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Walmart invests in self-driving car start-up Cruise to expand last-mile delivery ecosystem
In brief: Walmart is extending its reach beyond the walls of its iconic white-and-blue supermarkets, and into the realm of…
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Understanding the growth of disease-causing protein fibres
Transmission Electron Micrograph of fibrils from the protein alpha-synuclein, which is associated with Parkinson’s disease. Credit: University of Bath Amyloid…
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A guide to Asana, the workplace management tool that helps streamline communication across teams
Asana is a workplace management dashboard that helps streamline communication across companies and teams. Asana is customizable, and allows users…
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Pokémon Go Gets a New Pokémon Snap Event With Shiny Smeargle | Digital Trends
Pokémon Go is getting a special event to celebrate the release of New Pokémon Snap. Players will be able to grab some…
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Google’s threat to quit Australia follows years of wrangling with news moguls like Rupert Murdoch and lawmakers worried by its power
Australia is set to introduce tough new regulation on Big Tech platforms. Google threatened to leave the country over proposals…
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Amazon took a chunk of Deliveroo. Then things got interesting
In the before times, they would lurk in twos and threes outside restaurants in city centres, waiting to whisk hot…
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We got an exclusive look at the pitch deck that French fintech Libeo used to raise $24 million from DST Global
French fintech startup Libeo has raised €20 million ($24 million) in fresh VC funding. Libeo helps small and medium businesses…
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The Best Outdoor Solar Lights
Solar lights are ideal for brightening up your yard or walkway for two reasons. First: Though they can be a…
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How Covid-19 can improve transport in African cities
During the height of the 2020 pandemic, the authorities in many African cities temporarily banned vehicles that make up the…
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Astronomers confirm orbit of most distant object ever observed in our solar system
Solar system distances to scale, showing the newly discovered planetoid, nicknamed “Farfarout,” compared to other known solar system objects, including…
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Bioinformatic Analysis Offers New Clues to How SARS-CoV-2 Infects Cells
Colorized scanning electron micrograph of an apoptotic cell (green) heavily infected with SARS-COV-2 virus particles (purple), isolated from a patient…
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Pigs show potential for ‘remarkable’ level of behavioral, mental flexibility in new study
Yorkshire pig operating the joystick. Credit: Eston Martz / Pennsylvania State University Pigs will probably never be able to fly,…
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Scientists Are Pretty Sure They Found a Portal to the Fifth Dimension
Dark matter could be the result of fermions pushed into a warped fifth dimension. This theory builds on an idea…
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Increasing reports of PlayStation 5 controller drift are cause of concern
TL;DR: Sony might have been feeling pretty smug as it watched rivals Nintendo and Microsoft hit with lawsuits over their…
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Why are Apple Pay, Starbucks’ app, and Samsung Pay so much more successful than other mobile wallet providers?
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Apple said to be working with TSMC to develop ultra-advanced micro OLED displays
In a nutshell: Apple has reportedly partnered with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) on the development of advanced micro OLED…
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How to Sharpen a Knife (in 8 Simple Steps)
There’s no sense in carrying a knife if it’s not going to be as useful as possible. And a blade’s…
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Plant-based magnetic nanoparticles with antifungal properties
Picture of nanoparticles. Credit: Thakur et al. / Nano-Structures & Nano-Objects, 2020 A team of researchers from Immanuel Kant Baltic…
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A newly discovered space object called ‘Farfarout’ is the most distant thing in our solar system
Astronomers have discovered the most distant object ever found in our solar system. The planetoid — the term for a…
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How to celebrate Valentine’s Day in a pandemic
Valentine’s Day can be sweet without spreading COVID-19. (Pexels/) Click here to see all of PopSci’s COVID-19 coverage. Romance is…
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Hidden conflict in the mutually beneficial relationship between legumes and rhizobia
A cluster of nodules on the roots of the plant Lotus japonicus. Bacterial rhizobia are housed within root nodules and…
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WATCH: House impeachment managers show new footage of Officer Eugene Goodman saving Mitt Romney from the Capitol rioters
House impeachment managers aired previously unseen footage of the Capitol siege on Wednesday. The footage showed how close the rioters…
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This surprisingly common flight issue contributed to Kobe Bryant’s helicopter crash
Whether in a helicopter or airplane, a pilot’s inner ear can give them faulty information. (Photo by Richard Felix on…
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Quantum Causal Loops: Exotic Processes With Cause-Effect Cycles
Quantum causal loops. Credit: @ULB Causal reasoning is ubiquitous — from physics to medicine, economics and social sciences, as well…
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Netflix plans to adapt the ‘Redwall’ fantasy books into a film and animated series
