• Warm Waters off West Coast Has Lingering Effects for Salmon
  The mass of warm water known as "the blob" that heated up the North Pacific Ocean has dissipated, but scientists are still seeing the lingering effects of those unusually warm sea surface temperatures on Pacific Northwest salmon and steelhead.
• US on Verge of 'Facial Recognition' Revolution
  Facial recognition technology is in use all over the globe, and ready to change the world, NBC News reported.
• Study: Our Antidepressants Get Into Brains of Great Lakes Fish
  High concentrations of antidepressant ingredients and their byproducts have been found in the brains of fish in the Great Lakes, according to a study published in the journal Environmental Science and Technology.
• CIA Tech Leader: AI Can Be 'Process No One Understands'
  The CIA's head of technology development says staying ahead of Russia and China is not as tough as getting U.S. leaders to listen to their own artificial intelligence analysis, Defense One reported.
• Trump Congratulates Astronauts: 'They Make Us All Very Proud'
  President Donald Trump on Sunday congratulated two astronauts who returned to earth, telling them in a phone call, 'They make us very proud."Peggy Whitson and Jack Fischer returned late Saturday after extended stays at the International Space Station. Whitson set records...
• Apple Urges FCC to 'Retain Strong, Enforceable Open Internet Protections'
  Apple broke its silence on net neutrality and urged the Federal Communications Commission in a filing to "retain strong, enforceable open internet protections," CNN reported last week.
• New Space Sound Bursts Have Scientists Puzzled
  A new burst of 15 short pulses of radio emission from a distant galaxy have astronomers wondering if they are from rapidly spinning neutron stars or black holes, or are signs of spacecraft from alien civilizations, CBC News reported.
• 3-Mile Asteroid Florence to Be Closest to Earth Friday
  A three-mile-wide asteroid will sail past Earth on Friday, the largest object to make a close-encounter, albeit 4.4 million miles away, since NASA began tracking the events in the 1990s.
• Report: Scientists 'Hacked' Brain, Controlled Body
  Scientists have managed to remotely control a brain, forcing test-subject mice to run, freeze in place and even lose control over their limbs, according to new research.
• Hackers Using Phone Numbers to Reach Online Accounts
  Hackers are targeting cell phone numbers to gain easy access to victims' online accounts - and virtual currency, the New York Times reported.
• Report: Solar Power's Storage Problems Diminish Grid Stability
  The United States is nearing the point of having too much solar energy on the electric grid, a new report claims.
• Tesla's Musk, Other Robotics Experts Urge UN to Ban Killer Robots
  Tesla's Elon Musk and Google Deepmind co-founder Mustafa Suleyman, along with 116 other robotics and artificial intelligence experts, are calling on the United Nations to take action against "killer robots," the Guardian reported Sunday.
• NOAA's Federal Advisory Panel on Climate Change Disbands
  The Trump administration is disbanding a federal advisory panel on climate change, The Washington Post reported Sunday.The charter for the 15-member Advisory Committee for the Sustained National Climate Assessment expired Sunday. Last Friday its chair was told the National...
• NASA: 3-Mile-Wide Asteroid Set to Pass by Earth Sept. 1
  Labor Day weekend is set to get off to a stellar start when a 2.7-mile-wide asteroid has a "relatively close encounter" with Earth on Friday, Sept. 1, according to NASA officials, The Daily Mail reported Friday.
• Scientists: Breakthrough in Re-Animation Shows Hope for Space Travel
  The possibility of being able to live forever appears to have come a step closer with scientists in the United States proving they can revive cryogenically frozen life.
• Researchers Find Signs of Alzheimer's in Chimps
  Researchers studied the brains of deceased chimpanzees and discovered that they showed markers of the human form of Alzheimer's disease.
• Hyperloop One Hits Milestone in Test: 192 MPH
  Hyperloop One's full-scale pod hit a new record of 192 mph in a test Saturday, according to TechCrunch.
• Biologists: Great White Sharks Return to Southern Calif. Coast For Food, Warm Water
  Juvenile great white sharks have been hanging out in hot spots close to Southern California shores because the water is warmer, there is an abundance of stingrays and there are fewer predators, biologists tell USA Today.
• Aug. 21's Total Solar Eclipse Will Paralyze, Mesmerize US
  Forget debates on repealing Obamacare, tax reform, the mainstream media's obsession with anti-Trump administration stories, or investigations into Russian meddling, Aug. 21 is going to mesmerize and draw a dividing line through America like never before.A coast-to-coast...
• Lyme Disease Drug Nears Human Trials
  A revolutionary drug that could prevent Lyme disease - the tick-spread illness whose victims have included Alec Baldwin, Kris Kristofferson and Avril Lavigne - may be ready for human trials next year
• Biomedical Tech Project Works to Bring Brain Dead Back to Life
  The age-reversal work of a doctor haunted by the death of a young neighbor will be used by a Philadelphia-based company aiming to start human trials on brain-dead patients in Latin America, the Daily Mail reports.
• Study: Almost Half of US Jobs at Risk of Automation
  Approximately half of American jobs could be replaced by automation in the coming years, and roughly one in four are at risk of being lost to foreign competition, according to a study recently published by Ball State University.
• Apple Files Patent to Allow Discreet 911 Calls
  Apple has filed a patent that would create a "panic alarm" to be used to discreetly call 911 using an iPhone's fingerprint sensor in case of an emergency.
• LinkedIn Poll: Bankers Worry About Jobs Lost to Automation
  A quarter of banking's "front line" professionals are worried about losing their jobs to robots and artificial intelligence-boosted mobile apps, according to a LinkedIn survey.
• Report: Rising Sea Levels Will Flood 100s of Coastal Cities
  Sea level rise will flood hundreds of coastal cities in the near future, according to a report published Wednesday by the Union of Concerned Scientists.

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