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The megalodon IS extinct: New study rubbishes claim that giant shark still roams the ocean - and says it died out 2.6 million years ago

#Shark #Fridays... this should be a thing, yes?

Here's some pretty for your ‪#‎Friday‬ --have a lovely weekend, everyone!

Article via PISCES Hawaii http://pacificspacecenter.com/chinese-spacecraft-snaps-incredible-photos-of-earth-and-moon/

In The Path of Lava, Part 2: Pahoa Residents Notified

June 27th flow enters Pāhoa The June 27th lava flow burns vegetation as it approaches a property boundary above Pāhoa early on the morning of Tuesday, October 28, 2014. By dawn on Tuesday morning, ...

As lava from Hawaii's Kilauea Volcano approaches the village of Pahoa, looters are hitting evacuate homes, one business owner says.

VPN proxy service Hola has surpassed 30 million users, providing people all over the planet with an open internet that they've never had before.

File this under other useful ‪#‎innovations‬, such as ‪#‎Firechat‬:

Open, peer-to-peer Internet access!

Article via TECH cocktail http://tech.co/israeli-startup-hola-open-internet-2014-11

China Says It's Developed A Laser To Bring Down Drones

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Meet Dr Jane Cooke Wright, the pioneering Harlem surgeon who revolutionised cancer treatment

This article is a collaboration between Women Rock Science and HER, An empowerment organization dedicated to community awareness about women’s health, education, and rights

Meet Dr. Jane Cooke Wright , the pioneering Harlem surgeon who revolutionised medical research and cancer treatment. She developed the first ever chemotherapy drugs to treat solid tumours and spearheaded the use of tissue cultures for medical testing as opposed to live human bodies or mice. Jane’s methodical testing and cataloguing of samples generated the first clear dosing protocol for chemotherapy drugs and she, along with other researchers took chemotherapy from being a joke in the medical community to a well-respected treatment option for cancer patients.

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The Unicode Consortium, the group that governs the emoji standard, proposed an update on Tuesday that addresses emoji racial diversity.

Unicode 8.0 (still in draft form and not yet available) will add five symbol modifier characters, which anyone will be able to use to generate a range of skin tones on their human-like emoji. Unicode noted that the six available skin tones are based on the dermatological standard Fitzpatrick scale.

DATE: November 5, 2014

TIME: 6:30-7:30pm

LOCATION: University of Hawaii at Mānoa, Art Building, Room 101

FREE, Campus parking charges may apply

We had some audio issues, but Rodrigo Romo and Casey Pearring did a great job! —w/ thanks to @PISCES_Hawaii @Team1378 https://flic.kr/s/aHsjFwEora #TechTuesday #tbt (at Hawaii County Economic Opportunity Council)

#tbt #techtuesday

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This photo is a repost from Hawaii News Now reporter Mileka Lincoln. I’m not sure if she took the picture, but her caption sums up the cultural impact perfectly. Beyond that, this is about as Halloween as it gets, in terms of imagery.

Repost from @milekalincoln —- With deepest aloha & respect for the ‘ohana who are laid to rest there, this image of the Pāhoa cemetery was taken Sunday, October 26, 2014 as the #PunaLavaFlow passed through. As always, my thoughts & prayers with everyone downslope. #MalamaPono (Photo courtesy: USGS)