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DNA kits have exploded in popularity the past couple of years. And these kits typically offer you a more nuanced insight into your family’s past, as well as any genetic health risks that you may unknowingly have. The Vitagene DNA Ancestry Test Kit does all that, but it also serves another function: developing actionable health plans based on your DNA.vitagene Vitagene DNA Ancestry Test Kit & Personalized Health Planvitagene Vitagene DNA Ancestry Test Kit & Personalized Health Plan$69 at shop....

The AI created by Google researchers Mark DePristo and Ryan Poplin was built to recognize images of cats and dogs. Now, a year after the project started, the software based on this same neural network (now called DeepVariant) is better at recognizing gene mutations than any other program out there. Humans have worked for years on programs meant to identify mutations in genes. Their most accomplished program is GATK, an algorithm that took ten human scientists five years to build....

Going to the bathroom is one thing that ties all of humanity together—even when we’re at cruising altitude. But toilets on planes are often cramp and very loud. While space remains an everlasting issue when traveling 30,000 feet in the air, sound is something science is trying to tackle. After two years, a team of BYU researchers have developed a a vacuum-assisted toilet approximately half as loud as the regular airplane toilet....

On Sunday night, the moon hung out next to Venus in the sky. The crescent moon was just two degrees from Venus by mid-twilight, appearing right next to each other to the naked eye. This is a neat alignment, because the moon is approximately 240,000 miles away from Earth, while Venus is about 400 times as far away. (Mercury was also lingering nearby in some of the photos, to the lower right)....

Basking sharks are usually solitary species, but scientists have discovered recent aerial images that show swarms of over a thousand sharks gathering along the northeastern U.S., according to National Geographic. Basking sharps are the world’s second largest fish (32 feet long and weighing nearly 5,000 pounds), outsized only by the whale shark. Despite their heft, they are slow-moving filter feeders, not dangerous towards humans. Scientists spotted big groups of basking sharks while tracking endangered whales....

Media Platforms Design TeamThis past January, nearly 270,000 Lexus IS models built between 2006 and early 2012 were recalled because a nut holding the windshield wiper arm had been “improperly torqued” during assembly. If wiper motion was “restricted by an external load, such as a buildup of heavy snow,” Lexus said, the nut could come loose and render the wipers useless. The company found no related accidents or injuries from this defect, and in six years, roughly only 0....

The United States formally accused Russia of violating a treaty designed to eliminate an entire class of nuclear-tipped missiles. The U.S. now plans to leave the treaty, which would allow it to deploy land-based long-range missiles in Asia that could be used against China.Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was the one who accused Russia of violating the 1987 INF Treaty, which bears the unwieldy official name “Treaty Between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the Elimination of Their Intermediate-Range and Shorter-Range Missiles....

When the latest model of Shinkansen, the Japanese bullet train, was launched on July 1, more than 1300 people showed up at 6 am on a Sunday to pack the seats for the maiden voyage, from Tokyo to Fukuoka. The Series N700 is billed by Japan Railways as the world’s fastest bullet train in service (France’s faster TGV train has been used only to break speed records), with a top speed of 186 mph....

On July 15, 1942, six P-38 Lightning fighter aircraft and two B-17 Flying Fortress bombers encountered a blizzard while supporting the Allied war effort in the British Isles. The aircraft were forced to conduct an emergency landing on the glaciers of Greenland, and though all the crew members were rescued nine days later, the aircraft were left behind. Over the decades, the ever-shifting ice sheets of Greenland buried the aircraft, known as the Lost Squadron, under between 250 and 300 feet of ice....

Albert Einstein, the wire-haired physicist, whose worked reshaped our understanding of the universe, is a household name—but that wasn’t always the case. Before 1919, only a handful of scientists knew of Einstein’s pivotal work, and fewer still supported it. If not for the effort of a small group of British scientists, who recognized Einstein’s genius and determined to push past war and stigma, we may never have learned of humanity’s most important achievement....

