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The father of all humans lived 239,000 years agotheverge.com
By sequencing the genomes of 2,636 Icelanders — the largest set ever obtained from a single population — researchers were able to identify that genetic mutations play a role in everything from A... -
A biotech war is brewing over control of the revolutionary CRISPR-Cas9 techfiercebiotech.com
Earlier this week, Editas Medicine announced with some fanfare that it had nailed down the IP backing up its work on CRISPR-Cas9, a potentially revolutionary new approach to gene editing with far-ranging therapeutic implications. -
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Sha Hwang, the Designer Hired to Make Obamacare a Beautiful Thingbloomberg.com
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Google Sends Reporter a GIF Instead of a 'No Comment' | WIREDwired.com
The GIF was apparently the official answer Google sent to a reporter in response to his seeming scoop on a new YouTube livestreaming plan. -
EFF's "Yellow Dots of Mystery" on Instructableseff.org
Since late 2004, EFF has been warning the public about "printer dots" -- tiny yellow dots that appear on documents produced by many color laser printers and copiers. These yellow dots form a coded pattern on every page the printer produces and can be u... -
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Your phone on steroidseconomist.com
NEW MOBILE networks come along once every decade or so. Starting around 1980, the first generation of cellular phones relied on analogue technology. When the... -
Drones Beaming Web Access Are in the Stars for Facebooknytimes.com
The social network’s lofty ambitions are the centerpiece of its plans to connect with the five billion or so people it has yet to reach. - marc.info
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Tech Companies and Privacy Advocates to Congress: End Mass Spying Noweff.org
A letter sent from major tech companies and civil society groups demanded Congress end the mass collection of calling records under Section 215 of the Patriot Act before an upcoming June 1 expiration date. The letter was signed by the Reform Government... -
Fiber-Famished Gut Microbes Linked to Poor Healthscientificamerican.com
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RadioShack puts customer personal data up for sale in bankruptcy auctionpcworld.com
Asset sale could include millions of e-mails, physical addresses, and customer names, if legal challenges don't stop it. -
Learn how Bjarne Stroustrup manages technology standards at Morgan Stanley.morganstanley.com
Bjarne Stroustrup, creator of the programming language C++, came to Morgan Stanley for a new set of challenges. - brinckerhoff.org
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Did Neurons Evolve Twice? | Quanta Magazinequantamagazine.org
The comb jelly, a primitive marine creature, is forcing scientists to rethink how animals got their start.