#Ancient shark glided through the sea with wing-like fins

#Ancient shark glided through the sea with wing-like fins

“#Ancient shark glided through the sea with wing-like fins” WASHINGTON – About 93 million years ago, a bizarre plankton-eating shark shaped unlike any other known marine creature glided through the sea in what is now northeastern Mexico using curiously elongated wing-like fins that rendered its body wider than it was long. Scientists on Thursday announced…

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#The best sleepers in each region

#The best sleepers in each region

“#The best sleepers in each region” Everyone loves to find the sleepers in their NCAA Tournament brackets, and this year is no different. Most non-conference games in November and December were canceled due to COVID-19. These smaller schools did not really have the opportunity to show the nation how good they were. That all changes…

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#Mars is first inner planet after Earth to have core measured

#Mars is first inner planet after Earth to have core measured

“#Mars is first inner planet after Earth to have core measured” NASA’s InSight spacecraft has measured the size of Mars’ core for the first time.  The spacecraft launched in May 2018 and successfully landed on the red planet in November of that year.  InSight — which is short for Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport — was created to study the early evolution of terrestrial planets…

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#Twitter puts suspension on Marjorie Taylor Greene’s account

#Twitter puts suspension on Marjorie Taylor Greene’s account

“#Twitter puts suspension on Marjorie Taylor Greene’s account” Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has been temporarily restricted from using her Twitter account on Friday — as Democrats move to boot her from Congress. The GOP congresswoman‘s 12-hour suspension came at 1 a.m. Friday for allegedly violating Twitter rules, her office confirmed hours later, amid a motion…

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#Feds indict Swiss hacker behind massive Verkada breach

#Feds indict Swiss hacker behind massive Verkada breach

“#Feds indict Swiss hacker behind massive Verkada breach” The feds have filed criminal charges against a prolific Swiss hacker who took credit for breaking into more than 150,000 security cameras run by a Silicon Valley startup. A Seattle grand jury indicted Tillie Kottmann, the 21-year-old hacktivist who claimed to be behind last week’s massive breach…

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#Oscars 2021 bans ‘casual’ ‘virtual thing’

#Oscars 2021 bans ‘casual’ ‘virtual thing’

“#Oscars 2021 bans ‘casual’ ‘virtual thing’” Zoom is out and the red carpet is back.  The team behind Oscars 2021 refuses to let the pandemic’s new normal continue: Show producers Steven Soderbergh, Stacey Sher and Jesse Collins have sent a letter to all of the nominees informing them that head-and-shoulders virtual appearances and “casual dress”…

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#NASA, SpaceX sign agreement to enhance space safety

#NASA, SpaceX sign agreement to enhance space safety

“#NASA, SpaceX sign agreement to enhance space safety” NASA said on Thursday it had signed an agreement with billionaire Elon Musk’s SpaceX that would focus on avoiding collisions between the agency’s spacecraft and the rocket company’s large constellation of satellites. The agreement would enhance data sharing between NASA and Starlink, SpaceX’s space internet venture, to…

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#Too much prejudice against old and young in world

#Too much prejudice against old and young in world

“#Too much prejudice against old and young in world” UNITED NATIONS — Prejudice and discrimination based on age is widespread around the world, affecting millions of older and younger people trying to work and get health care, denying their human rights and costing society billions of dollars, a UN report said Thursday. “Its main message…

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