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NASA: Mini ice age is on the way due to lack of sunspots and it’s going to be very cold

Click here: Humanity is facing a long, cold winter which could see temperatures across the planet plunge to depressing lows. That’s the warning from a NASA scientist who fears sunspot activity on the surface of our star has dropped so low that it could herald the arrival of a uniquely grim mini Ice Age.
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Iowa State University Study: Weightlifting is good for your heart and it doesn’t take much

Click here: Lifting weights for less than an hour a week may reduce your risk for a heart attack or stroke by 40 to 70 percent, according to a new Iowa State University study.
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Fake fingerprints imitate real ones in biometric systems

Click here: The neural network not only generated multiple fake fingerprint images, but it also created fakes which look convincingly like a real fingerprint to a human eye.

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Error upends major ocean warming study

Click here: Researchers at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography and Princeton University had to walk back their findings published last month that mistakenly showed oceans have been heating up dramatically faster than previously thought as a result of climate change.

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Video shows migrant caravan is ‘organized, well-funded’ and 95% adult males.

Ami Horowitz traveled to Mexico for a firsthand look at the migrant caravan from Central America. Horowitz shows the reality of the caravan in this short 4-minute video.

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Why Some Capitalists Are the Worst Enemies of Capitalism

Amazon lobbies for government favors and bad regulations that hurt their competition. John Stossel explains in this short 6-minute video.

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Social media use increases depression and loneliness, study finds

Click here: Facebook, Snapchat, and Instagram may not be great for personal well-being. The first study examining social media use shows a  link between time spent on social media and increased depression and loneliness.
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Illegal immigrant released by a “sanctuary city” in New Jersey was charged last week with a triple homicide in Missouri

Click here: Illegal immigrant released by a “sanctuary city” in New Jersey was charged last week with a triple homicide in Missouri
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Larry King slams CNN: ‘Stopped doing news’

Click here: Ex-CNN host Larry King mocked his former employer earlier this week, declaring that the network “stopped doing news a long time ago.”
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Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, 85, hospitalized after breaking ribs in fall

Click here: Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, 85, fell in her office at the court and fractured three ribs, according to a release Thursday.