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Illicit 3D scans of Nefertiti bust raise questions about digital art
Digital Trends - 11 Mar 2016 15:12
A daring plan by two artists to scan a bust housed within a German museum made headlines earlier this year, but there's new evidence that hackers played a bigger role than previously assumed. The post Illicit 3D scans of...
Attribution of extreme weather events in the context of climate change -- new report
EurekAlert! - 11 Mar 2016 07:00
(National Academy of Sciences) It is now possible to estimate the influence of climate change on some types of extreme events, such as heat waves, drought, and heavy precipitation, says a new report from the National Aca...
Artemisinin combination therapy prevents malaria in pregnancy
e! Science News - 11 Mar 2016 21:56
Pregnant women can be protected from malaria, a major cause of prematurity, low birth weight and death in infants in Africa, with dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine (DP), an artemisinin combination therapy that is already wi...
Physics pair show that Ising model can be used as a universal spin model
Phys.org - 11 Mar 2016 15:30
(Phys.org)--A pair of physicists has shown that it is possible to transform disparate spin models into different types of just one simple model. In their paper published in the journal Science, Gemma De las Cuevas, with ...
Neurofeedback reduces pain, increases quality of life for cancer patients suffering from chemotherapy-induced neuropathy
Science Daily - 11 Mar 2016 22:01
A new study evaluating the use of neurofeedback found a decrease in the experience of chronic pain and increase quality of life in patients with neuropathic pain, researchers report.
2016 Infiniti QX60 First Drive
Slash Gear - 11 Mar 2016 20:09
Much of Infiniti's recent success has come from its crossover line-up, where it presents three distinctly different choices for luxury-seeking families. Sandwiched between the entry-level QX50 and the high performance QX...
Parents of premature babies get confidence boost from home-from-hospital project
Science Daily - 11 Mar 2016 19:50
New parents benefit from help to prepare them to bring their premature babies home from hospital, researchers have found. A team examined the effects of a parent-orientated discharge planning process, known as the Train-...
Early detection: Colorectal cancer rates declining in Germany
Science Daily - 11 Mar 2016 17:56
The introduction of screening colonoscopy in Germany is showing results: Within ten years of the start of this screening program for the early detection of colorectal cancer, the number of new cases has significantly dro...
NASA selects instruments to study air pollution, tropical cyclones
Phys.org - 11 Mar 2016 15:53
NASA has selected two proposals for new Earth science investigations that will put new instruments in low-Earth orbit to track harmful particulate air pollutants and study the development of tropical cyclones.
Wikipedia Looking To Develop Their Own Speech Engine
Ubergizmo - 11 Mar 2016 12:01
If you have no problems using your hands and your eyes, surfing websites is a breeze and you'll be able to read and navigate it easily. However there are people out there living with disabilities that makes it hard to na...
Resetting The Clock Linked To Health Risks: How To Ease Transition To Daylight Saving Time
Tech Times - 11 Mar 2016 05:42
A recent study found that the total rate of ischemic stroke increased by eight percent in the first two days after the daylight saving time transition. Here are some tips on how to avoid health issues and make the transi...
Large Hadron Collider results may hint at a new era of physics
BGR - 11 Mar 2016 04:45
Are we about to enter a new era of physics? Data collected by the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland may have identified particle activity that doesn't fit the standard laws of physics. The analysis by scientists inclu...
Spraying To Eliminate Mosquitoes May Not Stop Spread Of Zika Virus: WHO
Tech Times - 11 Mar 2016 04:29
WHO Assistant Director-General Marie-Paule Kieny said using traditional methods to eliminate mosquitoes has had no impact in fighting off dengue. The same issues might apply to Zika virus, she said.
Facebook to let users disable all live video notifications after influx of complaints
Digital Trends - 11 Mar 2016 03:47
A planned Facebook update will allow users to disable all notifications of live videos. The move comes after a number of users complained about receiving too many alerts regarding live streams from pages and friends. The...
How to Send an Email in 1984
Gizmodo - 11 Mar 2016 23:44
Personal computing has changed a lot in the last 30 years, as this episode segment from 80s tech show Database will no doubt prove. For example, what the heck is the Micronet?
Nintendo's 'Miitomo' mobile app goes live in Japan next week
Engadget - 11 Mar 2016 23:35
For people in Japan, the anticipation of Nintendo's first smartphone app will be over soon. The company announced today via Twitter that Miitomo, its long-awaited, free-to-play mobile title, is launching in Japan on Marc...
Wax Is The New Weed
Gizmodo - 11 Mar 2016 23:20
I thought this pen, the Lynx Hypnos Zero, was for e-liquid at first. I dropped in a few dabs of peach-flavored oil, pressed the button and inhaled. The smoke was thick and my lungs, which rarely see smoke since I moved o...
Gillmor Gang LIVE 03.11.16
TechCrunch - 11 Mar 2016 23:16
Gillmor Gang – John Borthwick, Robert Scoble, Daniel Ilkovich, Keith Teare, Kevin Marks, and Steve Gillmor. LIVE recording session today, Friday March 11 at 1pm PT. Our LIVE chat during the show broadcast Gillmor Gan...
North Korea Is Frantically Searching For One Of Its Submarines: Report
Gizmodo - 11 Mar 2016 23:15
Details remain scarce, but reports state that North Korea has lost one of its submarines. It is not clear what exactly the suspected state of the submarine is but North Korea is frantically searching for it. This event c...
Watch President Obama's interview at SXSW Interactive
Engadget - 11 Mar 2016 23:04
A US president is about to speak at SXSW Interactive for the first time. President Barack Obama -- who's known to be relatively tech savvy, at least as far as presidents go -- will participate in an interview during a ke...
The Chevy Volt is a fun hybrid that tiptoes into the future
Engadget - 11 Mar 2016 23:00
I have to drive 40 miles and the 2016 Chevy Volt says I only have about 23 miles of charge left in the battery. No biggie: I have three quarters of a tank of gas. I hit the accelerator and the car's two electric motors p...