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Calcium in arteries is shown to increase patients' imminent risk of a heart attack
Science Daily - 16 Mar 2019 22:21
New research findings show that identifying the presence or absence of coronary artery calcium (CAC) in a patients' arteries can help determine their future risk.
Voice control your home phone with Amazon's Echo Connect on sale for $13
Android Central - 16 Mar 2019 19:20
Convert your landline. Factory reconditioned models of the Echo Connect are on sale at Woot for just $12.99 today only. This device sells for $35 brand new at Amazon, with previous deals never bringing it below $24. Thes...
What's the Closest Planet to Earth? Not Venus, Scientists Say
SPACE.com - 16 Mar 2019 14:10
That acronym you learned to memorize the order of the planets has led you astray.
NASA engineer looks to Saturn moon Titan for human colony - CNET
CNET - 16 Mar 2019 00:59
Titan's big selling point is that you could attach wings to your arms and fly.
Early sports specialization tied to increased injury rates in college athletes
Science Daily - 16 Mar 2019 22:22
Sixty million kids participate in organized athletics each year with ever increasing amounts of children specializing in one sport before the age of 14 with hopes of a college scholarship or professional career on the li...
Don't Miss these Intriguing Black Hat Asia Briefings
Dark Reading - 16 Mar 2019 15:00
With two weeks to go, organizers would like to quickly highlight some Black Hat Asia Briefings that you may have overlooked!
At Bird, the Word Is Not Bird: It's Layoffs
Gizmodo - 16 Mar 2019 07:00
Folks, it's been a rough month for electric scooter startups.
Blood flow restriction therapy may protect against bone loss following ACL reconstruction
EurekAlert! - 16 Mar 2019 06:00
(American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine) Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) reconstruction patients often face bone and muscle loss immediately following the procedure. Researchers presenting their work today at ...
Snapchat will launch a gaming platform, now that its rivals have copied everything else
BGR - 16 Mar 2019 05:07
After being hampered by stagnant growth as its rivals relentlessly copy and repurpose its core features, the next era in the story of Snapchat is apparently at hand. And it will have gaming at its core. The popular ephem...
Air Force launches WGS-10 communications satellite
Space News - 16 Mar 2019 03:00
WGS-10 was the second to last mission for the Delta 4 medium. SpaceNews.com
Axiom Verge Developer And Distributor Say Its Publisher Owes Them Over $250,000
Gizmodo - 16 Mar 2019 02:30
Axiom Verge, the celebrated Metroidvania from developer Tom Happ, is getting a physical release on Wii U this year. That's the good news. The bad news is that the game's distributor Limited Run Games and its business man...
FCC opens up experimental spectrum licenses for 6G - CNET
CNET - 16 Mar 2019 02:27
5G has barely gotten off the ground, and US regulators are already looking to the next big thing in wireless.
Facebook and Google broke down barriers to broadcast media -- even for mass killers
L.A. Times - 16 Mar 2019 02:05Dormant viruses activate during spaceflight
Science Daily - 16 Mar 2019 22:22
Herpes viruses reactivate in more than half of crew aboard Space Shuttle and International Space Station missions. While only a small proportion develop symptoms, virus reactivation rates increase with spaceflight durati...
Blood flow restriction therapy may protect against bone loss following ACL reconstruction
Science Daily - 16 Mar 2019 22:22
Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) reconstruction patients often face bone and muscle loss immediately following the procedure. Researchers note that combining blood flow restriction (BFR) therapy with traditional rehabili...
Women in tech: Success still hangs on relationships and privilege
Engadget - 16 Mar 2019 16:00
March is Women's History Month and last Friday was International Women's Day. Many organizations, including tech companies, took the opportunity to celebrate the occasion in different ways. Google, for example, partnered...
Space Photos of the Week: One Last Piece of the Moon Rock
Wired - 16 Mar 2019 16:00
NASA is releasing some of its last samples from the lunar surface to scientists.
Apple wants to take on Netflix with Oprah & Spielberg. Making it happen will be a challenge
USA Today - 16 Mar 2019 15:00
One analyst predicts Apple will be No. 2 to Netflix with 100 million subscribers. But first, it will need to buy CBS or another producer.
Comet 21P Crosses Paths with a Star Cluster in Sparkling Deep-Space Image
SPACE.com - 16 Mar 2019 14:00
In this deep-space photo, the bright-green Comet 21P/Giacobini-Zinner blazes across a sparkling star field, passing by the open star cluster M37 as it makes its way through the Auriga constellation.
How Does Music Affect Your Brain? Every Way Imaginable
Wired - 16 Mar 2019 14:00
In the latest episode of 'Tech Effects,' we investigated how music gets into our brains--and our bodies.
Cosmic Bat Nebula Photographed by ESO's Very Large Telescope
SPACE.com - 16 Mar 2019 13:54
A new image from the European Southern Observatory captures a cosmic bat tucked away in one of the darkest corners of the Orion constellation.
U.S. federal court jury finds Apple infringed three Qualcomm patents
TechCrunch - 16 Mar 2019 13:24
Mobile chipmaker Qualcomm has chalked up another small legal victory against Apple in another patent litigation suit. A jury in a U.S. federal court in San Diego found Friday that Apple owes Qualcomm about $31M for infri...