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Avoid the Chip: Speed Up Your Checkout

WSJ.com 

Chip-card checkout nightmares? WSJ's Joanna Stern explains the transition to the new EMV chip cards for credit and debit, and why your smartphone is the real answer to all your payment problems. Photo illustration/video: Drew Evans/The Wall Street Journal.

The robots are coming... to water your garden

CBC 

While many people find gardening with their own two hands a relaxing activity, a company called FarmBot is now selling robots designed to weed, water and grow fresh produce for you. CBC Radio technology columnist Dan Misener looks into the appeal of the robot gardener.

Generic Drugs vs Brand Name: Johns Hopkins Researchers' Biologic Study Looked At Cheaper Options

International Business Times 

A new study indicates that generic biologic drugs — a cheaper option — are as just as effective as their brand name counterparts. Researchers from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health found that "generic forms of a biologic drug used to treat rheumatoid arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease and psoriasis" seemed to be just as safe and effective, according to a press release.



U.S. should probe price spike in biofuels credits: ethanol group

Yahoo Autos 

By Tom Polansek CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. derivatives regulators and environmental officials should probe for possible manipulation in the market for U.S. biofuels credits after prices surged for unknown reasons, an association representing the ethanol industry has said. The Renewable Fuels Association, in a letter dated Aug. 1, encouraged the heads of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the Environmental Protection Agency to determine "whether certain parties may be exerting undue influence... Читать дальше...

Every baby born in 2016 contains atom bomb radiation — here's why

BusinessInsider.com 

Public domain

Seventy-one years ago Saturday, a United States B-29 bomber named the "Enola Gay" dropped the atomic bomb "Little Boy" over the Japanese city of Hiroshima.

The bomb fell just over 29,000 feet from the plane and detonated 1,900 feet above Shima Hospital, an active medical center with a history dating back to the 18th Century. Between four and five square miles of buildings were leveled in the blast generated by just 141 pounds of highly enriched uranium. The US Department... Читать дальше...

Here's What Happens To Your Body When You Hike The Appalachian Trail

BuzzFeed 

Jeff Östberg for BuzzFeed News

In 2009, I set out to hike the Appalachian Trail from Georgia to Maine. Over the five months it took me to cover those 2,000 miles of mountainous terrain, I was transformed into a mythic beast. Fat, and then muscle, began to evaporate from my frame. My legs were the only exception; instead they grew freakish, veiny, and equine. Atop my head sprouted the hair of a gorgon. From my chin, the beard of a goat. A mustache grew over my top lip and began to curl inward toward my teeth... Читать дальше...

Here’s what it’s like to be a US Marine stationed in Okinawa, Japan

BusinessInsider.com 

Cpl. Henry Antenor/US Marine Corps

A recent video posted to the official Facebook page of III Marine Expeditionary Force highlights six things you probably didn’t know about Okinawa, Japan, a small picturesque island in the Pacific that many Marines call home.

The 70-miles-long and 7-miles-wide island is home to more than 26,000 US military personnel spread across 33 military bases there.

Three of the installations also double as United Nations support bases: Kadena Air Base... Читать дальше...

WHERE ARE THEY NOW? The stars of Sydney 2000, Michael Phelps' first Olympics

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Billy Strickland/Getty

With the Rio Olympics kicking off this week, Michael Phelps remains one of the biggest stars in all of the games.

Phelps, the most decorated Olympian in history, is going to be the first athlete to ever compete in five Olympics.

It's wild, then, to think that in Sydney, Australia in 2000, a 15-year-old Phelps was just kicking off his Olympic career.

Widely considered one of the better games in Olympic history, here's a look at where the stars of the 2000 Olympics are today. Читать дальше...

Court Nullifies FEC Super PAC Name Strictures

WSJ.com 

A federal appeals court on Tuesday effectively struck down a Federal Election Commission rule that bars super PACs from using candidates’ names in their titles, further loosening the already lax regulations governing the relationship between campaigns and outside groups.

Our brains use 4 steps to solve math problems — and the discovery might change education

BusinessInsider.com 

Vasily Fedosenko/REUTERS

Ever wondered how your mind deals with complex sums and multiplications?

A new study has imaged how the brain's activity levels change while taking on serious math problems, and reveals for the first time that there are four distinct neural stages involved in coming up with a solution.

Two different brain imaging techniques were combined for the study - one that looks at the actual firing of neurons in the brain, and one that focuses on how those patterns... Читать дальше...

U.S. oil closes below $40 a barrel for 1st time in nearly 4 months

MarketWatch.com 

Oil futures gave up an early bounce to settle lower Tuesday, with the U.S. benchmark closing below $40 a barrel for the first time since early April. September West Texas Intermediate crude on the New York Mercantile Exchange fell 55 cents, or 1.4%, to end at $39.51 a barrel. Oil had rallied in early action, but gave up gains toward midday as losses deepened for equity markets and futures cascaded through important chart support levels as traders await weekly U.S. inventories data amid a global crude glut. Читать дальше...





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