Serious macOS vulnerability exposes the root user

https://securityboulevard.com/2017/11/serious-macos-vulnerability-exposes-the-root-user/

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Give 1,000 monkeys typewriters, they'll write Shakespeare. Give them robot arms, and wait – they actually did that?

http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2017/11/28/monkeys_robot_arm_control/

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Forget Sesame Street, scientists pretty much watched Big Bird evolve on Galápagos island

http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2017/11/24/boffins_catch_big_bird_lineage_on_galapagos_islands/

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North Korean defector: What dramatic footage tells us

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-42076543

Scientists make first attempt at editing genes inside the body

https://www.engadget.com/2017/11/15/scientists-first-attempt-editing-genes-inside-body/

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Rocky Ross 128 b might harbour ALIENS – and it's headed right for us

http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2017/11/15/ross_128_b_exoplanet_is_the_new_proxima_centauri_b/

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Lockheed Martin contract will make sci-fi aerial laser fights a reality

http://feeds.slashgear.com/~r/slashgear/~3/pAfexCC-Wbo/

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Cyber Resilience- what I’ve found (Part 1)

https://securityboulevard.com/2017/11/cyber-resilience-what-ive-found-part-1/

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Drones are being used to protect elephants and rhinos from poachers

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-41672803
do they shoot the poachers too? :P that would be cool
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10/23/17 PHD comic: 'End Times'

http://www.phdcomics.com/comics.php?f=1980

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Daniel Stori’s ‘Death And The Programmer’

https://securityboulevard.com/2017/10/daniel-storis-death-and-the-programmer/

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First Detection of Gravitational Waves from Neutron-Star Crash Marks New Era of Astronomy

First Detection of Gravitational Waves from Neutron-Star Crash Marks New Era of Astronomy

Prince Paul: 'I have my own micronation'

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-41479410

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Geoboffins claim to find oldest trace of life in rocks 3.5bn years old

http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2017/09/30/geoboffins_claim_to_find_the_oldest_trace_of_life_in_rocks_35_billion_years_old/

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Honolulu is the first big US city to ban phone use at crosswalks

https://www.engadget.com/2017/07/30/honolulu-bans-phone-use-at-crosswalks/

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South Park episode plays epic prank on Amazon Alexa owners

http://feeds.slashgear.com/~r/slashgear/~3/uC3q0yFkXsc/

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Researchers estimate the human cost of emissions cheating

https://www.engadget.com/2017/09/18/study-diesel-emissions-preventable-deaths-nitrogen-oxide/

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09/15/17 PHD comic: 'Inner Gollum'

http://www.phdcomics.com/comics.php?f=1973

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Cassini mission ends with final plunge into Saturn

https://www.engadget.com/2017/09/15/cassini-end-of-mission-rip/

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A nanoparticle-coated skin patch could treat obesity and diabetes

https://www.engadget.com/2017/09/15/nanoparticle-coated-skin-patch-treat-obesity-diabetes/

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