Media Platforms Design TeamOn Sale Date: NowBase Price: $49,675 to $55,825Competitors: Audi A5 Cabriolet, Mercedes-Benz E-Class ConvertiblePowertrains: turbocharged 2.0-liter I-4, 240 hp, 258; turbocharged 3.0-liter I-6, 300 hp, 295 lb-ft; six-speed manual or eight-speed automatic; RWDEPA Fuel Economy (city/hwy, mf rest.): 22-23/34-35 I-4, 20-22/30/32 I-6 Like the 4 Series coupe, the new 4 Series convertible shares it underpinnings with the 3 Series sedan and wagon. To the casual observer, two-door and four-door look a lot alike, but the discerning eye will note that the 4 Series has improved proportions, specifically the long hood and short rear deck that are classic BMW styling traits....

In October 2019, U.S. Navy Commander David Fravor, who was the subject of a 2017 New York Times article about his 2004 UFO sighting, discussed a spooky new discovery a fellow pilot revealed to him after they were both out of Navy service: there was a chance he had spotted an underwater UFO.According to Fravor, the eyewitness was a former pilot of the MH-53E Sea Dragon, the Navy version of the Marine Corps’ CH-53E Sea Stallion, based at Naval Station Roosevelt Roads, on the island of Puerto Rico....

The U.S. Army planes to use drones and AI to help keep tabs on the enemy.Drones will locate and identify enemy forces, then feed the data to an AI constructing a “big picture” of the battlefield.The AI will also interpret data to alert friendly commanders to possible enemy attacks. One of the most difficult of tasks on the modern battlefield is predicting where the enemy will attack next. Although the Army has plenty of ways to find the enemy, figuring out his intentions are something else entirely....

For you real diehard NASCAR fans, here’s Goodyear’s tire data for the entire week leading up to the Daytona 500 on the 19th–just as it was sent to us. Enjoy–Ken JuranFast Facts for February 10-19, 2006 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series – Daytona 500 & Bud Shootout NASCAR Busch Series – Hershey’s Kissables 300 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series – GM Flex Fuel 250 Crown Royal International Race of ChampionsDaytona International Speedway (2....

Media Platforms Design TeamMedia Platforms Design TeamWASHINGTON — The IEEE’s International Electron Devices Meeting is a pretty fluid event, with the various engineers and academics drifting from room to room, following the presentations that interest them. So when all the seats in the room you’re in suddenly fill up with people, you’re probably about to hear something interesting. This morning’s presentation by Ming C. Wu, from the University of California at Berkeley, was jammed to the gills with spectators to hear him describe his “optoelectronic tweezers....

Media Platforms Design TeamAbe Winters and “Wild Bill” Maher are climbing enthusiasts and instructors from Georgia. Abe is the man behind and Bill heads up . “I’ve climbed 200-foot-plus trees from Northern California to the Panama Canal,” Maher says. “My tallest was a 260-foot Douglas Fir in Mendocino, California.” Winters and Maher have trained thousands of climbers in the past ten years without a single accident, employing methods that cause minimal wear on the trees....

The French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle has commenced air strikes against Islamic State targets in Iraq. France’s only aircraft carrier, the de Gaulle left its homeport in Toulon on November 18, five days after the Paris terrorist attacks.Fighter-bombers from the carrier attacked targets near Mosul and Ramadi in Iraq in support of Iraqi ground forces. Targets included a command center and training camp. The carrier has also targeted Islamic State facilities in Raqqa, Syria, including a command center, vehicle storage area, and maintenance facilities....

Q: I shot a bunch of expensive marine-style grease into the bearing buddies on my bass-boat trailer last fall. It was recommended to me by a marine mechanic as the best product for my trailer, because the wheels get dunked regularly, and this particular type of grease is supposed to be more water-resistant. I finally got a chance to go fishing last weekend and noticed that the grease cups had all leaked oily snot all over my brakes....

Lift It UpFor beginners looking for a quick lift, install a leveling kit. Most trucks come with a higher rear end (a factory setting to accommodate heavy loads), so a leveling kit raises the front end by adding spacers to the suspension. Kane used a kit from ReadyLIFT to add three inches to his 2012 Silverado. For three or more inches of lift, you’ll need a complete suspension upgrade. That typically means replacing the front coils and adding a pair of rear leaf springs....

Until the day the world can actually stop using dirty fuels, we need smart ways to clean them up as much as we can. One group of researchers may have found a solution by using a cheap powder to capture carbon dioxide emissions from power plants before they make it into the atmosphere.The actual material is deceptively simple. The powder is basically a collection of tiny carbon spheres with pores in them....