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Continental Upgrades the Steering Wheel in One Swipe

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Continental's gesture-based steering wheel

Gestures replace buttons for audio, communications, and more

The gesture-based steering wheel from Continental allows drivers to use functions without taking their eyes from the road.

Brain-Eating Amoeba Infects South Carolina Swimmer

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Naegleria fowleri amoeba

Special drug treatment sent to hospital from pharma company

A South Carolina swimmer has been diagnosed with a rare amoeba infection, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said.

Machine Learning Is Helping Us Find The Genetics Of Autism

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brain

Princeton researchers are working smarter, not harder

Machine Learning Unlocks Potential Autism-Causing Genes…

Sharks Are More Likable When They Swim To Upbeat Music

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shark swimming

Study shows how sensationalist musical choices change public perception

What if videos of sharks swimming were paired with upbeat, pleasant music instead?

Artificial Leaf Scrubs Carbon, Makes Fuel

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Faux Photosynthesis

Researchers at the Argonne National Laboratory have developed a more cost-effective form of carbon capture — an artificial leaf.

How NYC Is Planning To Keep Zika Out Of The Subway

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NYC Subway

By attacking mosquito breeding grounds

To combat Zika underground, the state Department of Health and the Manhattan Transportation Authority will be draining water from subway stations.

Giant Honeybees “Shimmer” To Keep Colonies Cool

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The bugs have a simple dance to help air flow

As temperatures climb, Asian giant honeybees must bust a few moves to keep their colonies cool.

Monsoon Conditions In Guam Send Global Hawks To Okinawa

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Global Hawk In Guam

A drier perch for fancy spy drones.

Storm relocates drones.

Why We Love Trashy Movies

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According to the first study of these films

To find out what makes a trash film (and who’s watching them voluntarily), researchers conducted a survey.

Yellow Fever Is Completely Preventable, So Why Are Millions At Risk?

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How a virus that should be under control has spread around the globe

Yellow fever has infected thousands and emerged in 12 different countries. The World Health Organization now needs to ration vaccine dosages, and the virus is still…

Spider Colonies Are Cooperating Themselves To Death

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Social Spdiers Anelosimus eximius web system

This is why we can’t have nice things

But this sharing may be the reason behind massive die-offs in some of the biggest colonies.

Netflix Releases 360° Virtual Reality Trailer for 'Stranger Things'

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Virtual reality trailer

This creepy content puts Netflix's foot in the virtual reality door

If you haven’t started watching Netflix’s Stranger Things yet, this new virtual reality trailer may be the tipping point to get you into the SciFi, 1980’s world of…

Niantic Wants Pokémon Go Contact Lenses And More

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CEO has big dreams for the game

It's pretty hard to argue that Pokémon Go hasn't been impactful to modern society, at least in the short term. But Game maker Niantic's CEO John Hanke apparently has a…

Watch A Man Get Tattooed By An Industrial Robot Arm

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Tatoué is in business

French designers Pierre Emm and Johan da Silveira have engineered an industrial robot arm to become a tattooist.

Facebook Wants To Clean Up The Clickbait

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You won't believe what will happen to your newsfeed next!

Facebook is trying to get rid of more of those awful "you won't believe what happened" headlines on your newsfeed. You know, the ones your annoying relative seems to…

U.S. Agency Will Lift Ban On Funding For Hybrid Animal-Human Embryos

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Developing embryo

Hybrids could provide invaluable research opportunities

The NIH is planning to life a ban on funding on hybrid embryo research. Embryos that are part human and part animal would allow scientists to do a variety of things,…

Air Force Declares F-35 Ready For Combat

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F-35As In Flight

The cheapest version of the most expensive fighter is almost ready for war

F-35 ready…

Nature Videos Make Prisoners Less Violent

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A prison cell at Pelican Bay State Correctional Facility in California with images of birds projected on the walls.

Simple intervention could improve mental health of nature-deprived inmates

Prisoners at Snake River Correctional Institution in Oregon who were shown nature videos were less aggressive, distressed, nervous, and violent than those who were not…

Amazon Is Getting Into Airplanes Before Drones

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Amazon Prime Airliner

Prime Air is a timeframe, not an airframe

Prime airplane…

The Large Hadron Collider Just Disappointed A Lot Of Physicists

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Large Hadron Collider Atlas experiment detector

No dice. No new particles, either

At the International Conference on High Energy Physics in Chicago, CERN delivered the dismal news…
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