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8 years ago+29 29 0Who Needs A Shovel? Paramus Family Melts Snowfall Away
PARAMUS, N.J. — Unlike most New Jerseyans, the Parikh family of Paramus couldn't wait for Winter Storm Jonas -- it let them try out their one-of-a-kind geothermal/solar snow-melt system for the first time.The snow might have climbed over two fee ...
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8 years ago+22 22 029th January 1979 - Deng Xiaoping and Jimmy Carter sign accords
Deng Xiaoping, deputy premier of China, meets President Jimmy Carter, and together they sign historic new accords that reverse decades of U.S. opposition to the People’s Republic of China.
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8 years ago+29 29 0The Most Detailed Map to Date of Our Place in the Universe
This is the most detailed map of our universe. It spans more than 500 million light-years and contains more than 100,000 galaxies.
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8 years ago+22 22 0Predynastic Period in Egypt
The Predynastic Period in Ancient Egypt is the time before recorded history from the Paleolithic to the Neolithic Age and on to the rise of the First Dynasty and is generally recognized as spanning the era from c. 6000-3150 BCE (though physical evide ...
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8 years ago+49 49 0 x 128th January 1986 - Challenger disaster
At 11:38 a.m. EST the space shuttle Challenger lifts off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, and Christa McAuliffe is on her way to becoming the first ordinary U.S. civilian to travel into space. 73 seconds after lift off, hundreds on the ground, includin ...
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8 years ago+21 21 0Here are Accenture’s 5 big tech trends for 2016
Global consulting firm Accenture has released its top five tech trends for 2016. And the good thing is that they aren't just more of the same.
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8 years ago+36 36 0Britain's 200mph club has a new member
Twenty-five years after the debut of the XJ220 supercar, Jaguar rejoins this elite group with the new F-Type SVR.
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8 years ago+21 21 0Paper Airplane Designs
Paper airplane designs (video and diagrams) on Alex's paper airplanes. Learn how to make a paper airplane step by step that flies awesomely.
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8 years ago+23 23 0Dying Star Betelgeuse Keeps Its Cool ... and Astronomers Are Puzzled
How do dying stars shed their mass and become red supergiants? New observations of the red supergiant Betelgeuse are surprising and confusing to scientists.
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8 years ago+6 6 0Ground Breaking Neuroscience: 5 Things We Learned About The Brain In 2015
At the beginning of a new year, people always look back on the previous year and recollect the highlights of the previous 365 days. Usually, the focus is on things like the best songs or the best movies, but what about things that matter like the bes ...
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8 years ago+23 23 027th January 1888 - National Geographic Society founded
the National Geographic Society is founded in Washington, D.C., for “the increase and diffusion of geographical knowledge.” The 33 men who originally met and formed the National Geographic Society were a diverse group of geographers, explorers, teach ...
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8 years ago+26 26 0Wonderful Life singer Colin Vearncombe dies after car crash
Colin Vearncombe, famous for the 1987 single Wonderful Life under the stage name Black, dies at the age of 53, two weeks after being injured in a car crash in Ireland.
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8 years ago+23 23 026th January 1788 - Australia Day
Captain Arthur Phillip guides a fleet of 11 British ships carrying convicts to the colony of New South Wales, effectively founding Australia. After overcoming a period of hardship, the fledgling colony began to celebrate the anniversary of this date ...
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8 years ago+25 25 0Pacific rowers: 4 British women journey 8,000 miles
The Coxless Crew, a team of four British women, has successfully rowed a boat from San Francisco to Cairns, Australia, wrapping up a nine-month journey.
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8 years ago+27 27 0The centre cannot hold
Two moderate members of Congress explain why they are leaving.
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8 years ago+24 24 0Dazzling diamonds
Single stars are often overlooked in favour of their larger cosmic cousins — but when they join forces, they create truly breathtaking scenes to rival even the most glowing of nebulae or swirling of galaxies. This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope imag ...
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8 years ago+33 33 0The ancient black holes that can outshine entire galaxies
In the furthest reaches of the Universe, astronomers have discovered strange luminous objects known as quasars.
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8 years ago+19 19 025th January 1905 - World’s largest diamond found
At the Premier Mine in Pretoria, South Africa, a 3,106-carat diamond is discovered during a routine inspection by the mine’s superintendent. Weighing 1.33 pounds, and christened the “Cullinan,” it was the largest diamond ever found.
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8 years ago+24 24 0Top Gear drives the fast Ford heroes
A history lesson, TG-style: Ollie Kew gets behind the wheel of Ford’s RallyeSport legacy.
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8 years ago+29 29 0Boeing will halve jumbo jet production
The world's biggest plane maker Boeing says it will cut production of its 747-8 jumbo jet in half and take a charge of $569m (£397m).