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NASA has an algorithm called SPOC (Soil Property and Object Classification), which labels different types of Mars terrain such as boulders or sand to create maps that the rover driver can use when maneuvering the vehicles.
To help with the task of training the algorithm, NASA is inviting the public to help classify bits of martian terrain.

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A new national Gallup poll finds that 39% of Americans approve of the job Donald Trump is doing as president, while 57% disapprove. That poll is in line with the average poll that shows Trump's approval rating is in the low 40s among all adults as well as voters specifically. Five months until the general election, which, in theory, is plenty of time for the race for president to change

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Many of the world’s greatest travel destinations are reopening to international travelers this summer. Some of the Caribbean’s most famous islands are already open, including Antigua, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and St. Lucia. On June 15, Jamaica opens to all international travelers, while the Bahamas plans to welcome everyone from July 1. The French isle of Saint Martin indicated visitors could come as early as July 1

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Atlanta police spokesperson identified the officers as Garrett Rolfe and Devin Bronsan, Officer Rolfe opened the fire at Raushard Brooks. “Officer Bronsan has been placed on administrative duty and Officer Rolfe has been terminated,” the Atlanta Police Department said in a press release. Devin Bronsan was hired on September 20, 2018, while Garrett Rolfe was hired on October 24, 2013, according to the release

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Brazil's coronavirus death toll overtook Britain's on Friday to become the second-highest in the world according to the numbers released by the World Health Organization. The Ministry of Health recorded 909 deaths on Friday, putting the total at 41,828. It also reported a cumulative total of 828,810 confirmed cases of coronavirus, with 25,982 new infections in the last 24 hours, numbers that were second only to the United States'

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China sentenced an Australian national to death after a court convicted him on charges of drug smuggling. The man, who was not identified, was sentenced Wednesday, but news of his fate was only published Saturday on the Guangzhou Intermediate People's Court's website. Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs said it was "deeply saddened" by the verdict, and is providing consular assistance to the man. He was not identified, citing privacy concerns

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The Government of Malaysia is not sending Hajj pilgrims to Makkah this year in light of the ongoing global coronavirus pandemic. This year’s Hajj starts around July 28 and the country was due to send about 31,600 pilgrims. “The pilgrimage for all Malaysians for the Hajj season of Hijrah 1441 is postponed to next year,” Dr. Zulkifli Mohamad Al-Bakri, a minister in the prime minister’s office, said on Thursday

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Pakistan reported 6,394 coronavirus cases over the past 24 hours, the highest single-day rise since the outbreak. Pakistan's tally of coronavirus cases has reached 125,933, already surpassing China and Saudi Arabia, putting the country at number 15 worldwide in terms of cases, the data shows. Another 107 patients lost their lives due to COVID-19 across the country, bringing the death toll from the deadly virus to 2,463

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The National Football League has pledged $250m over 10 years to help combat systemic racism in the United States. The fund will "support the battle against the ongoing and historic injustices faced by African Americans". Last week, the NFL said players should be allowed to protest during the national anthem. Earlier, NFL players called on the league to "condemn racism and the systemic oppression of black people"

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Twitter made an announcement on Thursday that it had deleted around 170,000 accounts tied to the Chinese government. Experts working with Twitter who reviewed the accounts said they pushed deceptive narratives around the Hong Kong protests, Covid-19, and other topics. The company said the accounts were "spreading geopolitical narratives favorable to the Communist Party of China" and were removed for violating its platform manipulation policies

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Lonar crater sanctuary lake in Buldhana district of Maharashtra state just turned pink and experts don’t know what caused the change. Some experts believe that the change is likely due to either increased salinity in the water, the presence of algae, or a combination of both. Researchers are also investigating if the presence of red algae caused the color change

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US President Donald Trump plans to hold his first re-election campaign rally for several months in Tulsa, Oklahoma on the date that African Americans celebrate the end of slavery. The rally will take place on 19 June. In 1921 the city of Tulsa was the site of one of the worst massacres of black people in US history. He faces re-election in November but is lagging Joe Biden in polls

