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FTC Announces Winners of Robocall Challenge
Science & Tech  (tags: discovery, computers, concept, design, NewTechnology, interesting, technology, investigation )

JL
- 43 days ago - pubcit.typepad.com
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) yesterday announced two winners of its contest seeking ideas to block illegal robocalls.
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Video:Robotic Jellyfish Could One Day Monitor the Oceans
Science & Tech  (tags: research, tech, technology, scientists, science, NewTechnology, interesting, environment, concept, design )

JL
- 48 days ago - biologicaldiversity.org
So far only a prototype, this sci-fi replica of one of the earth's oldest brainless animals has its own 600-gallon swimming pool.
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Top 10 Mysteries of the First Humans
Science & Tech  (tags: ancient, archaeology, concept, design, discovery, environment, humans, history, investigation, palaeontology, research, science )

Kit
- 60 days ago - livescience.com
Humans are unique among life on this planet, and much remains a mystery as to how we evolved. What steps came first? Why did we evolve this way and not that direction?
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Embryos of World's Most Endangered Cat Preserved for 1st Time
Science & Tech  (tags: concept, research, scientists, wild cat, extinction, liberian lynx, endangered, protect, save, good news )

Giana
- 60 days ago - news.yahoo.com
It seems counterintuitive that castration could help save a species facing extinction. But through removing the ovaries of a female Iberian lynx, scientists say they were able to collect and preserve embryos from the world's most endangered wild cat.
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Special Report on Internet Surveillance, Focusing on 5 Governments and 5 Companies
Science & Tech  (tags: 'CIVILLIBERTIES!', 'HUMANRIGHTS!', freedoms, government, humanrights, HumanRights, media, world, abuse, business, corporate, ethics, law, society, news, safety, investigation, NewTechnology, technology, internet, design, concept )

JL
- 69 days ago - en.rsf.org
It looks at the way governments are increasingly using technology that monitors online activity and intercepts electronic communication in order to arrest journalists, citizen-journalists & dissidents.Around 180 netizens worldwide are currently in prison
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Code Red: Why Kids Aren't Learning Computer Skills
Science & Tech  (tags: american, business, computers, concept, design, discovery, education, engineering, investigation, NewTechnology, research, science, scientists, society, technology )

Kit
- 69 days ago - takepart.com
The producer of 'Waiting for 'Superman' ' busts the myths that coding is just too hard and only for boys. Now, why exactly aren't we teaching more kids how to be the next Steve Jobs or Mark Zuckerberg?
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Best of Press on Passage of the Local Community Radio Act
Science & Tech  (tags: humans, interesting, technology, investigation, news, discovery, concept, design, performance, safety, society )

JL
- 69 days ago - prometheusradio.org
Imagine the benefits of owning a radio station! Organizations would be able to spread their message to the entire community and inform them about local news and events that often gets ignored by the media.
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Video:A Very 'Shocking' 98 Seconds. That Joke (Although Terrible) Will Make WAY More Sense After Watching.
Science & Tech  (tags: environment, energy, concept, health, investigation, humans, science, research, safety, study, technology, society, pollution, protection )

JL
- 72 days ago - upworthy.com
"This starts out psychedelic and ends up psychologic." Add a beat to that last sentence, and you just wrangled yourself a crappy, crappy techno song. Rollie Williams
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Mobile Phone Microscope Detects Worm Infections
Science & Tech  (tags: disease, ethics, children, diet, death, food, health, illness, protection, risks, safety, science, treatment, africa, 'HUMANRIGHTS!', humanrights, HumanRights, world, medicine, design, Gizmos, concept, safety, science, technology, NewTechnology, tech )

JL
- 73 days ago - scidev.net
Children suffering from intestinal worms can now be diagnosed using a mobile phone microscope that is significantly cheaper than conventional methods, which are prohibitively expensive for many communities
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Middle East Food Security Tracking Tool Launched
Science & Tech  (tags: 'HUMANRIGHTS!', freedoms, GoodNews, humanrights, HumanRights, palestine, politics, israel, iran, iraq, middle-east, society, world, Refugees&Relief, conflict, goodnews, ethics, technology, tech, NewTechnology, concept, health )

JL
- 73 days ago - irinnews.org
Now, aid workers and policymakers working on food security and looking for easy access to malnutrition data in Yemen, or how rainfall tends to vary in Syria, can turn to a handy web-based tool.
20 comments
U.N. Foundation Offers a Challenge and a Lesson on Global Health
Science & Tech  (tags: UnitedNations, unitednations, world, health, disease, healthcare, safety, protection, treatment, study, prevention, technology, NewTechnology, Gizmos, health, tech, design, concept )

JL
- 74 days ago - philanthropy.com
The UN Foundation is raising awareness of global health threats through the Global Good Challenge game that can be played on smartphones. Players increase their understanding of health challenges & the UN programs that address them,& can show their s
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Physicists Undo Century-Old Gordian Knot
Science & Tech  (tags: ancient, astronomy, computers, design, concept, discovery, interesting, investigation, NewTechnology, performance, research, science, scientists, study )

Kit
- 79 days ago - livescience.com
A century-old physics question had scientists and mathematicians in knots, until two researchers at the University of Chicago annihilated them.
19 comments
CISPA Is Back: FAQ on What It Is and Why It's Still Dangerous (Take Action)
Science & Tech  (tags: concept, 'CIVILLIBERTIES!', 'HUMANRIGHTS!', humanrights, HumanRights, technology, tech, safety, NewTechnology, investigation, history, design, concept, humans, research )

JL
- 85 days ago - eff.org
Just like last year, the bill has stirred a tremendous amount of grassroots activism because it carves a loophole in all known privacy laws and grants legal immunity for companies to share your private information.
9 comments
A Strategy to Prevent the Next Fukushima
Science & Tech  (tags: radia-active, energy, environment, healthconditions, protection, research, science, Sustainabililty, world, energy, discovery, design, concept, science, scientists, study, technology, research, performance, safety )

JL
- 88 days ago - green.blogs.nytimes.com
Since that accident, whose second anniversary falls on March 11, researchers have been looking at a variety of ways to prevent a repetition.At the Electric Power Research Institute, a nonprofit utility consortium, scientists think they have zeroed in on
8 comments
Take Action: Take Action Now to Kill the New CISPA.
Science & Tech  (tags: abuse, americans, congress, corruption, cover-up, dishonesty, ethics, freedoms, government, media, politics, usa, terrorism, lies, safety, 'CIVILLIBERTIES!', 'HUMANRIGHTS!', HumanRights, humanrights, freedoms, technology, world, study, safety, NewTechnolo )

JL
- 88 days ago - act.freepress.net
It's the zombie bill that refuses to die. The "new" CISPA is identical to the original CISPA that passed in the House last year -- and poses the same threat to our digital civil liberties and our freedom to connect online
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