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Announcing the "Marvel Studios' Black Panther: Wakanda Remixed EP," available today from Marvel Music and Hollywood Records! Listen here: http://bit.ly/2L6ry2s

Working Memory May be More Flexible than Previously Thought

The amount of resources that the brain allocates to working memory is not fixed but could be the result of balancing resource cost against cognitive performance.

The research is in eLife. (full access paywall)

NASCAR Cup Series: Practice Results https://racingnews.co/2018/08/17/bristol-practice-times-august-17-2018-nascar-cup-series/

Tags: #nascar #bristol #bristolmotorspeedway

Trump Just Admitted That He’s Firing FBI Agents To Discredit Robert Mueller: While speaking with reporters as he left the White House, Trump blew up all of his administration's excuses for the FBI firings and revoking Brennan's security clearance by admitting that he is doing all of this to discredit Robert Mueller.

Failing Trump Flips Out And Tantrums That He’s Already Made America Great Again: Even though he has accomplished nothing but pass a tax cut bill for the wealthy, Trump lost it over criticism from NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo and claimed that he has already made America great again.

CRISPR Helps Target Mood Boosting Receptors in Brain

Using CRISPR technology, the scientists have been able to target an altogether different type of receptor called delta-type GABA receptors.

The research is in Journal of Neuroscience. (full access paywall)

Do You Work With Autistic Children?

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Initial pre-orders for Galaxy Note 9 are higher than Galaxy S9, but down compared to Note 8
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NASA's Space to Ground: ICARUS Ascending
Week of Aug. 17, 2018: NASA's Space to Ground is your weekly update on what's happening aboard the International Space Station.

Icarus is a collaborative environmental experiment between Germany and Russia that studies the migratory patterns of small animals on Earth. It consists of an antenna and GPS hardware to track the movements of animals that have been tagged with small GPS receivers. The experiment may provide data about how animals move from one location to another, how animal population density shifts over time, and how diseases spread.

Credit: NASA's Johnson Space Center
Duration: 2 minutes, 42 seconds
Release Date: August 17, 2018

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OnePlus 6T to arrive in October w/ slightly higher price, launching on T-Mobile | by @nexusben

OnePlus has been growing a lot year by year, and its latest OnePlus 6 is the most popular device yet.  But given the company’s launch schedule, we’re not too far off from the OnePlus 6T, and today we’re getting some new details on that phone.

Come back from the dachas.

Explains why it was dated July 26th.

Small world
The train is a small world moving through a larger world.

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At age 61, Sterling Marlin is winning races with Parkinsonism; Close to setting all-time win record at Fairgrounds Speedway Nashville https://racingnews.co/2018/08/17/sterling-marlin-where-are-they-now/

Tags: #sterlingmarlin #nascar #racing

Too late- for our Moon and Jupiter; that was yesterday's earthquake.usgs.gov

ACLU Reaches Agreement With U.S. on Plan to Reunite Children: The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the U.S. government have finally agreed on a new plan to reunite hundreds of families which had been separated by immigration officials at the U.S.-Mexican border. The families were trying to cross into the United States at the border but without proper documentation the adults were arrested and … Continue reading "ACLU Reaches Agreement With U.S. on Plan to Reunite Children"

Friday 5: Reasons the OnePlus 5T is still a good (notchless!) buy [Video] | by @iamdamienwilde

The OnePlus 5T really isn’t that old, but its was still overtaken recently by the latest addition to the family. Its shiny new sibling, the OnePlus 6, launched after just 6 months of 5T in the spotlight. It’s hard to believe that it’s still less than a…

Lockheed Martin gives first look into where astronauts may live on missions to deep space - A massive cylindrical habitat may one day house up to four astronauts as they make the trek to deep space.

Samsung Galaxy Note 9 update adds toggle for super slow-motion recording speeds, August security patch | by @nexusben

One of the biggest highlights of Samsung’s Galaxy S9 earlier this year was the camera, and the super slow-motion video mode got a lot of attention. That same feature is available on the Note 9, and with the phone’s first update, it’s getting an extra…

It’s not the first time the company has slammed into privacy problems related to its phones.

It’s been a busy couple of weeks some well known Linux projects, with developers clearly choosing to make hay while the sun shines (and boy has it been shining here in the UK!).  This post is a roundup a some recent Linux app releases, with a highlight of…