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Kelly Paik

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Kelly Paik writes about science and technology for Fanvive. When she's not catching up on the latest innovations, she uses her free-time painting and roaming to places with languages she can't speak. Because she rather enjoys fumbling through cities and picking things on the menu through a process of eeny meeny miny moe.
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Federal workers using encryption to talk Trump

It’s hard to believe we’re only three weeks into the Trump presidency but here we are. Yet for all the frenzy surrounding the new...
Nasa Astronaut Scott

What NASA’s twins study told us about how space can affect our bodies

Living in space can take its toll on our health. And while NASA already knows a lot about the effects it can have on...
Chimera embryo

Recapping a historic week for growing animal hybrids

No longer just a drawing in old mythology books, chimeras just became real in the research lab. Last week, researchers made the historic announcement...
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Find my iPhone now works with AirPod

It might have taken a lot of “courage” for Apple to introduce the AirPod. But one could argue it takes just as much courage...
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The Mirai botnet author may have just been outed

Renowned security blogger Brian Krebs just gave us all a rare glimpse at the mess lurking under the rug in the world of cyber...
Ebola Virus

Global coalition wants to create vaccines before the next pandemic comes

The world wasn’t ready for the Ebola epidemic of 2014. Global reaction times were slow and a vaccine didn’t begin human trials until after...
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Lyft co-founders give their ideas on how to kill rush hour traffic

We all hate traffic. But do you hate it enough to start carpooling more? Lyft’s co-founders just published some ideas on how we can...
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Scientists find out why killer whales go through menopause

If reproduction is an important part of survival, then menopause should never have evolved in any species. Yet three groups - humans, killer whales,...
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Take two: Consumer Reports now recommends the new Macbook Pro

After an initial flub in December, Apple got the coveted recommended rating from Consumer Reports it had been seeking for its latest Macbook Pro....
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Source of mystery radio burst found in space

Scientists have long scratched their heads over a mysterious explosion of radio energy coming from somewhere in the vast night sky and lasting only...

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Facebook now uses a selfie to prove your identity

The next time Facebook notices suspicious activity on your account, they could be asking you to verify your identity via selfie. The social media...
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Google now shows wait times for sit down restaurants and soon grocery stores

Google has once again improved the live search results returned for businesses. Last year Google added the ability to do real time crowd tracking....
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No one’s in the driver’s seat of these driverless cars by Waymo

This week, Waymo debuted a public test of their self-driving cars in the Phoenix metro area with one very important thing missing - a...