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Sophie Turner Seemingly Spoils the Ending of 'Game of Thrones' With Her New Tattoo https://trib.al/cOZnugt
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Two creators of major television shows affiliated with 21st Century Fox say they are increasingly embarrassed to work for the same company that owns Fox News, especially because of the news outlet’s favorable coverage of President Donald Trump’s policy of separating immigrant children from their parents at the U.S. border.
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Video Game Loot Boxes Similar to Gambling
Due to the random nature of rewards, the exact number of boxes that require purchase to obtain a valuable item varies.
The research is in Nature Human Behaviour. (full access paywall)
Due to the random nature of rewards, the exact number of boxes that require purchase to obtain a valuable item varies.
The research is in Nature Human Behaviour. (full access paywall)
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D is For Danger: Speech Sounds Convey Emotions
Phoneme-emotion associations are stronger at the beginnings of words than at the middle or ends of words. This allows emotion to be understood fast, even before the whole word is spoken.
The research is in Cognition. (full access paywall)
Phoneme-emotion associations are stronger at the beginnings of words than at the middle or ends of words. This allows emotion to be understood fast, even before the whole word is spoken.
The research is in Cognition. (full access paywall)
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Earth is hit every day by small bits of space dust. Slightly larger chunks burn up colorfully in the atmosphere, causing the shooting stars you see in the sky. Occasionally even bigger rocks hit our atmosphere; they are known as fireballs, because the light from them burning up is particularly bright. These tend to smack the Earth a few times a year and may produce a few fragments for rock-hunters to find.
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The Trump administration is set to announce Tuesday its departure from the United Nations' main human rights body in its latest withdrawal from an international institution.
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Every living first lady has condemned policy separating immigrant parents from children
Every living first lady — including Melania — has condemned the policy of separating immigrant families caught illegally crossing the U.S.-Mexico border. It is a rare moment of bipartisan unity from the women who make up the small sorority of presidential spouses.
Every living first lady — including Melania — has condemned the policy of separating immigrant families caught illegally crossing the U.S.-Mexico border. It is a rare moment of bipartisan unity from the women who make up the small sorority of presidential spouses.
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After years of mostly ignoring the podcast world, Google now makes a dedicated Android app for listening. And it's pretty good! https://wrd.cm/2JSVIKA
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For those who want to understand why we haven’t found any space aliens, the Fermi Paradox is as popular as cheeseburgers. First proposed by physicist Enrico Fermi in 1950, this perennial head-scratcher rests on the idea that it would take only a few tens of millions of years for an advanced civilization to colonize the Milky Way — leaving their mark on every last star system in the galaxy.
So why hasn’t some ambitious race of aliens done that? After all, the Milky Way is three times older than Earth, so they’ve had plenty of opportunity to finish the project. We should see outposts of someone’s galactic empire in every direction. Why don’t we?
As Fermi put it, “Where is everybody?”
Read more: https://buff.ly/2ynHSKU
So why hasn’t some ambitious race of aliens done that? After all, the Milky Way is three times older than Earth, so they’ve had plenty of opportunity to finish the project. We should see outposts of someone’s galactic empire in every direction. Why don’t we?
As Fermi put it, “Where is everybody?”
Read more: https://buff.ly/2ynHSKU
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Spectacular Solar Eruptions As Seen By the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO)
Extreme solar flares and solar eruptions captured by Nasa's Solar Dynamics Observatory.
Solar flares are large eruptions of electromagnetic radiation from the Sun lasting from minutes to hours. The sudden outburst of electromagnetic energy travels at the speed of light, therefore any effect upon the sunlit side of Earth’s exposed outer atmosphere occurs at the same time the event is observed.
Solar flares usually take place in active regions, which are areas on the Sun marked by the presence of strong magnetic fields; typically associated with sunspot groups. As these magnetic fields evolve, they can reach a point of instability and release energy in a variety of forms. These include electromagnetic radiation, which are observed as solar flares.
Clips credit: NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO)
The Solar Dynamics Observatory is a NASA mission which has been observing the Sun since 2010. Launched on February 11, 2010, the observatory is part of the Living With a Star program.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_Dynamics_Observatory
https://sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/
Music credit: YouTube Audio Library
Extreme solar flares and solar eruptions captured by Nasa's Solar Dynamics Observatory.