In context: Stories about intelligent animals going through difficult, dramatic, or terrifying situations have been a part of entertainment history…
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Audi’s e-Tron GT charges up fast, but turns even faster
With access to the right charger, the e-tron can go from five percent to 80 percent charge in just over…
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China Swears It Isn’t Building a Time Machine
Vanit JanthraGetty Images China says it definitely isn’t building a time machine. A leaked PowerPoint presentation suggests otherwise. If the…
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Best toaster: Get perfectly golden slices every time
Always perfect. (Cera via Unsplash/) Is there any bagel or slice of rye that’s not more delicious with a dark,…
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GOG’s We Love Games Sale runs through February 15
In brief: GOG’s Valentine’s Day-inspired sale is in full swing. The We Love Games Sale features over 2,500 games at…
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Robinhood has been beefing up its legal firepower with these 15 lawyers as suits pile up
The trading app Robinhood is facing regulatory scrutiny and a slew of customer lawsuits. Most recently, Robinhood was hit by…
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A drop in CFC emissions puts the hole in the ozone layer back on track to closing
Good news for the ozone layer: After a recent spike in CFC-11 pollution, emissions of this ozone-destroying chemical are on…
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Police in Beverly Hills are playing copyrighted music to deter livestreaming
What just happened? Officers with the Beverly Hills police department have seemingly come up with a solution that could deter…
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“Quantum Squeezing” – An Innovative New Way to Search for Elusive Dark Matter
An artist’s depiction of the inner workings of the HAYSTAC experiment. Credit: Steven Burrows For nearly a century, scientists have…
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Audi takes on the Tesla Model S and Porsche Taycan with the $100,000 e-tron GT
The big picture: Audi initially teased the e-tron GT concept at the 2018 LA Auto Show as part of its…
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Surprise! We’re More Like Primitive Fishes Than Once Believed
Vertebrate evolution timeline. Credit: Dr. Guojie Zhang People traditionally think that lungs and limbs are key innovations that came with…
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Strong earthquake shakes western Indonesia; no tsunami alert
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A strong undersea earthquake shook western Indonesia on Wednesday, but no injuries were immediately reported. The…
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Steam China launches with just 53 games
What just happened? This week saw the long-awaited public launch of Steam China, a version of Valve’s platform designed specifically…
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Chrome will soon lose support for some ancient CPUs
In a nutshell: If you’re one of the few people still using a PC with an x86 processor more than…
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Entry, Descent, and Landing: The Most Intense Phase of the Mars Perseverance Rover Mission
This illustration shows the events that occur in the final minutes of the nearly seven-month journey that NASA’s Perseverance rover…
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Quantum effects help minimize communication flaws
Artistic illustration of a communication channel between two partners crossing regions of noise. The noise resistance of the channel is…
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A reeking, parasitic plant lost its body and much of its genetic code
For most of their lives, plants in the Sapria genus are barely anything — thin ribbons of parasitic cells winding…
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13 Years of Assassin’s Creed
Who would have guessed that stealthily scaling a building with a trusty hidden blade would become an annual tradition, but…
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A new way to look for life-sustaining planets
The Very Large Telescope, or VLT, at the Paranal Observatory in Chile’s Atacama Desert. VLT’s instrumentation was adapted to conduct…
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JPMorgan says other big companies are unlikely to copy Tesla’s big cryptocurrency bet because of Bitcoin’s volatility
Elon Musk. Win McNamee/Getty Images Tesla’s bold bitcoin bet is unlikely to be followed by other major corporates, according to…
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Lawyer fails to remove kitten filter from Zoom call, assures judge he is not a cat
Facepalm: The pandemic has pushed much of the world online. While many people are getting used to doing everything via…
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“Game-Changing” New Way to Look for Planets That Could Harbor Life
The Very Large Telescope, or VLT, at the Paranal Observatory in Chile’s Atacama Desert. VLT’s instrumentation was adapted to conduct…
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Could a Nuclear Reactor Actually Last for Hundreds of Years?
In cosmic looter-shooter Destiny 2, players must disable an ancient nuclear reactor. Power reactors rely on fuel changes and moving…
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Scientists propose three-step method to reverse significant reforestation side effect
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain While deforestation levels have decreased significantly since the turn of the 21st century, the United Nations…
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A lone infection may have changed the course of the pandemic
In each warm body it infects, the virus behind Covid-19 has the potential to change. It can become more deadly,…
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Notorious Giuliani witness Mellissa Carone said she’s running for a state house seat in Michigan
A key witness from a Michigan election-fraud hearing last year, is running for state office. Mellissa Carone went viral in…
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