Apple Watch will be sold at some Best Buy stores
The Apple Watch is heading to some Best Buy stores ahead of the holiday shopping season.
Consumer & Gadgets
Jul 27, 2015
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Stephen Hawking fields questions on artificial intelligence
Have a question about artificial intelligence and think theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking is the man to ask?
Other
Jul 27, 2015
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A cataclysmic event of a certain age
At the end of the Pleistocene period, approximately 12,800 years ago—give or take a few centuries—a cosmic impact triggered an abrupt cooling episode that earth scientists refer to as the Younger Dryas.
Earth Sciences
Jul 27, 2015
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Fantasy sports company DraftKings raises $300 mn
DraftKings, a leading player in the booming fantasy sports business, announced Monday that it raised $300 million from a group of investors that includes Fox Sports and three major sports leagues.
Business
Jul 27, 2015
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Worldwide strengthening El Nino giveth and taketh away
In California, they're counting on it to end an historic drought; in Peru, they've already declared a pre-emptive emergency to prepare for devastating flooding. It's both an economic stimulus and a recession-maker. And it's ...
Earth Sciences
Jul 27, 2015
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Consumers don't view GMO labels as negative 'warnings', new study shows
A new study released just days after the U.S. House passed a bill that would prevent states from requiring labels on genetically modified foods reveals that GMO labeling would not act as warning labels and scare consumers ...
Social Sciences
Jul 27, 2015
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Study shows how a kernel got naked and corn became king
Ten thousand years ago, a golden grain got naked, brought people together and grew to become one of the top agricultural commodities on the planet.
Biotechnology
Jul 27, 2015
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Greenhouse gas source underestimated from the US Corn Belt, study shows
Estimates of how much nitrous oxide, a significant greenhouse gas and stratospheric ozone-depleting substance, is being emitted in the central United States have been too low by as much as 40 percent, a new study led by University ...
Environment
Jul 27, 2015
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Compulsory schooling laws could bolster free community college argument
Providing two years of free community college to qualifying students is expected to be a hot topic during the 2016 presidential campaign.
Social Sciences
Jul 27, 2015
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Google throttles back vision for its social network
Google on Monday said it is throttling back on its vision of having profiles at its social network serve as people's identities across its range of online offerings.
Internet
Jul 27, 2015
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