Solar flares are large eruptions of electromagnetic radiation from the Sun lasting from minutes to hours. The sudden outburst of electromagnetic energy travels at the speed of light, therefore any effect upon the sunlit side of Earth’s exposed outer atmosphere occurs at the same time the event is observed.
Solar flares usually take place in active regions, which are areas on the Sun marked by the presence of strong magnetic fields; typically associated with sunspot groups. As these magnetic fields evolve, they can reach a point of instability and release energy in a variety of forms. These include electromagnetic radiation, which are observed as solar flares.
Clips credit: NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO)
The Solar Dynamics Observatory is a NASA mission which has been observing the Sun since 2010. Launched on February 11, 2010, the observatory is part of the Living With a Star program.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_Dynamics_Observatory
https://sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/
Music credit: YouTube Audio Library
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A crown is merely a hat that lets the rain in.
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For more colorful images from around the world please check my website: https://www.bjornkleemann.com/splash-of-color
For more colorful images from around the world please check my website: https://www.bjornkleemann.com/splash-of-color
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Texas House Speaker Asks Trump To Stop Taking Children From Parents: The Speaker of the Texas House sent a letter to President Donald Trump requesting that he immediately stop taking children away from their parents. The post Texas House Speaker Asks Trump To Stop Taking Children From Parents appeared first on POLITICUSUSA.
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How Autism Associated Gene Affects the Brain
New preclinical research shows a gene already linked to a subset of people with autism spectrum disorder is critical to healthy neuronal connections in the developing brain.
The research is in Developmental Cell. (full access paywall)
New preclinical research shows a gene already linked to a subset of people with autism spectrum disorder is critical to healthy neuronal connections in the developing brain.
The research is in Developmental Cell. (full access paywall)
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Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un photos have replaced ones with Emmanuel Macron in White House http://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-photos-kim-jong-un-macronp-982436 -via Flynx
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Joshua Adam Schulte, of Manhattan, was charged in a 13-count superseding indictment returned by a grand jury. He was expected to be arraigned on the charges on Wednesday. http://nbcbay.com/REhAI7y
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!!! Trump claims that Canadians come into the United States, buy products, and "smuggle" them back into Canada because Canada's tariffs are so high...for example, that they buy shoes in the U.S., wear them, and "scuff 'em up" to make them look plausibly old at the border.
He’s obviously unaware that tariffs apply to companies exporting into Canada, not to Canadians (or Americans) bringing groceries and shoes across the border for personal use.
And the actual tariffs he’s been whining about are on some goods and rarely actually applied. But facts aren’t things Trump is familiar with.
He’s obviously unaware that tariffs apply to companies exporting into Canada, not to Canadians (or Americans) bringing groceries and shoes across the border for personal use.
And the actual tariffs he’s been whining about are on some goods and rarely actually applied. But facts aren’t things Trump is familiar with.
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Adobe Spark Post social media image creator is now available for Android
Use your own photos or one of the free images that come with the app. Then add text, effects or create a collage. There are a wide variety of templates, including designs for YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
A free Adobe account is required. There is a web version at spark.adobe.com
It looks like a worthwhile alternative to Canva.
(I'm hoping the Adobe Spark Video app also makes its way to Android)
Learn more about Spark Post from +Adobe
https://blog.adobespark.com/2018/06/19/introducing-adobe-spark-post-for-android-download-the-beta/
Get the app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.adobe.spark.post
(h/t +Krishna De )
Use your own photos or one of the free images that come with the app. Then add text, effects or create a collage. There are a wide variety of templates, including designs for YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
A free Adobe account is required. There is a web version at spark.adobe.com
It looks like a worthwhile alternative to Canva.
(I'm hoping the Adobe Spark Video app also makes its way to Android)
Learn more about Spark Post from +Adobe
https://blog.adobespark.com/2018/06/19/introducing-adobe-spark-post-for-android-download-the-beta/
Get the app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.adobe.spark.post
(h/t +Krishna De )
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