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Good Cholesterol Isn’t as Good as We Thought [Medicine]

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3 days ago
by Jamie Condliffe in
Over the past few decades, scientists have suggested that high levels of HDL—which has come to be known as "good cholesterol"—can reduce the risk of heart attack. New evidence, however, suggests that might not be the case after all. More »


Google’s Knowledge Graph and Two Other Stories You Need to Know – Mashable

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3 days ago
by Sci/Tech - Google News in

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Steam remote downloads exit beta, make impatience an option for everyone

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3 days ago
by Jon Fingas in

Steam remote downloads

That was quick. Just two weeks after Valve posted a new Steam beta that allows remote game downloads, it now has a truly polished release for everyone. Both Mac and Windows gamers can now queue up demos and full games, whether it's from a browser at work or from the Steam mobile app. Appropriately, Valve will let you reinstall games as well as start downloading a purchase as soon as the credit card clears. Either way, it'll guaranteed that your new copy of Bastion or that attempt to relive your Quake nostalgia will be ready when you get home.

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NASA Counts 4,700 Potentially Hazardous Near-Earth Asteroids

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3 days ago
by samzenpus in


coondoggie writes "NASA continues to get a better handle on the asteroids buzzing around in space saying today that there are roughly 4,700 potentially hazardous asteroids, or as NASA calls them PHAs. NASA says these PHAs are a subset of a larger group of near-Earth asteroids but have the closest orbits to Earth's – passing within five million miles (or about eight million kilometers) and are big enough to survive passing through Earth's atmosphere and cause damage on a regional, or greater, scale."

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More Details About IKEA’s Uppleva TV Emerge

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3 days ago
by News Tom's Hardware US in
More Details About IKEA's Uppleva TV EmergeVideo apps and web browsing via Opera.
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