart Infection From Mouth Bacteria With Good Dental Health
Dental exam – woman’s mouth. Credit: Copyright American Heart Association Good oral hygiene and regular dental care are the most…
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UN warns that impact of Caribbean volcano could affect other islands
A NASA Earth Observatory satellite image of the volcano eruption of the La Soufriere Volcano on the Caribbean island of…
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A Taliban leader told the BBC ‘we have won’ after Biden announced the US troop withdrawal from Afghanistan
A Taliban leader said the coming US troop withdrawal from Afghanistan gives the group victory. Balkh’s shadow mayor told the…
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The Disordered Cosmos review: An insider take on physics and injustice
A bold new book by Chanda Prescod-Weinstein combines her love of physics with a strong analysis of the inequalities rife…
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The Best PSVR Games for 2021 | Digital Trends
The PSVR headset is an incredible piece of tech. Sure, it has its flaws, but Sony got a lot right…
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CD Projekt Red says it won’t give up on Cyberpunk 2077
In brief: Given everything that happened with Cyberpunk 2077, one might think CD Projekt Red would want to let the…
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“Beast From the East” – Snow Chaos in Europe Caused by Melting Sea-Ice in the Arctic
The Finnish Meteorological Institute’s observation station used in the study, Pallas National Park, Arctic Finland. Credit: Jeff Welker The April…
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Famous fast radio burst FRB20180916B just barely lets itself be captured
Artistic view of LOFAR’s so-called Superterp in Drenthe, the Netherlands, where low frequency radio waves from the fast radio burst…
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Top GOP hawks come out in full force against an Afghanistan withdrawal by September 11
Republican lawmakers responded to Biden’s decision to withdraw all US troops from Afghanistan. Hawkish lawmakers’ positions on a US pullout…
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Just 3 per cent of the land on Earth is still ecologically intact
By Krista Charles A group of cheetahs in the Serengeti National Park, Tanzania marth/Alamy Most of Earth’s terrestrial habitats have…
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Watch Highlights of Blue Origin’s Space Tourism Rehearsal | Digital Trends
Blue Origin’s Audrey Powers takes her seat inside the New Shepard capsule as part of a simulation exercise for a…
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Anker’s new AnkerWork product line includes a 1080p webcam and a portable conference speaker
In a nutshell: Anker has made its debut into webcams with the PowerConf C300 and announced the PowerConf S500 portable…
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Unique U.S. Army Developed COVID-19 Vaccine Begins Phase 1 Clinical Trial
The Army’s vaccine has potential to offer broad protection from SARS-CoV-2, and may be adapted to protect from other coronaviruses.…
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Using sound waves to make patterns that never repeat
A quasiperiodic two-dimensional pattern. Credit: Fernando Guevara Vasquez Mathematicians and engineers at the University of Utah have teamed up to…
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House committee approves a bill to study reparations for Black Americans for the first time since it was introduced 32 years ago
A House committee approved a bill Wednesday to study reparations for descendants of enslaved people. First introduced in 1989, the…
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Only 3 percent of Earth’s land hasn’t been marred by humans
The Serengeti looks largely like it did hundreds of years ago. Lions, hyenas and other top predators still stalk herds…
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The Sonos-Audi Partnership Isn’t as Exciting as We’d Hoped | Digital Trends
Audi On March 9, Audi released a series of interior photos of its 2022 Q4 E-Tron, and observers were quick…
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The new Sony Xperia 1 III is the world’s first phone with a 4K 120Hz OLED display
In brief: Sony’s latest refresh to the Xperia lineup includes the new flagship Xperia 1 Mark III, the similarly-specced but…
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Telescopes Unite in Unprecedented Observations of Famous Black Hole Across the Entire Electromagnetic Spectrum
Composite image showing how the M87 system looked, across the entire electromagnetic spectrum, during the Event Horizon Telescope’s April 2017…
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To improve climate models, an international team turns to archaeological data
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Climate modeling is future facing, its general intent to hypothesize what our planet might look like…
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American billionaires added $1.62 trillion to their wealth over the last 13 months
From March 2020 to April 2021, America’s billionaires added $1.62 trillion to their wealth. A new report from IPS/ATF tracks…
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Watch Ford Testing Its New Driver-assist Tech on Road Trip | Digital Trends
Ford took its next-generation driver-assist technology on a North American road trip that covered more than 100,000 miles. The hands-free…
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Crypto’s near-term success could hinge on Coinbase’s public listing
Editor’s take: It’s a big day in the cryptocurrency world as Coinbase, the American cryptocurrency exchange founded in 2012, is…
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Brain Shrinkage: Your Neighborhood May Affect Your Brain Health
Study finds evidence of more brain aging in people living in disadvantaged areas. Middle-age and older people living in more…
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Reliably measuring whether rivers or lakes run out of air
International study shows that freshwater polluted by fecal material can be determined more quickly and reliably using a new technique.…
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Matt Gaetz’s ally and accused sex trafficker Joel Greenberg made 150 Venmo payments to dozens of women and a 17-year-old girl, report says
Joel Greenberg made more than 150 payments to dozens of women, The Daily Beast reported. One of the people paid…
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LG’s Rollable TV Goes on Sale in U.S., But It Ain’t Cheap | Digital Trends
LG caused quite a stir when it unveiled the first production version of its remarkable rollable television at CES 2019.…
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Unity will gain native Nvidia DLSS support by the end of 2021
Something to look forward to: Nvidia’s framerate boosting Deep Learning Super Sampling (DLSS) tech wasn’t very good at launch, but…
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How Do We Know if an Asteroid Headed Our Way Is a Dangerous Threat?
There are a lot of things that pose a threat to our planet – climate change, natural disasters, and solar…
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Blow flies may be the answer to monitoring the environment non-invasively
Biologist Charity Owings collects blow flies at Yellowstone National Park. The flies diets are analyzed using isotope analysis to monitor…
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Make coronavirus vaccines patent-free, former world leaders urge Biden
President Joe Biden is being urged to suspend patents for coronavirus vaccines. The move would allow developing countries to produce…
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Outbreak Zombies Strategy Guide – Black Ops: Cold War | Digital Trends
Season 2 of Call of Duty Black Ops: Cold War might be the most extensive free-content download since Warzone itself…
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2022 iPhones said to include 48-megapixel camera, 8K video capture, and no “mini” model
Rumor mill: The iPhone 13 is still months away, but we’re already getting hints on what the generation coming after…
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