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Shares of Apple have lost more than 25 percent from an October record, dropping on concerns over the demand prospects for its key iPhone product line. Given this environment, and considering that Apple has roughly $130 billion in net cash -- along w...
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For centuries, astronomers have gazed up at the Milky Way and reasoned that because the ethereal band of cosmic light appears flat, that must resemble the shape of the galaxy. However, a groundbreaking new set of observations reveals our star system...
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Dust off those binoculars because space fans are in for a celestial treat this month. The upcoming Snow Moon will be the second super moon of 2019 to grace our skies, appearing bigger and brighter to the human eye than usual as it makes its closest a...
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Ultrasound May One Day Make the Drugs You Take More Effective. Here's How
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The European Union members' coordinated move followed the expiry of an ultimatum for Maduro to call a new election and aligned them with Washington against Russia and China. "From today, we will spare no effort in helping all Venezuelans achieve fre...
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Mirage jets struck a column of 40 pickups carrying armed groups from Libya deep into Chadian territory, the French army said in a statement. The strikes were the first by French jets in support of Chadian troops since the rebel Military Command Coun...
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Electricity users can incur high-demand charges from many U.S. utilities when they draw a lot of energy from the grid in a short time, which can happen charging an electric vehicle or a number of them at once at a single station. "If you pass the de...
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A sharp increase in obesity-linked cancers among young adults in the United States could foreshadow a reversal in the overall decline in cancer mortality, researchers warned Monday. In a sweeping study covering two-thirds of the US population, they...
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SpaceX's December launch kickstarted a new era of global surveillance.
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The search giant’s fourth-quarter revenue is expected to jump 21 percent to $31.3 billion as marketers spent more on Google ads to reach consumers online. Last week, Alphabet shares rose to the highest levels since October after scandal-plagued riva...
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BELLEVUE, Wash. — A satellite startup called EarthNow is laying out the details of its plan to blanket our planet with high-resolution, real-time, live-video coverage from a 500-satellite constellation in orbit, with support from Microsoft co-founder...
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Two recently published peer-reviewed studies make clear that the planet’s oceans are continuing to set hottest-yet temperature records nearly every year and, secondly, that the rate of ocean warming is in virtual lockstep with what modern clima...
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A chronological listing of news articles posted on the Skeptical Science Facebook Page during the past week, i.e., Sun, Jan 27 through Sat, Feb 2, 2019 Editor's Pick A surprising new picture of ocean circulation could have major consequences for clim...
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Bengio, who is also a co-founder of Montreal-based AI software company Element AI, said he was concerned about the technology he helped create being used for controlling people’s behavior and influencing their minds. Bengio, a professor at the Unive...
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Camo-clad rangers ambush a camp in a lush Thai national park, kicking away a machete and a firearm and pinning two suspected poachers to the ground -- part of a training exercise to counter a lucrative wildlife trade. "Go!" team leader Kritkhajorn T...