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‘I am no John Gotti,’ Pagan biker says as he’s sentenced...
A Pagans Motorcycle Club member was sentenced to life plus 30 years in prison on charges he plotted the murder of popular radio host April Kauffman in order to protect a pill-dealing scheme he had setup with her husband. Ferdinand Augello, 62, was found guilty on Oct. 2 of murder, murder conspiracy, racketeering and drug…
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Automated Liquid-Handling System CyBio FeliX is a flexible pipetting platform for fully automated single- to multichannel liquid-handling tasks, and can be equipped according to your individual process. It features up to 384 channels and a volume range of 0.5 µL–1,000 µL, enabling parallel transfer in 96- and 384-well formats, and pipetting with single channel, by…
Books for budding scientists
From audacious space missions and quantum physics to clean cookstoves and coral nurseries, this year's finalists for the AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prizes for Excellence in Science Books dare to go where few children's titles have gone before. Sponsored by Subaru of America and facilitated by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS, the publisher…
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US gymnastics new interim boss Mary Bono ‘regrets’ anti-Nike tweet
Simone Biles (right) criticised Bono's tweet, which has now been deletedThe new boss of US gymnastics says she "regrets" a month-old tweet which appeared to criticise Nike's decision to make NFL star Colin Kaepernick the face of their new advertising campaign. Mary Bono, 56, had tweeted a picture of herself colouring in the Nike logo.…
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Amazon Echo Sub
Amazon's Echo smart speakers put out pretty solid sound for their size and price, but they skimp a bit on deep bass and don't even try to reach sub-bass levels. Enter the Echo Sub, a wireless subwoofer designed to be paired with one or two Echo speakers to help produce the low-end rumble the speakers…
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Studies highlight lasting effects of early life stress on the genome, gut, and brain
SAN DIEGO -- Excessive stress during fetal development or early childhood can have long-term consequences for the brain, from increasing the likelihood of brain disorders and affecting an individual's response to stress as an adult to changing the nutrients a mother may pass on to her babies in the womb. The new research suggests novel…
White House Asks Supreme Court To Fast-Track Ruling On Transgender Military Ban
The U.S. Supreme Court, taken on November 8, 2018. Mark Wilson/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Mark Wilson/Getty Images The U.S. Supreme Court, taken on November 8, 2018. Mark Wilson/Getty Images The Department of Justice asked the Supreme Court on Friday to bypass lower courts and rule quickly on its ban of most transgender military…
Steadicam Volt’s cinematic smartphone stabilizer is a little fiddly
Tiffen says the reason for the hybrid gimbal/gyro approach is to give users maximum control. By applying pressure to the control surface just above the grip, you can quickly flip it around or change focus to a different subject. The Osmo and other products, on the other hand, can pan only as fast as the…
Anti-aging drug cocktail teases significant lifespan extension in early experiments
Five drugs were ultimately included in the experiments, including a antibiotic called rifampicin, an immunosuppressive agent called rapamycin, and metformin, a drug commonly used to treat type 2 diabetes. After extensive tests the researchers discovered a novel triple-cocktail of rapamycin, rifampicin, and allantoin resulted in the best lifespan-extending effects.
The Satanic Temple Is Suing ‘The Chilling Adventures Of Sabrina’ & Netflix For $50...
On Nov. 8, several media outlets reported that the Satanic Temple is suing The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina (specifically, Netflix and the show's production company, Warner Bros.) over a statue that appears at Sabrina's school. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the Satanic Temple has filed a $50 million lawsuit against Netflix and Warner Bros., and…
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Pennsylvania’s list of approved conditions for medical marijuana could grow, and...
Because today’s best medical practices aren’t always tomorrow’s, the Wolf Administration has established procedures for changes to the existing list of 21 diseases or conditions for which doctors and their patients could turn to forms of medical marijuana. The new process, released Friday by state Department of Health, would route such requests to the state’s…
