This is the news of the year. The Check for update button press now actually tells Google you want the OTA now instead of waiting for it, even if it's staged.

Thank you, +Elliott Hughes!

Study Combines Music and Brain Stimulation to Improve Memory

Baycrest will embark on the first study combining music therapy with brain stimulation to improve memory among patients with Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI).

Only 30 people line up for iPhone 8 at the Sydney Apple Store

Or if Kim Jong Un mentions that Trump's inaugural crowd was smaller than both of Obama's. Trump will literally go ballistic.

#Trump #NorthKorean #Dotard

OSIRIX-REx is coming by to visit us on its way to asteroid Bennu today!

11 Awesome Ways to Get Started on Social Media That Don't Involve Money
 
From Facebook to Instagram, nearly a third of consumers say they use social media to browse items while more than half follow brands to keep up with their latest products.
 
Whether you have a service to share or an app to get in front of the right audience, this is what you need to do to get started on social media.

Burning Cottonwoods a roaring burning sunset behind some large leafless cottonwood trees. Photo: © James "Bo" Insogna - #insognaGallery - iGallery

For more please like, subscribe, follow and share. Very much appreciated!

#sunsets #nature #landscapes #photography

Check out the co-located events at upcoming Embedded Linux Conference in Prague:

Wilfork is with Bill Belichick on this one.

https://nesn.com/2017/09/vince-wilfork-also-wont-buy-tom-bradys-book-i-played-with-him-for-11-years/

Figured we should point this out since some of our Android friends love to talk about how the iPhone isn't the highest ranked from DxOMark and that the U11 and Pixel were top dogs. That is no longer the case.

#android #iphone8 #pixel #htcu11

https://drd.life/2wFuuR4

How Kevin Durant’s attempt to clap back at trolls backfired http://engt.co/2fgkxi4

For once, Smith's intensity might be warranted.

In Today's “Lunch with a Side Order of Science":
In honor of Michael Faraday's birthday, watch Bill Nye discuss his legacy with Eugene Mirman and Astro Mike Massimino: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54lC-k5wd24 #SOS

RIP

"If you had a serious disagreement with someone, would you begin to resolve it by insulting that person and threatening to kill them?"

McCain rejects Graham-Cassidy bill for being partison, not going through regular order and not having a CBO score.

Hopefully he sticks with that decision for another 8 days.

#ObamaCare #MitchDontCare #ADAPT #AZnews #AZactivism #AZresist

Hitting the Breaks on Lethal Brain Cancers

New research conducted in mice provides evidence that highly lethal brain tumors, called high-grade gliomas, stop growing when deprived of a specific molecule naturally produced when brain cells fire.

The research is in Nature. (full access paywall)

#Yoda never really believed in Luke Skywalker...

Bokeh feestje

Santa Monica, CA

Here the +Trey Ratcliff #LAPhotowalk started. You might see that huge group starting to form under the palm trees. Normally I shot from inside the group, but since everyone moves, that was a typical stitching nightmare: resulting in hours of photoshop work. Not this time, I loved the view to the Pacific from the staircase more.
ENJOY

A Favorite Flower Photo

I took this photo a couple of years ago while on Mt Rainier. +Randy T


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through the wall

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Oberbaumbrücke with U1

When Neurogenesis Goes Wrong

Neurogenesis is a complex biological process by which neurons are generated from neural stem cells and progenitor cells. Indeed, the discovery of a dynamic neurogenesis in the adult brain (in both humans and animals) was a kind of extraordinary revelation. In fact, contrary to common popular belief, neurogenesis continuously occurs in specific regions in the adult brain, such as in the hippocampus and the striatum. Neurogenesis occurs in both physiological and pathological conditions.

The research is in PLOS ONE. (full open access)

NASA's asteroid chaser swings by Earth on way to space rock - NASA's asteroid-chasing spacecraft is swinging by Earth on Friday on its way to a space rock.

NASA's Space Hubble Telescope spotted an unusual glowing pair of asteroids
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope helped an international team of astronomers find that an unusual object in the asteroid belt is, in fact, two asteroids orbiting each other that have comet-like features. These include a bright halo of material, called a coma, and a long tail of dust.

GIF:
This time-lapse video, assembled from a set of Hubble Space Telescope photos, reveals two asteroids orbiting each other that have comet-like features. The asteroid pair, called 2006 VW139/288P, was observed in September 2016, just before the asteroid made its closest approach to the Sun. The photos revealed ongoing activity in the binary system. The apparent movement of the tail is a projection effect due to the relative alignment between the Sun, Earth, and 2006 VW139/288P changing between observations.

The tail orientation is also affected by a change in the particle size. Initially, the tail was pointing towards the direction where comparatively large (about 1 millimeter in size) dust particles were emitted in late July. However, from Sept. 20 on, the tail began to point in the opposite direction from the Sun as the pressure of sunlight affects smaller (10 microns in size) dust particles where they are blown away from the nucleus by radiation pressure.
Credits: NASA, ESA, and J. DePasquale and Z. Levay (STScI)

Source & further reading:
https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2017/hubble-discovers-that-a-unique-object-is-a-binary

#nasa #space #universe #asteroid #Hubble #science

Quickie: Langjökull Ice Cap. Iceland

The Langjökull ice cap (https://goo.gl/dzHQpU), Iceland's second-largest ice cap, and surroundings as seen by the European Sentinel-2A satellite (https://goo.gl/cZp5kg) on August 30th, 2017.

Also visible, to the southwest of Langjökull is Þórisjökull (https://goo.gl/JFCs44), a small glacier and volcano.

Full-size:
https://flic.kr/p/YkWJg3

Take a look here for other version of the image:
High-contrast (https://flic.kr/p/XHimiD)
NIR/SWIR version (https://flic.kr/p/YFTe3G)
False color, highlighting snow and water (https://flic.kr/p/XHhUt2)


Image credit: Langjökull Ice Cao, Iceland Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data [2017], processed by +Pierre Markuse

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#science #earth #iceland #icecap #langjökull #space #volcano #glacier #sentinel #sentinel2 #esa #satelliteimages #spacetechnology #photography

The Minnesota Timberwolves are on the brink of locking down Andrew Wiggins for the long term. According to Shams Charania of The Vertical, the two sides are working on a max extension worth $148 million over five years. Wiggins, the No. 1 overall pick in the 2014 NBA draft, is going into his fourth year with the Timberwolves.

The long-awaited Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 launches today on the Nintendo Switch and to celebrate the occasion Bandai Namco have put together an explosive launch trailer. AVAILABLE NOW for the Nintendo Switch, join Goku, Vegeta, Gohan, Piccolo and the rest…

Vote for your favorite Ahsoka Tano moment from The Clone Wars and Star Wars Rebels in our newest poll!

#JimmyKimmel Thanks Sen. #JohnMcCain For Deciding “No” Vote On GOP Health Bill

Wide receiver Jermaine Kearse is a perfect FLEX option heading into Week 3 fantasy football #JermaineKearse #FantasyFootball #NewYorkJets

Is this the biggest news of the damn week (outside of all of the Pixel stuff we showed you)? I'd say so! You can now hammer the "check for update" button and it'll do something!

#android

https://drd.life/2ywdQk7

Shut out of power in Washington, Democratic leaders have been looking for ways to work with President Trump on key issues - but they... https://trib.al/MueXfz1

On one of Apple's most important retail days, things are moving at a surprisingly calm pace.