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India reported 9,996 new coronavirus cases and 357 deaths in the last 24 hours, the biggest jump so far. The total number of cases now crossed 287,000. This is the ninth consecutive day that the country reported over 9,000 COVID-19 cases in a single day. More than five million people across India have been tested for COVID-19 since the outbreak. On Wednesday, a record 1,51,808 samples were tested

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NetEase, the Chinese internet giant ranked just behind Tencent is not a well-known brand outside its home country but the company is pushing global expansion as it raised $2.7 billion in Hong Kong listing. It makes nearly 79% of revenue from online games but is trying to grow in other areas such as education and music streaming. NetEase carried out a secondary listing in Hong Kong

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Intended as a space for Dubai's Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) to develop the technology needed to colonize Mars, architects Bjarke Ingels Group were asked to design a prototype of a city suitable for sustaining life on Mars, and then adapt it for use in the Emirati desert.

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In a presentation to an online meeting of the Space Studies Board of the National Academies, Thomas Zurbuchen, NASA associate administrator for science, said that work on JWST had been going well in months before the pandemic but that the slowdown in work since March made it impossible to keep the mission on its previous schedule.

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In a paper published in the journal Advanced Energy Materials, Dr. Rahman Daiyan and Dr. Emma Lovell from UNSW's School of Chemical Engineering detail a way of creating nanoparticles that promote conversion of waste carbon dioxide into useful industrial components.

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Changes would allow NFL teams to take a more measured approach to training camp, with the first preseason games pushed back a few weeks. Teams can report to camp 47 days before their first regular season game, meaning most teams will be able to open camp July 28.

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On Wednesday, Federer announced that he recently had a second operation on his right knee and that he would not play again this year. Federer, 38, first had surgery on the knee in February, shortly after reaching the semifinals of the Australian Open and playing an exhibition match with Rafael Nadal in Cape Town, South Africa.

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Germany's Foreign Minister Heiko Maas has warned Israel that its plan to begin annexing parts of the occupied West Bank would violate international law, but he declined to say how Germany or Europe would respond. The annexation plan has come under harsh criticism from some of Israel's closest allies, including Germany, who say that unilaterally redrawing the Middle East map would destroy any lingering hopes for establishing a Palestinian state

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Burundi’s President Pierre Nkurunziza has died after a suspected bout with the coronavirus, which would make him the first world leader to succumb to the pandemic, according to a report. “When Nkurunziza’s wife was flown to Kenya suffering from COVID-19, many in Burundi suspected the president himself was sick,” said Justin Nyabenda, a resident in Bujumbura.

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Walmart will no longer place "multicultural hair care and beauty products" in locked cases in any of its stores, the company confirmed Wednesday. Walmart confirmed to NBC News that the decision to place certain hair and beauty products in cases was based on theft data, and that it varied by market.

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After nearly a month of back-and-forth, Grubhub has walked away from a potential acquisition from Uber and will instead merge with European company Just Eat Takeaway. Uber was looking to buy Grubhub because the combined food ordering and delivery service would have rivaled, or maybe even surpassed, market leader DoorDash. That said, Uber still apparently believes that its food delivery business needs to get bigger in order to turn aprofit.

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Hours before tweeting controversial statements about George Floyd on Saturday, former CrossFit CEO Greg Glassman made insensitive comments about race on a video call with affiliate gym owners. When asked on the call about CrossFit's response to the protests, Glassman said: "I love the rebuilding, I love the helping, but I'm not mourning"

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Stock futures fell in early morning trading on Thursday as investors evaluate the pace of economic recovery and the coronavirus developments. S&P 500 and the Nasdaq 100 futures also pointed to losses at the Thursday open for the two indexes. The moves in futures followed two straight days of losses for the 30-stock Dow and S&P 500 as investors ditched reopening trades for the megacap tech names.

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