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9 years ago+5 5 0The Golden Gate Bridge Gets the Massive Median Mover It Needed
After a marathon weekend installation, the Golden Gate Bridge has finally gotten the $30 million movable median barrier system that it so desperately needs. These are the oversized mechanical zipper pulls that will be in charge of changing lanes (qui ...
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9 years ago+18 18 0Just say no to 16 gigabytes of storage in 2015
Just like 8GB two years ago, it's time to do away with the 16GB standard The Christmas holiday meant taking a lot of photos from several different devices for me. My youngest daughter ran around all day with my HTC RE Camera, and between grabbin ...
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9 years ago+22 22 0 x 1It may sound incredible but the Pillars of Creation don't exist anymore
This week NASA published new astonishing high definition images of the famous Pillars of Creation—two 4-light-year-tall columns located in the Eagle Nebula, 7,000 light years from here, first photographed in 1995. The only problem is that the pillars ...
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9 years ago+18 18 0 x 1New York has never been photographed like in these new amazing images
It's always exciting to receive a message from a master like Vincent Laforet telling you about his new photos. This time he has outdone himself (once again!) so I had to share it right away. Never in my life I've seen New York from this per ...
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9 years ago+17 18 1Google search traffic drops as Yahoo gains ground
Google's grip on the Internet search market loosened in December, as the search engine saw its largest drop since 2009.
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9 years ago+18 18 0OpenSSL patches eight new vulnerabilities
Server administrators are advised to upgrade OpenSSL again to fix eight new vulnerabilities, two of which can lead to denial-of-service (DoS) attacks.
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9 years ago+28 28 0 x 1SpaceX Rocket Makes Crash Landing On A Drone Barge
After a lot of publicity and one aborted launch attempt, SpaceX tried to land its Falcon 9 rocket on a drone barge this morning. 'Tried' very much being the key word.
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9 years ago+19 19 0Chain Reaction
Mousetraps and ping pong balls create a spectacular chain reaction to make sure 2014 goes out with a bang.
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9 years ago+16 16 0 x 1NASA's Asteroid Redirect Mission may not actually redirect an asteroid
When President Obama first proposed visiting an asteroid in his now infamous 2010 speech at the Kennedy Space Center, many assumed that the mission would be a deep space venture to an Earth-approaching asteroid in its “native orbit” in a voyage takin ...
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9 years ago+17 17 0Inside North Korea's Naenara Browser
Up until a few weeks ago, the number of people outside of North Korea who gave much thought to the Internet infrastructure in that country was vanishingly small. But the speculation about the Sony hack has fixed that, and now a security researcher ha ...
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9 years ago+31 31 0 x 1Obama Proposes 2 Years of Free Community College
President Barack Obama announced a proposal Thursday to provide two years of free community college tuition to American students who maintain good grades.
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9 years ago+15 15 0Guy straps fireworks to his ankles for insane breakdance performance
Lil Amok—a professional dancer based in Berlin, Germany—strapped fireworks to his ankles, lighted them up, and performed this insane breakdance show.
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9 years ago+23 23 0 x 1NASA reveals incredible view inside the most massive star near us
A new long-term study of Eta Carinae—"the most luminous and massive star within 10,000 light-years"—has revealed amazing, never-before-seen features using data captured by multiple observatories during 11 years using multiple observatories, ...
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9 years ago+5 6 1Microbe found in grassy field contains powerful antibiotic
New drug discovery strategy may unearth compounds that combat resistant infections
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9 years ago+11 11 0NASA Approves SpaceX's Plans to Send Astronauts to Space Station
SpaceX's Dragon capsule is one step closer to flying astronauts to and from the International Space Station. SpaceX has passed NASA's "certification baseline review," which required the California-based company to outline exactly ...
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9 years ago+16 16 0What Rising Airline Fees Tell Us About the Cable Industry
Unbundling sounds promising, but more choice and the possibility of paying less do not necessarily translate into consumer satisfaction.
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9 years ago+15 15 0Democrats' bill would ban paid prioritization by ISPs
Legislation would require the FCC to prohibit traffic priority deals between ISPs and Web content providers
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9 years ago+17 17 0Potential Signs of Ancient Life in Mars Rover Photos
A new paper details the striking similarities between ancient sedimentary rocks on Mars and structures shaped by microbes on Earth.
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9 years ago+24 24 0Celebrate your fat – it's fighting off infection
Most of us aren't fond of our flab but perhaps it's time to see it in a new light. Fat cells may be among our first line of defence against pathogens. "Fat has an additional role we didn't suspect," says Jay Kolls of the Univ ...
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9 years ago+3 4 1Who Needs a Weatherman? These Buildings Tell You the Forecast
It has never been easier to get updates on the weather. If you have a smartphone, a few taps will pull up forecasts quicker than you can say