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From Internet to Obamanet

Click here: Critics of President Obama’s “net neutrality” plan call it ObamaCare for the Internet.
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Nevada Solar farm sets 130 birds on FIRE

Click here: Extreme glow of power plant ignites birds mid-air during tests

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5-years of NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory

February 11, 2015 marks five years in space for NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory, which provides incredibly detailed images of the whole sun 24 hours a day. Capturing an image more than once per second, SDO has provided an unprecedentedly clear picture of how massive explosions on the sun grow and erupt ever since its launch on Feb. 11, 2010. The imagery is also captivating, allowing one to watch the constant ballet of solar material through the sun’s atmosphere, the corona.

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Left-Wing Activist shows how he Manipulates the Media to Spread His Message

Click here: ‘Jetsetting terrorist’ Peter Young tells us how he gets malleable bloggers and lazy journalists to generate outrage and attention for him.
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Paper: Global Warming Biggest Science Scandal Ever

Click here: The fiddling with temperature data is the biggest science scandal ever
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‘Selfies’ turn deadly in Colorado

Taking ‘Selfies’ May Have Played Role In Fatal Plane Crash

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Why A Fake Article Titled “Cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs?” Was Accepted By 17 Medical Journals

Click here: A Harvard scientist wanted to see exactly how easy it is to get medical research published. In some cases, $500 is pretty much all it takes.
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New police radars can ‘see’ inside homes

Click here: U.S. law enforcement agencies have secretly equipped their officers with radar devices that allow them to see through house walls, a practice raising new concerns about warrantless searches and the extent of government surveillance.
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Hackers Show How Easy It Is to Steal Your Identity from Selfies

Speaking to an enthusiastic audience at a cybersecurity conference in Hamburg late last month, the keynote speaker (identified only as “Starbug”) showed how unsecured computers and cellphones really are, despite seeming protected with passwords, lock codes, fingerprint scanners, facial recognition systems or even iris scanners.