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Ancient remains show early human interbreeding

A 50,000-year-old bone from a young girl yields evidence that early humans mixed things up frequently.

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Verizon admits 'throttling' data to California firefighters amid blaze

Verizon admitted that it should have lifted speed restrictions for firefighters, but said the issue was not due to the rollback of net neutrality rules.

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Watch: Kalashnikov unveils new walking army robot

Watch: The reveal of the new technology occurred at the international "Army-2018" military exposition in Moscow, Russia.

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Scientists discover water ice on moon's surface. Here's why that's big news.

The water could provide a critical resource for future expeditions.

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Russia's political meddling efforts go beyond midterms, experts say

Cybersecurity experts who spoke with NBC News said midterms are just a small part of the broader digital battle being fought between Russia and the U.S.

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Facebook says it found Iran-based propaganda effort

Facebook said it removed 652 pages, groups and accounts that originated in Iran and targeted people around the world, as well as other pages associated with Russian agents.

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A rogue star may explain why the outer solar system is so odd

Scientists have a new explanation for Pluto's tilted orbit and other idiosyncrasies.

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'Chaos' at Gatwick as staff forced to write flight info on whiteboard

Gatwick Airport descended into "chaos" on Monday morning after a IT malfunction forced staff to manually display flight information on whiteboards.

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Why supersized solar farms are sprouting around the world

A vast photovoltaic facility now being built in Egypt is part of a global trend.

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Robert Zubrin wants to establish a 'new branch of human civilization' on Mars

Mars Society co-founder says robotic landers and rovers aren't enough.

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Trump claims social media censors conservatives

Trump's tweets come after Facebook, Google and Apple have each taken steps to remove conspiracy theorist Alex Jones from its platforms.

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Wifi could detect weapons and bombs in public places, study says

Wireless signals can penetrate bags to get the dimensions of dangerous metal objects, including weapons and batteries for bombs, as well as estimate the volume of liquids such as chemicals for explosives.

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How gravity will make this new probe the fastest human-made object

NASA's new spacecraft will hit 430,000 miles an hour as it nears the sun.

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Hyperloop pioneers choose rural France to test high-speed rail travel

A Canadian firm looking to develop the high-speed rail travel of the future plans to build its test site deep in the French countryside.

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Robots influence kids, even when wrong, study finds

"It's a bit sinister, isn't it? Children succumb to peer pressure from robots," one researcher says.

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UK cinemas to roll out 270-degree screens in theatres

They’ve tried 3D glasses, IMAX and 4DX, and now the UK cinema industry wants to introduce world-first “multi-projection cinema technology" to shake-up the movie theatre experience.

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Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey on Alex Jones, election security and regrets

"We can't build a service that is subjective just to the whims of what we personally believe," Dorsey told NBC News' Lester Holt in an exclusive interview.

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Twitter temporarily restricts conspiracy theorist Alex Jones' account

The move comes after other high profile tech companies like Apple, Facebook and YouTube have moved to remove Jones' content from their platforms.

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How many humans would it take to keep our species alive?

Given the threats posed by asteroid strikes, pandemics and the like, it's not an idle question.

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Google tracks your every move

Google’s smartphone services store users’ locations even when privacy settings are adjusted to shut these features off, according to a report by the Associated Press.